boston_e wrote:
When did they stop calling the tree runs the "Fusion Zone's"?
The year after the flux capacitor burnt out.
Now that is funny right there!
One thing to think about on this... is that I doubt ski magazine is taking into account unmarked stuff when they are doing their rankings on this (or are they?)... and, I presume many of those other resorts also have their own "stashes" that you wouldn't find by looking at the trail map... but that you would eventually come to know if you explored around enough...
But when they are doing these rankings, I'd guess they are taking into consideration only marked trails / glades etc etc.... and not using "when that trail is a sheet of ice" as part of their consideration....
brownman wrote:Corniceimo is clearly visible from a popular HSQ. There's no way I'll ever divulge ... no way.
That is probably a trail I refer to by another name. There are a lot of those. I call one trail "Ty Burner", because that's what I first heard it called, but I believe it has a more popular name, which I can't remember right now. Also, mistaken names. I thought forever that Cathedral was right where ______ but it is actually the one down the side of __________.
Es war sehr schoen.
Over ten years... not including RSN or K-Chat. Way too much time wasted.
Smell you later.
The head scratcher for me is Cannon. It's got some tough trails, but no way I'd put it ahead of some of the others, including Killington. And Sugarbush belongs somewhere on that list.
What issue was this list? I have Nov. and don't find it in there but anyhow , I have skied all but Saddleback ( want to , passed by it a time or two ) and Whiteface. I haven't skied some of them enough to form an opinion but I know Mrg , Jay , Cannon and Wildcat fairly well and I feel these lists are pretty subjective. Cannon on the wrong day can be absolutely death-defying. And there is some off-piste there that's pretty gnarly. Wildcat has side-country but nothing too scary , just interesting...unless you walk across the street and take a 2 hour hike I think the face at Jay is a heart pumper(loaf fields , too) and as far as MRG goes , well , if they have powder it's a cakewalk. Ice is ice...I don't care where you are and I suck on ice! But if you want to turn 300 different ways on the same trail or "not-a-trail" and challenge every tactic in your bag of tricks then I would have to agree with Rogman. Sugarbush should make the cut. But that's okay. Since it's not that tough I should be okay there well in to my 90's. ; }
Now , maybe I haven't skied Sugarbush enough to know the character well enough...HS 4/17/2007
Very top of Starr, Stowe: 38 degrees declination---but only for about 40 yards. It mellows down to about 31 degrees below that for the next 100 yards.
Green Beret and Face Chutes, Jay. 38 degrees. Both short snorts, less than 100 yards long.
Black Hole at Smuggs: 35 degrees declination. Treed, with narrow slots.
Gondy Line, Sugarloaf: 29.6 degrees. longer, and reliably steep for quite a bit
Lookout, Stowe: 29.6 degrees.
DJs tramline, Cannon: 34 degrees. Known to be icy, I hear.
Westway, Hunter. Hunter claims 34 degrees. Hmmm. If it's that steep, then maybe for a short distance.
Can Am, Jay Peak: 25.7 degrees.
Lower Ovation, Killington. Somewhere around 29-31 degrees.
Compare:
Corbett's couloir, Jackson Hole: 53 degrees. It's only REALLY STEEP for the first 40 yards, but it's narrow and scary to look at the first few times.
S&S couloir, Jackson Hole: 62 degrees (it often exceeds 70 degrees for the first 15 yards) Some say it's really a 8-12 yard free fall as you first go in.
I think the face at Jay is a heart pumper(loaf fields , too) and as far as MRG goes , well , if they have powder it's a cakewalk. Ice is ice...I don't care where you are and I suck on ice! But if you want to turn 300 different ways on the same trail or "not-a-trail" and challenge every tactic in your bag of tricks then I would have to agree with Rogman. Sugarbush should make the cut. But that's okay. Since it's not that tough I should be okay there well in to my 90's. ; }