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Stratton, VT - ◊ Upper Middlebrook (1-4-25) [4K]
Took a break from the trees to get a quick cruiser break! This runs right next to Shooting Star and I'm sure is a joy to lap when it runs on peak days. Not much else to say about this one other than I'm fairly certain you can't get to Squirrel's Nest from here - only from Upper Downeaster.
Advice: Mind the intersection near Shooting Star, I guess?
Overall Difficulty: 4/10
Relative Difficulty (Diamond): 2/10
Difficulty Progression (Similar Trails): 🟦 Black Bear || ◊ UPPER MIDDLEBROOK || ◊ Upper Slalom Glade || ◊◊ Upper Downeaster
Accessibility Rating: 7/10 (Accessible from any summit lift but only really practical to lap from Shooting Star if it's open)
Open Trail Index: N/A (No idea)
Enjoyment Rating: 8/10
Переглядів: 47

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Stratton, VT - ◊◊ Vertigo 🌲 (1-4-25) [4K]
Переглядів 752 години тому
Nice glade run off the side of Free Fall. The trail itself was quite nice all things considered! The trees are quite sparse, but this seems to be a nice entry-level Double Diamond glade on the mountain and definitely one I'd recommend if there's enough snow. Not present in the video was me fumbling while trying to put the GoPro into the slot on my helmet for over 2 minutes in the -25°F wind chi...
Stratton, VT - ◊ Upper Kidderbrook to ◊◊ Free Fall (1-4-25) [4K]
Переглядів 604 години тому
Free Fall seems like an odd trail at Stratton because of how short it is and how impossible it is to lap. There are so many cool glade trails on either side, but you have to take two lifts to hit anything in this area. The trail itself isn't too bad and is honestly the easiest Double Diamond on the mountain if you ask me, probably easier than Upper Spruce. Advice: Not much to say about the trai...
Stratton, VT - ◊◊ Bear Down (1-4-25) [4K]
Переглядів 1347 годин тому
This video is probably not the conditions you'll be experiencing if you plan on hitting this, but they had just opened this with snowmaking whales intact and thought I'd give it a shot! Overall very icy, though that's kinda expected from these conditions. The top quarter was also super thin cover and my skis definitely weren't a fan. But I won't dock too many points for that because that's on m...
Stratton, VT - 🟦 Black Bear to ◊◊ Upper Downeaster (1-4-25) [4K]
Переглядів 1119 годин тому
Upper Downeaster is a run I was disappointed wasn't open last time I was here. Glad I got to hit it this time around! It's quite a short run (hence the addition of the easier trail before it in this video) but it packs a bit of a punch for a mountain like Stratton. Not exactly sure why they made an upper/lower of this trail considering how different and incompatible the lower half is - would've...
Stratton, VT - ◊ Upper/🟢 Lower Kidderbrook (1-4-25) [4K]
Переглядів 9812 годин тому
I remember being too afraid to do this run without my parents the last season I was here, which had to have been over a decade ago. I assumed they kept this trail ungroomed for some reason, which so far this season does not seem to be the case. It wasn't too bad there's only one steepish part but I guess there isn't the lift anymore to get you back out of the ravine and now you have to go all t...
Stowe, VT - ◊ Smugglers to 🟦 Ridge Glades 🌲 (12-24-24) [4K]
