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Such a thing as backcountry in Killington?
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Im heading down to Killington for 5 days and would like to know if their are any places you can hike at night to ski some untamed stuff.
Any secrets/Tips about the mountains terrain would be greatly appreciated as well.
Thanks
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the east dosnt have a backcountry
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sure it does you just have to hike further and longer in crappy snow to ski something that sucks
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theres a lot of backcountry in the east. just go to killington, then go east, youll reach a big ol pond, go accross that, youll find people who you wont understand, keep going til you get to these big mountains with 6000 vertical, then look there.
pshhh, no backcountry in the east.
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Screw any of you who think the east doesn't have backcountry...sure it's not like the west coast, but we still have it if you know where to look.
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Yeah I live in the east, and there is plenty of back country. It just sucks.
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backcountry on the east coast hahahaha
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this is a retarded discussion. It's apples to oranges. All the west coast kids will act high and mighty because they have the stereotypical BC. The east has EAST COAST BC.
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Oh my, how could I forget? East coast BC isn't quite as sick as the Minnesota BC, in my opinion, but beggars can't be choosers.
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iam going to stowe soon any bc there?
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stowe has sick bc when it dumps
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go to jay peak, they got good bc there
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jay has good bc so does cannon and wildcat (maybe)
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The best backcountry I have found just turned out to be some dudes backyard.....
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stow probably has the best...
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Tuckermans revine is a prime example!
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Tuckermans revine is a prime example!
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do you guys just go off trail into the backcountry without knowing where u are going? because im afraid to go out of bounds without a guide or a local or something
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finding backcountry on the eastcoast is like finding pubic hair on jenna jameson
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hehe, good backcountry at killy
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whitefac has this thing called the slides and it is basically backcountry, u have to hike like 45 minutes to it
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^the slides are open for like 2 hours every year.
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hike BC at night haha
and there isnt any
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What the west has in backcountry we make up for with people from Jersey. You all might think your shit out west is gnarly but try skiing down an ice covered trail while dodging men, woman, and children who don't know how to ski.
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they werent even open last year but they are usually open for a few weeks early march. ive seen people hiking it when its not open too (last weekend some boarders did it but had to hike most of the way down)
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big jay, the chin, tucks are the most obvious
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back side of bear is good when theres snow.
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^ ya.. just make sure you know where your going. or else you could end up spending the night out there
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yeah man stowe has the nastiest BC in the east
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big jay is supposed to be pretty badass...powder did a write up on it a couple of years back
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when i go to stowe i will be with a bunch of ppl should we just like hike off bounds and look for shit or wat do u suguest and wat about ski patrol cant they clip your tickets?
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Hate to break it to everyone but killy does have backcountry.. just make friends with some locals they know where its at, and no im not joking
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sure. get off the gondola, go straight into the woods from there. (the trail turns sharp left) once in the woods go to your right. Might have to hike awhile. Oh, and dress warm. They probably wont find you for atleast 24 hours.
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actually unless you're the biggest dumbass in the world, EVERYTHING that is on the backside of bear dumps out onto Northbrook Ski Trail. Nearly impossible to get lost
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didnt 2 kids spend the night out there last year for being dumbasses and going off the backside?
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well it dosnt exactly dump into fallsbrook (not northbrook dumbass) you baicaly just get stuck in the ravine below falls broke and you have a shity ass hike out. and skiing the backside of bear is not bc because its all in bounds. and i dont recomend skiing the shit off the back of killington from the glades unless you know where you are going because there you will spend the night in the woods when you dont know where you are. it happens to dumbasses every season and your lucky if they find you quick.
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2 poeple got lost at gore mt. off chatemac (?) i don't know how they did it but they found them the next day
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^haha yea that was like the first thing they told me when i got in trouble for skiing trees in my work coat. i laughed my ass off
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i almost got lost in the glades on the backside of mt. snow. haha my friend was freaking out and there was even a sign that said "dont go past this point unless you plan on spending the night"
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sorry I don't have the names of my begginner trails down, I knew it ended in a brook.
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Actually im not gonna lie you can head off the backside of killington and ski down 3000 vertical into rutland nobody does that and there are some trails only locals no about but i can give that away
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sure the ec has a bc..........its called the west coast
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Im sorry but you are retarded
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ive heard about this but never triwed it, but smuggs, which is north of killy has some if you go up sterling. u go off on the skiers left, which leads you right down to the notch road wich is not open in winter.ride the road down to the lift - no hiking
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I dunno if any of you have ever heard of a little hill called Mount Washington?
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