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Trees runs or wide open?

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TurquoiseGrizzly
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There is jut something about skiing in the woods shooting around trees, taking a couple "surprise" cliff drops I really enjoy. It's like an all natural, mountain made playground. I also enjoy those wiiiide open areas where you can just rip it up, shoot some wind lips and just cruise. I prefer being in the woods over it all though.

Do you have a preference NSrs?
Oct 7 2014 10:28AM
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kalle.
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i like wide open areas more because i like to have a surf feeling when i'm skiing pow and get wiiiiiiide turns and just relax. but that doesn't mean i don't like gunning down tree lines, it is fun too, i just prefer the wide opens.
Oct 7 2014 11:03AM
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TurquoiseGrizzly
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Doesn't necessarily have to be a pow day
Oct 7 2014 12:08PM
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histonskiah
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Definitely Trees. No doubt, I can always find some left over pow deep in the woods and it's super secluded
Oct 7 2014 12:17PM
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.MASSHOLE.
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GratefulGrizzlyThere is jut something about skiing in the woods shooting around trees, taking a couple "surprise" cliff drops I really enjoy. It's like an all natural, mountain made playground. I also enjoy those wiiiide open areas where you can just rip it up, shoot some wind lips and just cruise. I prefer being in the woods over it all though.

Do you have a preference NSrs?


Are we talking EC or WC trees? Because I would take out West trees any day. But personally, I think trees into chutes and bowls are the most fun
Oct 7 2014 12:26PM
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TurquoiseGrizzly
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.MASSHOLE.Are we talking EC or WC trees? Because I would take out West trees any day. But personally, I think trees into chutes and bowls are the most fun


West Coast for sure. Trees out East tend to be a little to clumped together for skiing.
Oct 7 2014 12:29PM
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yelsel
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Oct 7 2014 12:38PM
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fluffyclouds
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On a really good pow day, I hit the open fields every day.
Oct 7 2014 1:51PM
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Migo
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I ski at a small mountain with a small park and what I find my self doing most of the time is making random woods trails. Eventually I know the trail well enough so me a my friends can just fly through it. This is super fun
Oct 7 2014 1:52PM
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TurquoiseGrizzly
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I like the woods better because it doesn't get tracked out as easy your just kind of moving the snow to your next line. A lot of people ski the open areas so it gets tracked out faster.
Oct 7 2014 2:05PM
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Slush
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Interesting thread idea

I'd have to say woods. I just like rippin through the woods, little cliff drops and some pow here and there. I always do some woods runs when I go skiing

Although, I have only skied the east coast, so my opinion is probably invalid
Oct 7 2014 6:09PM
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TurquoiseGrizzly
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So far it's woods > open areas
Oct 7 2014 7:08PM
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TheBigApple
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I like to find runs with widely spaced trees, big cliffs and super steep lines.

So trees I guess?

Although I do enjoy ripping down open pitches often too.
Oct 7 2014 7:42PM
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BungHole.
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Being a New Zealander where there is no trees to ski, I'd have to pick tree's as I've only skied them like one season in the US.
Oct 7 2014 7:54PM
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theabortionator
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Trees with open areas. Harwood sections are my favorite. Found some cool rocky sections in ns to grt kver the lack of trees
Oct 7 2014 8:02PM
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.otto.
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I would take both anyday
Oct 7 2014 8:12PM
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TurquoiseGrizzly
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JosephRikysBeing a New Zealander where there is no trees to ski, I'd have to pick tree's as I've only skied them like one season in the US.


Let's switch places for a season
Oct 7 2014 8:13PM
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equinn
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being on the east, my favorite is to go fast down a small section of dense trees to an open area thats still in the woods with a lot of pow...bolton valley is the best place ive been to for that and it was so much fun
Oct 7 2014 9:13PM
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skier58284
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Chutes, cliffs, cornices, and steep faces.
Oct 7 2014 9:27PM
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Mafatu123
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My hill is almost all sub-alpine, so I ski mostly trees. When I go to a resort like banff, though, I'll spend the entire day above the treeline.
Oct 7 2014 9:44PM
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YoungChristmas
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Watching someone rip through tight East coast trees is so sick.
Oct 7 2014 9:50PM
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413Crew
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your moms wide open
Oct 7 2014 9:51PM
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theabortionator
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YoungChristmasWatching someone rip through tight East coast trees is so sick.


Def fun. Used to have safeting meetings and then blast tupac and shred through em. My left shoulder still pops weird from clipping a tree in like 07. Gotta be on yo game
Oct 7 2014 10:03PM
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bighomieflock
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In my opinion, couloirs and chutes> trees> wide open snow fields
Oct 7 2014 11:26PM
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Borat.Sagdiyev
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Wide on the groomers. No trees where I ski sadly :(
Oct 8 2014 12:10AM
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El.
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I'm all about huge open bowls, especially when theres a chute to get into them. Something about making huge unobstructed turns really gets me going.
Oct 8 2014 12:13AM
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extravert
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Woods but that is where the snow is. If its a powder day, wide open while it lasts
Oct 8 2014 12:43AM
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Bogs
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GratefulGrizzlyTrees out East tend to be a little to clumped together for skiing.


