Posts

Showing posts from 2014

MPHGLOTR

Image

SKI HICKORY!

Image
My last birthday, I went skiing. This is how I always spend my birthday. However this time I went back to one of my favorite places in the 'Dax Hickory Ski Center For a place that's been around since 1946!; it remains a little known area outside of Warrensburg NY They re-opened 2009-2010 after having a hiatus of a few years. First things first, there are no chair lifts at this mountain. This fact may turn away most skiers. POMA LIFT EXAMPLE Don't let the this scare you off. POMA is one of the faster lifts. The only drawback that I found was for every down there is an up. You ski the mountain both ways. Secondly, in the era of global warming, It's natural snow only... So you get what you get. Ski Report 2-17-2014 My wife and I got up there around noon, I don't normally ski longer than four hours since I have had broken my right leg back in 1991 at Mt Baldy (long story there) She found the place delightful and rustic. I had plan