Comments on: Road trip to Whiteface, NY: Longer is not necessarily better

By: Phil Barrett

Phil Barrett — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:22:28 +0000

Jordan – i definitely noticed everything was olympic something… hard to believe they hosted 2 of them. today’s modern winter olympics would need more infrastructure then what they currently have… so i would be surprised if we see a third games there

jason – hoping to hit the slides in the spring… although if they are only open a few times a year maybe not. we’re hoping to get to revelstoke sometime soon as well

By: JK

JK — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:44:36 +0000

Hey Phil,

There is a reason why they nickname the mountain “Iceface”! The last time I skied Iceface was probably 5+years ago and it was anything but icy. We had 28 inches of new snow over the previous 3 days. We spent all morning skiing ‘The Slides’ and that was only the 3rd day in 2 years that they’d been open to skiers. That was about the best eastern skiing I’ve ever had.

BTW – Revelstoke was amazing last week!!

Cheers,
JK

By: Jordan Monoman

Jordan Monoman — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:43:50 +0000

Hey Phil (and Harry), great insight.

I visited Whiteface a few seasons ago and agree with much of what you experienced. You trade the nightlife and (often) good snow conditions of say, Tremblant, for no lift lines by visiting Whiteface.

I took a novice/intermediate skier with me and she had plenty of terrain to have fun with, even from the peak.

Did you guys notice the perpetual ‘Welcome to the home of the Olympics’ syndrome??? Our 3-day passes even came with mock Olympic passports and you can order the Olympic pizza or steak at any of the restaurants! So funny. It was 30 years ago, but hey, all the power to you.

Cheers, J