We arrived at Windham Sunday morning — one day late after a foot of new snow Friday night — and there were lots of leftovers that skied beautifully. Everything was soft except a few skied-off areas directly coming off the main lift, where you could see and feel what things were like before the Nor’Easter came through and fixed everything.
It's interesting to see the yin/yang of Catskills skiing. Compared to Belleayre, Windham is aimed directly at the Stratton crowd. They’ve thrown a lot of money at the infrastructure over the past year ($5 million) and things were very well-run. With two HSQs, you can rack up a lot of vertical, and we had a good time lapping the rolling terrain.
View from East Peak with everyone's favorite lost ski area, Bearpen Mountain, lurking seven miles away.
I got a bunch of untracked, low-angle tree shots to the skier’s right here.
We got to make turns with a local legend, Karl Plattner from Austria. He was the longtime head of the Hunter Mountain ski school before moving to WIndham to serve as ski ambassador. You can tell he's from Europe with his matching coat and pants!
They groomed out virtually everything so my wife was in heaven.
I believe that this is Windham's steepest trail, Wipeout:
From the far skier's left looking at East Peak:
Our two-year-old's first tube ride:
Here's the pleasant nearby B&B where we stayed. Located on the northern edge of the Catskills, it's about 2:15 hours from our house so not too much driving. A nice family getaway.
It's interesting to see the yin/yang of Catskills skiing. Compared to Belleayre, Windham is aimed directly at the Stratton crowd. They’ve thrown a lot of money at the infrastructure over the past year ($5 million) and things were very well-run. With two HSQs, you can rack up a lot of vertical, and we had a good time lapping the rolling terrain.
View from East Peak with everyone's favorite lost ski area, Bearpen Mountain, lurking seven miles away.
I got a bunch of untracked, low-angle tree shots to the skier’s right here.
We got to make turns with a local legend, Karl Plattner from Austria. He was the longtime head of the Hunter Mountain ski school before moving to WIndham to serve as ski ambassador. You can tell he's from Europe with his matching coat and pants!
They groomed out virtually everything so my wife was in heaven.
I believe that this is Windham's steepest trail, Wipeout:
From the far skier's left looking at East Peak:
Our two-year-old's first tube ride:
Here's the pleasant nearby B&B where we stayed. Located on the northern edge of the Catskills, it's about 2:15 hours from our house so not too much driving. A nice family getaway.