Snow Ridge, NY: 3/1/14

Ski Day 21: Skimore has been pushing me to get to Snow Ridge after a Lake Effect snowfall. Easier said than done. While there wasn't a ton of lake effect last week, it was enough to get skimore and his buddies to show.

In usual fashion I arrived at Snow Ridge first. Not just customer first, but first.  The place was locked up tight 45 minutes before the lifts were to spin...



I made a nuisance of myself and they finally let me in...



North and South Slope, the two big trails, are right outside the window...



I didn't realize that the ski area sits on the eastern edge of the Tug.  That puts in on the leeward side.

No matter the place still gets a hell of a lot of snow.


View East from the Lift

The Ridge Runner Chair spins first, so we went up to check out the Ravine.

It's crazy steep and could only work in a place that gets a lot of snow.


Dave Drops In, Reverse Tele


View from the Ravine

The Ravine was thin, so we made our way over to the Tbar's 10:30 am opening.

After that skimore and his buddies treated me to lap after lap after lap of untracked pow.  


Bean Dip airs it out

For that I will be forever grateful.



The spacing in the trees and the utter lack of understory is astounding...



You can ski anywhere...








"Hey guys ski towards me.... yikes!"


Skimore digs the Ridge


Skirt brings it home.



TRUTH: I don't think I've ever skied 7000 feet of untracked vert in a day.

What a day.

How many skiing Bean Dips can one state have?

witch hobble wrote

How many skiing Bean Dips can one state have?

Of course as soon as I met Bean, I told him of his namesake at Gore, Patrol #1.

He was honored and proud!

Harvey- that looks awesome!  How many turns can you get in that Ravine?  It looks steep! It's a marked glade?  Great TR!

Harv  glad u got to finally ski our regional mini Alta . i cut my teeth there yrs ago !!  You have to ski it to believe it !!

And as the tag line goes ; Thanks Lake Ontario

Harv or any of the SR locals, what is the best weekday to visit? I've been thinking about cutting out of work and doing a wednesday or a friday. It looks like there are limited lifts on wednesday (3). Its a 2 hour drive each way so I want to make sure I get the most out of it. Weekends don't work for a variety of reasons.

Great pics Harv!

Dig it mini Alta!

I am a Snow Ridge newbie. There are other forum members much better qualified to answer. But...

The Ravine is probably close to the vert of the mountain.  Maybe not the full 500, but probably 300 or 400.  The top is so steep that it seems vertical. We skied it but it would be most fun after a 3 foot dump when you could probably huck it.

Second comment is that I'm amazed you can get there in 2 hours as it took me at least that long from North River, which seems like it should be much closer to Turin than Saratoga.  But Dave, the guy hucking the ravine did the same drive, also in two hours. Faster roads.

Yes, not all lifts run mid-week.