We arrived yesterday afternoon at the Holiday Valley Ski Resort in New York. It was a very nice trip here from Ohio and all on major highways. This is a much easier drive than going to Snowshoe in West Virginia.
Holiday Valley is a relatively large resort, spread all over two or three "Mountains". It has a new high speed quad lift that is very nice and leads to the longest runs. Just as in Ohio, the snow conditions were marginal, with about 1/3 of their runs closed. However, they can't control mother nature and a day of snowboarding is great, even if the conditions aren't optimal. Particularly disappointing to me was that the half-pipe was closed (again, those 60 degree days haven't helped), but I'm not blaming the resort. Overall, so far I would give the resort a big thumbs up!
By way of comparison, I would also say that the environment here at Holiday Valley is much better than Snowshoe. The village of Ellicottville, NY is at the base of the resort and makes a nice base of operation. Shoeshoe is in the middle of NOWHERE and not good for other activities while you're not snowboarding. Another factor for me is that Holiday Valley has cell phone service and wireless high speed internet. Much better for a business owner that likes to stay in touch while on a mini-vacation.
We started our boarding last evening at 4pm (lift tickets were only $30) and there was a VERY small crowd. In fact, there wasn't any crowd at all. We didn't wait in line at all for any lift and were able to do an unlimited number of runs. Very enjoyable!
It snowed overnight and is still snowing now. The lifts open at 9am, so I've gotta go!
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