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East Coast Tree skiing

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waveydavey
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what do you think of it?
Sep 29 2012 4:52PM
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NinetyFour
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To be honest with you, I didn't even realize terrain existed on the East Coast like that. I now need to trek there to ski at least once in my life time. Most of those peaks look at least 1KM tall. Yes? No?
Sep 30 2012 7:56PM
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ilovermont2
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There are some great places, like Whiteface mountain, it basically snows everyday there.
Sep 30 2012 7:57PM
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waveydavey
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true
Sep 30 2012 7:59PM
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tgm
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Sep 30 2012 8:07PM
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zahava
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I really want to make it back there this winter before I head out west. Such a steep mountain, I was there like 4 years back and they opened the slides, blew my mind, it was my first time skiing something that steep, had no idea that that existed on the EC.
Sep 30 2012 8:09PM
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waveydavey
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never thought of that. thanks for the tip
Sep 30 2012 8:10PM
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GuacamoleMane
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that is sick, those woods look magical and ur friends style is smooth as hell
Sep 30 2012 9:09PM
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jrl
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Saddleback is known to be very magical
Sep 30 2012 9:16PM
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ABinThe603
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Cannon and Killington are my two places
Sep 30 2012 9:21PM
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GuacamoleMane
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do u know any good spots at killington? i went last year a lot but i mostly stuck to pat sys, cuz it seemed to have the most consistant snow pack, iv heard pico is sick
Sep 30 2012 9:39PM
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mitchk
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Ive ripped jay peak and le massif. Both are dope especially when the gods are generous although we all know this is rare. One weekend in march i shredded knee deep at massif and my homie and i were something like :D <--that The terrain is pretty sick at both spots.....although it can be sick im moving west
Sep 30 2012 10:45PM
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BROSEIDON
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That's me skiing I'm Matt haha but thanks, those glades are massive too
Sep 30 2012 11:00PM
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corona
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25 peaks over 1 km in that area. highest is 4160 feet. not terribly high, but the prominence is pretty much 4000 feet.
Sep 30 2012 11:08PM
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HumanGenius
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blue mountain usually. bear creek if the park is good
Sep 30 2012 11:10PM
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Peachbutt
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I'm going there for a week in February with my dad... Enlighten me with these secret spots?
Sep 30 2012 11:15PM
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corona
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and there's still some epic untapped East-coast skiing to be done. albeit a touch remote.

but, the Torngat Mountains in Quebec:

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and some ski/board shots of the region. very very few people go there, but it looks epic. especially for the East.

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I guess this has nothing to do with tree skiing anymore
Sep 30 2012 11:19PM
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zahava
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If I wasn't going to be in whistler I'd show your around in exchange for a few brews.
Sep 30 2012 11:31PM
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Skurfer
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The only good place is Jay. Sugarbush has alot of untouched stashes if you dont mind getting face f*&ked by small branches and tiny trees.
Oct 1 2012 6:48AM
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Huck_Norris
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I love EC trees.  You have to be so on point but if you know where you're skiing you can rip stashes for a week after a storm. 

I love Jay and MRG but they just get tracked out so fast. 

Mgic is my home mountain for a million reasons, ans tree skiing is a good 900k of those.  Steep, tight, rocky, cliffs everywhere, nobody around to track it out and stashes fknEVERYWHERE. 

I really cannot wait until the snow starts falling in the Greens though.  I am ITCHING to get out and tour.  Last year was such a flop. 

Oh, and some EC treeskiing stoke is always helpful...

Jamie Fater of Ski The East ripping a Magic stash we booted out to two years ago.

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A little BC in Smuggler's Notch with my buddy's dog.   

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Up at the Snowbowl cashing in on $10 lift tix, 30" of snow and 10 people on the hill. 

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Moar

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Moar!

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MOAR!!!

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MOAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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OMG MOAR!!! 

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OH GOD YES!!!!!!!

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OH FUCK YEAH RIGHT THERE!!!!  OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

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Oct 1 2012 9:13AM
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wawabunski
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It's dense- trees are close together normally- requires quick turns and fast decisions- it's fun but can be sketchy
Oct 1 2012 9:49AM
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k2andcannoli
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Magic is magic...alwats my first stop on ANY ski trip to Vt.
Oct 1 2012 10:18AM
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MacMahoooon
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So much great stuff if you know where to look
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It is definitely heads up skiing and you have to be on your game, but you get a good day in a good zone and you are set!

