Plattekill Conditions

[moguljunkie]

I wondered if you guys went out. Based on in bounds I bet it was FAT.

I didn't have the gas. Was hard for me to tell if my windedness was from a month of sitting on my ass or something more.

It wasn't the usual trip down to the access road. Just a fun jaunt on a roller-coastery trail that he cleaned up this past summer with a handful of powder turns at the end.

 

[MiSkier]

It was a great day today. Fresh snow and no lift lines

 

[tirolski]

Was hard for me to tell if my windedness was from a month of sitting on my ass or something more. I skied until maybe 1:30?

Gotta keep movin or asses harder to move when ya want em to. Could’ve skied longer today as conditions were super duper at Song. Chose to call it when the chill kicked in as wind was picking up. Glad yer back getting at some gravity.

 

[Harvey]

 

[marcski]

There was lake effect every night this past week at Platty. Friday morning there was 8" on the hill from Thurs night.

 

[Q*bert Jones IV]

Plattekill is 300 miles from Lake Erie. Is there really lake effect snow that far away?

 

[tirolski]

Plattekill is 300 miles from Lake Erie. Is there really lake effect snow that far away?

Comes from much nearer Lake Ontario NW wind bands.

 

[MC2]

There was lake effect every night this past week at Platty. Friday morning there was 8" on the hill from Thurs night.

Lucky us!

 

[ScottySkis]

Plattekill is 300 miles from Lake Erie. Is there really lake effect snow that far away?

Yes absolutely

 

[x10003q]

Plattekill is 300 miles from Lake Erie. Is there really lake effect snow that far away?

Plattekill is only 120-130 miles from Lake Ontario. Mix in some NW winds, some orographic lift and the ridge that flows into and ends at the Plattekill bowl and you have lots of lake effect snow.
Sometimes the lake effect snows get to NJ.