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NYSkiBlog’s 7th Annual Meeting

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NYSkiBlog convened our Annual Meeting at Plattekill Mountain this past weekend. Our 7th consecutive event, this tradition sprung up spontaneously back to 2012, when an astounding act of generosity was reciprocated with a small token of appreciation.

whole lotta love

Our agenda hasn’t changed much over the years. We arrive for first chair, ski as hard as we can for as long as we can, and then retire to celebrate the new season in our boardroom, the Plattekill bar. This year we planned something extra special — a showing of the documentary Snowfarmers with special comments from the creators of the film, Adam Carboni and Tansy Michaud.

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NY Ski Weather Center Upgrade

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During the summer we take advantage of a lull in the action to make site improvements. This summer has been no different.  We’ve moved the blog to WordPress, a much more robust framework.  One advantage is the ability to customize pages.

Northeast US Infrared Loop
Northeastern US Infrared 12 Hr Loop

NYSkiBlog began in 2008 as a weather resource and in 2012 we’re taking our ski weather page to the next level. We hope the new format will provide a convenient way to get current and forecast ski conditions and weather quickly.

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The New York State Ski Blog

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Harvey Road is NYSkiBlogThis blog was launched in October of 2008. It started out as a place to store our Gore Mountain ski pictures and trip reports. In time, we added all important weather links on the home page, and started to think of the site as a resource for southern Adirondack skiers.

In the summer of 2009, we realized the site would be more valuable if other skiers contributed, so we reached out to new authors. As others came on board, and we began covering more ski areas. We soon realized that the common denominator was our love for NY State skiing. Whiteface, Gore Mountain, Hunter, Belleayre, Plattekill, Hickory Ski Center and Greek Peak were key components of our collective ski seasons. To reflect our expanded focus, we are now the New York Ski Blog located at:

Please bookmark it as one of your favorites and make the move with us. NYSkiBlog is at a new address.

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