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ml242

Re: TINY ski areas on EC

PowderAssassin wrote

What's the smallest ski area you've been to? Has anyone been to the yawgoo valley in Rhode island? 163 vertical feet!(the true vertical. Most ec ski areas lie about vertical)

They seriously couldn't find a bigger hill in RI? That's a mound of dirt. To put it in perspective, wachusett's bunny hill is over 200 vertical feet. It's the ocean state's only remaining ski area. I hope it stays in business.

Do you mean they lie about the vert they have, period, or exaggerate the usefulness of that vertical?

Please post topos to out the liars.

MadPatSki

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Harvey wrote

LOL MadPat...what's the shortest amount of vert you've ever skied at Tux to keep the streak going? Or anywhere?

That would definitely be July 2014 with the Mont Avila (6 meters - 20 ft) & Tuck combo (16 meters - 53 ft). To note, Tuck was much shorter but 3 ft more vertical than Cabrini Park and 3 ft less than Beaver Lake.

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We skied in June at Stowe on two different patches approximately 17 vertical meters - 56 ft. These were also the pretty small by ski streak standards, but we were exploring a variety of adventures.
http://madpatski.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/stowe-vt-via-toll-road-june-1-2014-skiing-patches-for-105-turns/

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PowderAssassin

Re: TINY ski areas on EC

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ml242 wrote

PowderAssassin wrote

What's the smallest ski area you've been to? Has anyone been to the yawgoo valley in Rhode island? 163 vertical feet!(the true vertical. Most ec ski areas lie about vertical)

They seriously couldn't find a bigger hill in RI? That's a mound of dirt. To put it in perspective, wachusett's bunny hill is over 200 vertical feet. It's the ocean state's only remaining ski area. I hope it stays in business.

Do you mean they lie about the vert they have, period, or exaggerate the usefulness of that vertical?

Please post topos to out the liars.

They used to claim over 200 feet if I remember correctly, but now nothing on their website regarding vertical. Mt southington, ski sundown nearby also exaggerate their vertical.
http://www.freemaptools.com/elevation-finder.htm
You can do that yourself and see actual vertical. Just click on the map on top and at base in satteltite mode and subtract. There's aslo tru mountain veritcal website http://mountainvertical.com/

Here's a site claiming the old vertical of yawgoo at 245 vertical feet
http://skiing.about.com/od/rhodeislandskiresorts/p/yawgoovalley.htm

The lying about vertical is old school before advent of google topo maps where people can easily check, Looks like yawgoo is being honest now and making no mention on their new site about vertical drop at all.

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kenneywallace

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Beartown new york is defently tiny, as is bratling ski slopes, both around 200'

Lowest vert ive skied is the bunny tow at Labrador, has to be under 40 feet

Near binghamton
virgal ski center ....... befor greek
smith hill ski club.....150' probly alot less
ski slope in bainbridge ..... 75 ' or so
Anderlan...... 100'
Innsbruck usa...4-500 feet.... shame this one is gone, short runs but decent steeps, could still ski some trails their actuly, remarkable intact mine the lodge and lifts ( albit narrow)
If I came into money I would try to open a place like innsbruck back up, discount for public transit, and a cheeper alternitive to greek labe or song, could have a nitch

Black diamonds, the easy way down, less moving hazzards

Jamesdeluxe

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Reported here on NY Ski Blog (with a video!): East Hill, NY
http://nyskiblog.com/east-hill-ny-122510/

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Harvey

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I want to hit Polar Peak. It's private, so I'd need to swing an invite:

http://nyskiblog.com/polar-peak-ski-bowl/

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

skiman2244

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When I was a kid I skied at Fawhnstock State Park. All they had was one rope tow. Not much more than 250' vertical.Crowded with many never ever skiers getting their scarves tangled up on the rope tow.

Harvey

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I'd forgotten that I skied Belle Mountain (aka Belle Bump) in NJ after it was closed, earning turns on nordic skis.

