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- From: johnc@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (John Cooley)
- Subject: Re: Winter Park Info
- Message-ID: <Nov16.213844.62579@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Sender: John Cooley
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:38:44 GMT
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- References: <Bxortr.zw@rice.edu>
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- In article <Bxortr.zw@rice.edu> turtle@owlnet.rice.edu
- (Mark Edward Duttweiler) writes:
-
- >The ski club here at Rice is planning a trip to Winter Park over this years
- >spring break.
-
- >I was wondring if anyone could tell me what they knew about the terrain
- >there. Specifically,
- >I am interested in finding out if there are any parts of the mountain that
- >would be more
- >entertaining than others for competent skiers. Are there any lifts that
- >offer better skiing
- >than most but have shorter lines? Are there any runs in particular that
- >I should make sure I
- >ski?
-
- >Also, I've heard that Winter Park has some excellent but somewhat well
- >hidden runs through the
- >trees that are not on the trail map, particularly in the area between Winter
- >Park and Mary
- >Jane. Rumor has it that they are some of the best terrain on the mountain,
- >that is if you can
- >find them. I realize that I may be prying into local knowledge here, but I
- >would greatly
- >appreciate it if anyone could tell me more specifically where I might look
- >to find these
- >types of trails.
-
- >And hey, don't worry, I'm not really from Texas, I just go to school here.....
-
- Yeah, that's right, that's the ticket. I'm not actually a Texan.
-
- Mr. Duttweiler's lines were a tad too long for 80-character displays. I've
- done a quick and dirty edit job to reduce the width of his file. Of course,
- the monitors in Texas are _bigger_ than the monitors anywhere else, even in
- the days before X-terms.
-
- As for WP, I'll say the following:
- * There is almost always plenty of snow by mid-March, which is when many
- schools have spring break.
-
- * Many, but not all, of the more entertaining marked runs are on the Mary
- Jane side. Some areas of MJ suffer from excessive exposure to sun. Some
- areas of MJ suffer from excessive exposure to people who think they have
- to ski it because WP is the "easy side." They don't know what they're
- missing, and they scrape their way down Sleeper again and again because
- it's one of two runs at MJ that they can ski.
-
- * The Summit Express often has long lines on weekends. Some line is OK; it
- swallows people in a hurry, but too often, it's excessive. All those
- people from Sleeper ride up the Summit Express. As for where else to go,
- you'll just have to ask around.
-
- * "Hidden runs" - Much of WP/MJ lacks ropes which might prevent you from
- going into the woods anywhere you want. There are reasonable slots and
- there are places which go into pockets and deadends, and there are even a
- few cliffs here and there. Explore for yourself, but be careful, and
- don't go under any ropes that _are_ there.
-
- * Ski the Chutes on MJ's back side, if they're open. They're short, semi-
- narrow, fairly steep, and often icy. Watch for rocks.
-
- * Parsenn Bowl is not steep. It might be fun if you get a good dump with
- no wind, but it's prone to be wind-crusted.
-
- * For actual extreme skiing, visit Berthoud Pass. No lifts. Walk and/or
- hitchhike. Maybe even die. There are plenty of avalanche chutes, cliffs
- and other "interesting" terrain.
-
- Have a good time. No I'm not going to tell anyone I'm not actually skiing
- with where my favorite stashes and slots are.
-
- John Cooley
-