Best tree skiing?

[cdlv]

sucky west tree runs :







and i'm voting for solitude to be put on the list

[From_the_NEK]

Okay, a couple from Jay...

The last one is more similar to Western trees

[From_the_NEK]

Ive never skie dout east, but from what I have seen, you need one of these compared to the far west.

http://www.drpower.com/TwoStepCatego...ome&LinkType=2

Many of the older growth areas don't need one of those. However DR is based in Vergennes, Vermont

[powdork]

At Heavenly, are you guys talking about the face that was out of bounds a couple of years ago? Where the cops would wait for you at the bottom? I looked at that and thought it would be very nice.

Yes and no. That's Firebreak and other stuff heading back towards Raley's (Raley's Gulch). The burn area from the Gondola fire is mostly in the Palisades section, which runs from Western Perimeter to Palisades Road. It's in an area also referred to as the Yellowstone Club.

On the Nevada (Carson Valley) side are the 5,000 foot runs (you can do shorter and come back in).

The first half of this clip is all off the Nevada backside, but not going all the way down.


The end of this movie is one of the runs off the backside going to the road. There's also some Waterhouse trees


The burn area




Up on Job's Sister


Waterhouse

[shera]

Hmmmm. That all looks really fun, but I doubt it's what the right coast would even call woods skiing. Mostly meadows.

Nice snow though. Looks like a lot of fun.

[Brock Landers]

Hmmmm. That all looks really fun, but I doubt it's what the right coast would even call woods skiing. Mostly meadows.

Nice snow though. Looks like a lot of fun.

Youre right, it looks great but not what Id call "woods". In the east Im a fan of Smuggs, Jay , and Stowe, though I liked Jay a bit more than Stowe- maybe just the days I went there was more snow.

Out west I was impressed with Beaver Creek's tree skiiing. And of course the woods off Pallavacini at ABasin

[iceman]

I'm super paranoid about hitting submerged logs and shit (and still managed to get crushed twice last winter by stumps I couldn't see) so unless it's a real big year in the East I'll take the west.

I had a pic of Arty at Heavenly (I think it was at Heavenly) on a super-deep day as my desktop for a long time, those trees looked about perfect for me. Does anybody still have that pic? I think it was from about the time of the gurge.

[schwerty]

Snowbowl in Montucky is top on my list for western tree skiing. Both in and outta bounds.

[Shredhead]

[QUOTE=allenataylor;1449414]Everybody go to aspen, their resort is named after a tree./QUOTE]

Aspen does have really good tree skiing. Steamboat's is good too, but not quite enough pitch for me. Fernie's is dam good.

[nufenstein]

Steamboat's trees are quite excellent, especially the half past the hour trails....also Eldora has some pretty sweet trees, although not top 10 on anyones list...and the trees on the Pali are terrible... you need to go off into the sidecountry to get any good glades at the Basin...

[powdork]

That all looks really fun, but I doubt it's what the right coast would even call woods skiing. Mostly meadows.

There's no doubt the east coast has tighter trees. Keep in mind though, those videos weren't supposed to represent the tree skiing, but the runs we were discussing off the Heave. The run off the backside is into an arid climate with much fewer trees. Plus we were looking for longer sections w/o trees to have a longer line for filming. IMO, Heavenly's best tree skiing is inbounds. Sierra at tahoe's trees are a bit tighter, and loads of fun, but they last about 4 hours.

[BrainDamage]

Best tree skiing in North America is the Monashees with CMH. It's the best, and unfortunately it costs accordingly.

I'd second that. The best pure powder skiing I've had in my entire 47 years of skiing, and that was back in the eighties on skinny Rossi Haute Routes. After 20 years I still vividly remember Elevator Shaft, Steep and Deep, Red's, etc., with over 3000' vertical feet of steep, consistently-pitched, perfectly-spaced trees.

Ah, back then CMH Monashees was more for the hard core than for the pampered uber-rich clientele they serve today. I was there the year the motel burned down and we were staying in Atco trailers.

[unofficialandes]

I don't think its the best ( that goes to Northern Vermont - enter your mountain here__________) but for the Tahoe area I think Homewood should get at lest a call out for there North facing uncut tree lines that last for days to weeks after a storm.

[icanseeformiles(andmiles)]

the best tree run: The one I'm in.

The worst: the ones roped off, with patrol watching.

[samthaman]

the best tree run: The one I'm in.

The worst: the ones roped off, with patrol watching.

curious: what gets a tree run roped off and watched? on the EC there seems to be an anything goes policy, except at really anal mountains.

[laseranimal]

My god man, have you lost your mind? K-mart has totaly EPIC trees!

Obviousely, you have never smoked a blunt at Coopers or the lighthouse. JONG!

someones sarcasm meter needs batteries

[iceman]

"Anal mountains" is an interesting concept.

[ArmadaBC]

I'm pretty sure the best is in PA, maybe Spring Mountain.

Seriously though western trees and eastern trees are way different, maybe I suck but in the east the hardest part is finding a clean line that you can ski without stopping to route find. My limited experiance in the west (mostly Ut) tells me that route finding is not a concern. As for Stowe vs Jay, I just go to the one with the least people and the most snow.


And Solly needs to be on the list. Best resort tree skiing in Utah. IMHO

[Ireallyliketoski2]

Vail has some great tree skiing on the front side, but I think Pali is the best for the front range. Solitude and Brighton were also top notch and come to think about it both blew just about anything in the front range completely out of the water.

[laseranimal]

curious: what gets a tree run roped off and watched? on the EC there seems to be an anything goes policy, except at really anal mountains.

I've seen a couple of woods shots roped EC wise

mostly because the main entrances suck, but if you find the side door...........

[extreeski]

I love it, so far noone's mentioned my favorite tree skiing.

[Ireallyliketoski2]

I love it, so far noone's mentioned my favorite tree skiing.

Me neither!

[extreeski]

And its not in the lower 48.

[adviljunky]

Monashees=Best Tree Skiing Ever

[extreeski]

shhhhhhh......... 12/22-1/6 I will be there.