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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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Closing Day at Sugarbush, VT

ml242 — Sun, 05 May 2013 02:00:45 +0000

In one of the more amazing closing days I can remember, Sugarbush decided to reopen for free skiing on May fourth. Skiing in May is an adventure no matter where you might be, on a glacier, a volcano, or a strip of man-made snow in Vermont. We’ve all heard the rumors that resorts don’t like [...]

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NY Ski Directory: A History of Belleayre

NYSkiBlog — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:20:58 +0000

Belleayre Mountain holds a prominent place in the history of skiing in New York. It was the first lift-assisted ski area in the Catskills, and boasted New York’s first chair lift — a Roebling single that was installed in 1950. Carved out of the forest preserve, the creation of the ski area required constitution amendments [...]

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Gore Mountain Snow Totals

NYSkiBlog — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:00:44 +0000

NYSkiBlog began in 2008 as a personal blog about adventure in the Adirondacks. At that time, the site focused much of it’s energy and content on trip reports, conditions and improvements at Gore Mountain. While our focus and audience has expanded beyond these roots, they run deep. We estimate that nearly one-third of our audience [...]

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Orville Slutzky 1917-2013

NYSkiBlog — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:00:28 +0000

Orville Slutzky was born in 1917 and developed a love for skiing early in life. Raised on a farm in the Catskills, he and his brother Israel made their own skis and slid down the gentle slopes of the farm owned by their father Isaac. In the 1950’s the sport of skiing was gaining popularity [...]

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A Farewell to Winter in the Catskills

ml242 — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:45:27 +0000

No two ski seasons are ever the same, even if the locations remain a constant. I spent another closing day at Plattekill this year, but I didn’t wear my Yankees hat, or even ski in a t-shirt like so many other times. On our first ride up, the trees were encased in thick ice, evidence [...]

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There’s (Still) Something about McConkey

ml242 — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:00:55 +0000

To call Shane McConkey one of the all-time greats in skiing almost does him a disservice. To me, he’s the Babe Ruth of skiing. Shane is literally the man who brought fat skis down from the heavens (Tahoe) and taught the masses to ski pow in the way that Ruth taught Major League Baseball how [...]

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Hunter’s Pond Skimming Beach Bash

x10003q — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:00:42 +0000

I like spring skiing best of all. We get to strip off the layers, the sun is high in the sky, and the hard conditions of the winter transform to soft easy skiing. After a decent season for snow and snow making, Hunter was looking really good for the weekend. Saturday was Hunter’s Beach Bash [...]

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