Sweet Little Mountain for Northern NJ/Southern NY Folks

[Metz the Jersey boy]

Hey, I was hungry for some time in the gates last night, so I set out determined to find the closest Nastar hill to my house. Unbeknownst to me, there is a little mountain called Tuxedo Ridge (formerly Sterling Forest) about 20-25 min from my apartment. First of all, having a decent place to make some turns this close is awesome. Second, they set a short, but INCREDIBLE Nastar course and I encourage anyone to get up and try it. They have gates set Mon night, Wed night and during the day Sat and Sun. Carl is the guy who runs a lot of the Nastar stuff there and he's an awesome guy. Wed night tickets are 18 bucks (10 if you're a teacher) and unlimited nastar runs is 5 bucks. Sweet find overall and I encourage anyone who is up this way to give it a shot. When I booted up in the parking lot last night there were 8 cars in it. As much as I like long runs and big mountain skiing, small mountains are great for what they are- places to get in a LOT of skiing in a short period of time.