I remember driving up on the closed highway during the blizzard of 07. Took us hours to get there - when they opened the road we showed up and only a few wanted to go up the mountain due to the insane cold. I remember the first chair up, being alone in the muted snow, hitting waist-high fresh tracks, all the glades untouched, every rock drop possible. I remember laying in the snow after a long run, exhausted, staring up at the sky while the snow washed away my last run. God damn, I miss that mountain. Nothing in the NE beat Whiteface after a huge storm, as rare as it was. One of my best memories skiing.
This video makes me wish that millions of years ago the tectonic plates under our continent collided way more powerfully so that we'd get mountains twice as tall in the northeast. Imagine skiing the slides for 3-4000 vertical feet instead of 500. Combine that with the lake effect and the northeast could have some of the best skiing on the planet.
actually they did collide quite powerfully, however years of erosion have made them the size they are now. the appalachian mountains are something like 480 million years old, while the rockies are 80 million years old. that is a lot more time to erode, and the reason they are so much smaller today. at the time of their formation though, they were as high as the himalayas.
Late march / early april is when the best chance of them being open. I always expected it to be open earlier in the year but then i noticed the trend and got it multiple years in a row. I guess it’s just a lot safer once everything is wet and slushy. This looks more like people have just gone in earlier on in the year and got extremely lucky from the looks of all that fresh powder, that and ever since that added the new part of the mountain off to the right side a few years ago it is now easier then ever to sneak into the slides from that side that was once inaccessible, not to mention you now finally have access to slide 5 which was previously just about totally inaccessible and you almost would never see tracks on it before the newest addition off to the right side of the mountain. Also, in my opinion slide 4 is the best and has the most character, it also has one of the biggest drops on it where you can tide off a giant boulder the is between 10 and 15 feet high, love it!!!! : )
Lol, as someone who grew up there, slides are never open. except for a day or two in the spring and the skiing is nowhere near that good. Most likely got special permits to shoot but damn does that show what's out there. Makes it really tempting to duck the ropes with avy gear and do it anyways.
I've skied there for 6 plus years and have never hit the slides. seeing this now is making me wanna go back and shred to mountain. also NEVER seen such pristine conditions which makes me love whiteface even more.
@@hellawaits77NY Many of my friends have blown out their ACL's and all are skiing very strong now. They all ski at a very high level, trees, bumps, steeps etc. You will make a comeback. They are all still ripping well into their late 50s. Take care.
This looks like so fun. I'm gonna need to get my splitboard sooner than I thought. Then I'll just need to find a group to go with. Do they require beacons for that area?
Love the opening track and edit. The first time I ever skied was 20 years ago at whiteface during the connecticut speedskating club annual trip to skate the long track. Since then i've been to all the east's biggest mountains, plus Jackson, Sun Valley, Aspen, Park City, Snowbird, Alta, Brighton, & Solitude. Never made it back to whiteface though. Now I feel like I should give it a shot...
That is crazy, first time I ever skied was at Whiteface because we were in Lake Placid for the North American Long Track Championships 30 years ago. Honestly, skiing felt a lot like skating with really long skates, especially at Whiteface because the surface is so similar... I would say that first skiing experience led almost directly to me quitting speedskating. Mountains were a lot more interesting than ovals to me.
Whoever said 07 was the last good snow year at the Face is incorrect. A few years ago we got 3 noreasters in a row Whiteface opened the slides with 30+ inches one of the best ski days of my life. That was a treat never skied them in powder usually they don't open the slides until spring and it's corn or sticky heavy powder.
I have a question about the slides, I’m not an expert skier and I’m heading up to the face in a week or 2 and if it’s open I might wanna try it out, assuming it’s gonna be closed but if it’s open, is it hard? What is it like?
BigPlayBoy445 fairly steep, and backwoods. Requires avalanche gear and at least one partner. I’ve never done it either, but u can see it off to the right coming up the lift that brings u to the peak.
What are the slides? Is it this glades type of skiing with powder? Which place in the northeast gets decent amounts of powder? Really want to find the good stuff this season
The are Rock Slides, generally happen on steep mountains all over the place but they stick out more as features in the Northeast due to the limited alpine zone (i.e. more tree line and below areas)
Many places on the East coast get good snow. Jay Peak averages 350 and on a good year gets over 500. Stowe and Sugarbush get big snow. Killington averages 250 and often has great snow. You need to watch the weather and just go.
whiteface mountain is completely granite, but has grown moss over the top to support life, every once in a while the moss gets too waterlogged and releases. therefore you get a slide.