According to NELSAP 175 feet of vert:

http://www.nelsap.org/nj/belle.html

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

snoloco

Re: TINY ski areas on EC

Harvey wrote

I'd forgotten that I skied Belle Mountain (aka Belle Bump) in NJ after it was closed, earning turns on nordic skis.

According to NELSAP 175 feet of vert:

http://www.nelsap.org/nj/belle.html

Belle Mountain was my dad's home mountain as a kid.

I've lived in New York my entire life.

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I used to live in Watertown and did training for their ski school in exchange for lift tickets and beer.

Dry hill is short but it has enough pitch to make for some nice powder nights when the lake effect is cranked up. They are closed Monday so if you hit it right it can be pretty deep and you can get face shots. Great local place to ski for a few hours and have a few beers on a weekday night after work. Every body knows every body there except for the troops from Ft Drum. I kind of miss it.

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adkskier

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Pheasant Run formerly located in Leominster, MA. I think it's mentioned in Lost Ski Areas of New England. I believe it is now a suburban neighborhood.

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freeheeln

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Tele turns are optional not mandatory.

warp daddy

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In reply to Coach :

Yeah Dry Hill can be fun i titally agree , we were down there yesterday picking up our free season passes, we ski ski there in addition to our season. Passes at Titus and various road trips and i always have a great time at the Mighty Dry Hill

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Grillman

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I learned to ski on Long Island in the early 70's. There was not 200 vertical feet. Its a golf course now.

Snowballs

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Great thread.

kenneywallace

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Smaller east coast areas near ny

Beartown
indian lake
polar peak
ski venture
four seasons
skinniatlas ski club
battling
dry hill
powder mills park
Schroon lake
dynimite hill
otis ridge ( realy cool place for a small guy)
holiday mountian ( not to be confused with holiday valley)
sawkill
Val bious ( know I killed the spelling, the city owned one in utica)
true north slopes ( vermont, think thats the name)
cortina valley (a g years ago maybe? Herd they may have used the lower hill)
mc.culley mt. ( not over 500'?)

Feel free to add what I missed but I think theis guys are active and under 500' vert ( cortina I know isnt but ive herd a rummor somewhere that they did)

Black diamonds, the easy way down, less moving hazzards

Cornhead

Re: TINY ski areas on EC

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kenneywallace wrote

Innsbruck usa...4-500 feet.... shame this one is gone, short runs but decent steeps, could still ski some trails their actuly, remarkable intact mine the lodge and lifts ( albit narrow)
If I came into money I would try to open a place like innsbruck back up, discount for public transit, and a cheeper alternitive to greek labe or song, could have a nitch

It was out of business before I began skiing, but I've hiked and biked there several times, now Aqua Terra Park. I would've loved to have had the option so close to town. They had night skiing too, would've been much more attractive than driving all the way to Greek for weekday turns after work. It'd be fun to earn some turns there after a storm now, there are some legit steeps there.

Glade Runner

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Cornhead wrote

kenneywallace wrote

Innsbruck usa...4-500 feet.... shame this one is gone, short runs but decent steeps, could still ski some trails their actuly, remarkable intact mine the lodge and lifts ( albit narrow)
If I came into money I would try to open a place like innsbruck back up, discount for public transit, and a cheeper alternitive to greek labe or song, could have a nitch

It was out of business before I began skiing, but I've hiked and biked there several times, now Aqua Terra Park. I would've loved to have had the option so close to town. They had night skiing too, would've been much more attractive than driving all the way to Greek for weekday turns after work. It'd be fun to earn some turns there after a storm now, there are some legit steeps there.

Ive always been interested in that place. Seems like it has some real potential being so close to town but, everyone I talk to says it will never be reopened.

SnowSnake

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I learned to ski outside of Albany at Maple Ski Ridge, and before they installed their triple chairlift it was pretty darn small (not that it is big now). It is a great place to learn to ski though, I also ended up teaching lessons there on week nights in high school, which was a great learning experience as well.

perskine77

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I've skied Tuxedo Ridge, Mt. Peter, Campgaw, and Hidden Valley. Camgaw by far is the smallest of the bunch in the NY/NJ area, it's also the worst for icing up.

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