NY Times Article about NY Ski Resorts

[thinnmann]

see

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/travel/escapes/11ski.html?ref=travel

Published today.

"New York's Overlooked Ski Resorts"
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DO you know which state has the most ski areas?

It’s not Colorado, Vermont, Utah, California or New Hampshire, though those are the usual suspects.

The answer is New York. But somehow New York’s 44 ski areas attract a sliver of the attention given mountains elsewhere. And on any given winter weekend, the surge of skiers and snowboarders on the Eastern Seaboard who point their cars north toward New England and speed past New York’s ski areas is staggering.​

I wish these guys writing these articles would stop trying to crowd up the mountains!

...and get this:

Belleayre has five of the latest grooming machines that can freshen 120 miles of terrain in a single night.​

Wow, I didn't know that - as if they need to freshen 120 miles of terrain....

 

[billski]

At first I thought it was going to be "another ski article written by non-skiers." It was pretty good, though I was disappointed that it didn't spend more time discussing the day-tripper mountains. It seemed to be seeking out "destination resorts" or potentential for same. I would like to see an expose' on all the other 30-odd mom-and-pop area that serve locals, getting their kids babysat, licks at night skiing after work, everyone-knows-everyone areas. There is a lot of color that is being overlooked.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

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I wish these guys writing these articles would stop trying to crowd up the mountains!

I don't think articles like that will crowd up your mountain, I think the expansion, golf course, high end real estate, etc. will though.

Speaking of which, I found this article interesting on how Hunter and Windham are reacting to it.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

I agree with the author. The 26th was a pretty good powder day at Whiteface: I was hitting untracked in the woods at noon!

Thanks to the thaw, it seems like forever ago.

 

[thinnmann]

I don't think articles like that will crowd up your mountain, I think the expansion, golf course, high end real estate, etc. will though.

Speaking of which, I found this article interesting on how Hunter and Windham are reacting to it.

you mean this article?
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19167829&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74969&rfi=6

 

[MikeTrainor]

"But that’s also true for Stratton, Okemo, Mount Snow, Mad River Glen" hmmm... funny how madriver fit into that group

 

[wintersyndrome]

The article only briefly mentions the expansion going on at Gore. The significant expansion and connection to the town ski bowl should do wonders for the mountain and town.