Woodstream Ski Area

IBM while big blue is an awesome name for your largest blue.  

You def need a native American name.

Something cool but hidden--regarding your parents, who own the land.    Example may be where they got engaged, a nic name they use, mom's maiden.  

What about the family who owned the land before them?  What did they call it?


I think Gore did a great job of naming its slopes/areas.

Think deep and give reasons for the names.      

Any chance of letting outsiders in...some day?   My kids (very good skiers) would form a great memory, one I keep of places like this gone silent.    

warp daddy wrote

Slider ( which was his BEST pitch )

 

IBM's connection to Oneonta is pretty obscure. You'd  have to go into a long history lesson that spanned several decades, about a multitude of companies that never had operations in Oneonta, to really explain it well. Or you could just say that the first chairman of IBM was born in Oneonta.

Soccer Hall of Fame is there - that's much more well known.

According to Wikipedia Paul Reubens "spent a significant amount of his childhood in Oneonta." So you could name your terrain park Pee Wee's Playhouse. Or you could name a run "Southern Exposure" in his honor too.

Cool video and project.

gorgonzola wrote

warp daddy wrote

Slider ( which was his BEST pitch )

 

I concur

Great idea Warp

billyymc wrote

IBM's connection to Oneonta is pretty obscure. You'd  have to go into a long history lesson that spanned several decades, about a multitude of companies that never had operations in Oneonta, to really explain it well. Or you could just say that the first chairman of IBM was born in Oneonta.

Yea, I've lived in CNY forever and when I think of IBM I think of the triple cities. Never even knew Oneonta was involved with IBM.

My two cents: leave IBM out of it!  Just feels wrong.

Woodstream is about as anti-IBM as you get.

^^^^^^^^^ this.



If not  Konstanty stuff  some James Fenimore Cooper  ( Cooper world famous author from the region  ) stuff like Chingatchcook   from his novel Last of the Mohicans, or perhaps Cooper,s  or some other regionally important citation from Coopers Last of the Mohicans ....... Google it im sure there are plenty

warp daddy wrote

^^^^^^^^^ this.



If not  Konstanty stuff  some James Fenimore Cooper  ( Cooper world famous author from the region  ) stuff like Chingatchcook   from his novel Last of the Mohicans, or perhaps Cooper,s  or some other regionally important citation from Coopers Last of the Mohicans ....... Google it im sure there are plenty

Well, Uncas and Hawkeye are already in use! :D

Yeah but Natty BUMPIS isnt ... What a name for a mogul
trail .....BUMPIS

Oh Snap !, i meant Bumppo , not Bumpis. Dammit  

Ok I agree. people who have lived here for a while know about IBM, But most people born in the last 5 decades wouldn't have a clue. The one awesome connection is that the land was purchased thanks to old IBM stock

I love to have outsiders visit. It happens all the time. We don't and can't charge money, "donations only" so, if worse comes to worse, I call the police and tell them you were trespassing. Don't take that the wrong way. Nothing's ever happened.  I love to connect with other skiers about this project. Next season, you should email me, and we'll talk.

Regarding the land,  some guy from NYC bought like 1000 acres on the back side of Hartwick known as Winney Hill which used to be farm land, and  developed "Woodstream Lane" and then split it up into smaller lots.

warp daddy wrote

Yeah but Natty BUMPIS isnt ... What a name for a mogul
trail .....BUMPIS

Bumpis' Dogs......???

I like that idea although it seems like some people are not digging the whole IBM idea. It's funny you mention that because there are two foot ball players in my school known as big blue and big black. But big black wouldn't be pt considering most kids would know where I got that idea from.

I agree. Unfortunately, the soccer hall of fame is gone. It didn't do well. I play soccer, so it was sad for me to see it go, but now the building is owned by a new company which is about to change the world known as "Ioxus" they actually started in a little building on my road so we used to be neighbors. I totally dig the project, and what they're doing is awesome. Who knows, maybe I can make a connection with them someday, considering im majoring in engineering in college. Check it out!http://www.ioxus.com/ 
However, I like "Pee Wee's playhouse" I may use that. I've got a lot of ideas coming in. Thanks for the support!

Good ideas, I like "Red Dragon"

What was your closing date this year?

http://forum.nyskiblog.com/NY-Ski-Area-Closing-Dates-2015-td4037544.html

Thursday, April 2. That was the last day with reasonable snow coverage. We also did pond skimming that day.

I think Cocaine Titties would be a sweet trail name.

I don't know about that man. Although Plattekill, where I ski, has a fun bike trail (which I like to ski) called "the red headed Slut"