New Blue Northbrook trail
Posted: Jan 10th, '23, 18:16
We know blue trails are frequent on the map, but in reality in short supply.
I was riding up the Northbrook Chair a few days a go, and wondered why the closed liftline under the chair was never opened. Sure people ski it, but I don't think it ever had a rope drop. It's not on the map.
Why not make it a trail? Sure it needs some holes filled and stump/boulder mitigation, but it's a nice blue pitch. Then to make it full length, cut the top half in parallel to High Road keeping it close so you don't obliterate Stairs. Groom it less often so it is a Blue bump run, something lacking at K that's longer than Ridge Run, but groom it to keep it blue level easy bumps. Cut it moderately narrow, Ridge Run width. No new lift required, adds a trail to "The Chair to Nowhere" and half of it is already cut.
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I was riding up the Northbrook Chair a few days a go, and wondered why the closed liftline under the chair was never opened. Sure people ski it, but I don't think it ever had a rope drop. It's not on the map.
Why not make it a trail? Sure it needs some holes filled and stump/boulder mitigation, but it's a nice blue pitch. Then to make it full length, cut the top half in parallel to High Road keeping it close so you don't obliterate Stairs. Groom it less often so it is a Blue bump run, something lacking at K that's longer than Ridge Run, but groom it to keep it blue level easy bumps. Cut it moderately narrow, Ridge Run width. No new lift required, adds a trail to "The Chair to Nowhere" and half of it is already cut.
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