Catskills Updates

[MarkC]

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

Blockbuster was wall to wall with some good lines. The top of freefall had some decent lines. Skiiers right of the upper face was not too bad. Nice soft forgiving bumps all around. By the way it is snowing really hard right now:grin:

 

[goldsbar]

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

The picture of that liftline was pretty scary for Belleayre. Half the reason I go there when Pkill isn't in shape and/or I don't have the extra driving time is for the light crowds. Was the lift on the Dot Nebel side as bad?

Had to miss this weekend

But Utah here I come

 

[thinnmann]

The picture of that liftline was pretty scary for Belleayre. Half the reason I go there when Pkill isn't in shape and/or I don't have the extra driving time is for the light crowds. Was the lift on the Dot Nebel side as bad?

Had to miss this weekend

But Utah here I come

Thanks for looking at the blog. Tomahawk was crowded too on Saturday afternoon. Sunday was the day to be there; it was relatively warm with no wind and don't think I waited more than a minute or so on any lift all day.

Have fun in UT!

 

[thinnmann]

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.

Bandit2941 - That DOES suck! I like to believe that Belleayre is usually a secure place - I usually don't bother with ski locks and don't worry about my kids when they are traveling around alone - but on a crowded day, who knows. I have noticed some graffiti around the place this winter, like on the chairs and in the bathroom, that was never a problem before. Perhaps there is a growing criminal element of bandits at Belleayre . Sounds like an honest mistake - did you take the leftover wrong skis?

I have a friend who picked up what he thought were his daughter's leased Bandit Jr's last year (ironic that they were Bandits, Bandit). He went and got them sharpened and waxed and picked them up the following weekend. When his daughter went to put them on, the boots wouldn't fit in the bindings and guess what - they belonged to someone else.

I take pride in using older skis I pick up on eBay, so I don't worry too much. Most of the family's quiver cost me less than $150. But I recently picked up a pair of demo 2006 Rossi VS Oversize that were skied maybe twice ($179) - they retailed for around $1000 w/bindings - and I have been locking them. The theves go for the current hot stuff, I figure.

In the meantime, wanna buy my old Rebel's? They're a cool pair of boards that you won't have to worry about being stolen or hitting rocks on Tomahawk Liftline! I will bring them up to Bell...

 

[adamti91]

They were calling you on Sun. to go to admin Bandit, they probably found your skis.

 

[Bandit2941]

They were calling you on Sun. to go to admin Bandit, they probably found your skis.

Yeah - thankfully, I did get them back.

The other pair of skis that were left there had a NASTAR tag on the pole, so I figured they could trace the owner by that. I went to admin and asked them and that's exactly what they did. Got his name and number, then called his house (in Jersey) and talked to his wife. His wife said he's on his way home and she'll call his cell. Long story short, he turned around and came back.

The kicker is, when I left Saturday night I stopped down to Jimmy's shop at the end of the access road......and the guy that took my ski's was there, standing right next to me!

It's not often a story that starts the way this one did ends this good, so I'm pretty happy.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

Ugly Forecast For Belleayre

Friday:
Periods of freezing rain and sleet before 8am,
then periods of rain and sleet, mainly between 8am and 11am,
then rain and snow likely between 2pm and 3pm,
then a chance of rain between 3pm and 4pm,
then a chance of rain and snow after 4pm.
The rain could be heavy at times.
High near 40.

 

[MarkC]

I dont like the R word. Lets wait and see what happens. I think that the forecast could change over the next day or so.

 

[kingslug]

I dont like the R word. Lets wait and see what happens. I think that the forecast could change over the next day or so.

It's wednesday which means that any forecast for Friday is an educated guess. I hit Bell once when Hunter was rained out. They got 8 inches of pow and I got it all to myself. If the forecast is good then I might hit Whiteface, but not if it gets rain. Iceface is no fun.

 

[adamti91]

It would suck if the season were to end early with all this rain, but it looks like it will be mostly snow in the Catskills, Bell is in Ulster but it's right on the northern border...

