Discounts and Deals:
The New York Capital District Ski Council (NYCDSC) discount tickets are now loaded on their web site. The Family Ski Meisters are part of NYCDSC and your membership card has a sticker on the back for you to show at the participating mountains to get your discount. Go to this link to see the participating mountains, discount days and pricing: https://nycdsc.org/ski-council-days
Potter Brothers Ski Shop, check out their season rentals at https://www.potterbrothers.com/rentals/seasonal-rentals/
ISKINY Website, a great web site for families with kids learning how to ski/ride
New York Captial District Ski Council: https://nycdsc.org
Mountain Info and Stats
True-Up Vertical Drop is a new ski metric created by MountainVertical.com, and is intended to be a more meaningful ski resort statistic for skiers and snowboards researching mountains. In a nutshell, it represents the most vertical distance at a resort that can be achieved on commonly skied, lift-served, continuous fall-line runs.
- See True-Up Vertical listings here
Trail Map Compare – Easy to find listing of all U.S. Ski Resorts
Skills and Tips
Carving Turns:
Get in Shape for Skiing/Riding and how to avoid injuries:
- Get in Shape:
- Athletico Physical Therapy Ski exercises: https://www.athletico.com/2018/02/12/home-exercises-skiers/
- Ski Canada, Fit to Ski: “Don’t try to ski yourself into shape again this year. Get started on your preseason fitness series now”.
- Avoid Injuries:
- Injury Prevention from Children’s Hospital, Boston: https://www.childrenshospital.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/injury-prevention-skiing.pdf
- Skiing Injury Prevention from American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/staying-healthy/skiing-injury-prevention/
- Athletico, Tips for Preventing Ski Injuries: https://www.athletico.com/2018/02/09/tips-preventing-common-skiing-injuries/
National Ski Club Newsletter: