Places to Ski

NOTE - Please check trail conditions in advance either by checking online (website, etc) or ask on our Google Group about current conditions.

Places to Ski Locally

• Black Diamond Trail (ungroomed) - Ithaca, NY

• Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area (ungroomed) - Newfield, NY

• Hammond Hill State Forest (ungroomed) - near Dryden, NY

• Interloken Trail (ungroomed) - near Trumansburg, NY

• Fingers Lakes National Forest (ungroomed) - near Ithaca, NY

• The Park Preserve South (Irish Settlement Road) - Slaterville Springs, NY

• Robert Trent Jones Golf Course (ungroomed) - Ithaca, NY

• Six Mile Creek Natural Area (ungroomed) - Ithaca, NY

• South Hill Rec Way (ungroomed) - Ithaca, NY

• Yellow Barn State Forest (ungroomed) - near Ithaca, NY

Places to Ski Farther Away (Alphabetical not by Distance. Distance is from Ithaca)

• Bear Swamp State Forest (groomed and un-groomed) 33 miles

• Black River Environmental Improvement Association (BREIA) (groomed and un-groomed) - Boonville, NY 121 miles

• Bristol Mountain Nordic (groomed) - Canandaigua, NY 75 miles

• Cascade Welcome Center (groomed and ungroomed) - near Lake Placid, NY 260 miles

• Garnet Hill Outdoor Center (typically groomed) - North River, NY 204 miles

• Greek Peak Nordic Center (groomed and ungroomed) - Virgil, NY 22 miles

• Greenwood County Park (groomed and ungroomed) - Lisle, NY 32 miles

• Highland Forest County Park (groomed and ungroomed) - Fabius, NY 50 miles

• James Kennedy State Forest (ungroomed) - Lapeer, NY 23 miles

• Lapland Lake Nordic Center (mostly groomed) - Benson, NY 166 miles

• Lime Hollow Nature Center (ungroomed) - Cortland, NY 19 miles

• Mt Van Hoevenburg (mostly groomed) - near Lake Placid, NY 260 miles

• Oakley Corners State Forest (ungroomed) - Newark Valley, NY 34 miles

• Osceola Ski and Sport (mostly groomed) - Osceola, NY 113 miles

• Osceola Tug Hill (mostly groomed) - Osceola, NY 112 miles

• Paul Smith's Visitor Interpretative Center (groomed and ungroomed) - Paul Smiths, NY 245 miles

• Winona State Forest (groomed and ungroomed) - in the Tug Hill Region, NY 110 miles

Also check Trail Forks, you may need to change the Default Activity Type to Nordic Ski

Recommendations on Driving in Winter Conditions to Ski Places

• When you use a mapping program, look at the map route especially for the Northern portion. Example: Google Maps says the shortest route to Mt Van Hoevenburg is up I-81 then at Watertown East on NY 3. But this takes you on the West side, then across the top, of the Tug Hill - lots of lake effect snow. Going to Rome then East on NY 8, or up I-88 to Albany then North, might be better routes.

• Also expect cell phone no coverage zones - even around the Ithaca area. Backcountry SOS www.backcountrysos.com is an app that you can install on your phone for Text-to-911. Text, SMS - Small Message Service, requires lower power/less signal strength, and will often go through when a voice call will not. https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/what-you-need-know-about-text-911