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Highest Mountain Elevation ?
I'm curious what the highest elevation in feet is for a ski mountain is the
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"Ron - N.Y" wrote in message ... I'm curious what the highest elevation in feet is for a ski mountain is the U.S ? Before some pretentious boor says Mt. McKinley because it's the highest Mt. in the US and one _could_ ski it by walking (what a waste), I'm going to guess that you mean "lift served"? Isn't that A-Basin? |
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"pigo" wrote in message ... "Ron - N.Y" wrote in message ... I'm curious what the highest elevation in feet is for a ski mountain is the U.S ? Before some pretentious boor says Mt. McKinley because it's the highest Mt. in the US and one _could_ ski it by walking (what a waste), I'm going to guess that you mean "lift served"? Isn't that A-Basin? I have no idea but yes I meant lift served , not just a mountain that you could climb or heli up top and ski down from . Not such an easy question is it ? I googled 1st for an answer and realized how tricky a question this is .. They all want to claim they're the highest . Then come the details , the highest lift , the highest peak , point , from the base , from the bottom of the lift , the vertical , horizontal , from sea elevation yadda yadda ayyyyyy . I'm just looking for the tallest mountain in the U.S , that sticks up highest into the heavens that has lift operated skiing . |
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On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:23:02 -0400, "Ron - N.Y"
wrote: "pigo" wrote in message ... "Ron - N.Y" wrote in message ... I'm curious what the highest elevation in feet is for a ski mountain is the U.S ? Before some pretentious boor says Mt. McKinley because it's the highest Mt. in the US and one _could_ ski it by walking (what a waste), I'm going to guess that you mean "lift served"? Isn't that A-Basin? I have no idea but yes I meant lift served , not just a mountain that you could climb or heli up top and ski down from . Not such an easy question is it ? I googled 1st for an answer and realized how tricky a question this is . They all want to claim they're the highest . Then come the details , the highest lift , the highest peak , point , from the base , from the bottom of the lift , the vertical , horizontal , from sea elevation yadda yadda ayyyyyy . I'm just looking for the tallest mountain in the U.S , that sticks up highest into the heavens that has lift operated skiing . Okay, but are you looking for the mountain with the highest lift-served elevation, or the highest mountain that HAS a lift? I believe A-basin is the highest in-bounds peak (13,050') that HAS a lift, but the lift only goes to 12,478'. Loveland claims lift service to 12,700', although their mountain summit is lower than A-Basin (13,010'). So between these two, Loveland has higher lift-served skiing, but A-basin has higher in-bounds terrain. Now, if you really mean the mountain that "sticks up highest into the heavens that has lift operated skiing", then we have to consider mountains like Shasta, at 14,162', although the lifts don't even reach 7000' and the peak is NOT "in-bounds". Still, it's got lift-operated skiing, and sticks up pretty high. bw |
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"Ron - N.Y" wrote in message ... I'm curious what the highest elevation in feet is for a ski mountain is the U.S ? Here's something someone posted a few years back that may be of interest http://verticalfeet.com/ I don't think it is completely correct as far as the true vertical that you can ski in one run without doing some traversing along some cat trail. JQ Dancing on the edge |
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On 2005-09-26 18:31:18 -0600, Sam Seiber said:
... this years winner to be Breckinridge. Last year would have been Loveland. Sam "Can't wait to get high this season" Seiber Here is a shot from Saturday showing the progress on the new Breck lift. No towers yet, but you can see bases for 5 towers in you look closely: http://homepage.mac.com/saemisch/Temp/NewChair.jpg The peak above the lift is Peak 8, elevation 12,998, and skiable 3 directions off the top. Mike... -- See my ski photography at http://Powderday.us Carpe powder-diem |
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Just thought I'd remind readers that Mike Saemisch is a long time
participant in a criminal conspiracy of real world harassment, has committed felonies himself, has deliberately lied to law enforcement, is a member of the terrorist gang that turned this place into the sewer of usenet, and worst of all, is a founder and moderator of rsa.terrorist, where the only topic banned is discussion of the sick, sordid history of the participants of this newsgroup. Let POWDER magazine know that if they buy photos from such a scumbag, you won't buy their magazine. I've already canceled my subscription and told them exactly why. "Let Mikey Ski It!" wrote in message news:2005092619024016807%msaemisch@yahoocom... On 2005-09-26 18:31:18 -0600, Sam Seiber said: ... this years winner to be Breckinridge. Last year would have been Loveland. Sam "Can't wait to get high this season" Seiber Here is a shot from Saturday showing the progress on the new Breck lift. No towers yet, but you can see bases for 5 towers in you look closely: http://homepage.mac.com/saemisch/Temp/NewChair.jpg The peak above the lift is Peak 8, elevation 12,998, and skiable 3 directions off the top. Mike... -- See my ski photography at http://Powderday.us Carpe powder-diem |
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Ron - N.Y wrote:
I'm curious what the highest elevation in feet is for a ski mountain is the U.S ? 20,320 feet. -klaus |
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