Worst Trail Maps

[thetrailboss]

Middlebury Snow Bowl:
-Map blurry and hard to read
-Makes the place seem really small. There are a ton of off map glades that have the ski area ski much bigger than its vertical would suggest.
Trail map doing Middlebury no favors in attracting 1st timers IMHO

Got to agree. I say have the Geography Department at Bi Hall draw them a new one.


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[thetrailboss]

Black Mtn of ME
Lots of Angry Beaver glades that have trail signs that haven;t yet made it onto the official map. I don't think they are "secret stashes" as much as BMOM just hasn't highlighted them yet.
Place is a gem for low/mid angle tree skiing at a great price and some freshinng to the trail map would help.

That's their current map? Ugh.


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[thetrailboss]

Am I the only one who used to draw trail maps as a kid? If so, I'll nominate mine as the worst.

:lol: no shit you did too?


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[thetrailboss]

Mad River Glen

Tried to use this incomprehensible thing the first time I visited this year, and I basically gave up and just "went skiing" so to speak.

That's old school


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[prsboogie]

Can't believe this didn't make it up here yet

 

[ironhippy]

Can't believe this didn't make it up here yet

 

[spiderpig]

It's not the most visually pleasing, but the layout is represented quite well.

 

[rtjcbrown]

https://skimap.org/data/339/7/1209789823.jpg

 

[thetrailboss]

I don't really have an issue with that. I think it looks pretty good actually.

 

[thetrailboss]

https://skimap.org/data/339/7/1209789823.jpg

I think that a company named Sitour made these kind of maps. Burke used to have one:

Gunstock too:

The only thing about the Great Gorge Village is that it has a weird layout.

 

[marcski]

The only thing about the Great Gorge Village is that it has a weird layout.

Well, it is in Jersey, too!

 

[ceo]

The trail maps I've had the hardest time figuring out are MRG and Burke. In both cases that's less an issue with the map than with the area's confusing trail layout.

 

[BenedictGomez]

That's old school

It's horrible design school.

It's not the most visually pleasing, but the layout is represented quite well.

Yeah, I have zero issues with that map, I thought it was better than most actually.

 

[steamboat1]

Mad River Glen

Tried to use this incomprehensible thing the first time I visited this year, and I basically gave up and just "went skiing" so to speak.

Pretty accurate trail map I think.

 

[Domeskier]

At some point accuracy starts to interfere with usability.

 

[sugarbushskier]

If you know the mountain, picture the fall lines and ski it that way. Map is very detailed, (almost too much I agree), but very representative of the terrain. The detail adds to the intrigue and options MRG has to offer.

 

[DoublePlanker]

I think the MRG trail map is great. Its one of the best imo.

 

[ss20]

The best trail map is a powder day with a local. Nuff said...

 

[Savemeasammy]

Am I the only one who used to draw trail maps as a kid?

Guilty. Now my 8 year old does it.



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[steamboat1]

My spiral notebooks were filled with trail maps. Notes not so much.