Best tree skiing?

[addict]

Japan has some reasonable tree skiing. I mean really reasonable. New Denver and surrounds can be nice too, but I won't say where. Kicking horse trees suck balls.

[Mudfoot]

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

[birdman829]

yes everyone go to Jay, their trees are the best....







will this debate ever end?

Well you kinda perpetuate it don't you? Every time somebody mentions Jay you act like they said "Stowe sucks". It's not even a debate really. Jay rocks and Stowe rocks. It doesn't really matter which one rocks more. End of debate.

[powdork]

I spend a lot of time and resources bashing Heavenly.
But man they have some kick ass tree skiing. Inbounds and out of bounds including tree runs from 9,100 to 6,500 (firebreak) in the basin and 10,060 to 5,000 (porcupine ridge) on the valley side (though the bottom 1,000 is fire road). There's wide and tight, steep and flat. By far the best of anywhere I've been.

[facedeep]

trees. Excellent way to gain a little contrast. if i had to call out my favorite, i would have to say some of the burns in the bc interior. Pretty cool ones in the northern selkirks. so many i have heard of but still never seen. I've never skied the east but have seen some pretty cool tree skiing pics. post some more if you have them. the trees far side were fun to get into...



would love to see some pics of people actually skiing them because i don't have any.

cheers.

[samthaman]

Well you kinda perpetuate it don't you? Every time somebody mentions Jay you act like they said "Stowe sucks". It's not even a debate really. Jay rocks and Stowe rocks. It doesn't really matter which one rocks more. End of debate.

I didnt really mean it that way (this time). it just seems like every week a new thread pops up about "which resort is the best?" in some way. tree skiing is inherently a personal preference. Some like widely spaced trees, others steep, myself i like the tightest trees possible, it makes fluidly skiing a line very challenging. also tree skiing is a very secretive aspect of skiing, in that its not always easty to find the good lines and strangers arent likely to show them to you. i seriously doubt that there is some tree skiing sage out there that has skiied every secret stash in america on a powder day and can rule with authority on which is the best. Yes, i do love stowes steep tight tree lines and chutes, but yes i have also had a lot of fun at Jay. which is better is a personal preference. maybe i'm getting cynical, but stupid debates over something inherently reletive have lost a lot of their luster for me recently. so yea, as far as i'm concerned, end of debate.

and yes, i did misspell a lot of shit. no, i dont care.

[addict]

i would have to say some of the burns in the bc interior.
would love to see some pics of people actually skiing them because i don't have any.

cheers.

I think my user CP has my webpage, pretty sure it has helmetcam of skiing burns around the Kootenays. I;m too lazy and/or drunk to post a proper link. Burns are rad. Tight trees where you can still see for 200m. Good times.

[shera]

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.

Once lightening hits these pine beetle kills, we're gonna get some nice burns to ski...

[ulty_guy]

nothing up for le grand serre che? hmmmmm....larch.....

[Telski]

Telluride has very good tree skiing.

The upper reaches of the town/front side have been selectively thinned. And the entire ridge up to Gold Hill has nice trees that ski best with a little fresh since they are quite tight.

California's trees are too large and create too many open spaces for my tastes -- Heavenly, Sierra, Northstar.

Red Mountain, BC probably has the best trees.

[laseranimal]

whats with K-mart on the list


are you serious


there is ABSOLUTELY nothing at killington but overpriced season passes, gaper tourons, and bulletproof, scraped off ice covered groomers


Keep driving until you hit Stowe or Jay, Killington isn't worth paying for a lift ticket

[MassLiberal]

Best trees is the east......






Aren't on any lift-served mountain.

[CantDog]

Best trees is the east......






Aren't on any lift-served mountain.

Hippie.



And will the day ever come when people from UVM ever stop running their fucking mouths? Jay is sooo much better than Stowe. Nobody go to Stowe, to totally blows. Teehee.

[From_the_NEK]

Mmmmm East Coast Trees...

West trees are a completely different experience. Comparing Apples to Oranges in my opinion.

EC pics NOT from Jay or Stowe (although those are the two best spots)...

[extreeski]

I've skied great trees in so many places. I think the beauty of that skiing article is that it will keep the skiiing mag gapers from all our beautiful secret tree stashes. Those of which I will not mention.

[freezorburn]

whats with K-mart on the list are you serious

there is ABSOLUTELY nothing at killington but overpriced season passes, gaper tourons, and bulletproof, scraped off ice covered groomers

Keep driving until you hit Stowe or Jay, Killington isn't worth paying for a lift ticket

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!

[samthaman]

Hippie.



And will the day ever come when people from UVM ever stop running their fucking mouths? Jay is sooo much better than Stowe. Nobody go to Stowe, to totally blows. Teehee.

see above, but probably not. it should be said that there is a lot of debate at the school as to where to go, and its relevant because it determines where all your buddies (and rides) go skiing.

-UVM student

[Particle]

Trees kill people.

Gotta agree with the original poster - the wide-spaced, bigass trees of the Sierra are by far the best.

[Boilerplatermashpotater]

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!

Second that! While Jay and Stowe, unquestionably, have the best trees, Killington is not without its stashes: Coopers, Lighthouse, Scarecrow, and Bear's ass. And...there are lots more left unnamed and unlocated.

[s.p.c]

prospect park is fucking killer.

different experiences.

cut em all down.

don't jersey jersey, go back to vermont.

huck to flat.

core core core core bark bark maple sapling slalom poles. salomon and rainbow trout. cedars and willows.

weeping in bobsled tracked gaper twin tip spray.

stfuyfm invoked.

[Sierra Cement]

I think a few photogs would help out this thread. When the winter storms are pounding the Tahoe trees are where it's at.

First powder run of last year (Jan 5th):


Slackcountry:








Some of Heavenly's best trees - once the out track is punched.


Other good "Heave" trees:




photosluts are gimpy, zippy, bcrider and moi.

[shera]

Those are very fine photos.

[Cono Este]

Homewood of course. duh

[salida]

i seriously doubt that there is some tree skiing sage out there that has skiied every secret stash in america on a powder day and can rule with authority on which is the best.

I can't help but to sit around and picture what the old tree skiing sage might look like -- grizzled from being waked in the noggin by endless tree branches, beard full of delicious cold smoke, white and pasty from being covered by the shade of the trees and constantly being submerged, with a big old grin on his mug...

Anyways, if the sage where here to help us with this epic quandary, he would undoubtedly say, the best trees are the ones with the most snow in them...

[Cono Este]

Best trees is the east......






Aren't on any lift-served mountain.

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