Переглядів 8214 годин тому
Last run of the day - thought I'd dip into the woods for just a little bit. Snow was good but unfortunately I spent most of the day with tunnel vision on the Front Four, so I didn't really think about the woods until it was too late. This run ended in the beginner area so I took some of the footage out since it was kinda boring. This was a good one and I'm looking forward to hitting some more g...
Stowe, VT - ◊ Whirlaway to 🟦 Sterling (12-24-24) [4K]
Переглядів 12316 годин тому
The spruce side of the resort had better coverage than the stuff under the gondola, which I have conveniently left out of my video lineup because wow it sucked. Whirlaway was a nice alternative to the icy madness closer to the main side, though I only ended up doing this run because Spruce Line looked very nice from the lift but ended up being closed. Anyways, that guy at the start was missing ...
Stowe, VT - ◊ S-53 to ◊◊ Lookout (12-24-24) [4K]
Переглядів 7719 годин тому
Lookout follows the liftline of the double chair of the same name. This was the last double diamond I was able to hit today, and it did not disappoint! Plenty of natural snow to go around, even if there was a bit of ice here and there. The upper third wasn't open today so I had to cut across via S-53 like with Starr. A very nice run, though there were some crazy drops near the in the middle por...
Stowe, VT - ◊ Hayride Top-to-Bottom (12-24-24) [4K]
Переглядів 8921 годину тому
This was a bit of a tough one and definitely gives the Front Four a fun for their money! I'm surprised this one isn't classified as a double diamond as it felt on par with Liftline. Maybe it was just the conditions though, as the top was pretty rough. This felt like an easier version of Prima at Vail where most of the difficulty is concentrated in a couple long but steep sections that are inter...
Stowe, VT - ◊ S-53 to ◊◊ Starr (12-24-24) [4K]
Переглядів 128День тому
Another nice natural terrain run, though like the rest of the hard stuff the upper portion was closed. This was a bit of a cut-across through S-53, and I missed the entrance to that the first time I tried to get here. Conditions were pretty good, though you can certainly see some of the ice on the middle part of Starr when it runs next to the Lookout Double. This is one of the "front four" at S...
Stowe, VT - ◊◊ Goat to 🟦 Lower Nosedive (12-24-24) [4K]
Переглядів 204День тому
Goat seems like (arguably) the hardest marked and in-bounds run at Stowe, though I still haven't skied here enough to tell you for sure. Plus, the very upper portion of the trail wasn't open, gonna have to come back to hit that one some other time. Anyways, what was open was pretty steep and honestly more challenging than I expected! This is probably really fun with more snow, since there were ...
Stowe, VT - ◊◊ National to 🟦 Lower Nosedive (12-24-24) [4K]
Переглядів 158День тому
Another nice run off the main side of the resort, though the top of National was pretty rough. The very top "drop-in" part of the trail was closed, hoping that's open if I can get back up here for spring break. Took a wrong turn, meant to do lower National, but the run is more or less the same. I'd recommend this one if Liftline looks good, though you will definitely get an idea of Upper Nation...
Stowe, VT - ◊◊ Haychute to Liftline (12-24-24) [4K]
