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10 hardest runs in the east

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ct_steeze
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post what u think are the hardest runs in the east
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cool.
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ripcord and the front four at stowe are all pretty gnarly
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KSdesign
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naa man that trail made me work and there was a decent amount of pow... id still keep it in the top 10
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jfp
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been there, theres a good 30 footer in that glade, than u come out by the shack. and traverse across the bottom of cant dog to the lift, to get there you gotta traverse up a bit and if i remember right it forks to two seperate glades at the top, one that leads to the 30 footer.
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treesmann
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honest to god, a couple of years ago in december it had rained on a 6 inch base, then it got real cold, and i skied it on glare ice. it was one of the hardest runs i ever had
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jfp
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devils den at killington, the back side glade off devils fiddle can contend, several nice drops in there.
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treesmann
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im only gonna list the ones ive skied

upper K27 - hunter
madonna liftline - smuggs
freefall - smuggs
starr- stowe
goat -stowe
rumor - gore


in no particular order

17 years ago
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FUUUCK
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Apparently the slides at white face arent that hard but theres a mandatory air near the bottom.
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smuggs
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nastyest run i have skied in my life is in smugglers notch. its an ice climb.

hardest trail map trail in the east im gonna have to agree with madonna liftline top to bottom at smuggs. the run is huge like 2000 vert, trail goes straight down, fall line varies the whole time, sketchy, rock drops, big rock drops, awesome headwall, more rock drops, mellows out and then a long straight groomer then you have 15 minutes to rest your legs and do it again hollywood style.
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smuggs
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and madonna liftline top to bottom is like a mile long. one mile in a straight line and steep the whole way. delicious
17 years ago
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Treestman
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word, madonna liftline is def one of the sickest runs in the east. the "back bowls" at smuggs are also sick

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SnowRidgeParks
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i'm gonna go with Billy's Butt at Togg for sure, shit's intense....

but on a more serious note, Rumors at Gore is definitely a fun trail, pretty long and steep headwall.... but if we're talking about earning your turns i'll go with some of the lines up at tucks and pretty much all of hillman's highway, straight ridiculous



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StanMcStanson
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Word, my favorite runs on the mountain, but they're only open about 1 week per year, so you have to be there at the right time.
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Joan
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fucking LOVE that trail
17 years ago
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niels043
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sunny side - ski sundown
17 years ago
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philipc
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yea dude... hellgates is tough if you hit the cliff... its not a actual trail though....
17 years ago
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Mezmerize19
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no joke, I fell over the kid i was teaching because he snow plowed right into a bare spot and right before that spot was ice. Lovers Lane is some scary shit
17 years ago
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johnnypsunami
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i love that run. dynamite may be harder tho. especially when the cliff is open.
17 years ago
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scofield
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unmarked loon glades. by far
17 years ago
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Meases_Pieces
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if you like paradise youll love the 20th hole. on any powder day its the best. requires some traverses in and out but totally worth it. skinny little trail of of antalope
17 years ago
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miker92
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the slides
paradise @ mad river glen
F.I.S. at glen ellen looks pretty steep and bumpy from over at mad river but ive never skied it
tuckerman ravine

shout out to rumor at gore since its my home mountain, but i really dont think it qualifies. unless difficulty includes conditions. coat it with gores signature ice and shitty bumps made by people from new jersey who dont know how to ski, and it can get pretty difficult.

