<p>Is there any decent skiing/snowboarding near Ithica? I know it certainly gets cold out there and there is a good bit of snow, but is there a good selection of mountains and resorts for snowboarding and skiing? Anyone who knows please chime in.</p>
<p>There's a place specifically that Cornell advertises, called greek peak.</p>
<p>They sell season passes starting around late october.</p>
<p>yeah, Greek Peak is the place. It's about 20-30 min east of Ithaca, and it's where the skiing gym classes meat. But this whole place is rife with skiing and snowboarding places, though Greek Peak is the closest.</p>
<p>And sometimes, you can see people skiing to classes. :D</p>
<p>Greek Peak is nice and is as close as people have posted if you go by car - taking a public bus.....ugh), with student discounts.</p>
<p>However, Greek Peak will disappoint you if you are a hardcore skier (so all you Vermont folks.....go back to Sugarbush and Killington...), but otherwise it's pretty nice. Bring your own food.</p>
<p>That's just one of the many Cornell sponsored/publicized events/trips you can take at Cornell. There are always activities and outings either made possible through Cornell or made known to you by Cornell. If you're already accepted, a good place to look for these are the bulletin boards in Goldwin Smith Hall, and the bulletin boards in Mallott (near the library and Bache Auditorium)</p>
<p>Is it doable to get to Hunter easily from Ithica?</p>
<p>If you want to drive for 3 hours.</p>
<p>^^^
Looking to met up with friends there. 3 hrs thru back roads? or roads they actually plow.</p>
<p>It's 3 hours if you take Route-79 all the way to catch I-88 in Bainbridge. You take Exit 15 9 (Oneonta) and take Route-23 all the way down to Hunter Mountain. </p>
<p>I used to go to Hunter often....lived in Cooperstown...never found an easier or faster way to get there.</p>
<p>If you just want to ski and don't like to do anything "hardcore" then Greek Peak is just fine. I learned to ski there when I was a little one....and broke my collarbone there as well :-) My bro will be teaching lessons there this year...so if you want to learn to ski I'll hook you up.....</p>
<p>Edit: I pulled these directions out of my head....but I just checked the Hunter Mountain website and these are the directions they give as well.</p>
<p>We live not too far from Hunter Mountain. Believe me, there is no quick and easy way to get from Ithaca to Hunter Mountain. In addition to Greek Peak -- closest, highest vertical drop -- other nearby places include Song Mountain and Toggenburg.</p>
<p>That's funny, dewdrop; I too broke my collar bone at Greek Peak. (On Castor....lol... I was so ashamed)</p>
<p>^^haha on Castor?...oh man. I broke mine on Iliad...went over a patch of ice, fell and landed the wrong way :-) Even worse...my mom worked in the ER in Cooperstown and my grandpa (he took us skiing) insisted on driving me from Greek Peak to Cooperstown...2 1/2 hours of torture.</p>
<p>Of course...no one bother to tell my mom in the mean time, so when the state troopers contacted the ER to tell her someone in her family was injured and coming in she nearly had a heart attack.</p>
<p>Is the ski team good? I know it's a club sport, but what's it like?</p>
<p>What about more hardcore mountains? It seems like if you're going to be in Ithaca you have to be near some kind of killer skiing. I am just not at all familiar with the area. In short--- for those of us that ARE Killington/Stowe/Sugarbush guys how far do you have to go to have that caliber skiing, and is the snow better than in VT/NH? More powdery? </p>
<p>Also I'm wondering if Greek Peak has a terrain park. </p>
<p>Haha I do ride a tiny mountain quite a bit and hold a season's pass there, so it's not like I'm totally spoiled, but if I go to Ithaca I'll want to do some serious snowboarding! I'm definitely buying an old beater Jeep Cherokee if I end up at Cornell :)</p>
<p>"for those of us that ARE Killington/Stowe/Sugarbush guys how far do you have to go to have that caliber skiing"</p>
<p>The short answer is: Killington/Stowe/Sugarbush.</p>
<p>You might find something along the line of what you are looking for at Hunter Mountain, Ski Windham or up in the Adirondacks. Skiing in Central New York is not of the caliber you are used to, although it will keep you sharp and in condition for trips to VT & NH.</p>
<p>My interviewer told me that it the skiing's going to be a lot less than you expected.</p>
<p>that is a shame for how far out there Cornell is</p>
<p>After you've skied the sheets of ice of central ny for the season, Stowe/Killington etc will be really easy skiing.</p>
<p>never had the balls to do hardcore downhill, so the stuff around here has been great for me. a good friend got real messed up in a fall on one of those intense places. since then, xcountry as sufficed.</p>