The Official Argue About Where Upstate NY Is Thread

[BmillsSkier]

Also, the town name is fun to say.

[Woodsy]

I live 30 mins from Bristol Mt. It's a reasonably fun hill. Better than a punch in the nuts.

Have you considered a career in marketing?
I will drive to ski Bristol if you can provide me a "Bristol Mt., better than a punch in the nuts!" sticker.

[Brownski]

...Canandaigua, NY is no Ellicottville....

Yeah well, Ellicottville is no Lackawanna either so, you know, there

[gravitylover]

Have you considered a career in marketing?
I will drive to ski Bristol if you can provide me a "Bristol Mt., better than a punch in the nuts!" sticker.

LOL

[wooley12]

Brantling, with 250' of vert and epic Lake Effect dumps can be the place to shred the pow. Gold medalist Diann Roffe got her start there. I had my own personal liftie and Tbar one Wednesday morning.

[Benny Profane]

I've heard McCauley Mountain is nice in a storm.

[gravitylover]

McCauley does have a pretty good rep for killer pow days. There's also Snow Ridge really close. @wooley I've heard that place can be great on a good snow day. NY actually has a bunch of pretty cool mini ski areas.

[EWG]

McCauley does have a pretty good rep for killer pow days. There's also Snow Ridge really close. @wooley I've heard that place can be great on a good snow day. NY actually has a bunch of pretty cool mini ski areas.

I'm here to tell you that both get more than enough snow and have just enough vert that you can hurt yourself quite significantly at either place.

[EWG]

Have you considered a career in marketing?
I will drive to ski Bristol if you can provide me a "Bristol Mt., better than a punch in the nuts!" sticker.

Excellent. I'd consider that too. And that would not be a short drive.

[BmillsSkier]

There’s already an epilogue. Skiing and the internets, what a time to be alive!

https://unofficialnetworks.com/2020/...o3t_77TKqlWxFc

[Benny Profane]

Should be read out loud by Mr. Rogers.

[JohnF]

I'm here to tell you that both get more than enough snow and have just enough vert that you can hurt yourself quite significantly at either place.

Can confirm.

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[gravitylover]

This is just anecdotal of course but from what I've seen at the bump 25 miles from my house is if you leave it to a typical (downstate) NYer they can fuck themselves up pretty good just putting their skis on. They don't need to actually go anywhere. It may need to be a bit bigger and more significant when dealing with a typical upstate NYer but I doubt it.

[Brownski]

This is just anecdotal of course but from what I've seen at the bump 25 miles from my house is if you leave it to a typical (downstate) NYer they can fuck themselves up pretty good just putting their skis on. They don't need to actually go anywhere. It may need to be a bit bigger and more significant when dealing with a typical upstate NYer but I doubt it.

I don’t think we can blame either upstate or downstate for this. It’s pretty universal. We weren’t all born geniuses you know.

[RShea]

Yeah well, Ellicottville is no Lackawanna either so, you know, there

There is a bunch of things Lack(ing) that is wan(t)na so there is that.

[rideit]

Tonawanna bet?

[RShea]

Buffalo Rich Stadium is getting snow... so there is that. Kissing Bridge maybe getting a bit more.

[half-fast]

If you can drive the extra hour go to McCauley. Snow ridge is flat. Bristol is a good hill. 1200 vert and good pitch. They make a ton of snow

[RShea]

Tonawanna bet?

I'd bet more like it is TonawanDa...

[EWG]

If you can drive the extra hour go to McCauley. Snow ridge is flat. Bristol is a good hill. 1200 vert and good pitch. They make a ton of snow

What?!?!? 300 vert man! Name me another hill where the seasonal snowfall comes pretty damn close to matching the total vertical. It's a special place.

[Timberridge]

What?!?!? 300 vert man! Name me another hill where the seasonal snowfall comes pretty damn close to matching the total vertical. It's a special place.

Campgaw mountain could hit that on Wed.

[Benny Profane]

Hunter looks good.

[gravitylover]

^Never

Well y'all got me convinced that Bristol needs to be on the hit list. Next year...

[Benny Profane]

^Never

Why? (Other than Saturday)

Hey, the bar is closed, right? That'll improve the place tremendously, to start.

[gravitylover]

Haha yeah it will, I hadn't thought of that. I'd still rather ski Belleayre, I really don't like Hunter except on a powder day.