Plattekill Conditions

[Kingslug]

You can always groom half a run. Its a great way to learn moguls as you have a way to bail out.

 

[sig]

Plattekill should dedicate 2 trails served by the dbl and part of a trail served by the triple as bump runs. To be more specific, plunge and free fall or block buster should have bumps. Plunge because its under the lift and entertaining to watch someone rip it. Free fall or block buster because they are ass kickers with bumps on them. The lower trail under the triple should have bumps for those wanting to learn to ski them. I actually went to hunter this year for spring bumps because i doubted Plattekill had any and was unsure the woods would be in play. Would rather hand my cash to Plattekill

 

[Campgottagopee]

You can always groom half a run. Its a great way to learn moguls as you have a way to bail out.

Greek does this -- the Fields and Illiad always are half bumps and half groomed

 

[JTG]

Some years the way the weather goes (an without too much traffic) we don't get any bumps. Man was Sunday fun.

Good points, that it isn’t always easy, or possible, to just let trails bump up. You need decent natural snow, and enough good skiers to form decent lines. However, they formed on Plunge, I’m sure they could have formed elsewhere more than they did. Honestly, skiers left of Freefall or Blockbuster were there some bumps, although not very good? They should commit to half of Blockbuster as real bumps, there’s no reason not to.

Yes, Sunday was super fun. However, and I say this as a passholder , it wouldn’t have been nearly as much fun (for me) if I had done the same exact thing all day Saturday. Platty has great trails, a really nice variety of terrain....but they would benefit from more surface variety (bumps!). Families would benefit (kids love that shit), intermediate skiers would benefit (need a challenge to grow), and good skiers who helped (to an extent) solidify Platty’s rep (and are just bigger kids who also love that shit) would benefit.

Another thousand vertical foot half trail of bumps isn’t going to dissuade families, and it’s needed. That’s RA’s point, and he’s spot on.

 

[Harvey]

I could have skied Plunge for 2 days straight, but that is me. I don't really care too much about variety. Just soft snow. BTW the trees were fun as hell, I was very surprised we were in there.

The real issue is rain. When you have a rain and re-freeze, you have to groom anything you want to actually use.

Those rentals are wagging the dog a bit. That snowmaking the last two weeks was to ensure that yesterday's rental, and tomorrow's rental would be skiing off two lifts. I think (not positive) that tomorrows rental may be the last one.

There is not much of an argument going on here. I guess that makes sense considering who we are.

there’s no reason not to.

As far as this goes, there is a reason, or it wouldn't be true. Maybe ask Laz next time you see him, let me know what you get.

 

[moguljunkie]

It's definitely possible to have more bumps at Plattekill. Yes, they need a healthy amount of snow, which they got last month. I'm not sure if Laszlo is moving away from bumps or if it's never been something he's prioritized. In the fifteen years or so that I've been skiing there, I don't recall seeing substantially more bumps. I did go once in the late '80's, and I recall huge spring bumps on Upper Face that kicked my ass but were so much fun.

 

[JTG]

As far as this goes, there is a reason, or it wouldn't be true. Maybe ask Laz next time you see him, let me know what you get.

No doubt he has A reason, one I’m sure he very strongly believes in. It’s his place to run, so HIS reason is the only thing that matters.

I’m sure that whatever his reasoning....it’s not the only viable answer, but we aren’t gonna change his mind.

 

[TheGreatAbyss]

I also bought a season pass to Platty based on what I've read on NySkiblog, and for me the selling point was the expert terrain. I've only skied there one day so far (and loved it) so I don't really deserve to have an opinion but I'll give mine anyway.

They should let half of Blockbuster or FreeFall bump up. It wouldn't hurt the family appeal, and it would also help pull in more expert skiers away from not just other hills in the Cats, but from resorts farther afield in VT and the Daks. If anything they should be trying to advertise to the Jersey skier driving 4 -5 hours to ski Outer Limits or Rumor, that they can get the same experience with half the driving.

 

[TheGreatAbyss]

If anything they should be trying to advertise to the Jersey skier driving 4 -5 hours to ski Outer Limits or Rumor, that they can get the same experience with half the driving.

Or maybe there really aren't that many of us, and they're all here on the blog

 

[raisingarizona]

I think that even if you get a rain after a good snowfall you could let the bumps sit on a half a run or even a full run until temps warm back up and it would ski great.

I guess I’m sort of blown away that a lot of ski areas out there don’t value good mogul runs. I mean, if you can produce it, why wouldn’t you? Spring bump skiing is like a real thing for real skiers or I’ve always thought so.

Anyone can sideslip a groomer. Bumps? You gotta earn em. It’s the real deal.