Belleayre Conditions

[Low Angle Life]

@Harvey I was partially being sarcastic that its a shame, but also with the snowpack as fleeting as it can be, sometimes it's sad to know some of it won't be taken advantage of. There is enough to go around, we don't need to be territorial like surfers. Maybe others disagree, also I agree with your mountain comparison 100%.

@Ripitz Catskill Alta also sums up the vibe pretty well.

@TheGreatAbyss Be happy to tow you around if you catch me on a weekday, weekends are reserved for gondola laps with my lady.

 

[TheGreatAbyss]

TheGreatAbyss Be happy to tow you around if you catch me on a weekday, weekends are reserved for gondola laps with my lady.

Happy to meet up for one of those too if just to say hi

 

[Ripitz]

 

[DomB]

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According to reports, shouldn't it be 'I made the rope drop . . . ." : )

Good on ski patrol - when they saw the rope drop they hustled to put pads on the towers instead of putting it back up.

 

[Harvey]

@Harvey I was partially being sarcastic that its a shame, but also with the snowpack as fleeting as it can be, sometimes it's sad to know some of it won't be taken advantage of. There is enough to go around, we don't need to be territorial like surfers. Maybe others disagree, also I agree with your mountain comparison 100%.

@Ripitz Catskill Alta also sums up the vibe pretty well.

I'm not the sharpest huh. I like your attitude man.

Personally I don't like the comparison to Alta. I've never been, so maybe I should STFU, but when I think of Alta, I think of insane competition for great snow. One thing I love about Plattekill is the lack of competition.

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[jamesdeluxe]

when I think of Alta, I think of insane competition for great snow.

I've skied numerous times with locals at Alta and Snowbird who are experts at sniffing out untracked and minimizing time spent in liftlines and still -- I cannot stand being on a mountain with hordes and needing to have a detailed strategy to avoid those hordes.

 

[TheGreatAbyss]

Good on ski patrol - when they saw the rope drop they hustled to put pads on the towers instead of putting it back up.

They put the rope back up, not the pads - at least on Saturday

 

[Bandit]

Day 11 at the Belle today. Did not expect to ski today but work closed early and I had my stuff so went up.

Started snowing around 1 and continued through the afternoon. Trees still good as were the bump runs I lapped: Mohawk, Belleayre run, right side of Wanatuska, and winnisook all still skiing great.

Currently 4:30 and patrol is coming down from sweep in 2-3” of fresh snow.

Unfortunately it’s all going to get wrecked overnight

 

[not2brite]

Day 15 @ Belleayre (21 overall). You would never know they had a major rain event 3 days ago. Didn’t hit a single icy spot all day. Lapped Seneca all morning and a bit of Dot while the other side of the mountain was covered in a man made blizzard. Guns blasting from Algonquin all the way across. Whales on just about every top trail. I would describe it as a light weekend crowd at most.

 

[Bandit]

Agreed. Way better than expected. Right behind the lodge where there has been no snow made had the same or more snow than Thursday. On Thursday the troughs had rocks but I didn’t find any today. I’m going to say the storm ended up net neutral for Belleayre. The back end had enough snow to keep it decent.

The new snowmaking power continues to impress. While Peekamoose and Algonquin were hard as a rock and apparently had snow made on them yesterday, Belleayre run, Wanatuska, and Mohawk were awesome. Hard to see because of the manmade cloud on wana and Mohawk in the morning. Winisook had no snow made on it but was still fun and totally edgable.

Tickets were sold out but there was nobody there. I bet there were more last Saturday. My understanding is while they are still limiting ticket sales, the ceiling is higher this year compared to last. Today did not show that though. Obviously part of the ticket cap is a guess of how many season pass holders will attend and perhaps they’ve overestimated that, and I remember talking about the same thing last year too. It’s also hard to estimate that when pass sales have grown from 2600 to 7600 in five years so not a lot of history to draw from. But I’m not complaining!! The skiing was great today and hard to believe there was a huge rain event a few days ago. 100% of the snowmaking trails are open and even some glades.