New York Skiing

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

Here's the deal Kcyanks. The trail is going to be about 20 feet wider. However, it's going to be done in a way that the trail will be turny and not such a straight shoot. Also they are going to approach it the same way they do Lower Mack. Grooming only when absolutely necessary, otherwise leave it alone and let it bump up.

I posted some new Lookout pics on SKIADK.

You da man, HPD. Thanks.

 

[billski]

For families, Lake Placid/Whiteface trumps Stowe.
I was born north of Lake Placid and have lived in Metro Boston skiing New England areas for 28 years. I have visited the resorts both when I was a single adult and with my young family. I have vacationed in the summers in both areas. There is way more for kids to do at LP winter or summer. If the weather doesn't cooperate at Stowe, it gets real boring fast for kids. Stowe is oriented towards adults, as is Vermont in general. As much as I love Vermont, and appreciate all it offers, I hear the bellyaching from my kids all the time b-o-r-i-n-g. And yes, we get out and do all the things there are to do.
In LP, it's got a little less homogeneity than Stowe, where the zoning boards effectively prevent riff-raff and honky-tonk. It has more economically diverse offerings and places to just "hang out". Where can teens just "hang out" at Stowe?

You know I enjoy Stowe a lot, but what I see going down on this thread is singular points of view (primarily childless or empty-nested males) passing as broad-sweeping generalizations for a state, a region, a resort. It ain't gonna happen. There's no "best" area, there's what's "best" for your speed.

 

[ski63]

Bristol averages approx 100-120 inches per year and has plenty of snowmaking. Lots of tower mounted guns. For the bump skiier they have one bump run that seems OK. My older knees don't enjoy bumps anymore.
Bristol has plenty of sustained vertical and is as steep as Yodeler and twice as long. 1200' vert is as long as most trail pods in the east except places such as WF, MRG and Jay.
They run JIII Super G yearly and the New York State HS championships are at Bristol every 3rd year alternating with WF and Windham.
If I have any other critisism, it is that they groom everything every day except for the one bump run. Hard to find any powder even after a storm.
They added one nice adv. trail last year and are looking to expand to the north with a dedicated race hill and new lift. Some of the prep work has been done. Hope they do it soon.

As for location. It is 15 miles south of Canandaigua(sp?). About an hour east of HV. Top elevation is 2000'.

 

[billski]

Bristol averages approx 100-120 inches per year a

Bristol was the second place I ever skied when I lived in Rochester and Buffalo for 3 years in the 70's. Chairlifts were still a novelty, but gaining quickly. I learned at Swain. Bristol was a nice challenge, at 1000 vertical.

But nobody can beat the amount of snow the little bumps south of Buffalo get, like sometimes 10" per NIGHT, making it difficult to get there. Peek n Peek, Cocaigne an another. Used to night ski them after my internship day job.

I lived in the area for about 15 years and all I remember is the damn wind.

 

[kcyanks1]

Here's the deal Kcyanks. The trail is going to be about 20 feet wider. However, it's going to be done in a way that the trail will be turny and not such a straight shoot. Also they are going to approach it the same way they do Lower Mack. Grooming only when absolutely necessary, otherwise leave it alone and let it bump up.

I posted some new Lookout pics on SKIADK.

Cool, thanks for the info. Do you know approximately how wide it is currently? When will they do the widening? 2009?

 

[hardline]

For families, Lake Placid/Whiteface trumps Stowe.
I was born north of Lake Placid and have lived in Metro Boston skiing New England areas for 28 years. I have visited the resorts both when I was a single adult and with my young family. I have vacationed in the summers in both areas. There is way more for kids to do at LP winter or summer. If the weather doesn't cooperate at Stowe, it gets real boring fast for kids. Stowe is oriented towards adults, as is Vermont in general. As much as I love Vermont, and appreciate all it offers, I hear the bellyaching from my kids all the time b-o-r-i-n-g. And yes, we get out and do all the things there are to do.
In LP, it's got a little less homogeneity than Stowe, where the zoning boards effectively prevent riff-raff and honky-tonk. It has more economically diverse offerings and places to just "hang out". Where can teens just "hang out" at Stowe?

You know I enjoy Stowe a lot, but what I see going down on this thread is singular points of view (primarily childless or empty-nested males) passing as broad-sweeping generalizations for a state, a region, a resort. It ain't gonna happen. There's no "best" area, there's what's "best" for your speed.

you are right but like i said best ski town is a very relative thing. to me its stowe, to some friends its tremblant, to others its vail. its something different to everyone.