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- From: gunn@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu (John Gunn)
- Subject: Re: Steepness
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.200436.2613@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu>
- Organization: Center for Biomolecular Simulation
- References: <1992Nov18.195849.10259@netcom.com> <1992Nov20.151802.21989@uvm.edu> <Nov20.172559.77516@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:04:36 GMT
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- In article <Nov20.172559.77516@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> trzyna@CS.ColoState.EDU (wayne trzyna) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov20.151802.21989@uvm.edu> waw@moose.uvm.edu (Mad Dog SkiDeath,send mail to Wesley.Wright@uvm.edu) writes:
- >>From article <1992Nov18.195849.10259@netcom.com>,
- >>by brunette@netcom.com (Hal Brunette):
- >>> Goat Stowe, VT 35.3 19.5 degrees
- >>>
- >>Remember, too, that these are average grades over the length of the trail.
- >>Maximum grades may differ. The upper sections of most of the front four
- >>trails at Stowe are closer to 42%, if memory serves. The attraction of
- >
- >Yes, and Corbett's is 90 degrees at the top.
- >
- >--
- >
- >-Wayne Trzyna
- > trzyna@CS.ColoState.EDU
-
- Yeah, except for that first turn, Corbett's is actually a pretty easy
- run to ski. If you don't count the cliff, I'd say Alta Chutes is a more
- challenging run, and probably steeper. My vote for steepest run would go
- to Pallisades at Squaw Valley anyways.
-
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