There are three ski fields — Windham Mountain, Hunter Mountain and Putnam County — just a few hours out of Manhattan. The family-friendly Windham Mountain, just 118 miles out of New York City, houses 42 ski trails and is serviced by eight lifts. Aside from skiing, the vast expanse of the resort is also conducive to other activities, including snowboarding (there’s a 400 foot half-pipe), and tubing. At 1600 feet, the resort features one of the largest (and heartwrenchingly exciting) vertical drops in the Catskills.

Just two and half hours from Manattan, the Hunter Mountain ski resort became, in 1989, the first in the state to utilize a snow making machine. Since then it’s developed into an all season destination for skiers, snowboarders and snowtubers, and is well serviced by the Kaatskill Mountain Club, an upscale lodge and hotel which opened in 2005.

70 minutes out of New York City, Putnam County’s Fahnestock Memorial State Park contains 15km of well groomed cross-country skiing trails in a kid safe environment and a setting which is beautiful and tranquil.

Contacts:

• Windham Mountain
  Contact: Ed Koller
  PO Box 459 Windham, NY 12496 (Located on C.D. Lane Rd. in Windham)
  Bus: (518) 734-4300 or (800)-754-9463
  Bus Fax: (518) 734-5732
  Email: ekoller@windhammountain.com
• Hunter Mountain
  PO Box 295, Hunter, NY 12442
  Bus: (800) 486-8376
  Email: questions@huntermtn.com
• Fahnestock Winter Park:
  75 Mountain Laurel Lane, Cold Spring, NY 10516
  Bus: (845) 265-3773
• Greene County Promotion Department
  Contact: Daniela Marino
  PO Box 527, Catskill, NY 12414
  Bus: (518) 943-2296
  Email: dmarino@discovergreene.com
• Putnam Visitors Bureau
  Contact: Valerie Hickman
  110 Old Route 6-Blidg. 3, Carmel, NY 10512
  845-225-0381
  Email: tourism@visitputnam.org

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