ORDA Update: Lookout Mountain

"Whiteface' and 'let runs bump up'. How frequently have those two been used in the same sentence?

Here's to hoping..........It's exciting to see the progress on Lookout.
 
ComeBackMudPuddles said:
A couple more exciting RSN shots!

The first one shows a pretty straight shot down for one of the expert trails. I hope the other one has a little more "life" to it. But, still pretty cool to see.

The second one shows some higher elevation work being done. Looks like the trails will be fully cut this season!
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I was at the mountain today. You can see one of the trails from the base, at least the end of it. I was happily supprised at how unstraight it was. I could see 2 good turns in the trail and another lesser one. I had also heard that some people thought the trails might be too wide. The trail I saw isn't Empire narrow, but not Mt. Run wide either. It appeared to be about as wide as say Upper Mac. It looked to have a nice sustained pitch to it too.

I think I'll do a little hiking up there this Saturday.
 
highpeaksdrifter said:
I was at the mountain today. You can see one of the trails from the base, at least the end of it. I was happily supprised at how unstraight it was. I could see 2 good turns in the trail and another lesser one. I had also heard that some people thought the trails might be too wide. The trail I saw isn't Empire narrow, but not Mt. Run wide either. It appeared to be about as wide as say Upper Mac. It looked to have a nice sustained pitch to it too.

I think I'll do a little hiking up there this Saturday.
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Interesting! Thanks for the first-hand testimonial. Definitely would be cool if you could post some pix from your hike.

The new trails are long, and if they're more Upper Mac and less Mt. Run, they'll be pretty amazing. I'm psyched.
 
highpeaksdrifter said:
I was at the mountain today. You can see one of the trails from the base, at least the end of it. I was happily supprised at how unstraight it was. I could see 2 good turns in the trail and another lesser one. I had also heard that some people thought the trails might be too wide. The trail I saw isn't Empire narrow, but not Mt. Run wide either. It appeared to be about as wide as say Upper Mac. It looked to have a nice sustained pitch to it too.

I think I'll do a little hiking up there this Saturday.
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Thanks for the info! Good to hear. I am assuming the trail you saw was the intermediate trail that feeds into lower mountain-- yes? Should be a fun run down after a couple of laps on the triple.



From RSN:
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"Trail crews are working up from the bottom and down from the top hoping to meet in the middle sometime this week and have the first new trail completed"
 
takeahike46er said:
highpeaksdrifter said:
I was at the mountain today. You can see one of the trails from the base, at least the end of it. I was happily supprised at how unstraight it was. I could see 2 good turns in the trail and another lesser one. I had also heard that some people thought the trails might be too wide. The trail I saw isn't Empire narrow, but not Mt. Run wide either. It appeared to be about as wide as say Upper Mac. It looked to have a nice sustained pitch to it too.

I think I'll do a little hiking up there this Saturday.
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Thanks for the info! Good to hear. I am assuming the trail you saw was the intermediate trail that feeds into lower mountain-- yes? Should be a fun run down after a couple of laps on the triple.



From RSN:
5107669_G.jpg

"Trail crews are working up from the bottom and down from the top hoping to meet in the middle sometime this week and have the first new trail completed"
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I wonder how Jay, and Bruce feel about being called "Trail crew"?
 
Based on what I read, the trees are turned into mulch on-site. None of the lumber is allowed to be shipped elsewhere (probably due to park regulations).
 
NPN said:
takeahike46er said:
Based on what I read, the trees are turned into mulch on-site. None of the lumber is allowed to be shipped elsewhere (probably due to park regulations).
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http://goremountain.com/mountain/photos.cfm

Okay, so that's what's all over the ground in this shot from Burnt Ridge?

I still don't know how they got that trail so stump free; it looks like a parking lot.
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http://rsn.com/cams/placid/full_siz...y_id=1533&segment_type=mtn&siteSection=RESORT

Compared to say this shot from LM I just saw on RSN.

Maybe I'm missing something, but, with any amount of skiiable base, are a couple of inches of stump really going to make any difference, or is this just a step before this trail looks like that shot from Gore?
 
ORDA Update

Got this from ORDA today:


Work crews at Whiteface are making great progress with the new expert trail on Lookout Mountain. This expert run, dropping 1,600 vertical feet, begins below the Whiteface Veterans Memorial Highway and terminates on Easy Street at the base of a new triple chair. A second trail, for intermediates, is also being cut and will measure two miles and 2,200 vertical feet. Both are slated to open December 2008.
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From a recent WF press release:

"Looking beyond 2007-08, Whiteface is currently moving into its next frontier, that being Lookout Mountain. Located to the northeast of The Slides, Lookout Mountain will open in December 2008 with a 1,600 vertical foot expert run, a 2,200 vertical foot intermediate trail, a new triple chair starting just below the first pitch on Easy Street, snowmaking and another 55 acres of glades. This will increase the skiable terrain from 18 miles to 21.7 miles. The state-mandated ceiling at Whiteface is 25 miles."

I wonder why the two other trails won't be up and running for the '08-'09 season. Something to do with the Bicknell Thrush? Spreading the joy of the expansion over two seasons? Maybe since they weren't able, for some reason, to cut all of the trails this year, they will cut the others next summer and the new trails will then need about a year of prep time before they can be skied?
 
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