Hickory (Warrensburg, NY)
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A couple of pomas, plus the t-bar and a rope tow, actually. Occasional Liftlines user Kirbyvv is associated with the membership there, so perhaps he'll pop in and comment, but right now he's out here in Utah visiting.
We were supposed to have a full feature article on Hickory following that visit, but I need to beat on the head of my writer to get it finished.
A couple of pomas, plus the t-bar and a rope tow, actually. Occasional Liftlines user Kirbyvv is associated with the membership there, so perhaps he'll pop in and comment, but right now he's out here in Utah visiting.
We were supposed to have a full feature article on Hickory following that visit, but I need to beat on the head of my writer to get it finished.
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I skied there from 1970-1984. My parents were shareholders and we earned season passes by working on the trails and lifts (my father was a mechanical engineer) in the summer. If you want a mountain with a retro feel to it, there is no place comparable in the east. It makes Mad River Glen seem like Killington. The terrain is great. While the steeper portion of the mountain is not too sustained, it is definitely as steep as anything I've skied in the east (Stowe included). There are two pomas, a t-bar and a rope tow. The upper level poma moves at detached quad speed and is nearly as fun to ride up as it is to ski down - I'll take it over a chairlift any day. The shareholders would sign up for "watches" - manning the lifts. On a slow day when you knew the person attending the lift (i.e. Dad), he would crank it to high speed, give you a stick and pull the release, giving the rider 15 feet of 4 feet vertical air to start the ride. During my time there, the lower slopes were groomed by a single thykol. The upper slopes were too steep, and on a saturday morning after a good early season dump twenty or so people would spend the first couple of hours "grooming" the upper part of the mountain by sidestepping down. I skied there exclusively growing up until college. Since then I've skied everywhere in the east and while there is comparably steep terrain at a few places, I've never skied anything steeper.
Big caveat - there needs to be alot of natural snow, especially for the upper half of the mountain. Maybe its my imagination, but it seems like there was more snow in the seventies and early eighties than there is now. In any event, its worth going to this place. I know they've struggled in recent years and it is worth supporting.
Big caveat - there needs to be alot of natural snow, especially for the upper half of the mountain. Maybe its my imagination, but it seems like there was more snow in the seventies and early eighties than there is now. In any event, its worth going to this place. I know they've struggled in recent years and it is worth supporting.
Usually go once or twice a year. Absolutley old school. But like previous post stated there needs to be alot of snow due to no snowmaking.....very rocky terrain. But if there is plenty of snow the place is a blast. Also with the limited and old school lifts we have had times when we couldn't get up to the steeps because of lift problems. But we always watch for a dump in that area and make the trip. One more note BYOB.
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May be to much for you.....stick to Gore
Sharon
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I heard that Hickory's slogan was something like
Hickory: ride the poma if you can
I've only been there when it was closed (it's only open on the weekends). There was a dump two seasons ago during Presidents week, so we booted up the lift line. The terrain is steep, bumpy and challenging. Really nice with a fresh 8" of snow on top of a nice base and no one else around.
Hickory: ride the poma if you can
I've only been there when it was closed (it's only open on the weekends). There was a dump two seasons ago during Presidents week, so we booted up the lift line. The terrain is steep, bumpy and challenging. Really nice with a fresh 8" of snow on top of a nice base and no one else around.