Ski The East I mean I went there last year in late March and they got 2 feet of snow 2 days prior and. The weather was literally the same as this day and they were closed
I remember driving up on the closed highway during the blizzard of 07. Took us hours to get there - when they opened the road we showed up and only a few wanted to go up the mountain due to the insane cold. I remember the first chair up, being alone in the muted snow, hitting waist-high fresh tracks, all the glades untouched, every rock drop possible. I remember laying in the snow after a long run, exhausted, staring up at the sky while the snow washed away my last run. God damn, I miss that mountain. Nothing in the NE beat Whiteface after a huge storm, as rare as it was. One of my best memories skiing.
White face after a storm is insane have only had the luck to catch it a day after not the day of the storm must be 10x better
This video makes me wish that millions of years ago the tectonic plates under our continent collided way more powerfully so that we'd get mountains twice as tall in the northeast. Imagine skiing the slides for 3-4000 vertical feet instead of 500. Combine that with the lake effect and the northeast could have some of the best skiing on the planet.
Wouldn’t it be too windy, like Mt Washington?
Actually, the Adirondacks are the fastest growing mountain range
actually they did collide quite powerfully, however years of erosion have made them the size they are now. the appalachian mountains are something like 480 million years old, while the rockies are 80 million years old. that is a lot more time to erode, and the reason they are so much smaller today. at the time of their formation though, they were as high as the himalayas.
Dan S loves DAM
Tim Horan Adirondacks aren’t part of the appalacians and are actually growing.
Pretty rare and special to get conditions that good at whiteface. Once or twice a season if you are lucky....if that
Gotta get it while ya can!
Late march / early april is when the best chance of them being open. I always expected it to be open earlier in the year but then i noticed the trend and got it multiple years in a row. I guess it’s just a lot safer once everything is wet and slushy. This looks more like people have just gone in earlier on in the year and got extremely lucky from the looks of all that fresh powder, that and ever since that added the new part of the mountain off to the right side a few years ago it is now easier then ever to sneak into the slides from that side that was once inaccessible, not to mention you now finally have access to slide 5 which was previously just about totally inaccessible and you almost would never see tracks on it before the newest addition off to the right side of the mountain. Also, in my opinion slide 4 is the best and has the most character, it also has one of the biggest drops on it where you can tide off a giant boulder the is between 10 and 15 feet high, love it!!!! : )
@@johannajacinto3020 hey, thanks for the tips, I’m confused about the numbering of the slides. Which is slide 4 and which is slide 5
@@samdigiambattista9197slides are numbered left to right from the lift
Lol, as someone who grew up there, slides are never open. except for a day or two in the spring and the skiing is nowhere near that good. Most likely got special permits to shoot but damn does that show what's out there. Makes it really tempting to duck the ropes with avy gear and do it anyways.
Agreed, been going there every year in February for years and have never seen them open. Lol
Sometimes you just have to duck the ropes. Sometimes that can go bad as there is often a reason the rope is there.
Apparently the new ski patrol director is trying to have it be open more often
I am so stoked Ski The East made it out to Whiteface on a day the slides were open, it is so rare to get pristine conditions like that these days...
This is one of the best episodes ever. Straight up sick conditions to slash some pow in NY! Love it.
The Face delivered!
Glad you guys make it out to the Whiteface. We love that place..Real Big mountain skiing ..
Love it there, went today and so many days in a row!
I got to be Medical support on this epic day. This guys were amazing skiers and great humans.
thank you for helping and the kind words!
best segment in promised land so far
Not to take away from the amazing skiing in the video but wow the artist who did the first song is so underrated.
Dream skiing opportunity is the slides on a day like that
I have been watching this over and over getting ready for ski season
Yo we need a recut of this episode with all shots coming from the distant camera
I always wanted to 1 ski the slides and 2 do a big front flip like that! You must have felt invincible after that
Wow, I wish I cut class last Thursday,
the video we have all been waiting for
Looks like they opened it up special for STE, normally the slides are tracked quickly and its sloppy seconds time.
I've skied there for 6 plus years and have never hit the slides. seeing this now is making me wanna go back and shred to mountain. also NEVER seen such pristine conditions which makes me love whiteface even more.
Every time I'm there, I see the signs. I'm just too damn scared to try!!
Send it
@@griffinbordson5473 I blew out my knee shortly after posting that comment 😆. ACL looked like sauerkraut and tapioca pudding! So uh, no slides for me.
but you went on it right
@@jacksongoodwin802 Nah. Football game.
@@hellawaits77NY Many of my friends have blown out their ACL's and all are skiing very strong now. They all ski at a very high level, trees, bumps, steeps etc. You will make a comeback. They are all still ripping well into their late 50s. Take care.
These videos never disappoint!!! I want to shred with this crew!
