If we can ski it's still winter 3/9 update Saturday was the last day for skiing at Fahnestock until/unless more snow comes. Forecast for the coming week doesn't hold out much hope (just sayin'). But I have to add that if you managed to get out anywhere today, especially in the morning, the skiing was …
Author: cfski
Living in the NYC area means watching for skiable conditions.
För framtids segrar
Photograph by Nisse Schmidt / Vasaloppet All winter recreations owe their glory to the absence of frictionBill McKibben Back in February I pointed to an NPR story about Mora Minnesota and people helping to save their local Vasaloppet. This week comes an article in the New Yorker by Bill McKibben, who participated in the actual …
It’s terrific skiing weather
3/5 update: For the first time in over a month, Fahnestock Winter Park is open for skiing! No tracks and lake trail is closed, but sufficient for purpose. Minnewaska is open and grooming. Mohonk is likewise open, although a skier yesterday reported some bare spots and boot tracks from walkers. High Point in NJ and …
You heard it here last
By now you have heard the NYC area could get 5-9" of snow overnight, with lesser amounts as you go farther north. While there's uncertainty in the rain/snow line, it seems pretty certain we'll get some snow. Minnewaska and Mohonk stand to get a nice freshening of their trails. Will Fahnestock get enough to open? …
Mantra
"30s are brisk…" ... 20s are 'cool', teens are 'chilly', single digits are 'cold'. You can only say 'freezing' when it's subzero, and wind chill doesn't count, because it'd be dumb to go outside nude in the wintertime. It's a mantra that's served me well. I'm not alone in pushing back at the way weather …
Across the Snow Line 