adamti91
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Yeah I think they opened Roaring Brook too. Monday was so icy, the storm really messed the mountain up. Should be better by now they have gotten almost a foot of snow since then. There's a TR from Monday in my signature.
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Yeah I think they opened Roaring Brook too. Monday was so icy, the storm really messed the mountain up. Should be better by now they have gotten almost a foot of snow since then. There's a TR from Monday in my signature.
kingslug
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They got a foot since monday????
adamti91
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Yeah they have been getting a lot of lake effect.
I was there yesterday and can attest to the snowfall there.
Many untracked shots to be had everywhere as long as it was relatively low angle.
adamti91
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Everyone is pretty much all open, except glades and parks and a few trails.
ERJ-145CA
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Belleayre was great today, only a few trails were still closed and the conditions were very good.
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What's the natural snowpack like at Belleayre..I might ski there New Years day.
ERJ-145CA
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I wasn't paying too much attention to the natural snowpack but it looks like maybe 8" off the trails in the woods, maybe up to 12". None of the glades were open today but it looks like they're opening one tomorrow. A few of the trails were kind of crusty under the new snow but most were in very good condition.
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Windy as all hell here.... It's a house rattler...
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What is Belleayre's terrain policy like? I.e if it says closed and I ski it, will my season pass get clipped or do they let it go? There was a lot of stuff on wednesday that was skiable but closed because of a bare spot here or there, or some twigs poking through, but I didn't want to risk getting my pass taken on the first day.
thinnmann
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I was sooooo tempted to poach upper Yahoo yesterday! They were blowing everything possible all day, probably because they knew of the rain and warm-up due for today. Upper Yahoo was one of the only closed trails, and it looked schweet....
Anyway, I ski there a lot, and hold a season pass, but I am not sure I have seen anything called a "terrain policy". I didn't see many ski patrol people at all yesterday. People obviously had been poaching closed trails, judging by the tracks on upper Yahoo. I saw some boarders hitting Tomahawk liftline glade-kinda-thing, which was roped off. If you are worried about getting your ticket clipped, ski the closed trails towards the end of the day. I couldn't imagine them pulling your season ticket, without a couple of offenses and a refund (though maybe I am not imaginative enough). I just checked the text on the trail map, and it says a lot about New York State imposing a duty on you "to become apprised of and understand the risks inherent in the sport of skiing...." I also says, "Observe all posted signs and warnings (what if a skier can't read English?). I would like to believe that all that was written by the lawyers to keep dummies from suing them, which they still can do, of course.
It says thin cover and ungroomed, but Utsayantha had the best coverage I have ever seen on December 22, 2007!
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Fair enough. I saw the tracks too but I wasn't sure. In PA/NJ (what I am used to) they will clip your ticket at all the mountains but Jack Frost for going down a closed trail, and if you have a season pass some places have a 2/3 strike policy at which point it gets revoked so I was just wondering what it was like up there.
ERJ-145CA
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On Friday I did hear the guy working the top of lift 2 say over the loudspeaker something like "hey you under the chairlift, that is a closed trail, unless you dropped something off the lift turn around or you will have your ticket revoked."
MarkC
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Spend Christmas eve with the family or go way north. Things should be ok in the cats by thursday but not before.
MarkC given the temps starting Tuesday (Christmas day) it should be good in the Catskills. It will be cold enough to make snow at night all week so you should have lots of man made powder in the Catskills. If you like moguls Wednesday it will warm up and by 10am the moguls should soften up real nice.
Most important this time of year is to look at the sow condition report to find what favorite trails they are making snow on. In the morning you want to hit the trail with fresh man made snow.
Actually Wednesday's 12-26-2007 warm mid day temps looks like an awesome day to go skiing. The day after Christmas should should not be very crowded. ;-)
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thinnmann
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Thanks for the assessment opinion.. but shhhhhhhhhh - don't tell everybody!
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Snowmaking has restarted at Hunter... Lots of guns on now...
skidbump
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belleayre blowing since befor 930 am
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