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Best Parks in Upstate NY?

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shinbangclan
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My grandparents live in Olean which is this dying town about an hour south of Buffalo. We ski in holiday valley, but in all my time there I've never seen a single kicker on the entire mountain. Maybe I'm not looking close enough. Either way, I'm looking for resorts with at a decent kicker assortment and moderately interesting pistes for the non park skiers in my family.
Any thoughts? Preferably under a 2 hour drive.

EDIT: I have done zero research on parks outside of Holiday Valley so I have a lot of trust in yall for this blank slate

**This thread was edited on Oct 10th 2018 at 1:03:50pm
Oct 10 2018 1:02PM
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KilaTsunami
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You been to Hunter yet?
Oct 11 2018 10:19AM
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shinbangclan
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KilaTsunamiYou been to Hunter yet?

We're on the opposite side of NY unfortunately
Oct 11 2018 3:48PM
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BackWoods420
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If you want big jumps go to Mt. Snow or Kilington.
Oct 18 2018 11:14PM
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Twinjibber77
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I grew up at Swain and their jumps are super hit or miss from season to season.

I went to HV my whole time in college and they always have a decent park with aight jumps. I've read in here over the past couple seasons that they're really slacking off. I've read on FB and heard a few people in the area saying that their new park is going to be off the chain, but who knows. From the pics I've seen, I think there park has been in a really weird spot for the last 3-5 years as opposed to the big park they used to have on FireFox. I'd hold out for HV, it's a really good time after you meet the park kids there.

Kissing Bridge (significantly closer to Buffalo) has always had a sweet park and I think they still have an airbag jump. Peep that too. The HV/KB thread in this regional should give you good updates as the season begins.
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Chubz.
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hubbardsMy grandparents live in Olean which is this dying town about an hour south of Buffalo. We ski in holiday valley, but in all my time there I've never seen a single kicker on the entire mountain. Maybe I'm not looking close enough. Either way, I'm looking for resorts with at a decent kicker assortment and moderately interesting pistes for the non park skiers in my family.
Any thoughts? Preferably under a 2 hour drive.

EDIT: I have done zero research on parks outside of Holiday Valley so I have a lot of trust in yall for this blank slate

**This thread was edited on Oct 10th 2018 at 1:03:50pm


If you want a good park HV has upped their game since past years and peek n peak will have a fire set up once they get their main park open, it’s embarrassing what peek has right now but hopefully by February they’ll have a good set up. It’s about an hour 15 past HV
Jan 8 2019 11:42PM
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Dylan_
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West mountain DOODZz
Jan 9 2019 3:05PM
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Twinjibber77
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Chubz.If you want a good park HV has upped their game since past years and peek n peak will have a fire set up once they get their main park open, it’s embarrassing what peek has right now but hopefully by February they’ll have a good set up. It’s about an hour 15 past HV


2nd that! HV was sweet last week while PkPk was lame.
Jan 12 2019 11:02AM
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