Archive for February, 2007 NAME: Killington
NAME: Cockaigne Cockaigne is more than the Western New York legend. Its where the entire Revolution began for the founder and owner of Snowboard Revolution Johnny Centi. Back in the day when John was a wee little one he rode with the Cockaigne Snowboard Posse, an innovative young group of rebellions that raised hell at Cockaigne. This place is a build your own and get creative kind of reort. There are a ton of natural jib features and a ton of lake effect snow that falls every few weeks. This resort quite possibly gets the most snow in New York state. So if you want to get creative, ride a ton of snow, and experience an East Coast resort with mad snowboard history ride Cockaigne and ride the Legend.
Smugglers Notch “SMUGGS” is the spot you should visit in Northern Vermont if you are looking for some epic freeriding. Its a super cool “grass roots” resort that has some great terrain to be ridden. This is the closest resort to Burlington Vermont and is a super easy drive to get there. The mountain has a weekly snowboard event that is Jam Format. This simply encourages snowboarders to ride hard and work on new tricks in a no pressure environment. If you head to Burlingto, or Northern Vermont make sure you go ride Smugglers Notch, and check out the woods run “Shakedown” its sick.
For the New York freerider, Gore Mountain is one mountain that should be on your “must ride” checklist. The mountain holds snow in some tucked off runs for days after the powder has all been ridden. So go get it. The people at Gore mountain were all super polite and they seem to have a good crew of up and coming snowboarders that visit on the weekends. They have a terrain park that is located at the Ski Bowl Park and will be open for night riding. If you are looking for a mountain to escape the school atmosphere, city life, or just rip a sick NY mountain check out Gore. Gore is More. Spot Check: Park City, Utah
Utah is a state full of some of the lift served mountains in the US. If you have not made it to Utah to ride, it should be on your list of places to go. The place is sick, from downtown Salt Lake rail jams to the Wasatch to the Northern resorts; Snowbasin and Powder Mountain. Out of the whole state Park City sticks out though. Park City is the only place where a ski resort town really exists. Most of the areas in Utah are just that – areas, insane riding but no real town. Park City is a real town with history, a cool downtown and lots of good places to eat; like Breckenridge, Aspen, Sun Valley and so on. The riding? Oh, yea, Park City Mountain Resort drops down right into town so it is the only real full on destination resort/town in Utah.
Not just a cool town Park City is the most well rounded resort in Utah; good freeriding, great groomed runs, and the best terrain parks in Utah (the world?). Hey at $77 (Brighton is only $55) for a full day ticket, Park City had better give you the goods and they do.
The mountain is not as steep as other nearby resorts, say Snowbird but there is enough to keep you interested. You are going to start out on the Payday lift or the town lift (and so is everyone else) and go from there with a lot of terrain to cover. King Con, Silverlode and Motherlode have some insane mid-level cruising and tree runs. Thaynes and ski team lifts have some really nice black diamond runs. The real gems are located off McConkey’s and Jupiter lifts though. Both of those lifts serve up nice double black runs. One of the drawbacks of Park City is that it is located on the backside of the Wasatch Mountains and does not get the same amount of snow as say Snowbird. This is also nice because all the powder whores head to Snowbird while Park City can have fresh tracks all day. Try riding the Jupiter lift and riding Portuguese gap on a windy day or hiking up to Jupiter peak for pow.
Let us not forget about the parks, the best in the state, heck some of the best in the world. Pick and Shovel (Three Kings lift), Payday (Payday lift) and lower Jonsey’s (Bonanza lift) are great for all levels of riders. Kings Crown (Payday lift) is where Marc Franc, Aaron Bittner, Shaun White and others will be lappin. Upper Jonsey’s is closed to the public (while were there) and where they open up for photos shoots and stuff, pros only. Park City was also home to the Olympic Pipe so you know that thing is tight.
Whether you are on a week long family trip to Park City or sleeping in your car in Park City, check out Park City. Of course, do not forget Sundance a cool experience and the slopes are not too crowded during the event. Discount tickets can be found at Supermarkets in Salt Lake too.
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