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skimore

Re: Ski Magazine Top 20 Eastern Ski Areas

Faces southeast?

The bunny slope does and the terrain park by about 1 degree. The rest of the place is e/ne

Harvey

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Having been there I would have said East, but I've skied there ONCE so I'm not putting my East up against skimore's ENE since he's skied there... 100 times? What ever the number is it's a hell of a lot.

"You just need to go at that shit wide open, hang on, and own it." —Camp

PowderAssassin

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Harvey wrote

Having been there I would have said East, but I've skied there ONCE so I'm not putting my East up against skimore's ENE since he's skied there... 100 times? What ever the number is it's a hell of a lot.

Harvey....the trails face do face east.

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11-22 Snow Ridge (opening day 35") 1-7 Snow Ridge (10")
11-28 Grand targhee 1-8 Telluride(12 inches)
11-30 jackson hole(10 inches) 1-9 Whistler(12 inches)
1-11 mt bactchelor(20 inches)
12-7 Vail(15 inches) 1-12 Mt baker(30 inches
12-10 Whistler(20 inches)
12-12 Whistler helisking(bottomless)
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12-22 Grand targhee(40 inches)
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PowderAssassin

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There's no north in it at all. That being said, it's got a little south in it to. Southeast or east...definitely no north. Anyway, wasn't the point that snow ridge was more wind protected than iceface? That was the point.

PowderAssassin

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Ok, forget all this directional stuff and looking at google maps and getting me confused...LOL A lot of work to try to prove something...

What was my point? That whiteface is more wind exposed than snow ridge due to elevation.

South facing ski areas are least wind exposed in nor'easters. North facing is the worse. That is the point. Argue with me directly about the point skimore.

PowderAssassin

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Oh and trails are really wide so sun was out at around noon in my face and on the trail. Would make for good skiing in spring for sure.

Harvey

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PowderAssassin wrote

Harvey wrote

Having been there I would have said East, but I've skied there ONCE so I'm not putting my East up against skimore's ENE since he's skied there... 100 times? What ever the number is it's a hell of a lot.

Harvey....the trails face due south. Look at a compass. Powder RIDGE in middlefield, ct faces due east. That means the trails go to the right....if they go the left, it's west. If they face up, it's north, down it's south

It's like a compass!

I remember coming from the Adks, for the life of me I can't remember the road number, but I know was coming from the East at least roughly. I remember seeing those trails across the flats as the Tug came into view.

But beyond my memory, it's more about what I know about skimore. When you ski there with him he knows every nook and cranny of the place. Every employee knows him by first name. He's like the ambassador at that place. And he's a student of map, compass, google maps, aspect, snowfall.

When I think of Gore I think Charlie Goodspeed. When I think Plattekill, I think Sean Riley. Snow Ridge? Skimore.

"You just need to go at that shit wide open, hang on, and own it." —Camp

skimore

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PowderAssassin wrote

There's no north in it at all. That being said, it's got a little south in it to. Southeast or east...definitely no north.

Maybe a topo will help you out. Pretty much directly east and sometimes a touch ne

PowderAssassin

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skimore wrote

PowderAssassin wrote

Another reason snow ridge is king. Faces southeast

What planet you on?

Dude....you twisted the picture trying to trick me....bastard. You got the trails facing due south on your picutre.

Yes harvey it faces east. I looked on my own google maps.

Adk Jeff

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If you look carefully at Skimore's image, you'll notice the Imagery Date is 05/26/2013. In the 16 months that have passed since the image was captured, Snow Ridge has indeed tilted southward, probably by a good 20 to 30 degrees. It's all related to continental drift and global warming and stuff. I'm sure of it. It's the same reason why the moon is currently waxing and some amphibians eat their young. Get it now?

PowderAssassin

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I figured southeast based on when I skied there, not looking at google maps. Now that I looked, it's definetly faces east. It's not a southerly exposure, but it still gets a lot of sun due to width of trails and that it's east facing, and not north facing.

skimore

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Yeah that was some trick. The compass is in plain view Einstein

PowderAssassin

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Adk Jeff wrote

If you look carefully at Skimore's image, you'll notice the Imagery Date is 05/26/2013. In the 16 months that have passed since the image was captured, Snow Ridge has indeed tilted southward, probably by a good 20 to 30 degrees. It's all related to continental drift and global warming and stuff. I'm sure of it. It's the same reason why the moon is currently waxing and some amphibians eat their young. Get it now?

Go on google maps....the trails face to the right...EAST. On his picture, it's not aligned to a compass the way a map on google maps is supposed to be. He thinks he's slick.

PowderAssassin

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skimore wrote

PowderAssassin wrote

Another reason snow ridge is king. Faces southeast

What planet you on?

Yeah and the compass is not aligned with true north facing up the way it's supposed to be. The map is sideways you bastard! And like I'm going to notice that little SIDEWAYS n just looking real quick.

Anyone, just go on google maps and look yourself. Maps are aligned with true north UP, south DOWN. That's how you view a map.

PeeTex

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You've been totally outed, you come here touting the virtues of Wolf Creek, Alta, Mt Bachelor, then discuss the conditions of Cannon & Mt Washington, rag out on Jay and come to find out by your own admission that you ain't even got the scratch to make it a few days to your beloved Snow ridge. Why don't you shut the F'k up and go back to the asylum, your done here.

Don't ski the trees, ski the spaces between the trees.

skimore

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PowderAssassin wrote

Yeah and the compass is not aligned with true north facing up the way it's supposed to be. The map is sideways you bastard! And like I'm going to notice that little SIDEWAYS n just looking real quick.

Anyone, just go on google maps and look yourself. Maps are aligned with true north UP, south DOWN. That's how you view a map.

Just pick up your monitor and turn it 90 degrees. That will get ya back to square one

Oh....and make sure you turn it to the left

Adk Jeff

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PowderAssassin wrote

Go on google maps....the trails face to the right...EAST. On his picture, it's not aligned to a compass the way a map on google maps is supposed to be. He thinks he's slick.

Some of us have the ability to see things the way they really are, not just the way we want or expect them to be.

PowderAssassin

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PeeTex wrote

You've been totally outed, you come here touting the virtues of Wolf Creek, Alta, Mt Bachelor, then discuss the conditions of Cannon & Mt Washington, rag out on Jay and come to find out by your own admission that you ain't even got the scratch to make it a few days to your beloved Snow ridge. Why don't you shut the F'k up and go back to the asylum, your done here.

You just can't handle the truth buddy boy...don't hate on me. Anyone working a service job(millions of people) will have trouble coming up with the money. This sport more and more services the rich. It's disgusting Snow ridge has AFFORDABLE lift tickets, but is too far for me. It's 8 hours round trip so of course I'm hardly every going to get there. I don't live in watertown or utica. Get real!

Yes, telluride, wolf creek destory NVT when it comes to powder. That's a reality.

NVT clearly exaggerates in my opinion. That's my whole point. But you try to deflect into irrelevant nonsense.

PowderAssassin

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All you need to look at is climate data/snow reports to figure out how much snow an area gets. But hey keep thinking NVT gets as much snow as telluride

PowderAssassin

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And no one "outed" me. I just kept it real and told the truth.

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