Skiing Trivia

Chuckstah

The Wildcat Ridge trail, which is part of the AT, crosses the summit of Wildcat, right by the patrol shack. Tough hike for sure.

rickbolger

I've climbed all of the Killingtons & Pico, a couple multiple times. AT/LT actually runs west of the summits and not at the top, closest is Snowdon, but I recall it's still in the woods up there. Killington proper it's down by the shelter, you have to take a spur to get to the top. I wouldn't be surprised if it once went across most of these summits, the trail conservancy re-routes periodically -- much like our enthusiasm for lost ski areas, there are hikers who specialize in "ghost blazing"

AT/LT is at the summit of Bromley it follows that winding novice trail for perhaps 2/10ths of a mile on the Georgia side of the summit.

It is at the summit of Stratton Mountain, crosses at the Fire tower. It is not at the summit of the ski resort. You have to hike about a half mile from Mike's way to get to the AT/LT

I would say Bromley definitely takes it for open VT ski areas

ski_it

GA = Sapphire Valley Ski Area, NC about 70 miles from GA/NC AT intersection
NC = Wolf Ridge, NC 1.4 miles ?
TN = Ober Gatlinburg 5 mi ?

joshua_segal

We've been working on the AT question for a couple of days, so it's time for a new question.

Another softball:
Lots of areas had T-bars and pomas that took you up well over 1000' vertical. J-Bars were comparatively rare. Name some of the longer verticals that one could ski purely on J-Bars (northeast only). There's only one that pops into my mind.

lotsoskiing

Oak Hill in Hanover, NH was 350 ft vert

joshua_segal

lotsoskiing;c-38126 wroteOak Hill in Hanover, NH was 350 ft vert

I wasn't aware that Oak Hill was a J-Bar area, but I was thinking of a place that is still in business.

rickbolger

Bromley!

joshua_segal

rickbolger;c-38133 wroteBromley!

Yes. The two J-Bars probably brought one up at least 800' of vertical. There was no spring in the shaft that connected to the haul rope and in places, one could actually ride the upper J-Bar as a single chair.

rickbolger

OK here's one. What is the northeast ski area that completely changed its name to its location but is still located at its previous name?

NewEnglandSkier13

rickbolger;c-38135 wroteOK here's one. What is the northeast ski area that completely changed its name to its location but is still located at its previous name?

Brattleboro Ski Hill, formerly Living Memorial Park.

rickbolger

Good answer, sort of correct, however I would say that one changed its name to its description rather than location. you won't find the name "Brattleboro Ski Hill" as the location on any pre-existing map. northeast location, not necessarily New England.

But I am torn here, Sam did come up with a pretty darn good answer!!! So I'll give it to you. Meanwhile if anyone comes up with the other, it's a fun bit of trivia

ski_it

Crotched?

ski_it

jaytrem;c-38087 wroteOK, I don't know the answer for this one yet, requires some research. But which open ski area is closest to the Appalachian Trail in each state that it exists.

Edited 1x
My summary & my new WAGs:
GA = Sapphire Valley Ski Area, NC 70 mi(ski_it)
NC = Wolf Ridge, NC 1.4 mi(ski_it)
TN = Ober Gatlinburg 5 mi(ski_it)
VA = ~~Massanutten Resort 9.8 mi?(ski_it)~~ Wintergreen Resort 1.0 mi(rickbolger)
WV = Winterplace Ski Resort 26 mi(ski_it)
MD = ~~someplace in PA(ski_it)~~ - Liberty Mountain, PA 7.5 mi (jaytrem)
PA = Blue Mountain 300 ft(trackbiker)
NJ = Mountain Creek 3.4 mi(ski_it)
NY = Mt Peter 1000 ft(lotsoskiing)
CT = Thunder Ridge, NY 9.6 mi(ski_it) or Ski Butternut MA 10.8 mi(ski_it)
MA = Ski Butternut 0.6 mi(ski_it)
VT = Bromley 0 mi(JMaul) - Killington 0.1mi?(JMaul)
NH = Dartmouth Skiway 0 mi?(lotsoskiing) - Wildcat-0 mi(ski_it)
ME = Sugarloaf 1180 ft(ceo)

rickbolger

ski_it;c-38141 wroteCrotched?

doubtful, map shows name of mountain as Crotched

AT is about a mile from skiing at Wintergreen Resort VA

jaytrem

Looks like Liberty is about 7.5 miles from the AT when it leaves Maryland.

ski_it

rickbolger;c-38144 wrote
ski_it;c-38141 wroteCrotched?
doubtful, map shows name of mountain as Crotched

AT is about a mile from skiing at Wintergreen Resort VA

Hmm I'm sure your right on both accounts. I was thinking new one was on Onset.

ski_it

jaytrem;c-38147 wroteLooks like Liberty is about 7.5 miles from the AT when it leaves Maryland.

Hey! You can’t answer your own question! Just kidding
Edits made to above list.

NewEnglandSkier13

This New England ski area has a chairlift in storage awaiting installation, and all of this area's operating chairlifts were manufactured by the same company.

IBRAKEFORTBARS

NewEnglandSkier13;c-38150 wroteThis New England ski area has a chairlift in storage awaiting installation, and all of this area's operating chairlifts were manufactured by the same company.

Smugglers Notch?

NewEnglandSkier13

IBRAKEFORTBARS;c-38151 wrote
NewEnglandSkier13;c-38150 wroteThis New England ski area has a chairlift in storage awaiting installation, and all of this area's operating chairlifts were manufactured by the same company.
Smugglers Notch?

I don't know of any chairlift that they have in storage with plans to install.

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