With over a foot of snow forecast for the "higher elevations" in the Catskills today, according to the Times-Union and National Weather Service, our local ski resorts are delighted. Windham Mountain, Hunter Mountain, Plattekill Mountain, and Belleayre Ski Center are all posting gleeful photos of the snow on Facebook and exhorting you to take a personal day and hit the slopes.
Windham Mountain posted this video on its Facebook page this morning:
Windham also had this status update earlier:
One of our weather sources is saying "all snow" above 1500 feet (that'd be us) and 7-11' today. Yeeehaaaa!!! It is dumpin' snow here. Come out and play!!
From Belleayre's Facebook page:
We are having a great Presidents' Holiday Week! It is snowing hard at the Belle! Come on up for a Presidential POWDER DAY!
On Plattekill's Facebook page:
Who's taking a personal day? 4"+ as of 7am...7-11" expected yaaaaahhhhhhahhooooo!
From Hunter Mountain's Facebook page:
We hear it's raining down in Saugerties... well people, it's still snowing up here. 5" with NOAA saying total daytime accumulation of 6-10 inches!! w00t w00t! Photos coming soon!