Переглядів 139День тому
First real run of the day at Stowe! This was my first time here in about a decade - last time I was here I was too afraid to do anything harder than a blue. This was a nice run, though certainly on the easier side of the double diamond spectrum. Plenty of "loud powder" to go around, though Haychute certainly isn't immune to icy spots from the amount of traffic it gets. I would definitely recomm...
Jay Peak, VT - 🟦 Montrealer to ◊ Show-off Glade 🌲 (12-23-24) [4K]
Переглядів 13814 днів тому
Sorry about the audio - usually I can blame this on the wind vs. snow volume, but this time I genuinely have no clue what happened. A nice way to end the day - I've done both of these trails before but the last time I did Show-off Glade the conditions were pretty bad. This time the woods were much better. There are a lot of nice, pretty easy glade trails that you can lap from the Bonaventure Qu...
Jay Peak, VT - ◊ Face Chutes (12-23-24) [4K]
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Jay Peak, VT - ◊ Face Chutes (12-23-24) [4K]
Jay Peak, VT - ◊ Tuckerman's Chute (12-23-24) [4K]
Переглядів 64114 днів тому
Jay Peak, VT - ◊ Tuckerman's Chute (12-23-24) [4K]
Jay Peak, VT - (Incomplete) ◊ Deliverance 🌲 (12-23-24) [4K]
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Jay Peak, VT - (Incomplete) ◊ Deliverance 🌲 (12-23-24) [4K]
Jay Peak, VT - ◊ Green Beret to Upper/🟦 Lower Milk Run (12-23-24) [4K]
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Jay Peak, VT - ◊ Green Beret to Upper/🟦 Lower Milk Run (12-23-24) [4K]
Jay Peak, VT - ◊ Canyonland to Bonaventure Glade 🌲 (12-23-24) [4K]
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Jay Peak, VT - ◊ Canyonland to Bonaventure Glade 🌲 (12-23-24) [4K]
Jay Peak, VT - ◊ Andre's Paradise 🌲 (12-23-24) [4K]
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Jay Peak, VT - ◊ Andre's Paradise 🌲 (12-23-24) [4K]
Jay Peak, VT - ◊ JFK to 🟦 Kokomo (12-23-24) [4K]
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Jay Peak, VT - ◊ JFK to 🟦 Kokomo (12-23-24) [4K]
Mad River Glen, VT - ◊ Catamount Bowl to Lift Line (12-22-24) [4K]
Переглядів 21621 день тому
Mad River Glen, VT - ◊ Catamount Bowl to Lift Line (12-22-24) [4K]
Mad River Glen, VT - ◊ Upper/Lower Glade 🌲 (12-22-24) [4K]
Переглядів 13821 день тому
Mad River Glen, VT - ◊ Upper/Lower Glade 🌲 (12-22-24) [4K]
Sugarbush, VT - Wood Lot to Big Birch 🌲 (12-22-24) [4K]
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Sugarbush, VT - Wood Lot to Big Birch 🌲 (12-22-24) [4K]
Sugarbush, VT - 🟦 Jester to Murphy's Glade (12-22-24) [4K]
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Sugarbush, VT - 🟦 Jester to Murphy's Glade (12-22-24) [4K]
Sugarbush, VT - ◊◊ Paradise to ◊ Lower Ripcord (12-22-24) [4K]
Переглядів 21021 день тому
Sugarbush, VT - ◊◊ Paradise to ◊ Lower Ripcord (12-22-24) [4K]
Pico Mountain, VT - ◊/🟦 Sunset 71 at Sunset (12-21-24) [4K]
Переглядів 10921 день тому
Pico Mountain, VT - ◊/🟦 Sunset 71 at Sunset (12-21-24) [4K]
Pico Mountain, VT - ◊◊ Upper Giant Killer to ◊ Poma Woods 🌲 (12-21-24) [4K]
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Pico Mountain, VT - ◊◊ Upper Giant Killer to ◊ Poma Woods 🌲 (12-21-24) [4K]
Pico Mountain, VT - ◊◊ Upper/🟦 Lower Giant Killer (12-21-24) [4K]
Переглядів 25128 днів тому
Pico Mountain, VT - ◊◊ Upper/🟦 Lower Giant Killer (12-21-24) [4K]

