Lift served skiing in the woods via T-bar, Summer 2025

[MarzNC]

In case people missed the post by @Sbob in the Summer 2025 thread of skiing on plastic in the woods . . .

The construction apparently started in late June and lasted through early August. Had to wait for the delivery of new mats. Not a project by young people, but seasoned skiers who are obviously willing to do a lot of work for summer turns outdoors. Helps to have a T-bar handy.

The material looks like Neveplast. That stuff is fast! I took a couple runs on it in CT a while back.

Posted August 12, 2025, 13 min combining updates about the construction starting June 28, first runs around the 10 min mark

Posted August 13, 2025, 2 min

 

[Ripitz]

In 1956 Jacques Brunel made an artificial slope with a ski jump at the bottom of the incline railway in Beacon, NY.

He used a mixture of ground up poker chips and Badminton shuttle cocks spread over surplus parachutes with a cotton batting base. Most of the material was sourced from the local factories.

He was granted a patent and the peeps were skiing in August, right here in the LoHud.

The Plastic Snow Man — Beacon Historical Society

Canadian-born skiing enthusiast Jacques "Jack" Brunel dreamed he could make snow on Mount Beacon in August. The Beacon resident's dream became real in the summer of 1956, when skiers in bathing suits and shorts schussed down his man-made slopes on artificial snow--with this crazy scene gai

www.beaconhistorical.org

 

[Sbob]

In 1956 Jacques Brunel made an artificial slope with a ski jump at the bottom of the incline railway in Beacon, NY.

He used a mixture of ground up poker chips and Badminton shuttle cocks spread over surplus parachutes with a cotton batting base. Most of the material was sourced from the local factories.

He was granted a patent and the peeps were skiing in August, right here in the LoHud.

The Plastic Snow Man — Beacon Historical Society

Canadian-born skiing enthusiast Jacques "Jack" Brunel dreamed he could make snow on Mount Beacon in August. The Beacon resident's dream became real in the summer of 1956, when skiers in bathing suits and shorts schussed down his man-made slopes on artificial snow--with this crazy scene gai

www.beaconhistorical.org

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

I’ve tried to search an article I read years ago .I think from the midwest where farmers spread real corn on a hillside and skied it. Unfortunately the term “corn skiing “ search comes up with the usual spring condition.

The photos looked like they were having a blast with some face shots lol.

Thinking of other surfaces to try? I know of a nice steep hillside with a thick carpet of Hemlock needles….. If only I was 30yrs younger

 

[tirolski]

In 1956 Jacques Brunel made an artificial slope with a ski jump at the bottom of the incline railway in Beacon, NY.
He used a mixture of ground up poker chips and Badminton shuttle cocks spread over surplus parachutes with a cotton batting base. Most of the material was sourced from the local factories.
He was granted a patent and the peeps were skiing in August, right here in the LoHud.

Donnie recently got first tracks at Deer Valley on top of deer poo pellets.

They don’t call him Pelletier for no reason.

 

[Sbob]

Ohhhhhh Shhhhh