Glenn Posted October 3, 2006 Report Posted October 3, 2006 So it would be really great to know what Denton's opening dates have been for the past few years. I'm trying to avoid a bad time and financial screw-up. Quote
Glenn Posted October 3, 2006 Author Report Posted October 3, 2006 Check out http://www.skidenton.com/ It looks like they have the steepest slope in the east and there's a triple diamond on the map... ...and I'd be willing to be neither of those trails will be open on 11-24 Quote
Glenn Posted October 3, 2006 Author Report Posted October 3, 2006 11/24 better head north young man.. ... thats what I'm trying to tell my old man. Unfortunately he is stubborn. Having opening dates for the past few years would provide a convincing argument. Quote
Glenn Posted October 3, 2006 Author Report Posted October 3, 2006 I'd say Belleayre would be a great bet November 24th... I hit up Belleayre at the end of the 2004-2005 season with a couple people from PASR. It was a good time, but unless they get lots of terrain open early, I think the better picks are windham or hunter. I did windham last year, so barring any lopsided terrain/price differences I'm shooting for hunter on 11-24. Although, with pops tryign to dish out the cash for a cabin (at denton) perhaps I can get him motivated to make that overnight stay worthwhile by making the trip to vermont. Any way you slice it, I'm trying to snowboard on my birthday, and denton is not the way to reach that goal. I just need a little more concrete evidence. Quote
skidude Posted October 3, 2006 Report Posted October 3, 2006 I hit up Belleayre at the end of the 2004-2005 season with a couple people from PASR. It was a good time, but unless they get lots of terrain open early, I think the better picks are windham or hunter. I did windham last year, so barring any lopsided terrain/price differences I'm shooting for hunter on 11-24. Although, with pops tryign to dish out the cash for a cabin (at denton) perhaps I can get him motivated to make that overnight stay worthwhile by making the trip to vermont. Any way you slice it, I'm trying to snowboard on my birthday, and denton is not the way to reach that goal. I just need a little more concrete evidence. YAY Hunter with 3,000 other people, and one run. Don't worry, they call in all there ski patrol the first few days they are open Quote
Glenn Posted October 4, 2006 Author Report Posted October 4, 2006 YAY Hunter with 3,000 other people, and one run. Don't worry, they call in all there ski patrol the first few days they are open Yeah, I've experienced hunter early in the season too. Hunter I'd have to say from a terrain POV is a little nicer. I think the crowd situation (and trail openings) were just as bad at windham, and bellayre had similar terrain open with the slow lifts. No doubt the personality of the crowd was better at windham (and probobly better still at bellearye) but I'll be going to hunter to change the pace. Plus Zaldon has yet to go to hunter and wants to give it a whirl. Quote
zaldon Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 (edited) Yeah, I've experienced hunter early in the season too. Hunter I'd have to say from a terrain POV is a little nicer. I think the crowd situation (and trail openings) were just as bad at windham, and bellayre had similar terrain open with the slow lifts. No doubt the personality of the crowd was better at windham (and probobly better still at bellearye) but I'll be going to hunter to change the pace. Plus Zaldon has yet to go to hunter and wants to give it a whirl. yea i have we went last year i drove half way... Edited October 4, 2006 by zaldon Quote
Glenn Posted October 4, 2006 Author Report Posted October 4, 2006 yea i have we went last year i drove half way... Your dumb, we went to windham (we passed hunter) and you only drove a 1/3 of the way at best. Quote
zaldon Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 (edited) we went to windham at begining of the year and hunter at the end... you didnt want to go to windham at the end for fear of NOOBS from MT Peter race team and ill drive the whole way this year... Edited October 4, 2006 by zaldon Quote
Glenn Posted October 4, 2006 Author Report Posted October 4, 2006 we went to windham at begining of the year and hunter at the end... you didnt want to go to windham at the end for fear of NOOBS from MT Peter race team and ill drive the whole way this year... Opps... forgot about spring time at hunter. Well considering that, maybe bellearye is back in the picture. Quote
zaldon Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 Opps... forgot about spring time at hunter. Well considering that, maybe bellearye is back in the picture. dumby Quote
librider Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 Ill hit up which ever has more rails/jibs/jumps open. Quote
zaldon Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 hmm windham had like 3 rails open for like 30 min... after the sled took like 6 people away they closed mini park... Quote
Dan- Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 A guy on TGR did the math for dentons "Steepest Slope in the East" Not very steep at all. Something around 28 degrees i believe. Steepest in the east is Tuckermans Ravine. Quote
DHarrisburg Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 A guy on TGR did the math for dentons "Steepest Slope in the East" Not very steep at all. Something around 28 degrees i believe. Steepest in the east is Tuckermans Ravine. Didn't we already beat this to death back when those Hunter guys invaded our board? Quote
librider Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 Didn't we already beat this to death back when those Hunter guys invaded our board? Oh man, I remeber that. That was around this time of year too wasnt it? Quote