WRGB Albany:
" Meteorologist: Steve LaPointe
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 4:56PM

Weather Advisories: A WINTER STORM WATCH is in effect from Thursday evening through Friday afternoon for all of eastern New York and western New England, except Ulster, Dutchess and Litchfield counties..
A FLOOD WATCH is in effect from Thursday evening through Friday afternoon for Ulster, Dutchess, and Litchfield counties.
.
A complex winter storm will bring a period of snow to the region beginning Thursday evening, with a transition to a mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain by daybreak Friday in the Capital Region. Uncertainties regarding the storm's eventual track and the timing of when precipitation will be changing from snow to sleet, freezing rain, and rain are complicating factors in the forecast. At this time it would appear that a moderate to heavy snowfall of greater than 7" will be most likely from Hamilton county through Warren, and much of Washington counties in New York and throughout VT with a more brief period of sleet. Because of the anticipation of significant mixing throughout the Capital Region and points south more of a moderate snowfall (4" to 7") along with accumulatios of freezing rain are likely with a change to rain. A fairly brief period of sleet and freezing rain with mostly rain is more likely in Ulster, Dutchess, and Litchfield counties where flooding could develop as a result of some melting snow and runoff..

We will increase the amount of detail in this forecast by the 11pm update as more information becomes available on the evolution of this winter storm."

 

[millerm277]

What's expected for Hunter?

 

[MarkC]

It looks like the higher elevations of the catskills could miss the NCP.

 

[Greg]

It looks like the higher elevations of the catskills could miss the NCP.

Not based on what I've read.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
434 AM EST THU MAR 1 2007

MAZ001-025-NYZ038>040-047>054-058>061-012200-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.A.0003.070301T2300Z-070302T2300Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER...
LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...
JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...
DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...
BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...
TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...
CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...
HUDSON...CHATHAM
434 AM EST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS. THE
NORTHERN CATSKILLS...THE NORTHERN TACONICS AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY...

SNOW AND SLEET...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE
REGION THIS EVENING. THEN TRANSITION TO A HEAVY MIX OF
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS HEAVY MIX
OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY...POSSIBLY CHANGING TO
RAIN IN SOME PLACES. ALL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE IN THIS REGION. THERE MAY ALSO BE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A
QUARTER INCH OR MORE.

THE PRECIPITATION IS THE RESULT OF A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL LIFT
NORTH INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES LATE THIS EVENING AND PUSH A
WARM FRONT TOWARD THE REGION. A SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST FRIDAY MORNING AND
MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE GULF OF MAINE FRIDAY EVENING.

STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN AND IN AREAS THAT FUNNEL WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST...EAST
AND SOUTHEAST. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE ON TREES AND POWER
LINES MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE REGION.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

I guess sleet isn't technically NCP, but it still ain't snow...

 

[MarkC]

Sleet does not melt snow. Yea it may be a bit crusty on Saturday but that is why they invented tillers and edges. As long as the natrual snow trails can stay open after this event I am happy. And the place that I have in mind when I said higher elevations has a habit of turning a forecast like this into over a foot of snow.

 

[awf170]

It looks like the higher elevations of the catskills could miss the NCP.

Elevation does not effect storms like this. When it sleeting in town it will be sleeting on top of the mountain (or maybe even raining).

 

[SkiDog]

Elevation does not effect storms like this. When it sleeting in town it will be sleeting on top of the mountain (or maybe even raining).

Gotta give the man credit...he knows what he's talking about...

This storm as warm temps aloft....thats the problem.....some newer models are showing a colder trend so the Cat's might get some more on the snow side....

Killington and North should be HOPEFULLY looking at all snow out of this one...as well as some "squall" type activity through tues.......keep your fingers crossed

M

 

[RootDKJ]

Anyone have a post-storm conditions report for the Windham/Hunter area? What kind of precip did the area eventually see?

 

[MarkC]

all ncp but the good news is in the western cats there is not that much snow loss

 

[Bandit2941]

Anyone have a post-storm conditions report for the Windham/Hunter area? What kind of precip did the area eventually see?

Belleayre got freezing rain/sleet/etc.

The snow was pretty hard this morning, but by the afternoon it softened right up and it was awesome, the bumps were killer today.

 

[catskills]

Plattekill was awesome Saturday. Great snow conditions, no lift line, trails were never crowded, and trails don't get slick around 2pm. About noontime a snowstorm dumped about a half inch of powder. I was told Belleayre got the same snowstorm around noon.