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This year is wild. I wonder how far back you have to go to find an analogous year for the continental US.

Agree. Not a coincidence on the cold snap. Still cold today, but warm enough to hok our woods.

Siamese BC, NY: 2/06/26 - Hooper Mine and William Blake Pond Zelda hoks William Blake Pond Not a great shot but a great moment for me, us. Yesterday was awesome. First time taking my wife into the BC this winter season. Up to the Hooper Mine and over to William Blake Pond and back down to...

It's a staple now.

This should be good! Ask him how he values ski days outside of a pow-centric model! 🤠

Vanderwhacker Wild Forest: 2/02/26 Fun BC ski with two trailheads, two miles from my house. Using a car shuttle we turned 980 feet of climbing into 2800 of downhill. Gore is finishing up their terrain, blowing snow on Pete Gay. Rabbit Pond Ski Day 61.

I got onto a group text, where people propose bc ski routes. You just say if you are in or out, then someone sets the meeting spot. It's pretty cool. Skiing in my neighborhood, today. A week after the last snowfall. Across the street from my house Ski Day 60.

To this I would add: 4) NY's family-owned ski areas are generally managed with first hand information, and owners are generally visible, available and approachable. Example: Last Saturday was to be the first opening of the Snow Pocket at Snow Ridge, since a significant and sustained lake...

Do you have any direct evidence that he is not having the time of his life? For the record (leaving Bohemia out of it for now) I'll go anywhere in NY or VT. Farthest from me is Peek'n Peak. Farthest from me in VT is Burke. Tony I give you credit for being able to see this, when this is so...

Disclaimer: I have not read this thread, @jamesdeluxe just gave me the 2 minute summary. We all do crazy stuff because it's what we want to do. Is anyone saying this guys ski strategy is crazier than mine, or Patrick's?

Gore Mountain, NY: 1/26/26 I skied alone today so the pics aren't very exciting. But the snow was awesome. I've never seen snow this fluffy in the east, in the 35 years I've been skiing. I skied at least 2000 feet of untracked in the first few runs, half of it in one run on Showcase...

As predicted, this was not a lake event: Open Snow is expensive, and totals are way exaggerated, but it's extremely useful. I want to know where it's going to snow the most, and when. If they say 36" and I only find 18, whatever. You know that going in, so it really doesn't matter.

Oak Mountain, NY: Jan 23, 2026 Story: https://nyskiblog.com/oak-mountain-lets-go/

I need to understand this, can you explain? Is this snow that falls, when there is no low, but has no lake enhancement? I assume when the snow is starting in the lee of the lakes and progressing outward from there, the lake is in play. Is this a regular occurance? Regardless, claiming...

It was just a random screencap showing lake effect snow falling in ski areas that were not included in the lake effect circle in the map above. We rarely get lake effect here at Gore, but the last 2 days have been great. Is Oak a lake effect area? It was today. My point was that lake effect...

I was channeling admin. Here's the NY Radar now. I believe that there was some kind of disturbance that passed through last night. Maybe @jasoncapecod can confirm. Today, with a 20% chance of snow here, at our place near Gore, we got at least another two inches. (I was in the woods all day...

It's spelled Plattekill. How many times have you skied there? Why do you care about this so much? Of the four Catskill hills, Plattekill gets the most snow from lake enhancement and the least from synoptic or coastal events. Nobody is saying Plattekill gets lake effect like Woods Valley or...

This is incredible.

Certainly those in Lake Effect Land. It's like lake effect creates a survivor bias. I have had a decent early season, but still have not added a single new NY ski area to my resume. In other news, we lost our water service for 12 hours, and I got a really late start to Gore. Like I was 90...