Most common trail names?

[dbostedo]

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Oh the stories that little fence could tell! Most of them would probably end with "... the horror.... the horror..."

 

[DanoT]

I wouldn't have known what they were either if it hadn't been for Jack London novels. It's THE preferred prey critter in White Fang/Call of the Wild.

The Ptarmigan chair at Lake Louise, while not original, still has the same name and is the only lift in the original location from the 1970s.

At Sun Peaks' mid mountain Sunburst Lodge, if you are eating on the deck and are patient, you can get the Ptarmigans to eat out of your hand.

 

[cantunamunch]

Oh the stories that little fence could tell!."

Fence, devil's crotch, mineshaft... 'Horror' is not the specific mining term that seems appropriate.

The Ptarmigan chair at Lake Louise, while not original, still has the same name and is the only lift in the original location from the 1970s.

You have to appreciate that when I first read White Fang in English, I was 6000 miles and 25 years from skiing LL And no, it doesn't translate to other languages - they used the noun corresponding to 'capercaillie' in the translations.

 

[Doug Briggs]

Ptarmigan:

In a white out on a powder day. It was a miracle I could see them at all.

 

[Uncle-A]

It's on the backside.

But is it a carver?

 

[Nathanvg]

LOL.
Mt Mancelona is not really a mountain.

Mt Mancelona

Outdoor Recreation | Mount Mancelona | AIR B&B | Michigan, United States

www.mountmancelona.com

We may need a separate thread to dicier what Mt Mancelona is now. It was a normal ski areas until the mid 80s after which I think it was private land/residence until 2018ish when it went on the market. Apparently the website represents the latest owners who want it to a be a wedding/concern event venue, trailer park, rental lodging and back country skiing. Parts of the website talk about their plans for "2019," including hosting events with 25,000 people. Sounds kind of crazy to me but I'm sure the town would welcome jobs/tax revenue. But their model seems kind of all over the place and likely to fail.

 

[Tricia]

We may need a separate thread to dicier what Mt Mancelona is now. It was a normal ski areas until the mid 80s after which I think it was private land/residence until 2018ish when it went on the market. Apparently the website represents the latest owners who want it to a be a wedding/concern event venue, trailer park, rental lodging and back country skiing. Parts of the website talk about their plans for "2019," including hosting events with 25,000 people. Sounds kind of crazy to me but I'm sure the town would welcome jobs/tax revenue. But their model seems kind of all over the place and likely to fail.

Trailer park or RV park?

 

[Rudi Riet]

LOL.
Mt Mancelona is not really a mountain.

Is any hillock in Michigan really a mountain?

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I'll show myself out now...

 

[Bad Bob]

"Easy Street" and "Racing Trail" have to be right up there too.

 

[Doug Briggs]

Has anyone mentioned 'CLOSED' and 'THIN COVER'?

 

[DanoT]

"Slow Zone" not a run name but most resorts have one.

 

[mdf]

"Slow Zone" not a run name but most resorts have one.

That's how they mark the spot where you have to start your tuck if you want to get back to the lift without skating.

 

[DanoT]

That's how they mark the spot where you have to start your tuck if you want to get back to the lift without skating.

Stolen from Tod Mtn near to 40 years ago:

 

[tromano]

Not all identically named, but I can think of Sugarbush, Deer Valley, Aspen Highlands, and ?

Snowbasin as well

 

[tromano]

Speaking of remote... there's a WFO at Vail, and one at Snowbird... are there others?

Also snowbasin

 

[tromano]

Mt Hood Meadows would be interesting for you. We have the "Shooting Star" lift, the Apollo, Gemini, Voyager, Discovery, Titan, Mercury, Inner Limits runs.

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Also snowbasin

 

[Tricia]

Is any hillock in Michigan really a mountain?

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I'll show myself out now...

Nope, the closest is when you get up in the Keweenaw Peninsula Porccupines

Porcupine Mountains - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Idris]

Chamois, Marmot. At a guess there are many more runs with these names than ski areas in North America!....Popular in non european countries also.

 

[Tricia]

Has anyone mentioned 'CLOSED' and 'THIN COVER'?

What about Cliff?

 

[Doug Briggs]

What about Cliff?
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Who's Cliff and how did he get a trail named for him?