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @patrickgahan3594
    @patrickgahan3594 8 годин тому

    My favorite trail at Stratton! You gotta get to it early when it's freshly groomed!

  • @suneilkumar
    @suneilkumar 13 годин тому

    Just did this yesterday after 7" snowfall overnight. Bonkers trail.

  • @AlyssaAlyrics
    @AlyssaAlyrics День тому

    What you did was just the groomed traverse to peak 6, hence why it's a catwalk and a dotted trail on the map. You have to get into the trees and it's an AMAZING tree run then it makes sense as to why it's a black since you'll find completely different terrain from the flat and groomed portion you did. You have to wander to find the gold.

    • @Bram4Real
      @Bram4Real День тому

      I've done Ore Bucket before, which I presume is what you're talking about but not sure. Definitely a great area! I actually had to re-record this run because the first time I lost the traverse and just ended up having fun in the woods below instead haha.

  • @RT-tn4ry
    @RT-tn4ry 2 дні тому

    needs a foot of pow !

  • @fitofito1001
    @fitofito1001 2 дні тому

    I did it last March. It’s a fantastic run.

  • @jasonpizzo2897
    @jasonpizzo2897 3 дні тому

    This was the only run at Stratton I found to be a good challenge. Bumps the whole way down. World Cup and Upper Downeaster were way too short. Upper Spruce was groomed and was a great cruiser. None of the tree runs had good coverage when I was there, so I can't speak to them...

    • @Bram4Real
      @Bram4Real 3 дні тому

      @@jasonpizzo2897 Some of the glades are actually quite nice! There’s challenge to be found in stuff like Squirrel’s Nest, Shred Wood Forest, etc. But yeah, overall I have to agree about most of the runs being a little short or flat.

    • @jasonpizzo2897
      @jasonpizzo2897 3 дні тому

      Lotsa great cruising trails though.

    • @imanoobsoyeahanyways4996
      @imanoobsoyeahanyways4996 3 дні тому

      Are the glades in good condition right now?

    • @jasonpizzo2897
      @jasonpizzo2897 3 дні тому

      @@imanoobsoyeahanyways4996 I haven't been there in a while but with the recent storm, I would assume they're in good shape.

    • @Bram4Real
      @Bram4Real 3 дні тому

      @@imanoobsoyeahanyways4996 One of my local friends sent me a photo yesterday, it all looks great!

  • @zobiah1
    @zobiah1 3 дні тому

    Nice try diddy

  • @johnheim-po4ee
    @johnheim-po4ee 4 дні тому

    Quite a cruiser there , nice and long not sure I remember that one will have to break out my old ski trail maps , the area that comes to mind is the Big Burn area.

    • @Bram4Real
      @Bram4Real 3 дні тому

      Close! It runs under the lift of the same name, which is right next to Big Burn but ends up a little further down the mountain and to the East. Fantastic area, though I went on a day with pretty heavy powder so I'd love to come back when conditions are better!

  • @jasonpizzo2897
    @jasonpizzo2897 5 днів тому

    Amazing what passes for a black diamond in southern VT. This would be a blue square further north. Easy to get over-confident on these and then find yourself in trouble at Sugarbush, MRG, Jay, etc... there's a world of difference between Freefall at Stratton and Freefall at Smugg's!

    • @Bram4Real
      @Bram4Real 5 днів тому

      And some of the black diamonds up north would be blues in Colorado. Everything just needs a little perspective.

  • @kronkhikes8595
    @kronkhikes8595 8 днів тому

    Point 'em downhill bub

  • @karlerpenbeck6489
    @karlerpenbeck6489 8 днів тому

    Skied many years ago

  • @astralgaming-ut1et
    @astralgaming-ut1et 8 днів тому

    Wouldd y’all say this is the easiest double black a sugarbush

  • @Smueler
    @Smueler 10 днів тому

    How bad is the beginning part compared to blacks

    • @Bram4Real
      @Bram4Real 10 днів тому

      It's a little steeper than some of the neighboring runs under the chair. It's been over a year so I might not be remembering correctly, but as long as you're confident in your mogul abilities then you'll probably be fine

  • @easternyellowjacket276
    @easternyellowjacket276 10 днів тому

    When I was in college, I used to storm chase Starr. Always had deep powder and with its excellent fall line and bumps, it was pure joy. One of the greatest runs at Stowe. Classic old style New England skiing.

  • @onevideonly
    @onevideonly 11 днів тому

    Wish I could do this, I can barely get down national without breaking both my legs 😅

  • @Odhege8262
    @Odhege8262 11 днів тому

    200 inches and it’s still icy and showing rocks and bare ground🙄…I know they get a lot more than anywhere else in NE, but they lie thru their teeth about how much they get 😂

    • @CMbassin
      @CMbassin 8 днів тому

      They got it. They just get so much wind that it ends up in the woods. That’s why the Jay woods are the main attraction. The trails are not what you go to Jay for.

    • @BzJo-t7n
      @BzJo-t7n 3 дні тому

      I don't think they lie. The terrain is really steep rocky. The wind scours the open faces. And snowboarders scrape the $hit out of the difficult terrain.