Dan- Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 Didn't we already beat this to death back when those Hunter guys invaded our board? I honestly have no idea what your talking about.. I wasn't on this board this time last year. All i did was post that denton's slope was 28 degree's instead of 66... Quote
librider Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 I honestly have no idea what your talking about.. I wasn't on this board this time last year. All i did was post that denton's slope was 28 degree's instead of 66... Back in the day about a year ago we had some unfriendly hunter people come on the board. Yeeh, big argument. Quote
skidude Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 Email from Denton Staff... We do claim on the website that we have the steepest, and that is going to be updated to one of the steepest. When the resort was orginially built The Army core of Engineers developed the slope and at that time it was the steepest in the east. However, since then Stowe and Kilington both have slopes that compare to this slope. The 66 degree is in the first 1/4 of the slope and bottom 1/4 of slope the middle section does come out from the 66 degree. We do get a lot of questions about this, my best advice is this winter come out and ski it, or come this summer and mountain bike our hill and you can look at the slope for yourself. Please note you won't be able to go over it on your mountain bike. I hope this helps, we have tried to locate the plans the engineers made that gave the factual information but have not come up with it. Shawn Maybe the middle is 28 degrees? Who knows.... Quote
Glenn Posted October 4, 2006 Author Report Posted October 4, 2006 Maybe when the army developed it the pitch was 66 and since erosion has mellowed the pitch. Either way still looking for those opening dates if anyone has any clue. I've been hammering google for a couple of days with no avail. Quote
Schif Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 Anyone know the pitch on ligthtning? Is it comperable to Denton's trail? Quote
Ski4Food Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 I'm not longer the Rep for Greek Peak. I now run a ski shop in Corning New York and have taken my passion for the industry to the retail side to determine wether I want to make a career in marketing ski resorts or working with equipment. Now that I'm no longer affiliated with Greek Peak I can speak the truth on a lot of things that were censored by the man. So here goes! Denton will most likely not be open on the 24th of November. It will take an act of the snow gods to have them open by that weekend. But we can hope. If your dad is getting a cabin in Denton you are not totally out of luck. Within a couple hour drive from your cabin in Denton there should be a few resorts open. Greek Peak will most likely make the push and be open that weekend - They usually open the weekend after hunter and it's not crowded. They also have REALLY good ski and stay packages that start around 70 bucks per person (lift ticket, breakfast, and based on double occupancy) so that might be something to consider. Check out www.greekpeak.net for more details Also pretty close is Swain Mountain. Pretty small but should be up and running that weekend and they usually push to have some sort of a part up and running early on, and they do almost no advertising which means very little crowds. Goto www.Swain.com Another good bet will be Bristol Mountain. Another Snowmaking powerhouse and will have some decent terrain open early. Www.bristolmountain.com However they will most likely be crowded with the crowds they draw from Rochester. But they have a high speed quad that gets you to the top of 1200 vertical feet in 4 1/2 minutes. You can never go wrong there. And your best bet would be Holiday Valley. They'll be open for sure, and probably not as crowded as Hunter, Windham or Bellayre. Denton's "steepest in the east" claim is quite a long shot, but the run is pretty gnarly and the gladed run Extreme has been cleaned up and thinned of all the brush this summer. The past few years (the snow has sucked and its been closed most of the time) it hasn't been all that skiable - but this year that should be a really fun run if we get some snow. Denton is under new management and they are really working hard to turn that mountain around. Look for big things from Denton in the next few years! Anyone know the pitch on ligthtning? Is it comperable to Denton's trail? Denton's is steeper and has trees! or the average is 28??? I could see the average being 28. It mellows towards the bottom but the first 15-20 turns are as good as I've ever had in PA! Quote
Papasteeze Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 Ill hit up which ever has more rails/jibs/jumps open. belleayre rail jam on the 26th. good times last year. Quote
Ski Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 Denton's is steeper and has trees! Ha, yeah, your GF straightlined WL on her first day ever, right? Glenn: Denton's old owners had been trying to market early openings and sell packages to race teams, since they have a dorm that sleeps a bunch of people. But it just never worked out. 'Dude's head coach had promised them a few years that he'd get his team out in November, but it just never happened. Then Denton moved away from hosting PA Cups and, now, who knows. The cabins are awesome, with tons of room and really high ceilings, but they aren't exactly ski-in/ski-out...more like a few hundred yard walk, depending on which cabin you get. Denton is far...without looking, I'd guess the Catskills are closer to you. And Belleayre DOES have a high speed lift...brand spankin' NEW. Quote
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