Plattekill 2/15/07

Epic (for the Catskills). I'm guessing there was two feet of fresh, more in some spots. Is this the Winter that didn't start until mid-January? You wouldn't know it by today.

The "powder" was somewhat consolidated and windblown so it wasn't like those light powder days out West but still pretty damn good. Actually, it probably helped because I imagine many of those trails were fairly bare underneath before today. No problems with rocks on the trails. Hit a bunch of stuff - at least it sounded that way - in the woods but no real damage other than one minor gouge and a few scratches. The depth of the snow allowed for some extremely tight lines. Powder changed from cut-up to soft cement fairly quickly. Still very fun - sort of like bumps skiing. Still plenty untracked in the woods. Legs were shot by 2:45. I give Blockbuster the best trail of the day award. The powder was lighter on that trail for whatever reason.

Best part - the car thermometer registered 3* at 9:00am but there was pretty much zero wind except for the very top. Was pretty warm all day. I take my comment back in the Catskills thread about the wind protection at Pkill during a Nor'easter- it's pretty good!

Congrats on your first PowderDaze day at Plattekill.

I was there also. Plattekill is tough to beat on a powder day. They always get the most snow in the Catskills. Blockbuster was a blast.

Glad you guys had a good time, wish I had been there. Always like Plattekill.

I was there too. Trails were fun. Woods were great, but with lots of obstacles lurking. It was 30" of dust on dirt.

I'm pretty sure Platekill is old Iroquois for "lots of rocks". At least tht's wht my bases tell me.

I have thrashed through 2 boards this year. There is more repair ptex than base material on my rock board.

I was thinking of hitting it this Monday. It's great to come home to this.