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Whiteface 11/12

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Finkle
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I have been driving by the face for the last week every day and more and more snow is accumulating! they start snow production the 15th, and open the 25th! praying to the snow gods for an early opening like last year, who else is gonna tear up the face this year?
Nov 13 2011 3:37AM
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dubtwo
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im from rochester but i am definitely going to drive down there for a long weekend or two this year, it looks pretty nice
Nov 13 2011 10:32AM
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Finkle
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you wont regret it man, whiteface is a underated mtn and some of the best steeps in the east and there are tons of hidden gems of skiable terrain, message me when you head up man if you ever want to REALLY ski the face!
Nov 13 2011 12:30PM
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dubtwo
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alright, will do, it will probably be sometime in january
Nov 13 2011 4:36PM
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DANETRON
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Ill be there a decent amount on my days off
Nov 14 2011 2:55AM
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Finkle
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nice, cant wait! They widened that really sketchy part on the wilmington trail, and redid the little whiteface chair...soo hopefully its not so damn slow anymore...and now hopefully this will allow you to take the facelift to the little whiteface chair, instead of sometimes waiting in line for the gondola on the weekends.
Nov 14 2011 5:26PM
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Kenyon
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How is their park? Wanna go up there more often this year.
Nov 14 2011 8:04PM
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Finkle
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It gets pretty nice, every year is different, of course, but their park crew does a pretty good job. you wont be disappointed. down flat downs, a couple rainbow rails, cbox, flat box's, fruit-by-the-foot, tripple barrel up rail, wall, battle ship, tires, poles, water tanks, an array of rails and jumps. nice jump layout last year too... so we can only hope for better.

Nov 14 2011 8:39PM
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steezy.stew
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I live in Watertown NY so the drive is not to bad. I definitely plan on making it up there as much as possible, last year was awesome!
Nov 14 2011 10:32PM
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Finkle
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Agreed, we got some pretty good dumps last winter, best part was it was in the middle of the week each time so it was dead. Some of the best powder and tree skiing I have seen at whiteface in a long while.
Nov 15 2011 12:36AM
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Jthon74
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iceface...... haha only mtn ive been too where it was safer to slide down on your side due to a skating rinks worth of ice on every trail
Nov 15 2011 2:45AM
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lamppost
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I go to gore so i guess
Nov 15 2011 6:39PM
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Finkle
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Must have not been up last year then!... There are few trails that are known for some ice occasionally but a lot of people blow it out of proportion, let me guess you rode excelsior all day... Or you went to the summit on a bad day and the top half of skyward was windblown... Its all about the conditions if they havent had new snow in a week...Then you can bet its gonna be icy on the tops of skyward, essex, excelsior, and approach.

Nov 15 2011 10:39PM
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FK.
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The first thing i thought of when i read this was that this kid probably was riding the gondola and just lapping excelsior all day like everybody else who thinks they are a decent skier there... you need to venture away from the crowds to get away from the ice
Nov 16 2011 7:42AM
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theabortionator
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I would like to go there again. Haven't made it in the last 2 years. I used to go there a decent amount with the gore whiteface passes.


And to whoever said go to gore, FUCK YOU


Gore is cancer
Nov 16 2011 7:16PM
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steezy.stew
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why do people hate on gore so much?
Nov 17 2011 12:06PM
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Finkle
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Meh its not to bad... i would go but my gf lives ten mins away from whiteface and i live like 45 mins away soo rather not drive 3 hours south for more of a mediocre mtn.
Nov 17 2011 1:02PM
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theabortionator
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Because it blows severely. Massive budget, 0 park budget. They invest nothing into their park but build a new lodge here, a new lift there, a couple trails that are flat or uphill here.


The guy that runs the park is absolutely lazy as fuck and can't ride anyway. Smacks the tiller off lift towers because he's not paying attention, backs up too close and fucks up multiple rails multiple times. Gets fencing caught in the tiller and fucks that up for a little bit. Makes a 20 foot wide take off a 10. Takes somebodies slave labor on a hip and ruins it by driving all over it doing god knows what. Sucking so bad at grooming the mini pipe that you have to go in with shovels and rakes to build it. Cuts it at a late point and leaves huge dirt spots and chunks. Parks the cat and turns his lights off and calls his girlfriend for an hour plus every night. Tries to pull peoples passes for doing inverts then brings in a video to prove that he tried a backflip once drunk with his friends at his house(night time powder inverts= cool shit) Help him load barrels, tires, all kinds of shit in the truck to bring to the mountain. Shit never makes it to the mountain.


The park is sketchy. I hit about 50 percent of the things. I'll hit this 8 foot long rail than this shitty booter, skip the aborterd booter, skip the sketchy rail with the giant burs, hit this booter, then this little rail and that's the end.



The mountain there is fun though. I know all the spots. IT was a little bit of a pain in the ass when they put the fencing up farther on foxlair to make it more of a bitch to get to the best trail on the mountain. Also dropping the rope on double barrel for first tracks after the 3.5 foot vday snowstorm 4 years ago was pretty epic. Like the mountain but fuck that place.


And every department hassles me. Bought a pass there 2 years ago and just got hassled. I was like fuck you I paid for a fucking pass, I'm a customer, finally got some people to chill out. They like to cut trails up hill there which I never understood, sucks balls to snowboard. At least they did the bear mountain expansion so you don't have to bomb cloud at mach 10 and not make it across the flats any way because it wasn't icey or windy enough in the one spot you want it to be.

