Ski NY

gmcunni · Aug 23, 2014

landed at JFK this morning and as i left the jetblue terminal there was an awesome ad on the wall for NY skiing. It was 30-40 feet wide full wall picture of a snowy chairlift. had i not been in a rush and had my hands full i would have snapped a picture.

i noticed in the corner of the ad a reference to the adirondacks.

I don't ski much in NY.. which is better, the Adirondacks or the Catskill mountains?

ScottySkis · Aug 23, 2014

They started adversting in the subway few years ago for for Adirondacks. Well my hill in Roxbury gets about 185 inches of snow a year because in the western Catskills, The other three resorts in the Cats get about 150 inches of snow and so do Whiteface and Gore with average snow fall about 150. Vertical and mass the Aks blow away any of the Catskills with chair lifts.

AdironRider · Aug 23, 2014

Whiteface, at least as a passholder there, averaged closer to 200, if not above, than 150.

ADK has better terrain, less crowds, and the best BC options on the East Coast. Its a no brainer.

ScottySkis · Aug 23, 2014

I am sure Adironrider is correct about snow average and what he said. The terrain and vertical and ppl who live in Cats go up to ski the ADk. People in Adk dont come down to the Catskills. Gore is like a private mountain on holidays I been to Gore about 15 times the glades and steep contius vertical is fun. I only been to whiteface twice both times after bad weather.

RuhiRants · Aug 23, 2014

I live down the road from Belleayre, and close to Plattekill, so I enjoy the local hills... I really like Gore in the Adirondacks. I don't have much experience with Whiteface, but will probably get up there a couple of times this season... Since Belleayre, Gore and Whiteface are NYS owned they offer a ski3 season pass, so I have to take advantage.

skiersleft · Aug 23, 2014

ScottySkis said:
They started adversting in the subway few years ago for for Adirondacks. Well my hill in Roxbury gets about 185 inches of snow a year because in the western Catskills, The other three resorts in the Cats get about 150 inches of snow and so do Whiteface and Gore with average snow fall about 150. Vertical and mass the Aks blow away any of the Catskills with chair lifts.

Windham and Hunter average considerably less than 150 inches per year. Closer to 100 inches. Both Gore and WF average considerably more.

skiersleft · Aug 23, 2014

gmcunni said:
landed at JFK this morning and as i left the jetblue terminal there was an awesome ad on the wall for NY skiing. It was 30-40 feet wide full wall picture of a snowy chairlift. had i not been in a rush and had my hands full i would have snapped a picture.

i noticed in the corner of the ad a reference to the adirondacks.

I don't ski much in NY.. which is better, the Adirondacks or the Catskill mountains?

It's not even close. ADK's are much better than Cats. It's not even the same game.

This is the pic you saw, I think.

gmcunni · Aug 23, 2014

skiersleft said:

that's the one. lower left (not visible) is where the reference to Adirondacks was.

Harvey · Aug 23, 2014

RuhiRants said:
I live down the road from Belleayre, and close to Plattekill, so I enjoy the local hills... I really like Gore in the Adirondacks. I don't have much experience with Whiteface, but will probably get up there a couple of times this season... Since Belleayre, Gore and Whiteface are NYS owned they offer a ski3 season pass, so I have to take advantage.

I suspect this pass is driving business to all three state-owned mountains.

Cornhead · Aug 23, 2014

I agree the Daks are superior to the Cats for skiing, but I greatly appreciate the Cats. I can easily do any of the Cats resorts as a day trip, the Daks not so much, but I have. The Cats are great for me when I get tired of the local hill, but don't want to spend the cash for a full blown ski trip. Their vert and terrain is in between my local hill and bigger mountains too. Platty has become my favorite by far, I kick myself for waiting so long to ski there, love everything about the place.

When I first saw this thread the time tag for th OP was 12/1982, I thought Scotty was replying to a 32 yr old post. There was no internet in 82, I guess technically there was, but not as we know it, how weird.

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St. Jerry · Aug 24, 2014

So, which resort is that photo from? Looks like too much snow for whiteface

Cornhead · Aug 24, 2014

cps27 said:
So, which resort is that photo from? Looks like too much snow for whiteface

Looks like the summit quad at Whiteface, the fact it's not spinning is more evidence that it's WF, they do get a lot of wind holds after storms, I've been burned more than once.

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BenedictGomez · Aug 24, 2014

gmcunni said:
I don't ski much in NY.. which is better, the Adirondacks or the Catskill mountains?

As others have said, the ADK is so much better than the Cats it's not a contest. Similar to trying to compare s.VT mountains with n.VT mountains. That said, the Cats are certainly not terrible, Plattekill is one of my favorite ski areas. As long as you're not the type who spends 75% of your day in the woods, you'll enjoy skiing there.

BenedictGomez · Aug 24, 2014

Cornhead said:
Looks like the summit quad at Whiteface, the fact it's not spinning is more evidence that it's WF

ZING!

I'm not so sure it's the Summit quad though. Doesnt look steep enough IMO.

catskills · Aug 24, 2014

Catskills are much closer to NYC, Long Island, NJ, PA, MD.

ADK is significantly further away. :spin:

steamboat1 · Aug 24, 2014

catskills said:
Catskills are much closer to NYC, Long Island, NJ, PA, MD.

ADK is significantly further away.

That relates to convience not the quality of skiing.

Drewboy · Aug 24, 2014

As a residence of upstate NY I wouldn't consider skiing in the Catskills and not because of the terrain! It's due to the people of NYC who go there! Their f u attitude should be left in the Hampton's or any other snobatorium they come from!!! But I must say enjoy the new Legends bar I am building you city dwellers at Windham Mtn.!!!!

BenedictGomez · Aug 24, 2014

Drewboy said:
As a residence of upstate NY I wouldn't consider skiing in the Catskills and not because of the terrain! It's due to the people of NYC who go there! Their f u attitude should be left in the Hampton's or any other snobatorium they come from!!! But I must say enjoy the new Legends bar I am building you city dwellers at Windham Mtn.!!!!

Toolbox alert.

Puck it · Aug 24, 2014

BenedictGomez said:
Toolbox alert.

I have aver to agree with him. One of the reasons, I ski Kton early and late. And only midweek in the dead of winter. Kinda the same reason I don't ski Loon.

RuhiRants · Aug 24, 2014

Belleayre doesn't get those kinds of people... Its a small mountain, but the atmosphere is fantastic, IMHO... Hunter and Windham not so much..

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