News | Urban Sherpa Travel
Nov 17, 2024
Should There Be an Early Season ?
Let’s Get Started
Its mid November hills and operators are hoping to gather excitement for their Opening Day. With the recent possibility of opening terrain conditions may become another variable in Winter’s hyperbolic tale. Let’s not jump in with both boots. So is it the beginning of the season ?
Belleayre, known for its short headwall has a sliver of a single run “open”. Gore-Whiteface has more terrain open than most but as not an Ikon or Epic affiliated mountain few will know. Killington relishes its first to last day opening and closing has its usual North Ridge trials open but due to its Ikon affiliation considered too congested, too risky, and scatter bumps early. Hunter and Windham have yet to invest in water or electric will wait to see what Thursday Nov 21st’s storm might bring may just be the right approach; at this time the storm could miss or underperform. If you live within twenty minutes of these mountains then perhaps a turn or two would constitute bragging rites: if you are driving two and a half or more hours for opening day there will be little bragging. Nothing south of the Catskills has the possibility of opening anytime soon. What is now more common than not is the compulsion for hills to advertise a pre-Thanksgiving open despite actual adequate conditions. We won’t take riders and skiers into terrain we wouldn’t want to ride or ski just for profit.
So sherpas be cautious, be honest, be authentic, keep it real. Be wary of the over stated. Check out Matthew Scott’s Snowology Weather & News on Facebook, he is the real deal when it comes to the winter scene. We are here for the thirtieth year. Ask and we will provide the unadulterated facts.
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Aug 30, 2024
Want That Big Mountain Experience ? Try Gore
Yep we are goin’ to Gore for just $85.00. Early season lookn’ for snow ? Gore has it. Lookn’ for extensive terrain ? Yep Gore has it. Wanna extend your season ? Yep we have planned Gore. Its the biggest and closest New York mountain from the City; just four hours from Times Square.
Gore Mountain features 14 Lifts & 108 Trails – Explore New York state’s biggest mountain! It has seven mountain areas, each its own distinctive adventure yet linked through a unique network of trails and lifts to offer the most terrain in New York State and 2537′ vertical. We have one pickup location 4:30am Time Square so getting there is super-easy. We arrive at the mountain by 9:00 AM and depart after 4:30pm o’clock. We’ve done all the work—just show up and have fun, Sherpa-style.
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Aug 29, 2024
Hunter Windham Wednesdays
We have added Hunter & Windham Mountain Club Wednesdays and weekends to our rota of trips for just $65.00. If you wanna ride the mountains like a local, get on our express bus beginning December 11th. Short lines, open trails, another awesome day on the mountain. Hope to see-ya ridn’ on Wednesdays and the rest of the week.
Aug 29, 2024
Urban Sherpa is offering season long transport for one low price
Urban Sherpa Travel is offering 20 Unlimited Bus Transport Passes to Hunter and Windham mountains, an unbeatable value for the ski and snowboard season, better than any individual discount! We go every week, Wednesday and weekends. We’ll get you there in plenty of time; with preferential parking you’ll arrive first. Just hop on one of our Urban Sherpa coaches at the usual Union Square or Times Square locations.
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Oct 9, 2023
Is This The Catskills ? No…..
Snowflation
Its Autumn in the Northeast ushering in the desire for winter-sports, romanticized through commercialized images and videos inspiring our best days on snow even if those days are harder earned through lift volume management. And now here we are staring into hyperbolic advertisements and inflated prices inspired from our enthusiasm for winter sport. And like Sisyphus we are condemn to roll another “awesome” season uphill for it to collapse upon us. Less access, longer lines, higher prices in the name of “on hill experience” for the few who can afford it. Winter communities are reeling from this commercializing of their lifestyle so much so they can no longer meet the fictions that have betrayed them. They can’t meet the price to recreate the very ideals sold to an adoring and consuming public. You just can not work on Wall Street to prepare and create the on hill community off hill enthusiasts pose to endear but seemingly willing to pay. Or will we ? Winter sports were created by people who devoted and compromised their lives for an experience resort owners are selling at a premium. Most of us can not afford the new reality which in our mind is less authentic, less honest.
