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Backcountry in the northeast

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salomonskiier12
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is there any?

Feb 20 2007 3:53PM
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wAy2sTeEzY4u
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yeah bolton mountain...some stuff onmansfield...depends what you call back country.
Feb 20 2007 3:54PM
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plorr
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watch snowgods by meathead films
Feb 20 2007 3:59PM
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timoski
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roadside attractions.

route 100...western NY. coming to our vid this year. EC BC is the funnest shit ever. lots of pow treeskiing, jibs/bonks, booter sesh...to be announced
Feb 20 2007 4:04PM
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Melvs
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http://www.meatheadfilms.com/film/trailers/

pick through those, you'll see some EC BC.
Feb 20 2007 4:14PM
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MRICK28
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i think locke or spruce peak at sunday river has pretty good BC
Feb 20 2007 4:29PM
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salomonskiier12
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any in southern vt around mt snow okemo area?
Feb 20 2007 4:43PM
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alev
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its not backcountry if its on the mountain, especially on sunday river.

theres a good amount of it in franconia notch. plus youve got mt washington area, mt mansfeild, a ton in NY, mt greylock in MA, uhhh im forgetting alot, but theres alot in NH and VT. ive got a whole book if you want some exact trails
Feb 20 2007 5:21PM
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t_rob
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kangamangous highway in newhampshire. its steep, call it backcountry. on sundayriver, its not backcountry and you shouldn't be talking about it.
Feb 20 2007 5:30PM
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WikiWiki
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I know in VT you can ski some nice shit at Stowe, there are backcountry gates all over and its mad easy. When you come off of the High Speed quad just hike the trail and you'll find some nice stuff. I saw the guys from meatheads filming bacj there.
Feb 20 2007 5:37PM
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juanborlando
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i heard berkshire east has tons
Feb 20 2007 5:44PM
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Quinn
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the slides at whiteface?
Feb 20 2007 5:48PM
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salomonskiier12
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can u check if there are any trails near jay peak and how to get to them, thanks.

Feb 20 2007 6:34PM
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bobs
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Every mountain has thier own hidden trails/stashes.  And then there is tucks. Tucks is about as BC as you get.
Feb 20 2007 6:43PM
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watchmefall15
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stowe
Feb 20 2007 6:44PM
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DietCoke
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jay is mostly trees but i guess its not bc cause its inbounds i think
Feb 20 2007 6:49PM
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timoski
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you guys are confusing backcountry with sidecountry
Feb 20 2007 7:15PM
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alev
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there isnt any in the book i dont think, but i doubt that there is any. why would someone travel all the way to jay, ME to not ski jay? plus most everything that isnt accessable from jay is flat, as jay is the only large peak in the area.

i can tell u some others in other areas if ur interested
Feb 20 2007 7:22PM
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iskilibertys
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tucks ravine, mt washington, jay, stowe, all sick areas
Feb 20 2007 7:39PM
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LoLo913
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are you joking?
Feb 20 2007 8:57PM
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rocktheLPs
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i was out snowmobiling around winnapasaukee and i saw some dope steep tree lines. but this was 2 years ago during that huge storm, so there probably isnt enough cover to ski them. in fact i dont even know if the sled trails are open. btu if you can just get out there and scope it out, i saw some dank shit
Feb 20 2007 9:01PM
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N.L.
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you dont need to be in BC to find step downs and gaps in natural terrain. just like timo^ said, you gotta make it happen. There is this rifle range in Guilderland New York, its for the military and they shoot into a river bank, this shit is vertical and we have 6 inches of heavy snow coming to over 2 feet, I hope i dont get shot.

Other than that, Ive been riding in albany, you can carve a quarterpipe out of any snowbank. The police just drive by as you do urban rails. and with the snow piling up, some really big urban drops are developing.
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Feb 20 2007 9:28PM
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grams.
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u just gotta get creative with what ya got and look for anything possible.. i ski at a small resort in roch. ny and during a pow day my dads friend ventured off in the woods off of this closed trail and found a sick spine in the woods, it felt pretty BC haha
Feb 20 2007 9:33PM
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chrismoJBEATS
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go to tgr and search Ny backcountry.... i made a thread a while ago. im too lazy to look for it but i got some dec. responces
Feb 20 2007 9:35PM
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Alkyy
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Tons of stuff in the ADK's

Feb 20 2007 9:38PM
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salomonskiier12
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anything in ct
























































