60 Inches New Snow in Catskills - More on the Way

[catskills]

Both Belleayre and Hunter are saying they received 60 inches of new snow and more on the way.

Down here in the valley where I live in Woodstock, NY, not much new snow but it just started dumping. My back deck is now officially covered. It could be a sick weekend to ski in the Catskills this weekend.

 

[severine]

Just don't try to get there via 84 to the Taconic. Brian, Greg, & Grassi have been stuck about 1 mile or so from the exit since 6:30AM. Lots of bad accidents, I guess...

 

[x10003q]

Just don't try to get there via 84 to the Taconic. Brian, Greg, & Grassi have been stuck about 1 mile or so from the exit since 6:30AM. Lots of bad accidents, I guess...

I-84 is closed east and west between 17K (near 87) and the Ct state line. I am getting this from the Radio 88 web site as of 9:48am. I am sending this at 10:20am. Good Luck.

 

[severine]

That would have been more helpful before they got on and ended up where they were early this morning... Thanks.

 

[catskills]

On Plattekill WEB Site.

UNBELIEVEABLE!!! We're now counting in FEET...4-5 feet of snow in the past few days!

We're still digging out as of 8am Friday morning and plan to open today by 10am! Hope to see you here!

 

[dmc]

4' in my yard - crazy...

 

[severine]

They just got onto the Taconic...

Crazy weather this winter! It poured rain all day here yesterday...

 

[gladerider]

i wonder how the local roads from 87 to hunter are doing. its looking more and more like hunter tomorrow than sugarbush to me.

 

[dmc]

i wonder how the local roads from 87 to hunter are doing. its looking more and more like hunter tomorrow than sugarbush to me.

They are sloppy but fine...

 

[gladerider]

i am stuck with my acura TL this weekend and i'm wondering if i'd be able to make it up there with my all season tires. which option would be better?

- 87 > 28 > 214
- 87 > 32 > 23A

 

[tarponhead]

i am stuck with my acura TL this weekend and i'm wondering if i'd be able to make it up there with my all season tires. which option would be better?

- 87 > 28 > 214
- 87 > 32 > 23A

FWIW, yesterday rt 23 was fine. Had a van in front of me that had trouble getting outta of hunters lot. But no problems going down 23

 

[dmc]

FWIW, yesterday rt 23 was fine. Had a van in front of me that had trouble getting outta of hunters lot. But no problems going down 23

My girl made it down to Saugerties with no problem this AM...

I on the otherhand am stuck in the driveway with 3 feet of snow on my car... Waiting for my plow guy...

 

[dmc]

i am stuck with my acura TL this weekend and i'm wondering if i'd be able to make it up there with my all season tires. which option would be better?

- 87 > 28 > 214
- 87 > 32 > 23A

23a is ALWAYS the better option... It gets a lot of love because of the ski area...

My friend on 214(Chichester) said it's bad. Drifts and stuff...

 

[gladerider]

Got it. Thanks for the update.

 

[thinnmann]

Checkout Belleayre's pic of the day below....

This is driving me crazy - I just drove from NJ, up the NY thruway to Lake George. There is less snow here than in my back yard. Mostly, I can't stand that I have missed the best weekend ever to ski at Belleayre. It is because I have to go to Gore for the racing tomorrow with my kid. This is unfortunately another application of the refrain, "Ski racing is like that".

There was no prob driving I-287 and the NY Thuruway today. I have a report from friends that went up last night to the Belleayre area. They could not pull into their unplowed driveway and the snow was up to their hips and up to the top of their hot tub on their deck. Their dog had trouble getting to a location outside to go to the bathroom.

Another friend skied Hunter yesterday. He texted that the snow was "EPIC" and that there was a red cross shelter set up last night.

From Belleayre's facebook page: "Quick update. . .Jimmy's Terrain Park Jam is cancelled for tomorrow (2/27). We are not sure we will be able to get the features dug out in time. Keep a look out for the rescheduled date"

Full size screen capture here

 

[dmc]

There was an emergency shelter setup at the grade school...

 

[catskills]

Belleayre was awesome today. Probably the best ever day in many many years.

I wasn't sure what to expect. I thought it might be really wet sierra cement but the deep powder was actually dry and a lot of fun to ski in. Don't get me wrong. It was NOT real dry Utah powder The untracked expert trails were great as long as you kept your speed up. The blue intermediate trails were difficult to keep your speed up enough not to get stuck. After the blue trails got tracked out a little the skiing was awesome top to bottom. None of the black diamonds trails were not groomed because the groomers were getting stuck. Good day to learn to ski powder if you were not use to it. Tomorrow the expert trails that are normally groomed off the top will be groomed. Still lots of powder on the numerous bump trails at Belleayre.

today, just a fun great day. Tomorrow should be just as much fun. Nice to hear quiet and not that scraping sound of skis and boards on hard pack.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

Scroll down to Jason's pic of an almost-buried skier at Plattekill yesterday:
http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8723

 

[keyser soze]

Wow that pic is scary. I would be done if I got buried like that. I would spas out and bury myself even deeper and then....

 

[bvibert]

I got completely buried in a fall at Hunter on Friday, inhaled some snow and everything. I was a bit freaked for a second, especially after the first swipe of my hand to dig the snow away from my face resulted in more snow falling in the hole.