I love stories of small areas. I've skied 151 mountains/hills to date, many in the "Trophy Mountain" category but the best stories are always at the small mountains. Things like 'We don't have a military discount" at one but then being told, "But we should so you're free today." Or, "Sorry no additional discounts but where did you come from?" "Oh, I drove 300 miles to get here." "Wait, you drove 300 miles to get here? I think we have a special discount for crazy people. You're free tonight." Etc. etc. I never had experiences like that at a Trophy Mountain. Keep up the good work. Titus and Snow Ridge are on my radar for next season....
Mount Peter was my first “big mountain” and chairlift after graduating from the (now defunct) Orange County park ski hill. Glad that it still exists and that you and your family are enjoying it.
I grew up skiiing Brantling in the 1950s and early Sixties, mostly at night, tons of snow and mostly freezing my ass off. No handle tows then, just plain old rip-your-gloves-off rope tows. Perfect back in those days.
I skied Dry Hill on a day it wasn't open, with 40 inches of new snow. It's not only far (I drove from Gore), but northern Lewis County feels like another planet. The wind turbines give it an eerie feel.
Only disappointment, I didn't get to meet Boo.
That drive home was the scariest I've ever done. At one point it was snowing so hard I determined that the only safe speed was zero MPH. I pulled over, put on the flashers and climbed over the snowbank to get out of harms way. I stood in snow up to my waist for 20 minutes, getting buried.
And yea, I'd contribute to a GoFundMe for a new Dry Hill trail map.
Hey, you toured my old neck of the woods! In my active trailrunning days, we'd race the #TrailsROC Winter Trail Festival (WTF: get it? haha), and run by the base of the Powder Mills slope. There's also an retired slope there, complete with truck wheels on telephone poles, that was a rope tow in the past. It's got a nice little trail pod that we'd use for hill training.
Still haven't made it to Dry Hill or Snow Ridge yet. Glad you made it home okay. Brantling to NYC is a haul, and right through lake effect country.
I love stories of small areas. I've skied 151 mountains/hills to date, many in the "Trophy Mountain" category but the best stories are always at the small mountains. Things like 'We don't have a military discount" at one but then being told, "But we should so you're free today." Or, "Sorry no additional discounts but where did you come from?" "Oh, I drove 300 miles to get here." "Wait, you drove 300 miles to get here? I think we have a special discount for crazy people. You're free tonight." Etc. etc. I never had experiences like that at a Trophy Mountain. Keep up the good work. Titus and Snow Ridge are on my radar for next season....
Mount Peter was my first “big mountain” and chairlift after graduating from the (now defunct) Orange County park ski hill. Glad that it still exists and that you and your family are enjoying it.
"Upstate,” for me, is anything north of Westchester County"
Exactly, got it right!!
I grew up skiiing Brantling in the 1950s and early Sixties, mostly at night, tons of snow and mostly freezing my ass off. No handle tows then, just plain old rip-your-gloves-off rope tows. Perfect back in those days.
Ha I had enough trouble with the safety tows.
Love Mt. Peter! It's perfect parent-of-SnoSport-child easy-access SnoSporting and a lovely li'l local place.
Love it.
I skied Dry Hill on a day it wasn't open, with 40 inches of new snow. It's not only far (I drove from Gore), but northern Lewis County feels like another planet. The wind turbines give it an eerie feel.
Only disappointment, I didn't get to meet Boo.
That drive home was the scariest I've ever done. At one point it was snowing so hard I determined that the only safe speed was zero MPH. I pulled over, put on the flashers and climbed over the snowbank to get out of harms way. I stood in snow up to my waist for 20 minutes, getting buried.
And yea, I'd contribute to a GoFundMe for a new Dry Hill trail map.
https://nyskiblog.com/dry-hill-finally-dry
Hey, you toured my old neck of the woods! In my active trailrunning days, we'd race the #TrailsROC Winter Trail Festival (WTF: get it? haha), and run by the base of the Powder Mills slope. There's also an retired slope there, complete with truck wheels on telephone poles, that was a rope tow in the past. It's got a nice little trail pod that we'd use for hill training.
Still haven't made it to Dry Hill or Snow Ridge yet. Glad you made it home okay. Brantling to NYC is a haul, and right through lake effect country.