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DlonettiMy sponsors flew me out here (my mom paid for this trip)
Farmville420I'll give you vail, the back bowls are legendary. Telluride is amazing too, but if you offer me a gaurenteed powder day at any resort in the country I'm not picking either over Killington
ZachRyanYour drunk go home.
Yes a true pow day at Killington is unmatched for comparing to other east coast resorts. Shred cascade trees with a foot plus fuck ya thats a good time.( I was born and raised on the east and spent my college years in Killington)
But if we are comparing a foot at Killington with maybe 18 actual cliffs on all 7 peaks(again cascade and devils fiddle) vs a foot on the east wall at A-Basin where the whole fucking face is a cliff you are just objectively wrong.
If you are really picking Killington on a guaranteed pow day over A-Basin, Vail, Copper or Breck your confused.
ZachRyanYour drunk go home.
Yes a true pow day at Killington is unmatched for comparing to other east coast resorts. Shred cascade trees with a foot plus fuck ya thats a good time.( I was born and raised on the east and spent my college years in Killington)
But if we are comparing a foot at Killington with maybe 18 actual cliffs on all 7 peaks(again cascade and devils fiddle) vs a foot on the east wall at A-Basin where the whole fucking face is a cliff you are just objectively wrong.
If you are really picking Killington on a guaranteed pow day over A-Basin, Vail, Copper or Breck your confused.
Farmville420Love you Zach but if you want to spend your powder days hiking up east wall go for it but I'd probably just stick to the glades off of beavers or rollercoaster. I don't think I've ever hit east wall and it been shitty, I don't know how much a powder day is really gonna change it either but you probably know that wall way better than me.
Also I said I like dense glades for pow days and east wall is literally above the tree line lol. Coppers back bowls is more or less the same thing. If you know some spots that you think rival anything at killy/ Whiteface in terms of just long steep dense trees then lmk, but so far the best I've found is some stuff at steamboat and it lacks the steep factor so idk. I'll come back to this thread and admit I'm wrong if you gimme some recs for this season (on ikon) and they live up to the hype!
Also cliffs are fun but if you're like me and only have 3 tricks you'd throw off them they get old fast lol
Farmville420Love you Zach but if you want to spend your powder days hiking up east wall go for it but I'd probably just stick to the glades off of beavers or rollercoaster. I don't think I've ever hit east wall and it been shitty, I don't know how much a powder day is really gonna change it either but you probably know that wall way better than me.
Also I said I like dense glades for pow days and east wall is literally above the tree line lol. Coppers back bowls is more or less the same thing. If you know some spots that you think rival anything at killy/ Whiteface in terms of just long steep dense trees then lmk, but so far the best I've found is some stuff at steamboat and it lacks the steep factor so idk. I'll come back to this thread and admit I'm wrong if you gimme some recs for this season (on ikon) and they live up to the hype!
Also cliffs are fun but if you're like me and only have 3 tricks you'd throw off them they get old fast lol
BreknridgeKidIt sounds like you had a stormless Colorado trip without a local and had a bad experience, the east has some great days and some decent terrain. Colorado during Feb and March blows the east out of the water
SteezyYeeterseeing a lot of k love, that's good and all, but if you really gonna take a pow day their over mad river glen?!? you're insane bro. only explanation is you've never been there..
Farmville420Love you Zach but if you want to spend your powder days hiking up east wall go for it but I'd probably just stick to the glades off of beavers or rollercoaster. I don't think I've ever hit east wall and it been shitty, I don't know how much a powder day is really gonna change it either but you probably know that wall way better than me.
Also I said I like dense glades for pow days and east wall is literally above the tree line lol. Coppers back bowls is more or less the same thing. If you know some spots that you think rival anything at killy/ Whiteface in terms of just long steep dense trees then lmk, but so far the best I've found is some stuff at steamboat and it lacks the steep factor so idk. I'll come back to this thread and admit I'm wrong if you gimme some recs for this season (on ikon) and they live up to the hype!
Also cliffs are fun but if you're like me and only have 3 tricks you'd throw off them they get old fast lol
SteezyYeeterseeing a lot of k love, that's good and all, but if you really gonna take a pow day their over mad river glen?!? you're insane bro. only explanation is you've never been there..
