Steepest widest?

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9/24/07 at 8:33am

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Ok where is it?

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9/24/07 at 6:36pm

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Outer Limits at Killington, by far the steepest in-bounds run in all of North America.

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9/24/07 at 6:42pm

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Nope. Not by a long shot. I can name at least 10 resorts in Utah, Colorado, and California that have steeper inbounds runs.

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9/24/07 at 6:49pm

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There's an inbounds hike to spot at Aspen Highlands that's wide and 45 plus.

There is no Darkside of the moon. It's all dark

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9/24/07 at 6:58pm

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Maybe not the steepest and widest, but you gotta love the Peruvian Cirque at Snowbird and East Greeley at Alta as two of the best steep wide open mogul free gravity playgrounds on any areas in the US.

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9/24/07 at 7:04pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquaman

Outer Limits at Killington, by far the steepest in-bounds run in all of North America.

What are you some kind of a nut? Everybody knows that the steepest/widest in the Northwestern hemisphere is not Tuckerman's Ravine, and certainly not Outer Limits, but it is in fact the legendary White Heat at Sunday River. And that's a scientific fact.

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9/24/07 at 7:09pm

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Tell you what, the Headwall at Crested Butte is pretty dang wide+steep too.

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9/24/07 at 7:11pm

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Originally Posted by carvemeister

What are you some kind of a nut? Everybody knows that the steepest/widest in the Northwestern hemisphere is not Tuckerman's Ravine, and certainly not Outer Limits, but it is in fact the legendary White Heat at Sunday River. And that's a scientific fact.

Yup carvemeister is right.....they measured it last year around 75 degrees.

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9/24/07 at 7:44pm

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75!!! I want to ski it not parachute down it!

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9/24/07 at 8:44pm

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Yup carvemeister is right.....they measured it last year around 75 degrees.

Is this another one of those situations where someone is confusing DEGREES with PERCENT SLOPE???

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9/24/07 at 8:45pm

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Yup carvemeister is right.....they measured it last year around 75 degrees.

I don't think so. At its steepest it's about 40-45 degrees, up there on the top third where all the snow slides down and leaves just ice.

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9/24/07 at 8:48pm

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Outer Limits at Killington, by far the steepest in-bounds run in all of North America.

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !

You guys crack me up.

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9/24/07 at 8:49pm

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75!!! I want to ski it not parachute down it!

Funny you should mention that, you must have ESPN. A lot of the locals do sometimes strap on a small parachute when they ski White Heat just in case they catch an edge. I know out west they also use an old pair of boots with spurs attached to them for the same reason. I think you'd look silly in the east with spurs on though since they're more of a western thing and they wouldn't help you anyhow on something as insanely steep as White Heat. A small Army surplus parachute is the way to go if you are going to head up to Sunday River.

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9/24/07 at 8:54pm

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I just go with the retro-rockets. Saves on having to buy lift tickets too.

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9/24/07 at 8:59pm

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Quote:

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Outer Limits at Killington, by far the steepest in-bounds run in all of North America.

LOL. 5/10

(OL isn't even the steepest run at the Kommie)

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9/24/07 at 10:05pm

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probably the wickersham wall on denali

in bound's, is that it?

why, so people can traverse the hell out of it?

edit: I do think the east coast answers are adorable

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9/24/07 at 10:23pm

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Ok where is it?

probably something off Denali.

edit - ahah the guy above me said the samething thats means we must be right!!!

"its not that you cant ski the bumps, its that you cant ski and the bumps prove it"

pbfootnit.blogspot.com/ <<< the start of something good!

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9/24/07 at 10:26pm

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and to everyone quoting aquaman your feeding a troll....

just look at his sig....

"its not that you cant ski the bumps, its that you cant ski and the bumps prove it"

pbfootnit.blogspot.com/ <<< the start of something good!

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9/24/07 at 10:27pm

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and to everyone quoting aquaman your feeding a troll....

That is why I gave him a score.

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9/25/07 at 12:03am

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There is now freaking way to agree upon the steepest in bounds run.

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There's an inbounds hike to spot at Aspen Highlands that's wide and 45 plus.

If you're referring to Highland Bowl, there is very little of it thats 45+. Most of its around 40. One of my favorite in bounds places ever, but not 45+.

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and to everyone quoting aquaman your feeding a troll....

just look at his sig....

Thats not me I swear. He is a maggot, not the poster known as maggot. Speaking of which, maybe I should change my screenname.

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9/25/07 at 5:20am

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Pure Les Otten/Sunday River marketing hype from the late 80's..."White Heat is the longest, steepest, widest lift serviced trail in the East"....It's about 36 degrees at the headwall which is all of about 4 turns. It's not even the hardest run at SR.

NOTHING in the East even remotely comes close to Tuckerman's as far as steepest-widest as you're talking up to 55 degrees with exposure.

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9/25/07 at 8:00am

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Yup carvemeister is right.....they measured it last year around 75 degrees.

Guys come on, it was a joke!

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9/25/07 at 8:07am

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I wonder how Genghis Khan in Vail compares?

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9/25/07 at 8:22am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Richie-Rich

Ok where is it?

Your mom is the steepest widest run in the North America...

Sorry, that was too easy...

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9/25/07 at 8:35am

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Your mom is the steepest widest run in the North America...

Sorry, that was too easy...

Poor attempt, execution, and taste.

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9/26/07 at 2:51pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by carvemeister

Funny you should mention that, you must have ESPN. A lot of the locals do sometimes strap on a small parachute when they ski White Heat just in case they catch an edge. I know out west they also use an old pair of boots with spurs attached to them for the same reason. I think you'd look silly in the east with spurs on though since they're more of a western thing and they wouldn't help you anyhow on something as insanely steep as White Heat. A small Army surplus parachute is the way to go if you are going to head up to Sunday River.

What are you some kind of a nut? Everybody knows that the steepest/widest in the Northwestern hemisphere is not Tuckerman's Ravine, and certainly not Outer Limits, but it is in fact the legendary White Heat at Sunday River. And that's a scientific fact.

I really hope you're not serious about any of that. Because if you are you're making all us ECer's look like a bunch of toolsheds. If you aren't serious, you need some serious help with conveying sarcasm.

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9/26/07 at 2:55pm

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I really hope you're not serious about any of that. Because if you are you're making all us ECer's look like a bunch of toolsheds. If you aren't serious, you need some serious help with conveying sarcasm.

I got it. Maybe you need some serious tweaking to the sarcasm-o-meter?

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9/26/07 at 3:02pm

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Am I detecting some sort of adversarial relationship between east coast man-made-snow skiers and big mountain sky-made-snow skiers?

Is this productive? Perhaps entertaining?

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9/26/07 at 3:08pm

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Vail Backbowls gotta be up there on that list. Man, that HUGE cornice drop makes me pee my pants. Oh, and the steepness is insane!

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9/26/07 at 3:23pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by killclimbz

Your mom is the steepest widest run in the North America...

Sorry, that was too easy...

Ummm, no, that would be Paris Hilton.

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