Honestly to me that looks like a Nightmare!
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Most intense ski slopes in the US
Honestly to me that looks like a Nightmare!
That looks like fun actually.
It does look fun but super sketchy. Any slip and you will careen off jagged rocky outcrops for over a thousand feet.
This is why we fly to visit your turf and not vice versa.
I'd put a lot of things at Big Sky on this list over what the authors picked. The Headwaters, particularly Three Forks.... The stuff below the North Summit Snow Field (Rips, Tears, etc)... Even the Big C with its exposure and angles are pretty intense and unlike much else in bounds in the US.
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White Nitro at Sugarloaf goes by so fast you sort of forget how steep it is. My wife slid a couple hundred feet on her back on upper winters way and everyone above was scared to ski down to check on her (she was ok) Some of the trees between the upper trails are where it really feels steep
Suppose it all matters on the situation. The most "intense" run I've ever taken was Lookout at Stowe. The Lookout Double was running because Four Runner was on wind hold. Every chair was filled. I popped around the snow fence at the top and, on cue, the double slowly stopped for some reason. I stood at the top of the run and looked down at the thinly covered gnarl ahead of me. The Lookout Double chairs are damn low and the people riding it were just above my head. Every eyeball felt like it was on me because, of course, I was the only guy on the trail at the time. A bearded dude looked over and made eye contact.
"You just gonna stand there? C'mon man, send it!"
He started banging his poles together and I swear half the lift joined in. What else could I do?
I went full send. I skied with grace, with power, I soared with the eagles!
Over the cliff.
Anybody remember the Agony of Defeat ski crash from Wide World of Sports? Amateur. I still don't know which ended up more injured, my knees or my ego. The intensity brought by an audience is unmistakable. At least when I rip Goat or Paradise, there's usually no one around to hear me scream.
All I can say is a deadly fall or avalanche delivers but a single, honorable end. The humiliation of the overconfident send brings with it a thousand deaths with every trip to the bar...
"You just gonna stand there? C'mon man, send it!"
He started banging his poles together and I swear half the lift joined in. What else could I do?
I went full send. I skied with grace, with power, I soared with the eagles!
Over the cliff.
Anybody remember the Agony of Defeat ski crash from Wide World of Sports? Amateur. I still don't know which ended up more injured, my knees or my ego. The intensity brought by an audience is unmistakable. At least when I rip Goat or Paradise, there's usually no one around to hear me scream.
All I can say is a deadly fall or avalanche delivers but a single, honorable end. The humiliation of the overconfident send brings with it a thousand deaths with every trip to the bar...
This might qualify as one of the 10 best lines of 2021!
Well if immersive counts then all kinds of stuff is in. Including most of Saddleback. Which by any objective measure is lovely terrain but not crazy steep or crazy anything else.
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I thought we did 2nd Notch once with Bob Barnes some years ago. Would’ve been May. Don’t remember the rope though.
Is it possible it fills in some?
Some years it does fill in more than that. But regardless, it’s awkward to get in there.
I was profoundly unhappy with how I skied 1st Notch. (Being freaked out by the approach didn't put me in a mental state to ski well. The ridge was a series of semi-icy mounds you couldn't see beyond with drop offs on both sides. No problem physically, but mentally.... not so good.) I'd like a repeat so I can do better.
Skied it several times. Its good but rarely open. Whats funny is when you look up at the trail all you see are exposed rocks. Those rocks are the size of vehicles. Super technical trail can open put maybe 5-6 turns together at a time.
I have yet to see a pic of that trail that makes me want to ski it. I get the appeal of technical challenge, but I want the reward of having at least part of the run be great turns.