  • @daneg
    @daneg 11 днів тому

    goat was definitely the most challenging in my day (I didn't do much glades and zero hike-to). mostly because of the narrowness of the trail for prolonged portions. the headwall portion of starr sticks out most memorably to me, but once you got through that short portion, it was more of a relaxed pitch mogul field that went on for quite a while. whereas goat felt like a lot more work to navigate your way down instead of having fun through the bumps. iunno. was 30 years ago, so...

  • @NikolasTheofanous
    @NikolasTheofanous 11 днів тому

    I love Snowmass favorite mountain to ⛷️

  • @daneg
    @daneg 12 днів тому

    biggest difference I notice between this and your footage from out west? not the snow/ice. not the length of run or treeline. not the pitch/angle. no no no. it's that in the east, PEOPLE USE THE SAFETY BAR. 😅

  • @easternyellowjacket276
    @easternyellowjacket276 12 днів тому

    To me, Stowe is the best mountain in the east.

  • @eddiej-311
    @eddiej-311 12 днів тому

    Aren't you supposed to shoot out of that chute part? Was that lower too icy?

    • @Bram4Real
      @Bram4Real 12 днів тому

      Not sure if we’re thinking of the same area but I assume I was just taking the path of least resistance after that. I’m pretty sure either way would’ve been fine.

  • @cxsey8587
    @cxsey8587 13 днів тому

    Jay peak is a dream resort of mine, I just started skiing this year and hard stuff like this looks sick. Unfortunately my state (PA) doesn’t have anything really like it. Been really working on improving my skills each time I go, carving, jump turns, side slipping etc. hoping to be able to ski some harder stuff next year if I really grind. Sweet footage!

    • @chadrew6
      @chadrew6 12 днів тому

      If you just started skiing this year, you have no business skiing this kind of terrain you’re just gonna get yourself hurt and then they’ll have to rescue you

    • @cxsey8587
      @cxsey8587 12 днів тому

      @ I didn’t say I was going to ski it yet, I said I’m learning how to

  • @MARKurso-n3b
    @MARKurso-n3b 13 днів тому

    One of my favorite runs at Vail. Always good snow, always nice bumps!

  • @eltampico
    @eltampico 13 днів тому

    Why is Cloud 9 a Blue?? Went there last week and felt kinda green compared to other blues.

    • @Bram4Real
      @Bram4Real 13 днів тому

      My guess is it's a good way to deter beginners from getting ahead of themselves in an area with predominantly intermediate/advanced terrain. Also, it's not really a run they would want to advertise as beginner-friendly.

    • @eltampico
      @eltampico 13 днів тому

      @@Bram4Real Got it. You are right. Actually, right after the short catwalk, right at the end, is a pretty steep slope for a beginner.

  • @Heedmaster39
    @Heedmaster39 14 днів тому

    Excited to do drop into the den this season

  • @Largeno
    @Largeno 14 днів тому

    You should try staircase glade. IMO it's about the same difficulty as face chutes, maybe even a little harder

    • @Bram4Real
      @Bram4Real 14 днів тому

      I've done Everglade if that counts! Same stretch of trees, though I'm sure Staircase is harder than that from looking at satellite view. Will definitely be hitting that, Valhalla, and Kitz Woods when I go back.

    • @Largeno
      @Largeno 13 днів тому

      @@Bram4Realit’s basically like a steeper deliverance

  • @icecoaster
    @icecoaster 14 днів тому

    I would say my toxic trait is thinking I could do this but even my toxicity knows there is no way

    • @disc0music11
      @disc0music11 4 дні тому

      It's so much steeper than it looks on the head cam

  • @linebackerspreader2176
    @linebackerspreader2176 14 днів тому

    well this decidedly should not be open

    • @Bram4Real
      @Bram4Real 14 днів тому

      I think the conditions were fine, definitely a little thin but not worth closing imo

