Fall Weather 2024

[TheGreatAbyss]

Bare ground on the cams. Though the only one at elevation is the Platty triple cam and apparently it's still night time up there.

 

[gorgonzola]

Elk Mountain to earn some turns

Is that a thing? They don't allow any off piste/tree skiing, I can't imagine they're amenable to uphill travel?

I'm hoping for 6" up on the pocono plateau so I can get a little kick and glide on

 

[Brownski]

I understand your eagerness Shane but I think it’s hard to make a call like that based on the imperfect forecasts the hills have available to them, especially with no base and unfrozen ground beneath whatever snow they get.. There are a lot of people that have to show up for Plattekill to open for the day- lifties, kitchen staff, patrollers. None of them have working tomorrow pencilled in on the calendar. That being said, if the storm over delivers, pulling together a skeleton crew for Saturday might be more realistic.

 

[TheGreatAbyss]

Belle was open last weekend, depending on what ends up falling I would think they would open up with at least Dot and Seneca again?

 

[Shaneskier]

Is that a thing? They don't allow any off piste/tree skiing, I can't imagine they're amenable to uphill travel?

I'm hoping for 6" up on the pocono plateau so I can get a little kick and glide on

Spoke to management yesterday on the phone. Seems like they did not even realize they were in the bullseye for this storm. I asked "any chance you run the lifts based on snowfall" they replied "no" I said is it ok if I earn my turns? They said "you are free to hike wherever" so depending on the cams tomorrow morning I might be heading West!

 

[Shaneskier]

I understand your eagerness Shane but I think it’s hard to make a call like that based on the imperfect forecasts the hills have available to them, especially with no base and unfrozen ground beneath whatever snow they get.. There are a lot of people that have to show up for Plattekill to open for the day- lifties, kitchen staff, patrollers. None of them have working tomorrow pencilled in on the calendar. That being said, if the storm over delivers, pulling together a skeleton crew for Saturday might be more realistic.

Agreed my friend. Lets hope mother nature provides the magic we need!

 

[gorgonzola]

They said "you are free to hike wherever" so depending on the cams tomorrow morning I might be heading West!

Very interested to hear how this plays out if you go, good luck!

 

[x10003q]

Snowing top to bottom on the webcams at Elk. There is a slight accumulation at the top.

Webcams - Elk Mountain

www.elkskier.com

 

[saratogahalfday]

Over an inch of much needed rain, and counting, in Saratoga Springs.

 

[Campgottagopee]

5" here in CNY

Reporting from 18' up a