Belleayre Mtn, Sunday, Feb 9 2014

Sunday morning was sunny and a balmy 8 degrees F with no wind. We parked at the Discovery Lodge (lower). It is usually less crowded than the Overlook Lodge.
Belleayre has a wonderful, self-contained green area of about 11-12 green trails. Lifts 1 and 2 are 3800 feet long with about 500 feet of vertical. Both sides of the double double were running.


The lower green trails were all beautifully groomed cord


Belleayre has let many blue trails bump up, including skier's left on Belleayre Run under the Superchief HSQ


View at the top of Onondaga, Winisook  to the left


There are great views from all the trails - Roaring Brook


Enjoying some low angle packed powder moguls


Tomahawk Crossing provides access to the looker's right side of Belleayre.


The fixed grip Tomahawk Quad serves about 15 empty trails including the long blue Deer Run


The double diamond Lift Line Glades under the Tomahawk Quad


Top lift station of Highmount Ski Center, closed since the early 1990s


Deer Run


The excellent black diamond Dot Nebel



By mid-afternoon the clouds rolled in and it started snowing.

Last run down Mohican to the Discovery Lodge


We managed to ski right on to all the lifts all day. The conditions were spectacular packed powder and despite the full parking lots, the trails were uncrowded to empty. We are excited to return soon.

Looks great. Despite what some think about Belleayre, I've always thought it was a really good mountain, especially if you're looking for a nice place to go with the family. In that regard in particular, I don't think there's anywhere else in the Catskills that even comes close.

x10003q wrote

So cool to see L rocking the bumps.

Where is Bearpen?  

Harvey wrote

Where is Bearpen?  

Same as it ever was... in the distance.

Harvey wrote

Where is Bearpen?  

Bearpen in the distance.