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boze


Joined: 13 Dec 2005
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Location: Flatlands of Southern CT
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Assuming decent snow cover (freshies ideal of course)

Top favs:
Paradise & its woods esp well left as go down hill
Semi Tough Woods
Middle Earth
Lower FIS (love - hate relationship due to run out at the end)
Eden though not as 'remote' feeling as you get in Paradise or FIS woods
Jester including its unmarked woods
Brambles b4 ski school essentially took it over / ruined it

Least
Ripcord which typically an ice-fest

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kcyanks1


Joined: 30 Nov 2005
Posts: 240
Location: New York, NY
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boze wrote:
Assuming decent snow cover (freshies ideal of course)
Lower FIS (love - hate relationship due to run out at the end)


Lots of people seem to be mentioning Lower FIS (whether here or on some other threads I've read). What's it like before the runout? I've avoided it because I figured it wouldn't be worth it because of the flat part. Is it a narrow, windy trail? Does it have any real pitch at the beginning to make it worthy of the diamond rating?

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Lostone
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Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Posts: 1885
Location: Sugarbush South
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I would call it a low diamond.

We're not talking about difficult here.

We're talking about fun! Very Happy

It is steep, then runs. then steep... rinse, lather, repeat. Very Happy

Not that everyone complained about the runout, but it wins as one of the tops, while their complaining. Wink


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kcyanks1


Joined: 30 Nov 2005
Posts: 240
Location: New York, NY
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Lostone wrote:
I would call it a low diamond.

We're not talking about difficult here.

We're talking about fun! Very Happy

It is steep, then runs. then steep... rinse, lather, repeat. Very Happy

Not that everyone complained about the runout, but it wins as one of the tops, while their complaining. Wink

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Would it be fun like MRG's Antelope (perhaps the Upper Part which is easier)?

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Tin Woodsman
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Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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Location: Behind That Tree
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It's fun on a powder day b/c it's usually deserted. That said, it's about as steep as Cliffs/Hammerhead/Tumbler. Nothing really crazy at all. It's quite wide though, so it can easily get scoured by the wind. Has a few twists and turns, but with that width, does it really matter? Overall, not one of my favorites, but pretty good in the right conditions.
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Treeskier


Joined: 05 Dec 2005
Posts: 246
Location: In the woods of Mad River Valley
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Favorite: Trees especially Slidebrook
2nd: Rumble
3rd: Egans
4th: Black Dimond
Runners up: Tumbler

Least Fav.
1st: a Closed Trail
2nd: Zip...too short
3nd: Death Spout
4th: Organginder (stiches a while back)

Doing my snow dance....looks like a good storm this Friday.
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kcyanks1


Joined: 30 Nov 2005
Posts: 240
Location: New York, NY
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Tin Woodsman wrote:
It's fun on a powder day b/c it's usually deserted. That said, it's about as steep as Cliffs/Hammerhead/Tumbler. Nothing really crazy at all. It's quite wide though, so it can easily get scoured by the wind. Has a few twists and turns, but with that width, does it really matter? Overall, not one of my favorites, but pretty good in the right conditions.


Thanks..I guess I have to give it a shot before coming to any conclusions, but doesn't sound at this point to be worth the hike out, unless maybe it has still has fresh snow when everything else has been skied off.

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