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Forrest.Gump
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corbets coulior - jackson hole
whackies - breckenridge
steep gullies - arapahoe basin
palisades - "squaw valley"
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PeppermillReno
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powpatrolawesome area and dank schnitzel.
a lot of the off piste and backside all trickle back down to the same valley road so there’s often taxis and buses stopped to pickup skiers


Yeah was good did Zurs today because it was whiteout up high and I didn't want to ski the same things as yesterday. Completely empty and untracked waste deep powder every run right next to the piste/under the lift.

Can't wait for the next 5 days with the sun and all this snow.
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lluscho
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corvatsch pro line inrun
2 years ago
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Noah653
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Any recs for palisades and northstar? Looking to ski some gnarly stuff, first time at Tahoe, don’t mind inbound hiking! If there are any locals willing to show me around I would be willing to pay!
2 years ago
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midwestcoast
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Noah653Any recs for palisades and northstar? Looking to ski some gnarly stuff, first time at Tahoe, don’t mind inbound hiking! If there are any locals willing to show me around I would be willing to pay!


Following - I'll be around Palisade for the next week-ish. Was slushy like a spring day yesterday....
2 years ago
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Lip_on
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CeleryFriggin White heat up at Sunday River


Ice coast no count
2 years ago
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KolaOnCoke
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'the wall' holiday valley NY
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Lip_on
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KolaOnCoke'the wall' holiday valley NY


Ice coast no count
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dwt802
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BreknridgeKidIce coast no count


whatcha gotta say about out of bounds paradise at Mad River Glen? That shit is steep, extremely tight tree skiing, with big cliffs that are extremely technical to send. Definitely gnarlier than a decent amount of terrain out west.
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Lip_on
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dwt802whatcha gotta say about out of bounds paradise at Mad River Glen? That shit is steep, extremely tight tree skiing, with big cliffs that are extremely technical to send. Definitely gnarlier than a decent amount of terrain out west.


What the degree. Even in mellow Breck Wackys goes over 60 degree pitches
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KolaOnCoke
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BreknridgeKidIce coast no count


sarcasm bru
2 years ago
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SteezyYeeter
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dwt802whatcha gotta say about out of bounds paradise at Mad River Glen? That shit is steep, extremely tight tree skiing, with big cliffs that are extremely technical to send. Definitely gnarlier than a decent amount of terrain out west.


for reals though. this past saturday i skied three cliffs for the first time. it was the sickest shit i've ever seen, and i couldn't believe, standing from the bottom, that i was skiing in the east.
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SofaKingSick
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BreknridgeKidWhat the degree. Even in mellow Breck Wackys goes over 60 degree pitches


hate to even join this type of argument lol but wacky's is easy as fuck and 60 degrees sounds waaay off, if you don't think there's harder stuff on the east than that you haven't been lookin dude
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HypeBeast
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KolaOnCoke'the wall' holiday valley NY

Lmao the green trail intersecting the bottom of this run is what makes it sketch.
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dwt802
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BreknridgeKidWhat the degree. Even in mellow Breck Wackys goes over 60 degree pitches


Enough to trigger slides, I broke a 8 inch crown. Some is too step to avalanche too and just sluffs.
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SteezyYeeter
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also degree is not indicative of a challenging trail. it's a factor but i would say it's not even the biggest factor, at least when we're talking about resorts. i don't find pitch as hard as the snow conditions (which are most certainly awful for me), although to be fair i have limited experience on steep terrain, anything i would consider "steep" is going to be tight trees so it's hard to determine how impactful pitch really is. i'll have to ski tucks some day
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Forrest.Gump
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you cant compare octopus garden at mad river (whoops did i say that out loud) to whackies.

east coast gnar skiing is just that, people from out west wouldnt / couldnt ski it...

but when it comes to peak 8, whackies specifically (conmans hidden chute) , its an inbounds couloir. ive sent that head wall for breakfast....and now that its vail resorts takeover is complete it will never be the free for all that it was a decade ago. even the steep gullies, at abasin, are tight / steep rocky mountains to kill yourself with ease and i cant believe its open to the public. for years i was called crazy for skiing it solo as BC terrain....
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Lip_on
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Forrest.Gumpyou cant compare octopus garden at mad river (whoops did i say that out loud) to whackies.

east coast gnar skiing is just that, people from out west wouldnt / couldnt ski it...

but when it comes to peak 8, whackies specifically (conmans hidden chute) , its an inbounds couloir. ive sent that head wall for breakfast....and now that its vail resorts takeover is complete it will never be the free for all that it was a decade ago. even the steep gullies, at abasin, are tight / steep rocky mountains to kill yourself with ease and i cant believe its open to the public. for years i was called crazy for skiing it solo as BC terrain....


Yeah I wouldn’t ski the steep gullies solo. I’d say my favorite chute at Abasin is sex favors. It’s a mandatory air and crazy steep straight line. I’ve only seen me and my friends ski it.
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BallClapper
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Not inbounds but rooster ridge is a dream.
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partyandBS
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last year WP opened some chutes for
the first time that is definitely the gnarliest think at the resort. better not chute. rarely open and snow gets sluffed off quick but its rowdy as fuck
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Lip_on
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partyandBSlast year WP opened some chutes for
the first time that is definitely the gnarliest think at the resort. better not chute. rarely open and snow gets sluffed off quick but its rowdy as fuck


WP is as gnary as keystone
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partyandBS
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BreknridgeKidWP is as gnary as keystone


i would say fairly accurate. terrain in CO is overall pretty low on the gnar bar. at least within the i-70 corridor. would say the average skier at WP is going to be better than that of key but neither are attracting anything like snowbird, jackson, revelstoke, palisades, etc. theres totally some rowdy stuff in this area of CO but its just
not as abundant as those other places.
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MNcoWA5310
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officechairBlue groomer on a holiday weekend.


Legit. I had to stiff arm a kid out of the way the other day who decided he was going to b-line to another chair lift right in front of me. It was either me full on tackling him and taking us both down or me stiff arming him to the side lol. Somedays is straight up chaos..especially if the blue groomer is icy, hard pack moguls.
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snowmosexual
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KolaOnCoke'the wall' holiday valley NY


I've skied bridger and big sky extensively and can confirm, The Wall at HV makes boys out of men
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Casey
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Not really on a big mountain level but Alpental is notoriously difficult. Steep and tight trees, big cliffs, nasty variable coastal snow. If you can sharpen your technique out there nothing will phase you
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BallClapper
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Baker as well. Everything is huge there.
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MNcoWA5310
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partyandBSi would say fairly accurate. terrain in CO is overall pretty low on the gnar bar. at least within the i-70 corridor. would say the average skier at WP is going to be better than that of key but neither are attracting anything like snowbird, jackson, revelstoke, palisades, etc. theres totally some rowdy stuff in this area of CO but its just
not as abundant as those other places.


Realized how in general mellow CO resorts are (obviously the is some shit to get into it there) after I moved from CO to WA. Crystal, Baker, Stevens, Alpental, etc. all have a lot of solid difficulty in bounds and side country. Steep tight trees, chutes, cliff bands, etc. In terms of quantity of difficult terrain it’s hard to beat.
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Jarle
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Just some eurotrash resorts.

(I get that it's different in Europe, I'm glad I don't have to sign a bunch of papers everytime I'm skiing there though, as I had in Revelstoke and Kicking Horse)
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gnarhuck
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BigPurpleSkiSuitCenter chute at Snowbird. Permanently closed so I don't know if it counts but twin forks and pipeline are inbounds and someday someone will ski it again
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1083988/Billy-Poole-Center-Chute-Snowbird-Utah


rip billy
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