WOW! Two feet of powder at Whiteface?! How often does that happen....like once every two or three years?
Probably yearly. But not all years!
These boys can ski!
Stuff dreams are made of. Great skiing guys!
There is always Jay Peak which averages over 350 inches and sometimes over 500 a year . Best tree skiing on the east coast.
Heading there on the 12
Agreed. Jay peak looks like that everyday. Just a matter of the summit lift being open. Closes for 2mph winds.
@@chrisright2602
Go to Stowe as well. Here now and we got dumped
SCOTTY!! Lets hit Jay this year!
This looks like so fun. I'm gonna need to get my splitboard sooner than I thought. Then I'll just need to find a group to go with. Do they require beacons for that area?
Bucket list lines❄🤘
Just went to whiteface this weekend and the slides were open
Every time I go to whiteface the slides are always closed hopefully next year because it seems like this season is coming to a close very soon.
Is there any slide that you don't need any gear for, and sick video!
Song Id @ the 2:30mark?
Love the opening track and edit. The first time I ever skied was 20 years ago at whiteface during the connecticut speedskating club annual trip to skate the long track. Since then i've been to all the east's biggest mountains, plus Jackson, Sun Valley, Aspen, Park City, Snowbird, Alta, Brighton, & Solitude. Never made it back to whiteface though. Now I feel like I should give it a shot...
That is crazy, first time I ever skied was at Whiteface because we were in Lake Placid for the North American Long Track Championships 30 years ago. Honestly, skiing felt a lot like skating with really long skates, especially at Whiteface because the surface is so similar... I would say that first skiing experience led almost directly to me quitting speedskating. Mountains were a lot more interesting than ovals to me.
Whoever said 07 was the last good snow year at the Face is incorrect. A few years ago we got 3 noreasters in a row Whiteface opened the slides with 30+ inches one of the best ski days of my life. That was a treat never skied them in powder usually they don't open the slides until spring and it's corn or sticky heavy powder.
what date was this shot??
Beautiful!
Awesome job guys
Can you please ski off the tippy top next time? Thanks and also off the tippy top of mount mansfield too Lol
Transition from 3:19 to 3:23 oh ma gaaahd
Hey quick question @skitheeast when is a good sign the slides will open?
I don’t know much but prob a lot of snow storms and deep snow
Dead ghosts 😭😭❤️❤️🤟🤟
This is so sick
WOOOOOO!
Still an amazing edit!
Thank you!
Not doin that this year...
First song name??
I seen them open once but its a hike and you can't see the run from the lift
Worth it though!
Sweet fellas
I have a question about the slides, I’m not an expert skier and I’m heading up to the face in a week or 2 and if it’s open I might wanna try it out, assuming it’s gonna be closed but if it’s open, is it hard? What is it like?
BigPlayBoy445 fairly steep, and backwoods. Requires avalanche gear and at least one partner. I’ve never done it either, but u can see it off to the right coming up the lift that brings u to the peak.
Yeah, definitely no joke. Bring avy gear, knowledge, and a group
Awesome! Makes me miss Whiteface.
Awesome
what day was this video taken at Whiteface?
Smooth as Tacos
Cool video and great skiing. The music is not necessary though......
what month is this
He said feb at the beginning
What are the slides? Is it this glades type of skiing with powder? Which place in the northeast gets decent amounts of powder? Really want to find the good stuff this season
The are Rock Slides, generally happen on steep mountains all over the place but they stick out more as features in the Northeast due to the limited alpine zone (i.e. more tree line and below areas)
rock/landslide clear cuts a path straight down the mountain... enter copious amounts of snow and enjoy the best ride of your life...
Many places on the East coast get good snow. Jay Peak averages 350 and on a good year gets over 500. Stowe and Sugarbush get big snow. Killington averages 250 and often has great snow. You need to watch the weather and just go.
whiteface mountain is completely granite, but has grown moss over the top to support life, every once in a while the moss gets too waterlogged and releases. therefore you get a slide.
only time whiteface has ever had any snow and not all ice
I was supposed to go out the first weekend of February and I didn't... shame on me
Lol the slides were definitely closed that day lol
C'mon we wouldn't poach and then make a TH-cam video of it...
Ski The East I mean I went there last year in late March and they got 2 feet of snow 2 days prior and. The weather was literally the same as this day and they were closed
Ski The East I don’t know it could’ve been due to avalanche danger or something
Yeah, the last good winter was '07/08...
Never hit white. I am now.......
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Ice Face Mountain
Awesome but why did you put that horrendous music
Love the mountain, love the great skiing, love the footage and editing, hate the God-awful music...just mute to watch.
crap