ctenidae
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With quarantine rules and school policies (which, for the greater good, we follow (plus there's no way my son wouldn't accidently rat us out)), the only place outside of CT we can ski is NY, which leaves us with the Big 4 of Hunter/Wyndham/Plattekill/Bellyare. We're wanting to pull the kids and play hooky a few times, and make some overnight day trips - head out right after school, stay near the mountain, ski, then send the kids to school exhausted the next day.
Kids are 7 and 9, both fully lift capable and fresh off learning how to ski bumps. While a real mountain black is probably outside their abilities, they're both pretty good (one because he's a large 9, and the other because she's just a cast iron bad ass.
So the question - where to go for midweek skiing? I presume no one is particularly crowded these days, and since lodges are verbotten that's not really a consideration (liberating, really). I lean towards Hunter, because I've only been there once and I thought the terrain was great but the crowd was horrendous (company was pretty good, though). I remember Wyndham being nice (Bretton Woods-ish), probably full of good stuff the kids will enjoy. Bellyare I don't know much about. Plattekill I've been to once, right after an unexpected 8-10 inch dump and it was phenomenal, but not, as I recall, real kid friendly.
So, what's the consensus?
Kids are 7 and 9, both fully lift capable and fresh off learning how to ski bumps. While a real mountain black is probably outside their abilities, they're both pretty good (one because he's a large 9, and the other because she's just a cast iron bad ass.
So the question - where to go for midweek skiing? I presume no one is particularly crowded these days, and since lodges are verbotten that's not really a consideration (liberating, really). I lean towards Hunter, because I've only been there once and I thought the terrain was great but the crowd was horrendous (company was pretty good, though). I remember Wyndham being nice (Bretton Woods-ish), probably full of good stuff the kids will enjoy. Bellyare I don't know much about. Plattekill I've been to once, right after an unexpected 8-10 inch dump and it was phenomenal, but not, as I recall, real kid friendly.
So, what's the consensus?