And the crew that was really tight there for a few years ago all moved on. Peaked out 07/08 season. We rolled deep on lower sleighride. By smoke hut was in full sesh mode.


Good times but way more shitty times. MOAR JORE sucks
Nov 17 2011 1:51PM
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kyleoutside
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Check out the post I made on Whiteface's facebook wall. I'm trying, with the help of my friends and all of you, to get them to put up more early season features! Last year they only had the c-box and a weak barrel tap on opening weekend.

http://www.facebook.com/groups/rpissc/265526340165012/?ref=notif&notif_t=group_activity#!/WhitefaceLakePlacid

Nov 21 2011 11:01AM
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kyleoutside
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p.s. use the second lnk...the embedded one does not seem to work
Nov 21 2011 11:11AM
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LikeALion
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i live in saranac lake and ski the face every weekend.
Nov 21 2011 2:59PM
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LikeALion
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and it geta such a bad rap because all the dumbass city people ski the same blue square everyday and it gets so icy and then we get "iceface"
Nov 21 2011 3:03PM
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kyleoutside
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we have probably seen each other around quite a bit then...
Nov 21 2011 3:03PM
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Finkle
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its kyle maggy whatt upp its lavignee
Nov 22 2011 11:49PM
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Finkle
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O yeah......ITS SNOWING... 2-8 inches expected at the face... lookin good but warm for opening day... high of 48...
Nov 22 2011 11:51PM
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kyleoutside
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as in Ryan? or a different one haha, so many lavignes
Nov 24 2011 2:30PM
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Finkle
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yerp
Nov 24 2011 9:31PM
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Finkle
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OPENING DAY TOMORROW
Nov 24 2011 9:32PM
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skiRay
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i should be up just about every weekend
Dec 14 2011 11:06AM
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DANETRON
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might be going tomorrow

Dec 14 2011 4:47PM
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fragglemuffin
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How are the parks as of now? My buddy and I are thinking about taking a little road trip up to the face this week...
Dec 18 2011 4:06PM
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LikeALion
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pretty sick, we have 2 jumps and i think 6 features with that but a lot of playful booters u can find all over the mountain right now
Dec 18 2011 7:11PM
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skiRay
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hows the snow been?
Dec 18 2011 7:12PM
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LikeALion
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no lie its been a little icy but theyv had the guns blowing for like 5days straight so its pretty nice
today was pretty sweet with some gnarly bumps on lower cloud the snow cover is good enough for no rocks or anything but some ice
Dec 18 2011 7:21PM
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LikeALion
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no lie its been a little icy but theyv had the guns blowing for like 5days straight so its pretty nice
today was pretty sweet with some gnarly bumps on lower cloud the snow cover is good enough for no rocks or anything but some ice
Dec 18 2011 7:22PM
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steezy.stew
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Word sounds sweet. I think i might drive up for the christmas weekend, is it worth it?
Dec 18 2011 8:06PM
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fragglemuffin
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thanks...anyone know if it's frowned upon to sleep in a car in the whiteface lot or surrounding areas?
Dec 18 2011 8:31PM
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DANETRON
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Never done it but my friends have and said no one seemed to care
Dec 20 2011 5:40PM
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skiRay
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i did it last year with my friend mike (KingTaco) and it wasn't bad at all and it was very successful. we folded the rear seats down in a loaner jetta that i had and just slept in our ski gear and sleeping bags. it was legit! do it
Dec 21 2011 12:58PM
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EastCoast.
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Looking at going there this year? Does their park have good jumps and rail features?
Dec 21 2011 3:03PM
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bangarangmules
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Same, hope to get up once or twice this winter.
Dec 22 2011 9:18AM
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LikeALion
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hit up the face    the rain yesterday was snow most of the day up there   and there blowing to open the summit and the big park   thats the word

everybodys hurting for snow, but whiteface is probs ur best bet

Dec 22 2011 10:13AM
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skiRay
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good to hear, im heading up tomorrow with 2 friends
Dec 22 2011 5:53PM
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skiRay
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thought today was superb.

top to bottom:

bank box
c box
down flat
urban down
rollercoaster
urban down

lower valley or boreen

2 jumps
fruit by the foot
small flat rail feature
log/tire feature
s rail
c rail
down flat down
flat box
rail bank feature

i think i missed a few too, but overall i thought it was a blast. ill be up a ton more in the next month

Dec 24 2011 1:58AM
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beermuscles
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my snowboard club (penn state, and i am a skier), will be heading to whiteface in mid march .. is it still pretty sick then generally?
Dec 25 2011 10:41PM
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skiRay
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march and april are arguably the best months at the face!
Dec 26 2011 9:18PM
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LikeALion
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oh word   so true   its so good skiing cuz theres soooooooo much snow to cover the mtn   everything is open and everything is nice and soft

Jan 3 2012 10:14AM
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ObviouslyJesus
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Gore is a bitch even though i go there but i do that because its a 2 hr drive to white face lovin that s rail ;)
Jan 10 2012 3:03PM
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steezy.stew
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Was anybody there for the usasa slope style comp? The set up looked wicked fun
Jan 11 2012 7:27AM
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LikeALion
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yea man the set up was so nice and they had it groomed perfectly     shit was great last weekend    this weekend should b even better

Jan 11 2012 10:48AM
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Lavieille
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going to be there feb 2nd through to the 6th, me and the.cheat will be riding together, hopefully we all can!
Jan 12 2012 9:13PM
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