Best snowboarding in the Catskill Area?

[doggtown8]

taking a group of snowboarders to the Catskill area. what is the best mountain there and why?...need help!!!

 

[bvibert]

Welcome to the forums doggtown8. If you provided some more info it will be easier for people to help answer your question. What is the ability range of the group, how many are there, is night life important, is a park important, is it a day trip or multiple day trip? etc.. etc.. Simply asking what is the best mountain is a pretty broad and subjective question.

 

[powderman]

Welcome doggtown8. If you're going to spend most of the day in the terrain park, Windham is your best bet. If not, you should go to Plattekill when there's natural snow... arguably the best all around mountain in the Catskills... snowiest Catskill ski area, least crowded and has the best terrain. If there isn't natural snow, you should go to Hunter though, they blow tons of snow there.

 

[catskills]

Which month and what are your ability levels. Also is this going to be a weekend sat-sun trip, holiday midweek, or midweek non-holiday. Also do you spend most of your time in Terrain park, half pipe, blue groomers, steep black diamond moguls?

 

[dmc]

Hunter - best terrain... All around experience... For all levels - except maybe "intermediate"... Since its more geared to experts on the main mountain..

 

[marcski]

Hunter - best terrain... All around experience... For all levels - except maybe "intermediate"... Since its more geared to experts on the main mountain..

I was waiting for you to chime in.. It took you an hour and a half. But it was early. I for one was mtn. biking this morning before the office. I hope you were doing something as rewarding for those 90 mins. )

 

[dmc]

I was waiting for you to chime in.. It took you an hour and a half. But it was early. I for one was mtn. biking this morning before the office. I hope you were doing something as rewarding for those 90 mins. )

(7:38AM today )- (5:56 PM yesterday) <> 90 minutes....

During that 13 plus hours... i played guitar and bbq'd with a friend in Ct... Drove home 3 hours... played more guitar on the back porch staring at Rusk mountian in the moonlight..... slept... woke up - went for a run - worked... made some eggs... worked some more...

pretty normal.... I wasn't cool and mountain biking like all the cool kids.. But.. I can do that all weekend...

And of course i'm chiming in... You gotta admit... I've been good lately...
But i stand by my statement...

 

[marcski]

(7:38AM today )- (5:56 PM yesterday) <> 90 minutes....

During that 13 plus hours... i played guitar and bbq'd with a friend in Ct... Drove home 3 hours... played more guitar on the back porch staring at Rusk mountian in the moonlight..... slept... woke up - went for a run - worked... made some eggs... worked some more...

pretty normal.... I wasn't cool and mountain biking like all the cool kids.. But.. I can do that all weekend...

And of course i'm chiming in... You gotta admit... I've been good lately...
But i stand by my statement...

Doh! I glanced up and saw 5:56..was thinking it was from this morning, not last night!!

That was a busy 13 hours for you...and I've been mtn biking since before the cool kids picked it up! And you're always good in my book, Doug!

And as for the question at hand..my favorites are Plattekill and Hunter for both terrain and snow

 

[dmc]

Doh! I glanced up and saw 5:56..was thinking it was from this morning, not last night!!

That was a busy 13 hours for you...and I've been mtn biking since before the cool kids picked it up! And you're always good in my book, Doug!

And as for the question at hand..my favorites are Plattekill and Hunter for both terrain and snow

Plattekill is the bomb.... when it's open.. and has snow...

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Belleayre

 

[MarkC]

Plattekill is the bomb.... when it's open.. and has snow...

:beer: Hopefully this is the year.

 

[kingslug]

Gotta go with Hunter....just because.

 

[catskills]

Hunter - best terrain... All around experience... For all levels - except maybe "intermediate"... Since its more geared to experts on the main mountain..

If your ability is good enough to easily get down Hunter's single black diamond groomed trails off the top like Hellgate, then you should put Hunter on the top of your list of places to go especially midweek non-holiday. My recommendation is try them all this winter.

 

[doggtown8]

more info...

our riders range from intermediate up to expert. many of our guys are interested in terrain park. we will be going mid-december and mid-week. hope this is enough info. so far i've heard plattekill and hunter...and one for bellarye. thanks for the help so far!

 

[Dr Skimeister]

our riders range from intermediate up to expert. many of our guys are interested in terrain park. we will be going mid-december and mid-week. hope this is enough info. so far i've heard plattekill and hunter...and one for bellarye. thanks for the help so far!

You won't be able to do Plattekill mid-week. They're only open Thurs-Sun, unless a storm drops a foot, in which case they open. Their relatively limited snowmaking may make mid-December a tough go anyway.

 

[Brettski]

our riders range from intermediate up to expert. many of our guys are interested in terrain park. we will be going mid-december and mid-week. hope this is enough info. so far i've heard plattekill and hunter...and one for bellarye. thanks for the help so far!

Mid December?

I think our only choice will be Hunta, depending on the weather...

Where do you all come from?

 

[doggtown8]

we're coming from banner elk, nc. our home mountains are sugar, beech, and appalachian. we're just making a trip up that way to see what else the east has to offer. we also heard there's some pretty good snowmobiling up that way...anybody know of a good place to rent from...cheap?

 

[hardline]

we're coming from banner elk, nc. our home mountains are sugar, beech, and appalachian. we're just making a trip up that way to see what else the east has to offer. we also heard there's some pretty good snowmobiling up that way...anybody know of a good place to rent from...cheap?

if i where you i would dive the extra few hours and go to mount snow in vt. they will have more open and their park will be kicking. its just an extra two hours.

 

[Hawkshot99]

if i where you i would dive the extra few hours and go to mount snow in vt. they will have more open and their park will be kicking. its just an extra two hours.

Plus a whole lot more sledding up in VT.

 

[dmc]

we're coming from banner elk, nc. our home mountains are sugar, beech, and appalachian. we're just making a trip up that way to see what else the east has to offer. we also heard there's some pretty good snowmobiling up that way...anybody know of a good place to rent from...cheap?

theres a couple of places in Hunter that rent sleds..

If you come up to Hunter... hit me with a pm....