Saturday, Feb 27 - Februray fury storm totals - unprecedented and unreal the amount of snow the Catskills have gotten since Tuesday:
Belleayre EIGHT FEET OF snow in 4 days, another 6" expected today, that 100+".
Hunter: more than 7 feet, sold out of lift tickets today =- must be insanely crowded there.
Plattekill: 5 Feet- they had powder days thursday & Friday. 5 Feet at
Windham as well. We may be skiing in May! Vermont and New Hampshire got mostly rain from this one, so the Catskills may be the best skiing in the country right now, and Belleayre was the center of the storm.
Thursday, Feb 25 - Insane day - feet of fresh powder, and snow coming down 2" per hour - couldn't see my skis much of the day. It was quite a workout, as the snow was pretty wet. Got soaked, but an amazing day
.
Wednesday, Feb 10 Lovely day for skiing - 6" of fresh powder when we arrived at Belleayre at 9:30, with another 3-5" falling during the ski day. Run by run:
9:55 Roaring Brook - excellent poweder - fresh racks! 10:20 Wanatuska - Crunchy chunks of ice - only run of the day that was bad - weird. 10:30 Algonquin - windy at top, but middle section was protected. Lots of unskied powder. 10:45 Dot Nebel to Cayuga - limited visibility b/c of fog but less windy. 6-8" of powder on soft pack. Cayuge is the quietest trail on the mountain, narrow run theu trees protected from wind. 11:00 Deer Run - smooth, hard to keep speed on flats b/c of powder. Very windy once I turned the corner. 11:15 Dot Nebel top to bottom - as always one of my favorite runns. 11:25 Peekamouse - poor visability at top but great run mid to bottom. Afternoon was much the same. I can;t recommend weekday skiing enough - no lift lines, and
Thursday, Jan 14th My first ski day of the season - a glorious highs around 30, no lift lines, and the whole of Belleayre spread out before me. Temps have been consistently below freezing for the past month, so there has been no ice creating thaw and freeze. Just Lots of snowmaking and enough fresh stuff to give excellent packed powder conditions. Favorite run of the day: Peekamoose - I never saw another skier on this run. Enjoy the photos I took today:
Sunday, December 6th - Opening Day! Belleayre is open today after 7 inches of white fluffy stuff (and counting) in the past 24 hours. Hunter and Windham plan to follow suit midweek this week, as temps should be low enug to make snow pretty much 24/7 all week. Next weekend promises to be a great one for all three resorts, so book your accomodations now!
Monday, Oct 5th Foliage Report - We're beginning to see quite a bit of color around here, especially in the mountains just west of Belleayre Mountain (for some reason the east side is a bit behind). The color is a bit spotty - with some trees showing brilliant color, while trees of the same species nearby are still green. I imagine we'll have peak color for Columbus day weekend and the following weekend (Oct 16-18), which are
both still available, but with some of the trees turing later we'll have good color throughout October (I hope). At any rate, Belleayre should be gorgeous for the
Belleayre's 30th Annual Fall Festival this weekend (Oct 10-11, 10am-6pm each day) - come check out the music, food, arts and crafts, including my photos and Niki's candles (look for the green tent).
Flesichmanns Depot Catskills Autumn Paradise Delaware County Farmhouse
Little Pond Reflections Big Pond Peak Color
