whats it like

[beachiegirl2ski]

i have heard several people mention this mountain. whats it like. when is everyone going? how much are lift tickets? how big is the mountain?

[VTmark]

a bigger montage.

[Ski]

a bigger montage.

Ha, bingo.

 

It's state owned, so lift tickets are a little cheaper than neighboring Hunter and Windham, because they are subsidized. Lifts are fixed-grip and pretty slow. The lodge is functional, but very 1950's and small. But it has 1/3 the crowds and very interesting terrain. You park mid-mountain, below the diamonds. The lower mountain is green circles. There are some pretty steep diamonds, some of which don't get much grooming. It skis smaller than other Catskill areas, but there's rarely a liftline. The center slopes are the steepest, while there's a long, winding easy run off to skier's left that is like a stroll through nature.

 

Belleayre has made it a goal to open early and stay open late in the season. They make a lot of snow, then just basically say ski it until too much grass shows.

 

Poke around in this part of the forum. There's been a number of threads about the place. It's one of my favorite places to ski.

[righthandedlefty]

Hows their park? Thinkin bout going up this weekend.

[Papasteeze]

Hows their park? Thinkin bout going up this weekend.

 

Message my kid on myspace. He stays in regular contact with the park manager up there. They had a rail jam on Nov 26th last year........... they are working on it

[Papasteeze]

Message my kid on myspace. He stays in regular contact with the park manager up there. They had a rail jam on Nov 26th last year........... they are working on it

 

 

http://www.belleayre.com/winter/terrain_condit.htm