jamesdeluxe
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- Jul 17, 2020
Early in the week, NOAA had the Catskills at sunny and 40 degrees on Sunday, so I penciled in a daytrip while keeping in mind that the forecast was five days out and could obviously change, which it did. While the "sunny" part of the equation held -- deep blue skies the entire day -- the temperature was colder than we had hoped for. At 8:30, it was a brisk 9 degrees and I'm reasonably sure that the mercury never got above freezing. Too bad as Jason and I, along with everyone else in the northeast, were/are getting really impatient for some proper spring skiing.
But first things first:
Even though the upper parking lot was mostly full, check out what the Overlook Lodge looked like at 10 am. Felt like a weekday!
The trails were equally crowd-free and all of the chairs were ski-on through final bell. While you could certainly get an edge into the groomers, the blazing sun didn't manage to completely move them out of the hard-and-fast zone. The woods were in better shape, so I clucked around the extensive new Dreamcatcher glade:
... and cruised down Deer Run (with Plattekill in the distance).
During the early afternoon, we zipped over to Highmount, where the cut trails are continuing to grow in:
Still, there's plenty of base:
... and we were able to put together some nice turns amidst the brambles. This was Jason's first run at Highmount and I think he now understands why I'm such a fan:
View from the bottom:
We eventually made it back to mid-mountain and hung out on the deck with the other sun worshippers:
A fun day, but enough already with the midwinter temps!
But first things first:
Even though the upper parking lot was mostly full, check out what the Overlook Lodge looked like at 10 am. Felt like a weekday!
The trails were equally crowd-free and all of the chairs were ski-on through final bell. While you could certainly get an edge into the groomers, the blazing sun didn't manage to completely move them out of the hard-and-fast zone. The woods were in better shape, so I clucked around the extensive new Dreamcatcher glade:
... and cruised down Deer Run (with Plattekill in the distance).
During the early afternoon, we zipped over to Highmount, where the cut trails are continuing to grow in:
Still, there's plenty of base:
... and we were able to put together some nice turns amidst the brambles. This was Jason's first run at Highmount and I think he now understands why I'm such a fan:
View from the bottom:
We eventually made it back to mid-mountain and hung out on the deck with the other sun worshippers:
A fun day, but enough already with the midwinter temps!
