World's Scariest Ski Slopes
Goat, Stowe, VT
The Ride: Punishingly long (2,000 vertical feet), crazy steep (sections of it have a 40-degree pitch), and pocked with both labyrinthine glades and ungroomed bald-faced bumps, Goat has more than earned its wicked reputation. Its double fall line doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll take double the falls here—but don’t be surprised.
Insider Trivia: Allegedly, the trail was named by a summertime hiker who mused that only a mountain goat would be able to ascend it (never mind descend).
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Comments (2)
Open / Closesmugs
All it takes is a camera to make a green out of a black. As a 71 year old I have skied these lines and they are not as steep as a typical western drop off a ridge. The3 triple black rating of the black holel is way overdone.
Whatever Smugs, the upper Trifede not the trifides proper except for 3 probabbly never had a mandatory air when your old but was skiing it , used to be a straight shot with the amount of snow they used to get,
Skied la grave for years, and that is a pretty serious line
The only thing I will agree on is the fact that black diamonds etc is all relative, I dont know how to rate or grade a slope, so many variables in consequences , steepnes, and conditions,
Anyway, that line ... More
seeing it to believe it
Chilling -- and the video links are great! (Gotta love the euro-techno too.)
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