Author: Harvey

Skier, Blogger, Ski Blogger. Editor-in-chief NYSkiBlog.

Oak Mountain: Let’s Go!

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I’ve been public about my goals for this season, shooting my mouth off about all kinds of things. Ski 100 days. Ski every ski area in New York in three years. Do more backcountry.  Tele ’til I’m smelly. Probably some others that I’ve forgotten. But then reality showed up. Now you can watch me backpedal.

Oak Mountain

One of my big promises was based on my idea that it is Time to Ski New York.  As the editor of NYSkiBlog, recently retired and relocated to the mountains, I feel it’s incumbent on me to ski all of New York, to be informed.

It’s become clear to me, that when it’s snowing, I’m more motivated to drive a distance to ski a new area. I want to have the best chance to tell a great story.

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Tagged: Adirondacks, Oak Mountain, Powder, Time to Ski NY12 Comments

Plattekill: Riley Season

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Saturday wasn’t my first time driving south to ski Plattekill, but it was the first time “leaving home” to do it. I’m now 30 minutes closer to one of my favorite ski areas and the drive is much more relaxed than traveling north out of New Jersey.

Route 30

No matter how much Google Maps insists I take the shortest route, I’m sticking to the interstates as much as I can: 87, 90 and 88. Once you are off I-88, it’s a scenic and comfortable drive down Route 30 through Grand Gorge.

When it comes to skiing Plattekill, especially early in the season, you can’t overestimate the value of having a friend like Sean Riley.

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Tagged: Catskills, Plattekill7 Comments

Gore Opens in 2025

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It’s been cold in the northeast and here in the mountains, it’s been snowing. Lows have been in the twenties every night for a few weeks and the ski areas have been taking full advantage, opening more terrain, faster than any year in recent memory.

Gore Mountain opening day 2025

Gore was no exception, opening a week before Thanksgiving. Lifts spun on East Side and the North with three lifts and ~four ways down the mountain for the weekend. Conditions were good, and skiers were impressed with the wall-to-wall coverage on all the open terrain. Friday was for passholders and the weekend was open to the public.

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Tagged: Adirondacks, Gore Mountain9 Comments