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Skiing in Ithaca?
Isn't there a place called Norse or Viking, or something like that? Can't
find it by searching. Any chance of skiing on snow there this weekend? Where might be the best place to ski close to town? Gary Jacobson Rosendale, NY |
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Gary,
How about Podunk? Try this link for XC skiing near Ithaca. http://www.rso.cornell.edu/coc/snow.html Joe "Gary Jacobson" wrote in message .. . Isn't there a place called Norse or Viking, or something like that? Can't find it by searching. Any chance of skiing on snow there this weekend? Where might be the best place to ski close to town? Gary Jacobson Rosendale, NY |
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Joe Galloway wrote: How about Podunk? Podunk's closed, or at least the trails are closed (and the store has moved and is under new ownership). We have only about 4" now and it's warming up towards the end of the week. Tug Hill is always reliable if you don't mind driving a couple of hours. Your tax dollars well-spent: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/nerfc/gra.../sd1_today.jpg -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Bad taste is better than no taste -- Arnold Bennett |
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Hi Gary, Never heard of either of those names in this area. We only just got enough snow to ski on last night. But it's been warm and the ground's not frozen yet. The problem is this: down in town where you might be able to ski on a golf course, there is less snow (and the ground's not frozen yet). Up in the hills there's more snow but there you need at least some base to keep your skis above the rocks. The good news is that the forecast has changed some today. Yesterday it had temps above freezing later in the week. Now it looks like that will only happen down in town on Thursday. The other good news is the forecast shows chances of snow most days this week. So the short answer is: yes there's a chance of skiing here this weekend. Maybe on a golf course in town if they get a bit more snow and some more good cold nights like tonight. Otherwise maybe up in the hills, but then you'll need to drive 10-15 miles at least. These lake effect snows are tricky. It can sometimes snow a foot or more in one place and 5 miles down the road only an inch or two. Best bet: check with me later in the week and I'll relay what trail reports I pick up on the local skiing list. -Mitch On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Gary Jacobson wrote: Isn't there a place called Norse or Viking, or something like that? Can't find it by searching. Any chance of skiing on snow there this weekend? Where might be the best place to ski close to town? Gary Jacobson Rosendale, NY |
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Ok, you made me look. :-) That photo wasn't taken anywhere near here though. That page does list most of the local places people go to ski, though a few are missing, such as the hill I live on. The local ski club web site is he http://www.spidergraphics.com/cnsc/ This has trail maps of some areas and links to other local pages with other lists of where to ski. When snow is marginal it becomes a search of all known hills to find which if any has enough snow. The answer is not always obvious until folks report back in on the e-mail list. And because most local ski trails are not groomed, but just unplowed roads and hiking trails, a trail that was fine yesterday can be destroyed by one yahoo in a 4x4 or ATV today. -Mitch On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Ken Roberts wrote: No wonder those Finger Lakes guys are such animal racers -- looking at the photo on that Cornell Outing Club page. Joe Galloway wrote Try this link for XC skiing near Ithaca. http://www.rso.cornell.edu/coc/snow.html I had heard the hills were big around there, but Wow . . . and training with a pack that big. Now I see how Mitch can just double-pole up any hill that gets in his way on a mere race course. Ken |
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John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
On 3 Dec 2003 06:15:54 -0800, (Mitch Collinsworth) wrote: The local ski club web site is he http://www.spidergraphics.com/cnsc/ That shows up blank. It works for me in Mozilla 1.5 Chris |
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