ILNY Travel Guide - Winter 2013/2014 - (Page 8)
Getting Better All the Time!
In the Chautauqua Allegheny region,
the 58-slope Holiday Valley Resort in
Ellicottville boasts the new $12 million
Holiday Valley Lodge, which serves
as the main base’s day lodge, with
dining, entertainment,
meeting space, a
daycare center, and
ski and snowboard
rentals and repairs.
Holiday Valley has expanded
its automated snowmaking to cover
three additional main slopes while
drawing less energy. holidayvalley.com
In the Adirondacks, new snowmaking
equipment means skiers and riders
don’t have to rely on Mother Nature
to provide enough snow to cover
Whiteface Mountain’s expert
4,700-foot-long Hoyt’s High Trail. The
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New York’s Mountains
Holiday Valley, Ellicottville
In the Catskills, family-friendly Windham
Mountain, with 49 trails, 10 lifts and
beginner to expert terrain, continues
to expand with new low level ski and
riding terrain, a bigger and better base
lodge, and four new acres of beginner
terrain. Snowmaking capabilities have
been enhanced in both quantity and
quality. Other news includes a 41-unit
condominium building and an ice-skating
rink. windhammountain.com
Wilmington ski area has
also upgraded its snowmaking
in other areas and renovated its Base
Camp Café and Cloudspin Lounge,
adding dining choices ranging
from the Black Diamond Burrito to
the Firepit Grill. The area offers 86
trails and a 3,430 foot vertical drop.
whiteface.com
Just south of Windham, familyand black diamond-friendly Hunter
Mountain has unveiled its Big Lift Card
season pass, with major bonuses for
tickets purchased before mid-November.
Hunter has 55 trails with a vertical drop
of 1,600 feet and continues to upgrade its
snowmaking and grooming capabilities.
huntermtn.com
Gore Mountain in North Creek has
added 160 new high-efficiency tower
snow guns and 30 shorter snow guns
for better coverage of expert, family
and core terrains, as well as new
grooming equipment to maintain the
tubing lanes. Terrain Park upgrades
feature a new Skier/BoarderX course
while lodge improvements include a
new radiant heat system for the deck
and a completely renovated Tannery
Pub & Restaurant. Gore offers 40
miles of scenic trails, including The
Rumor, one of the steepest in the East.
goremountain.com
Thanks to intensive snowmaking
and grooming, Bristol Mountain in
Canandaigua is one of the first ski resorts
to open for the season and among the
last to close. Snow East magazine readers
recently ranked Bristol Mountain Winter
Resort second in the northeastern US
as Favorite Snowmaking and Favorite
Terrain Park, third for Favorite Grooming
and a Top 4 Favorite Ski Resort in the
Northeast. bristolmountain.com
Windham Mountain, Windham
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http://www.holidayvalley.com
http://www.windhammountain.com
http://www.whiteface.com
http://www.huntermtn.com
http://www.bristolmountain.com
http://www.goremountain.com
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of ILNY Travel Guide - Winter 2013/2014
ILNY Travel Guide - Winter 2013/2014
Contents
What's Hot This Winter
Family Fun
Downhill Skiing, Riding & Tubing
Cross-Country Skiing
Ski Centers Map
Snowshoeing
Winter Fishing
Snowmobiling
Shopping
Upstate Theater
Spring Adventures
Winter Events
ILNY Travel Guide - Winter 2013/2014
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