Greek peak 2-28

[JFskiDan]

This place doesnt suck. Fun day. More later. 

[theprogram4]

greek peak was my first experience in powder or glades.  snap a pic of the oil rig lift for us!

[JFskiDan]

I have wanted to check out GP for a while now, saving a day off for a pow day at Blue seems futile at this point, so i figured i would take the day off, since it will only become harder as March rolls on.  Been watching the weather all week, rain then snow.  They reported 1" of snow yesterday.  Knowing today wasnt going to be epic or ikonic, i stuck to my guns and headed off to check it out.  After reading last nights report from Blue, i kinda figured Blue wasnt going to be superb by any stretch, so i figured i wasnt going to miss anything at Blue.  On the snow just after opening, which is 9:30.  Huge crowd.  like 10 people.  So i started out on this lift, its a quad, they call it something "express", but it is really lacking in the express part.  

Nice grooming, and some ungroomed stuff over to the left that looks like it has a little more than 1" on top.  Turns out there is a nice coating of snow on top of some midly crusty stuff.  Fun to ski, dont make tons of hard turns and it skis well.  I rode this lift for a little while trying to figure this place out.  Over my left shoulder, i see more trails off in the distance, a chair lift, but i cant tell if that area is really open, or how to get there.  My first attempt landed me right back at the express.  

this was that ungroomed area i saw from the lift.  

Just kind of ignore that fact its a little crusty underneath, and it was fun to ski. 

 

Anyways, back on the Express again, this is all the way to lookers right.  Again, ungroomed on top of some firm stuff.  Fun. Super crowded trail though, as you can see.  

So, some guy was actually to my right skiing this trail as i made my way down.  We ended up on the express together, with another guy.  So i'm in between these two, i need some info on this place from someone local.  i know the guy to my left just skied down whatever trail that i was on, the guy to my right has a face mask on, and is skiing RTM's.  Figuring he knows the best spots for Cocoa, i turn to the guy on my left and ask him how i get over to the other side.  he said he was going that way, and just to follow him.  Off the lift, and down some trail, he stops about halfway.  Says, you can keep going down this trail and make a left, and it will take you to that other lift, or you can ski this glade, and join up with the trail below.  I told him i wanted to ski this glade, and he said, "good.  so do i."  Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.  We headed off down here.  

Disappointing sideways picture, but the glade was fun.  I took this picture later, after i split up from this guy, rather than tell him....."wait, i need to take a pic for PASR," and have to go through explaining all of that.  

This was taken looking up from where we started skiing that glade.  I couldnt figure out how to get to the top of this to ski the whole thing.  

So, after that, we got on the next lift, and he told me where this and that would go, and from the top of this lift you could go to (i think) East Mountain, if its open.  It was, and he said, i will show you where another nice glade is.  So down a little we head into another nice glade, and ski that about halfway down to the lift, then onto some ungroomed trail with some variable snow, then onto a little cut over, since the cover on that particular trail was getting a little thin and weird.  Back up that lift, rinse and repeat, and then i split off to go back to the base, which is kind of a ways off to grab a beer.  

This is where picture time ends.  i went back out, started back at the express, then worked left again, just having a good old time.  I did pass by what i can only assume is the oil rig lift, but no pic.  Called it quits about 2:30.  Great day.  

What a great day.  There were some areas of lake ice on the trails, oddly enough, they were just small patches surrounded by really nice well groomed snow.  They do a nice job grooming here.  There were a bunch of trails closed for snowmaking, and maybe one that looked a little dicey in the ice department.  Come to think of it, i bet that closed trail would have lead me to the very top of the first glade i skied.  No crowds to speak of at all.  I think there are a ton more glades here than i skied.  Coverage in the glades was good, not JH good, but lets face it, its the east coast.  The firm layer under the good snow was actually probably a good thing, my skis came away unscathed.  I am amazed at how much snow they actually get right in that area.  you dont have to drive to far to find pavement.  Theres nothing crazy steep here, but the conditions and trees well made up for that.  Super fun place.  I think its an hour north of Elk.  I like Elk, i was there once a few years back, but drive by Elk, and go here.  Totally worth it.  Its all fixed grip lifts, so its a GSS free zone, and if you like to complain about Blues parking lot, go to Elk.  Its 2 hrs 10 mins from my house in the poconos, so its a super easy drive, and i will keep this place on my radar.  

[mbike-ski]

Yup nice, wanna buy a timeshare lol!?

 

 

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Glad you had a good day there, we have had some magical days there, unfortunately they seem too far and in between any more. When she’s good she’s great but when she’s not meh

[rgrwilco]

Greek peak is great and western ny can get some good snow when it’s bare at other spots


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[guitar73]

On 3/2/2020 at 9:57 AM, rgrwilco said:

Greek peak is great and western ny can get some good snow when it’s bare at other spots


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yeah it can, but greek peak is in the southern tier, just outside of cortland...not western ny.