Most western skiing in East

witch hobble wrote

What's the most eastern-like western ski area?

Of the ones I have been to, I would say Keystone. Runouts like the FDR with a stalled car in the right line. Lowest snow total in CO means they fire off a lot of man made. Huge Park scene. Yech.

witch hobble wrote

What's the most eastern-like western ski area?

Northstar at Tahoe.

Unless we have a lot of snow skiing at the Arizona Snowbowl can be very eastern like. The trees are tight, like too tight for consistent flow in a lot of areas and the snow is often very thin. I remember skiing trees out east in the early 90's that were a lot like that, 4 or 5 good turns then a close out. We are skiing on manmade snow right now and there is very little off trail, I took three runs yesterday morning and called it a day.

Sedona mountain biking is just so much better than skiing on manmade snow and groomed out lanes, especially with the crowds. Flag may not be a place for consistent quality skiing but there is always something to do.

We are on deck tho! We have a storm this week that might produce.

raisingarizona wrote

We are on deck tho! We have a storm this week that might produce.

We are ready! I am anyway.

Harvey wrote

Chic Chocs

Wow. Anybody here ski that ?

Snowballs wrote

Wow. Anybody here ski that ?

The chic chocs are 835 miles from nyc.  Chicago is 725 miles away from nyc.  lol....Looks really impressive, but might as well be out west unless you live in Canada or Caribou, Maine(5-6 hour drive)

skimore wrote

Harvey wrote

Chic Chocs

Look at those chutes with extremely steep terrain and no trees at the top. Never would guess that was the East coast.

Snowballs wrote

Wow. Anybody here ski that ?

Hehehe. That's frickin cool Skimore !

these guys did it

PowderAssassin wrote

I don't for the life of me understand the allure of steep tree skiing where the trees are so tight you can barely move. It's ridiculous. At least thin them out.

I'm going to bite my tongue on this one...but I do have a few good, educated guesses as to why you don't like steep, tight, tree skiing.

Marcski wrote

PowderAssassin wrote

I don't for the life of me understand the allure of steep tree skiing where the trees are so tight you can barely move. It's ridiculous. At least thin them out.

I'm going to bite my tongue on this one...but I do have a few good, educated guesses as to why you don't like steep, tight, tree skiing.

There's no reason to bite your tongue. I've made it abundantly clear why I don't do any TYPE of tree skiing and that's my own personal safety. Who are you to judge me for making my own personal decision when it comes to risk taking? I don't tell YOU not to do that. And I don't like steep or flat or any type of tree skiing period anyway. I'd rather slarve a wide open turn on powder with a moderate pitch(ie grand targhee is my dream mountain) Who are you to tell me what I should enjoy doing for my own personal pleasure? Many people feel the same way. It's why people fly out west and lots of people like wide trails. That's why many ec mountains have wide trails. It's also clear you can't go really fast anyway in tight trees so to me it seems silly. That's my opinion. Deal with it.

PowderAssassin wrote

Marcski wrote

PowderAssassin wrote

I don't for the life of me understand the allure of steep tree skiing where the trees are so tight you can barely move. It's ridiculous. At least thin them out.

I'm going to bite my tongue on this one...but I do have a few good, educated guesses as to why you don't like steep, tight, tree skiing.

There's no reason to bite your tongue. I've made it abundantly clear why I don't do any TYPE of tree skiing and that's my own personal safety. Who are you to judge me for making my own personal decision when it comes to risk taking? I don't tell YOU not to do that. And I don't like steep or flat or any type of tree skiing period anyway. I'd rather slarve a wide open turn on powder with a moderate pitch(ie grand targhee is my dream mountain) Who are you to tell me what I should enjoy doing for my own personal pleasure? Many people feel the same way. It's why people fly out west and lots of people like wide trails. That's why many ec mountains have wide trails. It's also clear you can't go really fast anyway in tight trees so to me it seems silly. That's my opinion. Deal with it.

I'm sure it has to do with your opinion but more so your skill level.  I have no problem with either.  But you make these blanket generalizations about skiing when you know all too well that most (or at least a good minority) on this board love skiing in the woods.  Just shows that you're a complete troll.  

PowderAssasin must be a FoxNews fan. He sorta sounds like one of them.

Benny Profane wrote

PowderAssasin must be SNOWLOVER from Alpinezone. He sounds exactly like him.

fixed

PowderAssassin wrote

 That's why many ec mountains have wide trails.

You contradict yourself all over place. You previously stated this.

http://forum.nyskiblog.com/What-is-the-Ideal-Amount-of-Snow-td4043356i160.html#a4044165

One thing that also sucks about the ec is how narrow majority of trails are at a place like killington/jay peak.

Marcski wrote

I'm sure it has to do with your opinion but more so your skill level.  I have no problem with either.  But you make these blanket generalizations about skiing when you know all too well that most (or at least a good minority) on this board love skiing in the woods.  

ROFLMAO

Oh yeah skiing in the woods is only for the most elite skiers....that's why there's a little kid doing it in the first picture.  It takes as much skill as the super G. Right.... Hell they should stop doing extreme videos out west in incredible powder and do some tight east coast skiing in trees going a few mph by one of the really skilled skiers on this forum. Anyone that can get link together some parallel turns on a black diamond at okemo and has even the most basic skill set of skiing can ski in the trees going slow. Give me a break bro. I know you want to believe your elite and special, but you're not. You're simply taking a risk of running into a tree(and serious injury risk is increased...COMMON SENSE. Hard obstables = serious injury if you make a simply mistake even at low speeds) and are forced to go slow on top of it. So all that risk for low reward. If anything, the trees are just a bunch of crap in the way. Give me a trail.

Oh and I'm not contraditcitng myself. Okemo/stratton(cater to the masses) has wide trails, On average west coast places are wider.

I Kissed a Tree and I liked It
OK I've kissed a few...

Most Eastern Skiing in the West...I was skiing Alpental at Snoqualmie in Washington and it was 60 degrees after a three foot dump.  I rented the widest skis they had and enjoyed bouncing thru the mush all morning.  Then I noticed a beautiful mogul field in the shade.  The liftie at the top said it was their signature trail but in these conditions nobody skis it...yeah I did...came back around on the next trip and the liftie asked me where I was from back east....

Okemo and Stratton both had on map glade skiing at least a decade before Gore and Whiteface and a lot of other places.....so some of the masses must have wanted them.