Mount Peter, NY: Jan 24 2016

It's good to have a home mountain, especially when you're nine years old. Mount Peter and other feeder hills like it really do a great job of bringing up the next generation of skiers. If these guys weren't here, the big mountains would have a lot fewer customers




Mount Peter had a tough early season like everybody but they were one of the few mountains to benefit from the storm. They're fully open now, which is good because with Tuxedo Ridge being closed and their active racing program and school trips, it's been pretty crowded. Even on the busiest day, there's something  mellow about  Mount Peter .I never feel like it's combat skiing here, which is good, because my kids love this place.





This is from before the storm...

I have over 100 days there, so I know it extremely well, and there's almost never any bumps like there were on Dynamite in the first picture.  Usually everything is groomed flat every day.  They used to outright refuse to run the other 2 lifts, even on busy weekends, so lines were very long.  They've improved on that and are using them much more now (every weekend and some weeknights).  Lines don't look too long in the picture, while from a report I heard, Mountain Creek ran 20-30 minute waits that day.

I took my younger brother to ski there 20 years ago - he was done after that one time but, I really enjoyed it.  Though being in my late 20's then, I was already hitting bigger places with my wife.

Maybe I should make a visit!

First time I skied there was 1976..It hasn't change much..That's a good thing..

Quaint pimple covered in snow. My youngest son goes there every Friday night with a school group, on occasions I tag along.

I'm amused by the history of the place as having first been developed by RH Macy in the 1930's as a place to show off winter fashions. The first changes of any sort in a long time over the last 2 seasons-they put a magic carpet in for a new first-timers area and a rather arbitrary tubing area.

Yeah, it's got a lot of history; goes back to the thirties. I guess everybody needs a tubing park nowadays but I admit it would have been nice if they'd cut down fewer trees to put it in. The magic carpet helps a lot though; it gives the first timers their own little area. Snoloco is right about them running the second and third lift more; that helps with the lines a great deal. I've brought my kids about five times so far and all three lifts have been running every time. There are things I would change if I owned the place but not much. Over all, its a great little mountain.

My son contributed some pictures. The little connector between Dynamite and Devils Tail is probably my favorite trail; not exactly powder but it still had a lot of soft snow on it by the time we got there on Sunday.

DrSkimeister wrote

Quaint pimple covered in snow. My youngest son goes there every Friday night with a school group, on occasions I tag along.

I'm amused by the history of the place as having first been developed by RH Macy in the 1930's as a place to show off winter fashions. The first changes of any sort in a long time over the last 2 seasons-they put a magic carpet in for a new first-timers area and a rather arbitrary tubing area.

 
Ha! Now that's a pretty cool tidbit right there. This is one of the many reasons I come here.

When I was a kid my Dad would take me on motorcycle rides and we would sometimes go by this hill on a road that I think climbed along these slopes and over the backside. I might be confusing it with somewhere else but that's how I remember it. I never did ski there. I never skied at Sterling Forest either.

raisingarizona wrote

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Ha! Now that's a pretty cool tidbit right there. This is one of the many reasons I come here.

When I was a kid my Dad would take me on motorcycle rides and we would sometimes go by this hill on a road that I think climbed along these slopes and over the backside. I might be confusing it with somewhere else but that's how I remember it. I never did ski there. I never skied at Sterling Forest either.

Route 17A.  Runs from Tuxedo NY, past the old Sterling Forest (aka Tuxedo Ridge) and then through Greenwood Lake and then back up passing by Mt. Peter's summit and then base and on toward Warwick.  

He probably also used to take you up to Rt. 218, above the Hudson around West Point. Fantastic bicycle riding and whenever I'm up that way, I see tons of motorcycles as well.

Marcski wrote

raisingarizona wrote

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Ha! Now that's a pretty cool tidbit right there. This is one of the many reasons I come here.

When I was a kid my Dad would take me on motorcycle rides and we would sometimes go by this hill on a road that I think climbed along these slopes and over the backside. I might be confusing it with somewhere else but that's how I remember it. I never did ski there. I never skied at Sterling Forest either.

Route 17A.  Runs from Tuxedo NY, past the old Sterling Forest (aka Tuxedo Ridge) and then through Greenwood Lake and then back up passing by Mt. Peter's summit and then base and on toward Warwick.  

He probably also used to take you up to Rt. 218, above the Hudson around West Point. Fantastic bicycle riding and whenever I'm up that way, I see tons of motorcycles as well.

YES! We would cruise the 7 Lakes Drive (I think), go up to the summit of Bear Mountain, West Point, and go by the Red Apple Rest. I still have family in Piermont, Stony Point, Havestraw, Blauvelt, and a few other locations.

My uncle was the head (or something connected to) ranger for Harriman SP.

That's quite a tour of downstate skiing history right there. Apart from Mt Peter and Sterling, your dad was taking you past the old Silvermine ski area on 7 Lakes Dr, Ski Stony Point right off the Palisades Pkwy  exit 15 and, of course, the old ski-jump at Bear Mountain. And now only Mt Peter is still in operation. Hopefully Tuxedo Ridge figures out their problems and reopen next year.

Jeez..I used to go to Ski Stony Point on Friday night..Long time ago!!

raisingarizona wrote

YES! We would cruise the 7 Lakes Drive (I think), go up to the summit of Bear Mountain, West Point, and go by the Red Apple Rest. I still have family in Piermont, Stony Point, Havestraw, Blauvelt, and a few other locations.

My uncle was the head (or something connected to) ranger for Harriman SP.

Nice. Great road bike riding through Harriman and all of those places you mentioned as well.  I have a buddy who lives in Blauvelt.  

Brownski: Along the aforementioned route, one also passes by the Victor Constam Ski Slope at West Point, you can add to your list and it is still in operation.

Yes
I can't believe I missed that one. Somebody should do a trip report there.

Not it

Brownski wrote

Not it

Lol.  I was there last year for a race for my daughter and may be there again later this winter for another race. If so, I'll post a report.

There is already a trip report.  

http://forum.nyskiblog.com/West-Point-Victor-Constant-Ski-Slope-2-16-15-td4055180.html

Thanks Snoloco
That place doesn't look that bad either. The pics of the natural trail are pretty cool; probably got a decent coating last week too. I hope it doesn't all melt