Farmville420I've heard mad river is insane and same with smuggs. Another honorable mention gotta be Magic mountain, idk if they're still in business but that resort was so fun
Farmville420I live in denver lol
BreknridgeKidColorado ski season is starting most likely on October 13th at Keystone and Abasin. Pre season hype, where y’all skiing this year?
BreknridgeKidThey are moving it back to the original run where the XL features used to be
EboytonytigerThey are already using all the space they can in parklane. Where tf they gonna put more xl features. Also there is no “original run” for park lane, it’s been the same run almost the same setup for like 20 years.
BreknridgeKidWhat why you vouching for the enemy team
SteezyYeeterseeing a lot of k love, that's good and all, but if you really gonna take a pow day their over mad river glen?!? you're insane bro. only explanation is you've never been there..
Farmville420Clearly never been to Loon or the backside of Whiteface
The east is way too slept on its mind boggling
**This post was edited on Sep 25th 2023 at 7:25:17pm
SethoscopeThe early season hike park at loon >>>>
ajbskiThere’s not really much alpine in the east.
I was at the chic chocs and mt washington last season. there’s no doubt that there is good stuff in the east. There just isn’t much of it. And not much snow for that matter.
what the west doesn’t have are hard af people that would go out in 80mph winds w/freezing rain to ski the forecasted 0.5” of fresh. And still call it a good time if there wasn’t any fresh.
let’s not open the debate west vs east. There’s really no comparison to be made.
BreknridgeKidEarly season lift park at Abasin >>>>>>
(Opens in 14 days)
SethoscopeGetting snow from a hockey rink and setting up something with homies >>>>
SteezyYeeterseeing a lot of k love, that's good and all, but if you really gonna take a pow day their over mad river glen?!? you're insane bro. only explanation is you've never been there..
BreknridgeKidEarly season lift park at Abasin >>>>>>
(Opens in 14 days)
BreknridgeKidThey had the huge Freestyle on Freeway, my bad. I haven’t gone park in Breck in a while just hyped if they rebuild it better. Park lane has always had a normal Large park. Freeway was where the 80 foot jumps and half pipe was because its a steeper run.
BreknridgeKidThere is no comparison the Midwest is the best skiing
EboytonytigerMb I thought u were just talking just abt parklane not freeway. Obviously freeway isn’t there anymore.
BreknridgeKidHave fun with your 100 inches
tutipupswe get more snow at jay peak then at breck stupid texan
tutipupswe get more snow at jay peak then at breck stupid texan
BreknridgeKid46 Extreme rated chutes
BreknridgeKid46 Extreme rated chutes
kalle.i’d take colorado any day of the year vs ruka
dwt802Jay and Mad River have the best most playful terrain on the east coast, change my mind.
ajbskiThere’s not really much alpine in the east.
I was at the chic chocs and mt washington last season. there’s no doubt that there is good stuff in the east. There just isn’t much of it. And not much snow for that matter.
what the west doesn’t have are hard af people that would go out in 80mph winds w/freezing rain to ski the forecasted 0.5” of fresh. And still call it a good time if there wasn’t any fresh.
let’s not open the debate west vs east. There’s really no comparison to be made.
hi_vis360Have you been to black mountain of Maine? I spend most of my time skiing trees and I haven’t been anywhere that is close to as good. Hardwood forest with huge mossy boulders everywhere that turn into jumps in winter. Tons of cliff drops. Top to bottom tree runs. Easy access to backcountry and sidecountry on two different peaks. No lift lines, even when it’s knee deep on a Saturday. I’ve skied jay and it’s the only place that comes close but I’d choose BMoM over it any day.
skinakedfastRuka seems fun! dont die on that thought
hi_vis360Have you been to black mountain of Maine? I spend most of my time skiing trees and I haven’t been anywhere that is close to as good. Hardwood forest with huge mossy boulders everywhere that turn into jumps in winter. Tons of cliff drops. Top to bottom tree runs. Easy access to backcountry and sidecountry on two different peaks. No lift lines, even when it’s knee deep on a Saturday. I’ve skied jay and it’s the only place that comes close but I’d choose BMoM over it any day.
hi_vis360There is tons of untapped unskied alpine terrain in the east, it’s all just in Newfoundland and Labrador and it’s completely inaccessible
bogustMy ski season started yesterday in Loveland pass rail yard
nCrowHow much snow did the pass get there?
nCrowHow much snow did the pass get there?