For anyone who doesn't believe there is good snow and tree skiing on the east find yourself a copy of a Meatheads movie
Oct 1 2012 11:40AM
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wawabunski
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Anyone ever ski black mountain or knob at loon ?
Oct 1 2012 11:45AM
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Finkle
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Love it... except for the occasional root snag....but Whiteface tenth mountain division glades. Click for larger image
Oct 1 2012 12:28PM
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wawabunski
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this is all at loon- skip to 1:14 for trees
Oct 1 2012 12:29PM
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Granby_killdozer
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that looked ridiculously fun
Oct 1 2012 3:01PM
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jdubbs.
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want
Oct 1 2012 3:08PM
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freeskibum82
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stratton isnt bad [img]http://imageshack.us/a/img143/9978/powstratton22711.jpg[/img] top of the trail
Oct 1 2012 3:52PM
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Huck_Norris
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Lol... Yeah I guess.
Oct 1 2012 4:10PM
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gawd
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this edit

Oct 1 2012 7:10PM
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ilovermont2
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Yeah, it's the highest elevation on the east coast, great for open skiing.
Oct 1 2012 7:20PM
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Dr.Dickless
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the pictures really answer Op's question
Oct 1 2012 7:21PM
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wawabunski
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come to loon then
Oct 1 2012 7:41PM
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wawabunski
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it is- people underestimate loon- its got some great trees
Oct 1 2012 7:42PM
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freeskibum82
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only if it has snowed though and you hit it when they are actually open
Oct 2 2012 8:27AM
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CoachG
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What's The Plan?: Finale from Nicholas Galante on Vimeo.



Skip to 3:26 My Homies at Killington a Few years ago.
Oct 2 2012 10:56AM
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Finkle
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You ski Whiteface all your life and you end up a pretty damn good skier. Thigh burners all day.
Oct 2 2012 12:53PM
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oil.
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beast coast ftw
Oct 2 2012 1:15PM
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freeskibum82
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and yet its nickname is "iceface". you know its icy, when its bright blue..
Oct 2 2012 1:19PM
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Huck_Norris
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Meh, not really anymore.  To say a lot has changed even since a year or two ago there would be a gross understatement. 

The only days they're closed is tues, weds, and thurs, but even then they open up for anything over 6"...  and that's tits because if you get a midweek storm, there's only like 30 people on the whole hill and most of them don't even know where any of the off map stuff is.   

Oct 2 2012 1:34PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Daaaamn.... that is a really good idea.
Oct 2 2012 1:40PM
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Finkle
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False statement. There are a select few trails that get icy...  I ski Whiteface 60+ times a year. Yes it gets cold and icy occasionally but that's probably because you are skiing the top of essex, or skyward... or you just lap excelsior.... Ski the face on a pow day, you will prob never ski a steeper pow covered slope on the east.
Oct 2 2012 1:47PM
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freeskibum82
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and your username says it all.

i have a lot of fun skiing WF, but the top station section is usually the wind blown blue ice im referring to. anything in the trees is typically safe from ice
Oct 2 2012 2:55PM
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waveydavey
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yea. i agree
Oct 2 2012 9:58PM
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monkatizer
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i like this thread
Oct 2 2012 10:14PM
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wawabunski
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going to squaw at christmas- ordered squallywood and gaffney wrote a little note to the east skiers on the inside- good to know he's praying for us this winter Click for larger image
Oct 2 2012 10:49PM
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Huck_Norris
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That is fkn awesome. 

I just got a new lightweight chainsaw for trail work up at Magic this weekend.  God I love working up there to build new tree skiing, it gets me so incredibly stoked to come back and rip it.  That and getting to ride the red chair in the summer is beyond rad.   

Anybody else work on this kind of stuff in the summer or want to? 

Oct 3 2012 8:39AM
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wawabunski
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my family owns a huge farm up in NH that extends all the way up a mountain- i went up and tweaked the old work snowmobile and got it running, and scoped out some lines i can take from the top of the mountain back down to the log cabin my grandfather built- gonna be good to get some fresh tracks on some land that no one has probably ever skied
Oct 3 2012 8:51AM
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GuacamoleMane
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they just let u walk up with a chainsaw and start sawing shit down?
Oct 3 2012 4:45PM
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prometheusprime
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Yes. That's what makes Magic a badass mountain
Oct 3 2012 5:09PM
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