Family trip to Greek Peak Sat.Jan 24.
Had to be in Rochester on Friday, so we figured we would ski our way home to Jersey over the weekend.
It was a cold day at Greek Peak with a bit of wind.
Most trails were well covered but got a bit scratchy in the middle past mid day.
The edges stayed nice.
Skiied most trails worth skiing.
Olympian was ice between minor bumps. and not worth more than 1 run.
Odyssey, Illiad and Alcmene had nice snow and skied well.
Elysian Fields would have been alot better skiing without the wind.
The bumps on skiers right were nice though.
Getting back to the lift from this trail was brutal stop-you-in-your-tracks headwind that didn't seem worth the effort.
So with the wind building we went to the trees.
Aesop's glade and Alsos Glade were both marked thin and bare but the designation only held for some very small sections that were avoidable. These were the best skiing of the day. The snow wasn't fantastic but the trails were fun.
The lifts at Greek Peak are a whole 'nother story.
There were no lift lines the entire day.
Lift 1a was running very slow. Took only two rides on it and were 11 and 15 minutes each for a 952 foot vertical climb.
Lift 1 was running a bit faster and we averaged around 11 minutes.
They tried to run lift 2 up to speed but it was constantly slowed or stopped on each ride up. We were stopped mid ride for 4 minutes on one ride.
Lift 5 was slow, but at least it didn't stop constantly.
The slopes were empty. I attribute this to the slow uphill transportation. Every run we did we had the trial to ourselves. That was nice, but we froze on the lift ride up. Now I'm not the fastest skiier in the world. I like to take my time. Look at the view. etc. So lift ride up taking more than twice as much as the down hill for me is really bad.
There was a big push to get people to check-out/buy slopside condos. I guess to add revenue to upgrade their lifts. I'm just not sure how places like Greek Peak are going to stay viable through this recession though. Sorry Sharon, I know this is home turf for you but for us, the cost for product was too high and we will probably not go back. The ticket cost was very much higher than Pocono areas and there was no Youth/student rate (< 18 years old). The added distance from home and added cost is just not worth it over the Pocono areas for this family. If you are close by, it's a lovely mountain.
Had to be in Rochester on Friday, so we figured we would ski our way home to Jersey over the weekend.
It was a cold day at Greek Peak with a bit of wind.
Most trails were well covered but got a bit scratchy in the middle past mid day.
The edges stayed nice.
Skiied most trails worth skiing.
Olympian was ice between minor bumps. and not worth more than 1 run.
Odyssey, Illiad and Alcmene had nice snow and skied well.
Elysian Fields would have been alot better skiing without the wind.
The bumps on skiers right were nice though.
Getting back to the lift from this trail was brutal stop-you-in-your-tracks headwind that didn't seem worth the effort.
So with the wind building we went to the trees.
Aesop's glade and Alsos Glade were both marked thin and bare but the designation only held for some very small sections that were avoidable. These were the best skiing of the day. The snow wasn't fantastic but the trails were fun.
The lifts at Greek Peak are a whole 'nother story.
There were no lift lines the entire day.
Lift 1a was running very slow. Took only two rides on it and were 11 and 15 minutes each for a 952 foot vertical climb.
Lift 1 was running a bit faster and we averaged around 11 minutes.
They tried to run lift 2 up to speed but it was constantly slowed or stopped on each ride up. We were stopped mid ride for 4 minutes on one ride.
Lift 5 was slow, but at least it didn't stop constantly.
The slopes were empty. I attribute this to the slow uphill transportation. Every run we did we had the trial to ourselves. That was nice, but we froze on the lift ride up. Now I'm not the fastest skiier in the world. I like to take my time. Look at the view. etc. So lift ride up taking more than twice as much as the down hill for me is really bad.
There was a big push to get people to check-out/buy slopside condos. I guess to add revenue to upgrade their lifts. I'm just not sure how places like Greek Peak are going to stay viable through this recession though. Sorry Sharon, I know this is home turf for you but for us, the cost for product was too high and we will probably not go back. The ticket cost was very much higher than Pocono areas and there was no Youth/student rate (< 18 years old). The added distance from home and added cost is just not worth it over the Pocono areas for this family. If you are close by, it's a lovely mountain.