Let it be our mantra to be caring, more authentic, to be fair on hill enthusiasts and we hope to meet more like us. We in turn have lowered our prices and have made arrangements with our hill partners to keep ticket pricing less dynamic providing the late comer with real discounted opportunities. It won’t be enough to turn this fictionalized sport around but it might be the start of a return to something less special. You won’t be Ovr-charged on exaggerated promises or businesses operating because they have great SEO programs. We are skiers and snowboarders who have experienced the on snow community for most of our lives, let us help you.
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Nov 23, 2022
Jumping into New Lines at Plattekill
Winter is Coming. Are Higher Prices Coming, Too?
Ski and snowboard season is about to open in the New York area. In the flurry of marketing e-mails promoting season passes or on winter resort Web sites, you’ll undoubtedly have noticed starkly higher pricing at nearby hills again. Several large area resorts are now corporately owned and have lost focus on local enthusiasts and families. Citing volume compromises the experience at the lift line, these resorts have shifted staff and increased prices. They claim these efforts aim to reduce lift lines and prevent overcrowding yet continue to sell even more season passes, using “dynamic pricing” schemes to dissuade retail customers by raising prices the closer the purchase to the event date, to drive more profitable next season-pass sales.
We expect more and we deserve better. Urban Sherpa has been serving our New York community of skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts for almost thirty years, providing safe, reliable, and convenient transport to tri-state mountains from the metropolitan area. We love the sport because, yep, we are riders, too. Look for transport discounts and buy lift tickets early to beat dynamic pricing schemes. Don’t get Ovr-charged on exaggerated promises.
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Dec 8, 2020
Windham & Hunter Mountain Prepare for Opening; Camelback on the Way
Lack of snowfall and warm weather had delayed our trips to Windham and Hunter mountains until December 12th, but the hills have made up for lost time and are blowing a storm on hill. Covid restrictions will keep a lid on arriving skiers and snowboarders, and mountain mandates require us to purchase and declare 24 hours prior to arrival so please book early to reserve our place on hill. A purchase of a rental or lesson at Windham will require an additional reservation, and a link will be sent from our back office after your initial purchase. Our Hunter riders are transport-only as Vail properties have restricted the sale of lift tickets and early season participation is held for its pre-season purchased pass holders. If you intend on going to Hunter, please make a reservation on the Hunter website prior to purchasing transport from Urban Sherpa Travel. We will be adding trips to Camelback soon, so navigate back for a schedule.
So hope to see ya ridin’ December 12th board the bus at our Union (6:00 AM) and Time Square (6:15 AM) locations. Round up your posse and hit the slopes with Urban Sherpa! Check out current snow conditions and live webcam links for Windham and Hunter on our Weather page. Let’s head to the mountains!
Nov 15, 2018
Early snowfall at Windham Mountain will assist the earliest opening date in 14 years; with our December 1st trip approaching, Windham will be ready. Windham has installed the first RIFD (radio frequency identification) in New York state, making it even easier to board the lift. Buy early to take advantage of our express check-in service, bypassing most of the rental process. Purchase Sunday through Wednesday the week of the trip to take advantage of our Buy it Forward discounts. Hope to see ya ridin’ December 1st; board the bus at our Union (6:00 AM) and Time Square (6:15 AM) locations. Round up your posse and hit the slopes with Urban Sherpa! Check out current snow conditions and live webcam links for Windham and Hunter on our Weather page. Looks like another great year at Windham.
Aug 25, 2017
This season we’ll be offering discount children’s packages at Hunter and Windham mountains. Packages are offered as half-day (morning or afternoon sessions) or full-day options and include a round-trip bus pass, lift ticket, the specified gear rental, and group lesson for each session. Details below.
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Nov 30, 2016
We’ve got exclusive dibs on Windham’s new express check-in feature
Working with our partners at Windham Mountain we have streamlined and automated rental check-in to save our posse time and frustration. Purchase a package with rental before noon the day prior to your trip to take advantage of our exclusive express check-in: your lift tickets, gear rentals, and any lesson vouchers will be waiting for you at a separate express counter in the rental area.
Your Urban Sherpa leader will confirm your express status when boarding the bus in the morning. Upon arrival at the mountain, you won’t have to stand in line at the computer terminals or wait for tickets, lesson, or rental chits. Walk right off the bus, proceed directly to the express counter at the rental area to collect your tickets, rentals, and lessons. Skip the lines, try on your boots, grab your board or skis, and head out to the mountain for first tracks or an early lesson.
Express check-in is only being offered at Windham Mountain, so get ahead of the crowd. Gather your posse and plan your trip early—it pays off!
