Plattekill Conditions

[jamesdeluxe]

I had the great honor to meet and ski with Ira's wife Lori McIntosh of Bobcat fame.

I've had this Daily Freeman article about her (aka "Story Laurie") bookmarked in my Bobcat folder for more than a decade. Chuck McIntosh was the ski-area manager back then who provided most of the background for my mag piece.

 

[Kingslug]

Guess you made the right decision between Hunter and Bell...Plattekill..which turned out way more interesting.

 

[marcski]

Guess you made the right decision between Hunter and Bell...Plattekill..which turned out way more interesting.

Doesn't it always other than perhaps early season?

 

[Harvey]

Guess you made the right decision between Hunter and Bell...Plattekill..which turned out way more interesting.

Really I was choosing between Plattekill and Belle and just Plattekill.

It looked to me, weather wise that Hunter was probably the call as NWS alerted late morning:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1375825539672510467

From the pics I saw it did look like Hunter was sunny.

But ultimately, I knew that if I was skiing alone, I'd be bummed. I felt like I'd surely have company at Plattekill, and that worked out in spades.

 

[Harvey]

I've had this Daily Freeman article about her (aka "Story Laurie") bookmarked in my Bobcat folder for more than a decade. Chuck McIntosh was the ski-area manager back then who provided most of the background for my mag piece.

They still manage the property, but no longer own it.

I showed her two things on my phone. This pic of her husband Ira, skiing with Chris in the sidecountry:

...and your piece. She said she was pretty sure that she'd read your bobcat piece, but now that she'd made the NYSB connection, she was going to read it again.

She told me she'd only had 2 seasons to ski bobcat before it closed as that was right after she'd met and married her husband. We both had kind of a chuckle about the fact that even though Bobcat was gone, she was lucky to have Plattekill so close to her as it was probably "the most bobcatty ski area in the US that wasn't actually Bobcat."


If you haven't met Laurie, you really should James, you guys have some things in common.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

We both had kind of a chuckle about the fact that even though Bobcat was gone, she was lucky to have Plattekill so close to her as it was probably "the most bobcatty ski area in the US that wasn't actually Bobcat."


If you haven't met Laurie, you really should James, you guys have some things in common.

Hickory was closer in feel and terrain to Bobcat but Platte is a close second.

Did she mention if Chuck is still around? We just passed the 16th anniversary of Bobcat's final day of operations.

 

[Harvey]

I guess I meant "open ski area." Was Bobcat ultra rocky?

If Chuck is Ira's dad the answer is yes.

You should have come James I bought beerz to compensate for covid.

 

[marcski]

Fun day. Always nice to ski ya Harv.

 

[marcski]

4" Thursday. Cold and snowy through Friday night. 42° on Sat. 46° on Sunday.

 

[Stu]

Platty skiing great on its last day of the season. Nice soft snow all the way down. Cons up top. Only the triple is spinning but plenty of people are hiking over.