It's Time to Ski New York

[Stu]

Forgive me if this has been covered but have we nailed down exactly how many ski hills there are in New York? SANY says over 50 but the list on the website is less than that. These guys say 43…

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Have you written down all the places you’ve already been?

My current active list for NY ski areas is at 50:

Pass Tracker 5001 - National

docs.google.com

Of those:

- 16 run only surface lifts
- 5 are completely private, meaning there is some sort of membership or lodging requirement to get in the gate. However, you can ski one of them - Cazenovia - on Indy Pass
- 3 are open to the public midweek (Holimont, Buffalo Ski Club, Hunt Hollow)

There are also a bunch of backyard ski areas like Polar Peak. I don't inventory those because "Bob needs to invite me to a barbeque" is not a very clear membership standard.

I love what you're doing, Harv. I've been obsessed with tracking my ski-areas-skied progress for years. I even made this chart that breaks down how many and what percent of ski areas I've skied per state based upon 1) total ski areas, 2) public ski areas, 3) public ski areas with chairlifts, 4) public ski areas with surface lifts, and 5) private ski areas:

The chart actually covers the entire country, but I'll spare you that. You can see the total at the bottom, though - the metric I really care about is percent of public, lift-served ski areas skied. I'm finally over the halfway mark as of this season.

NY is frustratingly hard to complete. Even though I've visited 100% of the 30 public, chairlift-served ski areas, there are still 13 NY ski areas I haven't been to! Some of the ski areas, especially the ropetows, have very erratic operating schedules, even in good winters.

The link above is kept up to date, by the way, so I'll add ski areas like Cockaigne, Toggenburg (both of which I've skied), or Big Tupper if they come back online.

 

[Robert]

@Stu I looked at your list, I am at 26. You are missing Val Bialas in Utica. It opened to the public for 2 weekends this winter with just the rope tow. I think for the first time in 5 years. The city has plans to invest, but not sure if the double chair is part of those investments.

 

[Andy_ROC]

My current active list for NY ski areas is at 50:

Pass Tracker 5001 - National

docs.google.com

Of those:

- 16 run only surface lifts
- 5 are completely private, meaning there is some sort of membership or lodging requirement to get in the gate. However, you can ski one of them - Cazenovia - on Indy Pass
- 3 are open to the public midweek (Holimont, Buffalo Ski Club, Hunt Hollow)

There are also a bunch of backyard ski areas like Polar Peak. I don't inventory those because "Bob needs to invite me to a barbeque" is not a very clear membership standard.

I love what you're doing, Harv. I've been obsessed with tracking my ski-areas-skied progress for years. I even made this chart that breaks down how many and what percent of ski areas I've skied per state based upon 1) total ski areas, 2) public ski areas, 3) public ski areas with chairlifts, 4) public ski areas with surface lifts, and 5) private ski areas:

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The chart actually covers the entire country, but I'll spare you that. You can see the total at the bottom, though - the metric I really care about is percent of public, lift-served ski areas skied. I'm finally over the halfway mark as of this season.

NY is frustratingly hard to complete. Even though I've visited 100% of the 30 public, chairlift-served ski areas, there are still 13 NY ski areas I haven't been to! Some of the ski areas, especially the ropetows, have very erratic operating schedules, even in good winters.

The link above is kept up to date, by the way, so I'll add ski areas like Cockaigne, Toggenburg (both of which I've skied), or Big Tupper if they come back online.

Stu, I love your podcast!

Have you tried getting the Bristol owners on yet?

 

[Brownski]

So it seems like “The Upstate Fifty?” Would be a good name for this project. Let’s consider that settled