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What a great Mountain.
Went with my GF and had a blast downhillmike showed us all around. I would love to go there many more times and are planning to!
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:41 pm
CBJ
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Location: Brooklyn, NY
Sorry but I have been super busy but lets get it started:
Getting there:
It’s approx. a 6 hour drive from NYC mostly on 87 and then on a beautiful road through a pass to the mountain.
The base area:
The cleanest base I have ever seen with nice bathrooms, paved parking, food to buy and a nice little bike shop. Its in the shop you will find Mike and he is the nicest guy. He is the one to ask about the trails and its not to difficult to get him to show you some of the trails.
The lift:
The lift was medium speed but the gondola is only 6 years old and huge. You fold up the bench in one side simply slide in the bike next to each. Then you can comfortable sit on the other bench and enjoy the view which alone is worth the trip. The lift takes you to “Mini Whiteface” which is not the top of the mountain but on the right side and below the peak.
The trails:
With 2500 of vertical feet you get a lot of different kind of trails. The trails can best be described as old school trail with no fancy berms, ladders or build tables. There are bigger rocks but no large rock gardens like other places on the East Coast. Of the riding I have done No Joke on the Garbanzo lift in Whistler reminds me the most of the trails or like some of the trails on the freeride side of Snowshoe just way long of course than Snowshoe.
The upper part of the mountain is the most advanced trails but most of it is not too technical to ride and most people who have fun on the trails. There are a lot of roots and soil and it was loamy when we were there so the root were a challenge as my Michelin 24.1 caked up and I think a Michelin 16 would have been a better front tire. All of the trails have great flow except a couple of difficult sections with very large rocks and a technical rock drop which you can see Ken doing on the pictures above but not only is the drop technical the part after is difficult too.
One of the things I loved when I rode the Les Gets in the French Alps was the crazy speed you could get there and Whiteface offers some of the same especially on the road from the lift that takes you to the beginning of the first two major trails – trail 26 & 27. Blast that trail was super fun especially the more you learn the tail. Our favorite trail was 26 where the pictures above are from which just has great flow but enough difficulty make it difficult and fun all the way down.
The lower part of the mountain is different with more easy trails and there is a shuttle bus that will take you to the easy trails only. This was great for me as I could bring the wife who had tons of fun on the trails equipped with my Kona Chute which some of the XC riders told her looked burly. As Mike explained the lower trails you can blast through because they are less steep and technical which was a good variation to the upper trails where you hang on the breaks a lot because they are steep.
A run with the lift up and back down to the lift is approx. 40 min.
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Re: Whiteface Pictures and Review
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:36 am
dtufino
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Posts: 1188
what happened to the pics?
i'd love to go there this summer, when does the park open?
i'd love to go there this summer, when does the park open?
We open On Friday June 23rd and our open 7 days a week till Labor Day.
Open weekends only from Labor Day till October 14th.
Our calendar events will be posted asap. Lots and lots going on this year.
Clinics, races, parties, trials, downhillers jumping over busses, downhilling chicks, bike films and some great riding.
Downhill Mike
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:42 am
Aceman
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Dave, You're not allowed to go.
Mike, don't sell him a ticket.
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:24 am
dtufino
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Joined: Jul 29, 2006
Posts: 1188
Aceman wrote:
Dave, You're not allowed to go.
Mike, don't sell him a ticket.
NOOOOOO......
lol
In order for me to REALLY, love DH, the way i think i love it, is to experience different parks.... i will most definitely be going to Whiteface for a weekend or two this summer, as well as Plattekill, Snowshoe, Diablo etc.
Variety is great. I too love going to Plattekill, Diablo and Snowshoe (11 hour drive from here). If I wasn't full time at Whiteface I'd be going to as many different places as possible.
Hopefully, I'll get down to Windrock after we close at Whiteface.
Highland will be on my hit list too.
Oh, wait a minute this is the Whiteface forum I almost forgot.
Whiteface rules!!!!! Size does matter!!!! We are the biggest!!!!!
Here's some links to a few different photo albums:
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Re: Whiteface Pictures and Review
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:18 pm
dtufino
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Posts: 1188
DOPE... i'm definitely in for a couple of fun Whiteface 2007 weekends this year!
That's such an awesome picture. I can't believe it didn't rain that day. People told me it was the driest race last year. Hurricane Ernesto came close but didn't mess with our 5 K Downhill.
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:21 am
WeltCupMeister1
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Joined: Sep 7, 2002
Posts: 2430
Location: Durango CO / Lake Placid NY
downhillmike wrote:
That's such an awesome picture. I can't believe it didn't rain that day. People told me it was the driest race last year. Hurricane Ernesto came close but didn't mess with our 5 K Downhill.
I wish I could have made it out for that race. And I cant believe how much bigger little Whitface is than all of the other venues we see the rest of the year. And thats not even the top! There is still another 1000+ of vertical.
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