    • @linebackerspreader2176
      @linebackerspreader2176 8 днів тому

      @ dawg there were just rock hopping sections

    • @Bram4Real
      @Bram4Real 7 днів тому

      Maybe I'm misinterpreting your comment here but I appreciate when resorts open stuff in crappy conditions for those willing to ski it. I give the older generations in this sport a lot of flak for some of their big talk around conditions and trail difficulty, but honestly I kind of agree with the old-school "ski it if you can" mentality that Killington employs when choosing to open trails (though Sugarbush is a better example). If people don't like the thin cover, there's plenty of other good stuff around the mountain. But rocks and dirt are par for the course this late in the season and I'd rather have this trail open and terrible than closed and terrible!

    • @linebackerspreader2176
      @linebackerspreader2176 7 днів тому

      @ nah fair enough I’m definitely on the side of opening more stuff than less lol, I just haven’t seen cover this bad on a lot of trails(even unopened ones). I went to killington a couple weeks ago and coverage was better than this and still closed, think I might just be a little pressed about it! Vertigo headwall was open and in similar conditoon

  • @lettucebionicle2798
    @lettucebionicle2798 15 днів тому

    when bro chutes all over my face 😩

  • @engineear5571
    @engineear5571 15 днів тому

    Awesome footage

  • @icecoaster
    @icecoaster 15 днів тому

    This would be a green at my home mountain (campgaw NJ)

  • @DRAGON_PRODZ
    @DRAGON_PRODZ 16 днів тому

    that ice is crazzzyy

  • @daneg
    @daneg 16 днів тому

    That trail sounds awful! 😆 man. don't remember that looking so steep and tight.

  • @JoeMaxFpv
    @JoeMaxFpv 16 днів тому

    That trail looks awesome

  • @samuelbull5997
    @samuelbull5997 18 днів тому

    This looks difficult

  • @klivityloja3067
    @klivityloja3067 19 днів тому

    Jahluv in Abundance

  • @jameswebb8062
    @jameswebb8062 19 днів тому

    Fun IS! Chill, thanks for sharing

  • @zgruzy
    @zgruzy 20 днів тому

    I want my money back

  • @conecustodian1054
    @conecustodian1054 20 днів тому

    This route is a subtle reference to the fact that on November 22nd, 1963, JFK had a highly secretive false assassination made against him during the motorcade in Dallas Texas, so that he could escape to Kokomo with collaborator and island-dweller Jimmy Buffett. This was so that he could escape the duties of president and ditch his uggo wife for hot island babes. This is also subtely referenced in his co-conspirators later released cover of the beach boy's song 'Kokomo', which was an attempt to uncover the plot to the public, as their relationship soured after JFK used his infamous charisma to steal away Buffett's hussies on the island now known as sandals cay.

  • @CleoIsSly
    @CleoIsSly 21 день тому

    I feel that snowboarders pain.

  • @coolshockvrg4543
    @coolshockvrg4543 21 день тому

    Everglades, more like foreverglade! Took me a good 15 mins to get down

  • @DRAGON_PRODZ
    @DRAGON_PRODZ 21 день тому

    is the 1 seater there fast?

    • @michaelzeigerman4273
      @michaelzeigerman4273 21 день тому

      No. But it’s famous and amazing. One of the last single chairs in America.

  • @graydient7
    @graydient7 22 дні тому

    this low taper glade is MASSIVE

  • @charliemoruzzi
    @charliemoruzzi 22 дні тому

    What does relative difficulty mean?

    • @Bram4Real
      @Bram4Real 22 дні тому

      Just means compared to other stuff around the resort at the same rating, but it's usually just a guess.

  • @JoeMaxFpv
    @JoeMaxFpv 23 дні тому

    That was pretty fun looking. All banks and switch back

    • @Bram4Real
      @Bram4Real 23 дні тому

      It was pretty good but some of the flat sections were tough since conditions were pretty slow

  • @daneg
    @daneg 24 дні тому

    conditions sure looked beautiful. where are all the bare spots??? 😀