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- From: hudgens@enh.nist.gov
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- Subject: RE: Pittsburgh
- Message-ID: <23NOV92.15163723@enh.nist.gov>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 20:16:37 GMT
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- In a previous article, er29+@andrew.cmu.edu (Eric M. Rehder) wrote:
-
- >I'm living in Pittsburgh, and I'm planning to go skiing. The only place
- >I've heard of near Pittsburgh is Seven Springs. Can anyone(everyone)
- >tell me what else is near by. I'm looking for a mountaing with good
- >Black Diamond and Double Diamonds. I will be skiing on a weekday in
- >December.
-
- Blue Knob is near the Bedford exit of the Turnpike. Extrovert is an honest
- double black---OK, OK--it'd be a single black at Snowbird. The area has
- 1050' drop and Extrovert's about 800'. Bad news...it's unlikely to be
- open in December. Best time for Extrovert starts in Feb till closing in
- March. The area's pretty conservative about opening it because they usually
- see a fair number of shoulder injuries (QUESTION: Are shoulder injuries
- the most common injury on steep bumps?).
-
- How steep is Extrovert? I'm not sure, but it gives you an honest workout
- for western double diamonds. A friend once told me that it's about the
- same as Killington's Outer Limits.
-
- 2nd choices: If Laurel Mt. near Pitt is open this year, there's a fairly
- steep run with a double fall line that goes for 400-600' drop. Not bad.
-
- WISP (MD) may have THE FACE open by Dec. Almost as steep as Extrovert.
-
- That's about it until you get into Snowshoe, WVA. I have heard that Whitetail
- in PA has steep terrain, but somehow I doubt it.
-
- Of course, one's perception
- of steepness is also a function of snow surface quality. I've been on low
- blues which were pure ice and certainly white-knuckes skiing...You get
- this sort of day in the mid-Atlantic until late Feb-early March.
-
- Good luck,
-
- Jeff Hudgens
-