Catskills Updates

[adamti91]

Snow totals from yesterday to this morning:
Plattekill: 12"
Belleayre: 10"
Windham: 6"
Hunter: 4"

Maybe going up to Belleayre today, they are leaving the East side of all upper trails ungroomed .

 

[dmc]

Snow totals from yesterday to this morning:
Plattekill: 12"
Belleayre: 10"
Windham: 6"
Hunter: 4"

Maybe going up to Belleayre today, they are leaving the East side of all upper trails ungroomed .

Where'd you get your amounts from?

 

[adamti91]

Each mountain's website, usually inflated but Bell and Plattekill do always seem to get more snow than Windham or Hunter.

 

[catskills]

SnowCountry has the same snowfall amounts.

Belleayre is calling for more snow today.

Looks like Plattekill is the place to go this weekend. :wink:

 

[YardSaleDad]

Each mountain's website, usually inflated but Bell and Plattekill do always seem to get more snow than Windham or Hunter.

Last week Hunter had 26" while Belleayre had 18", and I personally saw that Belleayre did not exaggerate. If anything they understated. It all depends on the storm track. Last week was a Nor'Easter and yesterday was a Clipper. Almost polar opposite tracks.

 

[marcski]

Last week Hunter had 26" while Belleayre had 18", and I personally saw that Belleayre did not exaggerate. If anything they understated. It all depends on the storm track. Last week was a Nor'Easter and yesterday was a Clipper. Almost polar opposite tracks.

Yeah, but what's amazing is Plattekill got the most with either storm track!

 

[thinnmann]

Belleayre makes the NYT

Prepare for a crowded weekend? Big Belleayre article in The New York Times "Escapes" section today.

http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/02/2...em&ex=1172379600&en=7670518a9fd8247a&ei=5087

http://tinyurl.com/2tdvuv

 

[moguljunkie]

Belleayre was unreal today. Best day I've ever skied there. 10" of nice light powder combined with bluebird skies. Couldn't ask for more.

Funny, last weekend everyone was raving over the "powder" at Plattekill, while I found it disappointingly heavy. Today confirmed my suspicions. I don't know what that stuff was I was skiing on last week, but it was no comparison to the real deal today.

I'll bet Plattekill must have been pretty sweet today with their 12" and should probably be the ski area of choice for Catskills skiers tomorrow.

 

[adamti91]

Couldn't make it up today . Plattekill tomorrow then Belleayre Sunday (trying skiing for the first time, things could get ugly ).

 

[adamti91]

Plattekill got 15" as of their latest update .

 

[moguljunkie]

Any idea what the bump situation is at Plattekill? Belleayre was just teeming with them today.

 

[kingslug]

Plattekill got 15" as of their latest update .

And of course I went to Hunter expecting..well more than 4 inches. All turned into bumps between the hard base. The wind was howling. Even took a day off from work. Worked on short turns and moguls all day but wasn't too happy. Bell and Platt for Sunday and Monday.

 

[dmc]

Did some hiking/riding today.

Great pow up high (!!!) middle was crusty and down to the road was sketchy...
tomorrow we're going to be a little more prepared and setup some skin tracks to yo-yo the higher powder...

Amazing day...

 

[kingslug]

Did some hiking/riding today.

Great pow up high (!!!) middle was crusty and down to the road was sketchy...
tomorrow we're going to be a little more prepared and setup some skin tracks to yo-yo the higher powder...

Amazing day...

Saw a bunch of guys hiking around Haines Falls on the way home yesterday, skiers and boarders.

 

[adamti91]

Plattekill was awesome today, TR soon...

 

[thinnmann]

Did some hiking/riding today.

Great pow up high (!!!) middle was crusty and down to the road was sketchy...
tomorrow we're going to be a little more prepared and setup some skin tracks to yo-yo the higher powder...

Amazing day...

Are you really talking about Catskills in NY, not the Rockies in CO or Wasatch in UT?

Where do you do that?! (or are you sworn to secrecy?)

My day at Belleayre reported here with pictures (small ones..; I am on 14.4 cell phone connection up here....)

 

[Bandit2941]

Are you really talking about Catskills in NY, not the Rockies in CO or Wasatch in UT?

Where do you do that?! (or are you sworn to secrecy?)

My day at Belleayre reported here with pictures (small ones..; I am on 14.4 cell phone connection up here....)

Belleayre was an awesome day today. Great skiing, decent weather, sunshine, band playing, cold beer, table of cute girls in the bar, etc.

Until........I left, and my skis were gone! I've always fantasized about someone trying to steal my skis while I was watching.......but they weren't suppose to disappear when I wasn't watching! There was a similar pair of Metrons left in the rack when I left (the only pair of skis left) so there is a chance that someone grabbed mine instead of theirs. Guess we'll see tomorrow. The missing skis are Atomic M:11's in 172cm from 04-05 season, which are mostly red. Poles are gone too.......red atomics....130cm if I remember correctly (could be 125 though).

Sucks.

 

[dmc]

Another awesome day in the Catskill BC.....

 

[dmc]

Where do you do that?! (or are you sworn to secrecy?)

Ravines by the fire tower on Hunter(proper not Cols Chair)... Rusk Mt too. The upper terrain is all really great.. Deep and fresh...

Great weekend... Except for the death slog today...
New splitboard performed great!

 

[MarkC]

Another awesome day in the Catskill BC.....

Yes it was!!! Knee deep, light and fluffy. :grin: