Bearpen Mtn for sale

[MadMadWorld]

From blogs it sounds like the base lodge would need to be at the summit. This would be a really bad idea for a mountain that would rely heavily on natural snow. I always hated mountains that did this.

 

[x10003q]

From blogs it sounds like the base lodge would need to be at the summit. This would be a really bad idea for a mountain that would rely heavily on natural snow. I always hated mountains that did this.

I am curious why you think there would be a top main lodge.

 

[MadMadWorld]

I am curious why you think there would be a top main lodge.

I believe most of the problems would stem from land ownership.

 

[Mapnut]

Right, I'm curious to see a plot plan of where the 690 acres are.

 

[catskills]

Personally, I'd love to see a large new ski resort in the Catskills that draws 400K skier visits a year. Great for the local economy down there and it would take some pressure off the very crowded VT areas.

Wow 400K skier/rider visits at Bearpen, but that would mean nobody would be skiing Hunter, Windham, Belleayre, and Plattekill right? Are you sure the current Greene county politicians would allow Bearpen customers to get off the Thruway and drive past Hunter and Windham to get to Bearpen. I don't think so.

 

[ScottySkis]

Wow 400K skier/rider visits at Bearpen, but that would mean nobody would be skiing Hunter, Windham, Belleayre, and Plattekill right? Are you sure the current Greene county politicians would allow Bearpen customers to get off the Thruway and drive past Hunter and Windham to get to Bearpen. I don't think so.

They can follow me, I pass bell all the time on the way to Platty, I be happy to lead them to Bearpen.

 

[x10003q]

Wow 400K skier/rider visits at Bearpen, but that would mean nobody would be skiing Hunter, Windham, Belleayre, and Plattekill right? Are you sure the current Greene county politicians would allow Bearpen customers to get off the Thruway and drive past Hunter and Windham to get to Bearpen. I don't think so.

A major resort would only enhance the other areas in the Catskills. It would give a lot of people a reason to stop in the Catskills rather than continuing onto VT.

 

[dmc]

Wow 400K skier/rider visits at Bearpen, but that would mean nobody would be skiing Hunter, Windham, Belleayre, and Plattekill right? Are you sure the current Greene county politicians would allow Bearpen customers to get off the Thruway and drive past Hunter and Windham to get to Bearpen. I don't think so.

I had a conversation about this with one of our trustees about this...

turns out...It's not such a bad thing for Hunter... Where are you going to stay by Bearpen? Where would you eat? Probably Hunter...

Now the Mountain probably has a different opinion...

 

[deadheadskier]

A major resort would only enhance the other areas in the Catskills. It would give a lot of people a reason to stop in the Catskills rather than continuing onto VT.

exactly

A 2000 vert ski area with 200 inches of natural snow per year doesn't currently exist in the Catskills. You have to go to VT to get that. If the product was good, why drive an extra 2-3 hours?

 

[NJSkiBabe]

Ben Lane did NOT get booted off of Bearpen Mountain. He still owns the property. He is the one that has it up for sale. Read the story of Bearpen Mountain and you will find out that Percy Goff - a Prattsville resident - did a lot of swarmy things with playing around with land boundaries in that area and taking land from many people then logging it and then telling them that he may have been wrong about the boundary lines and sold it back to them. That is what caused the ski area to close. There are trails on the mountain that are still skiable to the bottom. If this ski area had stayed open - it could have been the biggest ski area in the Catskills and it would NOT have needed any snow making either.

 

[danimals]

Bummer. I would love not having to drive to VT for 2k. The rest of the skills feel like slightly larger PA areas.

 

[jimk]

There is a great new story about Bearpen on NYSkiblog: http://nyskiblog.com/bearpen-mountain-hike-with-ben-lane/#comment-59224