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Feb 20 2007 10:52PM
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=Worf=
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www.timefortuckerman.com

tuckermans is some fierce shit
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Feb 21 2007 11:10AM
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Mezmerize19
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Closest i ever got ot backcountry up here is my backyard
Feb 21 2007 11:19AM
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t_rob
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oh shit how did i not think of that and i can even see it out my window even though its 40 miles away. I think huntingtons is more backcountry becasue its less skiable.
Feb 21 2007 11:23AM
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atomic1824
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In North Western MA there is the Thunderbolt trail on Mt. Greylock. I've never done it, but it is BC in so much as you got to hike to ski it. Check out the Meathead movie Epoch it features the mountain and the history of North American skiing, most of started here so that's pretty cool.
Feb 21 2007 1:29PM
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DietCoke
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Lest we forget Ski Roundtop, PA
Feb 21 2007 2:26PM
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yelsel
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tunderbolt is so much fun! besides that theres jay of course, tucks (which is pretty extreme), the chin at stowe and stuff off of there, and the slides at whiteface. Also guys if you didnt know it New England has the most defunked ski "resorts" in the country. Actually NY has the most if you can believe that. I cant tell you how many times my friends and I have skied old ski places. Its so much fun. You just need to be creative and open minded really
Feb 21 2007 2:47PM
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dr_peppa
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Mt Washington definitely holds it down
Feb 21 2007 4:34PM
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dgcarbs
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go to www.nelsap.org- its a list of all the closed ski areas in NE, most of them still have trails and with enough snow should be skiable
Feb 21 2007 4:39PM
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salomonskiier12
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hey thanks, thats  a sweeet site
Feb 21 2007 7:31PM
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bobs
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very good point ask your grandparents about ski hills that were shut down and then go hike them. I can think of like 5 off hand.
Feb 21 2007 10:03PM
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4frntSkier
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tucks and jay peak
Feb 21 2007 10:39PM
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thegreyarea
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A lot of the good New England backcountry and out of bounds stuff is kept secret by locals so flatlanders either don't hurt themselves or over populate and ruin it. No offense, but it drives me nuts when some jackass from Jersey hikes up the Chin and you have to help him out. Thankfully, plain view stuff like the Chin keeps non-locals out of the stashes.

Become friends w/a local and eventually you'll find the good stuff.

If you want more tame, popular stuff, check out David Goodman's 2 Backcountry Skiing Adventures books. There's one for NY/VT and another for Maine/NH. A majority of the stuff in there is for touring, but it'll give you a good place to start.

You can also try Google.
Feb 21 2007 10:43PM
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MadSteezin
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im from the west side but i bet there is none cuz they dont get snow.
Feb 21 2007 10:44PM
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timoski
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Feb 21 2007 10:51PM
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HeathR
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u dont know about the bc at berkshire east. YOu have been missing out. Drop off the backside of outback. Its epic. All the snow from the mountain blows into a little pocket back there.
Mar 23 2007 12:08PM
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skiRay
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Mar 23 2007 12:13PM
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Beans13
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def jay + tucks + stowe
Mar 23 2007 12:51PM
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cbrady
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hahah berkshire east...
Mar 23 2007 1:39PM
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HeathR
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it always surprises me how many people I meet that have skied there a ton
Mar 23 2007 1:41PM
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khyber.pass
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the Slides are inbounds.. not BC. just closed a lot of the time.

chk david goodman's books: http://users.adelphia.net/~davgood/

Jay's easiest BC is in the zone marked with yellow stripes on the map -- ie where they want to develop the glades far skier's left. It's alright but the flats are a pain in the ass. You can hike the ridge too but it's rarely worth it. Better off in the 'Dacks.
Mar 23 2007 1:49PM
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kickerking
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The backside of sunday river seems sick, but you would have to hike back up a steep slope or park at the road below. Otherwise on the 1-5 pow days a year you could try that and it would be awesome.
Mar 23 2007 1:54PM
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leone
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if you're really interested in the east backcountry, check out epoch by meathead films where they ski the five highest peaks in new england, good stuff
Mar 23 2007 3:47PM
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Alkyy
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Mt. Colden in the high peaks is sick
Mar 23 2007 3:49PM
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GeneralButtNaked
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cannons got middersol or mittersol or howeever you spell it. i can get you there i just can't spell it.
Mar 23 2007 4:39PM
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powderski14
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tuckermans in NH
Mar 23 2007 4:53PM
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