How a New York Ski Resort is Recovering After a July Tornado Woods Valley Ski Area, located in Westernville County New York, was struck by a tornado in July 2021. Now, owner and president Tim Woods has planned how the resort will recover before its opening. According to Tim Woods per Eyewitness News, the tornado only lasted for six minutes within the resort. The tornado started at the resort and continued for […] Industry News Breya Bergom | December 7, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Up to 6″ of Snow For New York’s Tug Hill Plateau Through Wednesday, More Snow For Northeast This Weekend Forecast By SnowBrains Chief Meteorologist – Eric McNamee  4:50 PM MST, 11/30/2021 Forecast Summary: A clipper system will bring up to 6″ of snow across portions of New York’s Tug Hill Plateau through Wednesday. Cold air moving across Lake Ontario will initiate lake-effect snow across the region Tuesday night through Wednesday. More chances of now are likely through the weekend […] Weather Eric McNamee | November 30, 2021 0 Comments
New York’s Abandoned Ski Resort In 2009, The Nevele Grande Hotel closed its doors for good. This extravagant resort that was located in Wawarsing, New York, reigned for 108 years before closing its hotel, ski hill, and golf course. Opening in 1901, “Nevele” is “Eleven” spelt backwards. This is credited to the eleven 19 century school teachers who discovered a waterfall within the property. Additionally, […] Industry News Breya Bergom | October 12, 2021 1 Comment
The State of Skiing in New York State I grew up in a suburb of New York City on the west side of the Hudson River (shoutout Rockland County), and I started skiing around the same time I could walk. Any day skiing was at least forty minutes away, most of the ski areas near me had fewer than ten lifts (Hunter Mountain has a massive thirteen lifts, […] Industry News Aidan Christian | May 4, 2021 8 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 3-8″ of Snow For Parts of Northern Vermont and New York Through Thursday Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee  3:40 PM MST, 4/20/2021 Forecast Summary: A dynamic system will move through the Northeast today through Thursday and bring 6-12″ of snow to parts of Northern Vermont and New York. Precipitation will begin tonight as rain and snow for most locations before turning over to all snow tomorrow night. Precipitation will then become […] Weather Eric McNamee | April 20, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 6-12″ of Snow For Upstate New York and Vermont Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee 11:55 AM MST, 3/31/2021 Forecast Summary: A trough will move through the Northeast US today through Friday, bringing 6-12″ of snow to parts of upstate New York and Vermont. Rain will initially start out through today before changing over to snow tonight as the surface front moves through. Snow will taper off during the […] Weather Eric McNamee | March 31, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Skier Rescued After Dangling From Chairlift at Upstate New York Ski Resort Just one of those days? Hang in there, bud… Laughs SnowBrains | January 5, 2021 0 Comments
Avalanche Smashes Into New York Ski Area Lodge After 6.5″ of Rain on Christmas Day Belleayre Mountain ski center in Highmount, NY (Catskill Mts) experienced an avalanche after 6.5″ of rain on Christmas Day 2020 that smashed into their Overlook Lodge. 2020 just won’t stop…. The East Coast had a rough Christmas day with many inches of rain causing all kinds of problems and melting away much of our precious snow. Dear Belleayre Friends and […] Avalanche AvyBrains | December 26, 2020 1 Comment