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The Ski Season in Photos #3

NYSkiBlog — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:00:22 +0000

Hardcore skiers have an usual relationship with spring skiing. It’s a blast to ski when temperatures are warm and snow is soft and carvy. But in the back of a skier’s mind there’s the understanding that the base beneath us — and sport we love — is inevitably slipping away into summer. Warm days in [...]

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Greek Peak Press Conference: June 13, 2013

David — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:00:37 +0000

At a press conference today in the Hope Lake Lodge, the new owners of Greek Peak announced that the resort is getting a fixed-grip quad lift with conveyor loading to replace its frontside lift 1A. The $2 million Doppelmayr is to be installed by next winter on an ambitious schedule, John Meier and Marc Stemerman [...]

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Backcountry Skiing on State Land

NYSkiBlog — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:00:06 +0000

New York’s acquisition of Lyon Mountain has spurred yet another land use debate in the Adirondacks. Like many other discussions of this nature, the conflict is between established traditional uses of the land and the letter of the law as written into the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan. For years backcountry skiers have maintained [...]

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The Ski Season in Photos #2

NYSkiBlog — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:45:38 +0000

The early season should be a test of dedication. Weather is often marginal or questionable, conditions can be thin and firm. But skiers come to the mountains in greater numbers than in the spring. Each year as we look back through our images from late November they’re often loaded with trails that feature thin strips [...]

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Mount Washington Season Finale

ml242 — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:45:40 +0000

During the ski season I’ve said it often: “You don’t know ’til you go.” But last week — after Memorial Day and before the first heat wave of the summer season — wasn’t one of those times. Not exactly. You see, I’d been watching the weather closely and was really optimistic about the skiing on [...]

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The Ski Season in Photos #1

NYSkiBlog — Fri, 31 May 2013 12:45:10 +0000

The 2012-13 season started on a bittersweet note when Hurricane Sandy delivered three feet of snow in the mountains of West Virginia on the backside of a storm that devastated coastal areas New York and New Jersey. Often with early and epic snow the jones is high, and the hardcore will travel long distances to [...]

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Gettin’ in the Wood

Harvey44 — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:42 +0000

I like to mark annual milestones. One of my favorite benchmarks each year comes at the end of April. After the lifts close and before the bugs come out, I drive to our place in the Adirondacks, to perform an annual ritual: gettin’ in the wood for winter. Almost invariably when I pass Gore on [...]

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Belleayre, Skiing and Growth in The Catskills

NYSkiBlog — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:33 +0000

In April of this year the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) unveiled the most recent unit management plan (UMP) for Belleayre Ski Center. It included a recommendation for $74M in upgrades over the next several years. At the same time they released a revision of the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the [...]

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The Joy of Skiing Families

x10003q — Sun, 12 May 2013 13:00:05 +0000

One of the things I love about skiing is that generations can ski together. Grandparents can ski with their grandchildren. At least that’s how it worked in our family. This season I spent a weekend at Stratton skiing with 14 family members from three generations. It’s something I won’t forget. We’re a skiing family because [...]

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Killington is Awesome

Harvey44 — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:00:26 +0000

I hadn’t been to Killington in a decade and some things hadn’t changed. Yea the access road was deserted and there was only one lift running, but the mountain still somehow seemed huge to me. Some things had changed. I’ve done some skiing in the last ten years and I was ready to take on [...]

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