Not if you know what you're doing.

Trees for me for sure. Nothing better than jumping in the woods on a busy day and suddenly feeling all alone. Plus, at least in New England, unmarked trees are the only place to find good snow when the rest of the mountain is shitty.
Oct 8 2014 1:09AM
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dispatchQ_main
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going fast is always fun. trees are sometimes to much work so i vote wide open just because it always puts a smile on me face arrggg
Oct 8 2014 1:12AM
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caucasian_chad
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Trees if it's socked in for visibility, except I violate that rule at Big Sky a lot to take advantage of short tram lines. Otherwise I usually like to shred the wide open stuff or chutes on a pow day then retreat to the trees as it tracks out.
Oct 8 2014 1:23AM
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TurquoiseGrizzly
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WattsNot if you know what you're doing.

Trees for me for sure. Nothing better than jumping in the woods on a busy day and suddenly feeling all alone. Plus, at least in New England, unmarked trees are the only place to find good snow when the rest of the mountain is shitty.


I only said that because where I would go to ski when I lived out East (Snowshoe, West Virginia) ALL the trees were clumped together and it was damn near impossible to do tree laps.
Oct 8 2014 7:41AM
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Annabelle.
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I love skiing a wide, groomed run with nobody on it.
Oct 8 2014 8:22AM
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Byron_tha_gr8
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tree dodging is a blast, not to mention smoke huts. Smoke huts make a day in the forest way better.
Oct 8 2014 8:33AM
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JAHpow
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Depends what I'm feeling at the moment.

However I do really enjoy the technicality to tree skiing.
Oct 8 2014 9:10AM
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TurquoiseGrizzly
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Tree runs and just being in the woods makes it feel more secluded for me. It's nice to get away from everyone for the day.
Oct 8 2014 9:18AM
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Bum.Life
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Definitely trees. A pow day in the trees is insane, especially if there's pillows
Oct 8 2014 11:39AM
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.CJ.
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I like skiing tight trees to open areas. My friends and I made a small kicker over a cliff to a wide open area, so sick.
Oct 8 2014 12:12PM
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pastysmasher
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My Pow days usually consist of shredding trees in the early morning and then when the steep wide open areas have been opened by patrol I go and get some of that. So, my answer is both!
Oct 8 2014 2:47PM
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broto
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I love skiing trees because it's so easy to forget about the world around you. For that time, it's just you, the snow, and mother nature. Everything is how it should be in the woods
Oct 8 2014 2:56PM
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TurquoiseGrizzly
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brotoI love skiing trees because it's so easy to forget about the world around you. For that time, it's just you, the snow, and mother nature. Everything is how it should be in the woods


Amen brother. Couldn't have said it better myself.
Oct 8 2014 3:00PM
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3mania
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I like me some trees.
Oct 8 2014 4:28PM
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Lemuel
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Something in between. You need to trees to make it interesting. And as much as I love skiing New England trees, they are so damn tight it gets annoying some times, I just don't realize it until I see some sick runs from out west in a vid.
Oct 8 2014 4:33PM
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MothaHucker
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alpine exposure fer days. steep open spines be my shit
Oct 8 2014 4:52PM
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Bogs
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GratefulGrizzlyI only said that because where I would go to ski when I lived out East (Snowshoe, West Virginia) ALL the trees were clumped together and it was damn near impossible to do tree laps.


Fair enough, yeah, West Virginia is a different story from New England
Oct 9 2014 12:10AM
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TurquoiseGrizzly
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WattsFair enough, yeah, West Virginia is a different story from New England


Still a beautiful state and I love Snowshoe
Oct 9 2014 8:33AM
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gperry1
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I like tree lines because of the rugged terrain and the wood jibs some mountains put into the mix.
Oct 11 2014 1:46AM
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hamman
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I love trees! It's definitely my go to on most days in search of powder out on the east coast, butI i have to say it wouldn't be the same without ripping the groomers too much fun…I'm getting antsy haha
Oct 11 2014 12:29PM
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250r
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ski lines in the alpine on bluebird days

trees when its puking
Oct 11 2014 1:51PM
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GayWolf420
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trees, had a run last year that was life changing. glades are just as fun, but on windy days, tree skiing is where the money is at.
Oct 11 2014 1:55PM
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TurquoiseGrizzly
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DeebieSkeebiestrees, had a run last year that was life changing. glades are just as fun, but on windy days, tree skiing is where the money is at.


Another great point. Fuuuck wind. All the most memorable days I've had on skis have been in the woods.
Oct 11 2014 2:54PM
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