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I mean it seems like a natural. They’re cheap to buy frozen in bulk, easy to cook and fit right in with the burgers and chicken nugget pub fare that most hills serve but I don’t think I’ve ever had wings at a ski area

Yesterday, after a great Saturday at Catamount, I went the other way and headed up to CNY to grab Dangerboy from college and hit Greek. We got to the hill and my son was moving pretty slow but it turned out t9 be another nice day. It started about 31 degrees or so I think and warmed up in the...

I went to Catamount on Saturday. I don’t think I made it last year but when I pulled in there was Rich Edwards helping his parking lot guys direct traffic, just like always. It was nice seeing him again. https://nyskiblog.com/rich-edwards-of-catamount/ I booted up at the car and headed up...

Yesterday, I decided to go check out Montage. I wanted to use an Indy Pass day without getting up at the crack of dawn or driving too far and it looked like a cool place from the website… I pulled into the parking lot around 10:15 Am or so. As has been commented on by others, the lodge and...

So me and Robert and Junior started a podcast. We are raw. I say um um a lot. It’s a work in progress but we would love for anybody that’s interested to give it a listen and provide some feedback here. Harvey is interviewed in episode 2. Episode 1 is an interview of Plattekill legend Sean Riley...

You read that right. Haverstraw Beach! I got out for some rare (for me at least) Rockland County bike path Nordic skiing. It was supposed to be Nyack Beach but I discovered they don’t plow their parking during winter so I couldn’t get at that end of the bike path. I also considered getting on...

We drove up to Greek on Friday night. We’d gotten an Air B&B across the road so my wife could see the boys (they’re both at schools in CNY now) and we could use our indie passes on Saturday.. Can’t claim we got an early start or anything but we made it across the road and skied. Greek is...

Lately Dangerboy has not been into skiing at all. Over winter break, his pattern has been to live nocturnally. He was able to get hours at his part time job, which is good, but after getting home late at night he has been either playing Nintendo into the wee hours with his friends or just...

So our new member - Milo K- got to experience Plattekill for the first time on Monday and he said all the right stuff about our favorite mountain- cool trails, short lines, vibe, great snow etc etc… It turns out the young man is a transplant from the west coast and previously spent his time...

Junior and I got out today to break in our Indy Passes at West. I’ve only been to West maybe a half dozen times I think. It’s always fun. I like how the place is so close to downtown Glens Falls and the Thruway. It’s right in the middle of a suburban neighborhood. It was not a powder day by...

Park City Ski Patrol is officially on strike so anybody that has plans to go there should tentatively cancel them. I actually wouldn’t feel good about skiing any of their hills during the strike. Certainly don’t buy any food or drink at Hunter

No way I was gonna miss opening day. I wasnt on the schedule so technically I didn’t have to be there before opening but I got an early start anyway. I played around with the filters a little for some of my pics… Everybody seemed to happy to be back. Lots to do of course, getting all the sled...

A couple years ago at the Plattekill glade day, one of the guys in our group had a folding saw that was far far better quality than any I had used before. I asked him what brand it was and he said “it’s a silky big boy”. When I looked it up later, I discovered that Silky Big Boys start at $80...

if you wear a large like me, the tan one might be acceptable… black/black in mediums and XLs… https://www.sierra.com/s~northface-denali-/

At least it was sunny On September 8, I showed up for my second year as a kayak escort for the Lighthouse Swim. If you’re a front page reader, you might remember that I wrote about doing this last year and that I also kayaked with the Newburgh to Beacon Swim (which Ripitz swam). My intention...

Trying to mix things up a little lately so I threw a bike in my car last Sunday instead of a kayak. I parked in a little park in Sparkill by the Joseph B. Clark Rail Trail. I got off the paved path almost right away and followed another bike trail whose name I forget. It is dirt or gravel and...

I was just about to create my first ever craigslist ad but it occurred to me I should offer them here first…. It is time for a reduction of the fleet The big one is for sale. It is an Ocean Kayak Zest Two. At 16 feet, it’s a little bit longer, heavier and more seaworthy than most SOT tandems...

Holiday has outlasted Plattekill, Thunder Ridge, Mount Peter and Mountain Creek. An impressive accomplishment given all the challenges this winter. A couple of the regular patrollers were unavailable yesterday so the director put out a email asking for help. Since Junior was home from college...

I busted the tab that puts them into tour mode on one of my guardian 13s. Now that they’re off I can see that replacing that part would be pretty easy if I could get my hands on one. Any ideas?

So anybody that’s been paying attention to the front page knows, we’ve been keeping a close eye on Holiday’s progress this past year. They haven’t gotten all that much help from Mother Nature thus far but they have worked their asses off and persevered under difficult conditions. My intention...