i havent been to stowe or jay or anything up there really so i have no idea. and i havent been to tucks either but i think everybody agrees on that.
17 years ago
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martin.
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FIS really isnt that bad, there are harder trails at Mount Ellen
17 years ago
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freestyler540
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La 42 at Le Massif was considered the hardest run in Quebec.
La S at mont st anne is pretty hardcore
17 years ago
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smuggs
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tucks is not  hard. its an open snowfield. and the snow conditions are usually fairly friendly, unless you ski it in the mid winter, which case you will probably be avalanched on.
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chickenwang
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ripcord isnt shit compaired to "beast" at berkshire east in mass. ask any racer on the east coast, they know whats up at b-east.
17 years ago
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Tucks
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tucks for real
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smuggs
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or smuggs

robins run to the "scar"

then cross drifter into the woods on the same aspect as the liftline and its STEEP and tighter than a fundamentalist mormon.
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Malcolm
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yea the black hole is insane. too bad its only open like 3 days during the year
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haha hardest runs in the east...
17 years ago
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smuggs
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east is harder to ski than the west.
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skifree919
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FIS is pretty steep, but they blow a lot of snow on it so its actually really fun to ski and not too too challenging. If its icy, thats another story though. Skiing the mini trees on the side of it is awesome though, since its at like 4,000 feet elevation the snow is really good most of hte time
17 years ago
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drumbumocdp
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tuckermans ravine on mt washington
the black hole at sumgs
the goat and star at stowe
ripcord at mt snow
paradise at mad river glen
idk the others... there are 2 more of the front 4 at stowe but i cant remember the names
17 years ago
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joey.
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its by/in lake placid, NY ...they had 1980 and 1932 winter olympics there...its wayy upstate
17 years ago
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Meases_Pieces
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i would say the hardest are the chutes around tuckermans
like hillman highway etc.
17 years ago
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Treestman
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isnt dodges drop steeper and narrower than hilmans? (the one to skiers right of hilmans)
17 years ago
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[~_~]
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oh yeah I don't doubt it.
17 years ago
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Line0777
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alright If this is the same run as im thinking and go the same way i do we have a winner... haha the scar at smuggs if its the same place as im thinking is pretty ridiculous..... definitly intense but i dont get how you get from robins run to the scar? What i call the scar you have to get on before robins? what is the "scar" to you?
17 years ago
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WikiWiki
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win- avalanche danger in the east ehllz yeah
17 years ago
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JSskier
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haha i've skiied @ that mountain before. wasn't my idea but some friends and i were driving by this past winter going up further north and we were like wth. there wasn't even snow in mid february and it rained while i was there and some dog was running around at the top of the mountain and you could probably read the signs at the bottom of the mountain from the top. haha.  
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Mezmerize19
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that dogs name is Thunder and he's ballin. We also have goats that cross the trails and and el paca. their all pretty bitchin. I pet the goats when i see them. and all the kids are like look! A LLAMA! I shake my head at their knowledge of el pacas
17 years ago
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joey.
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dukes yard - ski bradford
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skifree919
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haha alpaca
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constpapa
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haha yea, the only reason Dynamite is hard is because it is usually shear ice with protruding rocks. LOL, I've only ever skiied it once when the conditions were nice!
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grown-ninja
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bump to lovers lane and bulls run is right up there with that too but id say some of the tight tree runs at MRG hardest ive been on
17 years ago
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JSskier
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alpacas @ thunder ridge? do you ski there much b/c that would really suck for you even though i know it's about the only ski place near NYC so better than nothing i guess. . .
17 years ago
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RudyGarmisch
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I feel so bad for you guys.
17 years ago
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skitoggrob
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ripcord and rumors, riprod is the most fun i have had in a while, and there is nothing like ending the run with people watching and your thighs burning
17 years ago
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First.Aid
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K-27 at Hunter was pretty hard, but I think the hardest one I've skied was Starr at stowe.
17 years ago
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skifree919
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i feel bad for you since you are a ski snob and don't appreciate that skiing east is a whole different scene from the west
17 years ago
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skiRay
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yeah dude.. you tell em. east coast = more hardcore. and better skiiers. skiing on ice and lack of snow all our lives gives us the advantage of when we get out west, we kill it in any condition.
as opposed to one of you guys out west, growing up skiing on powder and never have seen an ice patch, coming east and having the mountains totaly own you.
case closed
17 years ago
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dgcarbs
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yeah dodges is alto narrower than hillman's and definitely steeper. Its probably the hardest well known line in the tuckerman's area.
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