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 We are a collection of bloggers who are passionate about a Catskill ski mountain: Plattekill in Roxbury, New York.
Join us as we ski, ride and post about the snowfall, terrain, news, events, and people that make Plattekill one of the East's great family winter sports destinations.
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2.19.12
Okay, yes I know these pics have nothing to do with my story. But today I rode the lift with two different Platty converts – one with a house “five minutes from Hunter,” and he was choosing Plattekill because of it’s old-school, homey, family feel.
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2.17.12
I was in Squaw for nearly two weeks and all I got was 4 inches. The night I leave they get more than a foot. Now I’m home and Platty collected 4 inches last night – in fact in the entire 12 days I was gone their snow-totals were higher than Tahoe? Moral of this story?
Ski Plattekill. Well, yes....
I had a blast out West skiing (though I also became friends with granite and p-tex). But, this Sunday Platty is going to get more white and fluffies, and with the lake effect machine, it will be more than we expect as magically happened overnight last night. But since I didn’t have first tracks and am stuck in bed and coughing like a Victorian consumptive (which goes well with watching costume dramas on Netflix), I leave you with this picture from Tahoe…
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2.15.12
There’s an old adage in the ski business: lack of snow in backyards yields a lack of skiers on the slopes, even when conditions are good. But since almost no one has a backyard in the city, this season's snowfall totals didn't hurt attendance at The Diamond’s first annual Ugly Sweater Party and Caravan Trip to Plattekill Mountain.
Despite disagreements about whether my own green fleece qualified for $2 "ugly" beers, the fete was an unqualified success. With Aspen Extreme on the projector and party-goers lining up for the shot-ski, we spent Saturday night getting "ready" for our ski trip in the morning.
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2.13.12
It takes about the same amount of time to drive from our cabin at Gore to Plattekill as it does to drive there from our place in the flatlands. But that route in from the north is a lot nicer. Scenic drive through the southern Adirondacks, a short stint across through the Mohawk Valley and then back into beautiful farm country in the Catskills.
And when you arrive, well, Plattekill is in a bit of a "magic" spot. Magic in the way that Lionel Hutz describes magic snow. Lionel's is usually referring to the magic of VT upslope... you know... no real "storm" in sight, but somehow NoVT is getting snow.
Plattekill's magic - at least from a snow perspective - comes from it's favored topography and position in relation to Lake Ontario. On what was a mostly sunny day, I pulled into the parking lot and it was snowing. And it basically snowed all day.
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