Meet Our Staff - Rob Mt. Peter Alpine Race Team

After another busy and successful race season, we caught up with Rob, Race Director and Coach for the Mount Peter Alpine Race Team

Rob (Right) and Coach Phil

How long have you worked at Mount Peter? 

Since 2006

Where did you learn to ski? 

Sterling Forest

What is your favorite Mount Peter run? 

Dynamite and West

What is your favorite Mount Peter memory?

Doing the first Karen Wieble race as a Kombi and watching the faces of the parents from the other mountains showing up and looking up the hill at a "Mini World Cup" race.  Then after a kid slid into the nets watching  ski patrol do a 360 on the "World Cup" snow while still in the handles of the sled.... and never skipping a beat.

What's something most people don't know about the Mount Peter race program? 

How much time we spend in the groomer with Kevin.  Either the night before to show him where we need snow for the race, or the morning of the race taking all the gates and nets up the hill to set.  Plus they don't see all the little things that go on behind the scene.

Some of the Mt. Peter Alpine Race Team Members

Check out the Mount Peter Alpine Race Team on Facebook.

Meet Our Staff - Thor Mountain School

Thor - Mount Peter Ski & Snowboard Instructor and more!

Thor
Mountain School & Ski Patrol
Employed since 2007-08 season


Ski or snowboard? Both- plus telemark skiing!


Where did you learn to ski? I learned to ski here at Mount Peter when I was four years old. Rob Gallo (now Mount Peter's Alpine Programs Director) was my instructor!


What is your favorite run? Rim Run


Tell us something about your role here at Mount Peter. I am an instructor for skiing and snowboarding.  I also run clinics for our Mountain School instructors. I started helping ski patrol last season and I am working on my OEC/EMT certification now.

Thor in the reflection of a friends goggles.

What is your favorite Mount Peter memory? When I was a kid, one year there were people here giving out free Mountain Dew. Probably nobody remembers that, it was a long time ago, but that was a lot of fun! 

Holiday Week Happiness at Mount Peter!

WOW! What a terrific Holiday Week we had! Skiing and snowboarding on a 10 to 20 inch base on a variety of trails! Many smiling faces and sunny days!


Being so close to New York City, we heard a wide variety of languages spoken on the slopes, in the lodge and at the base. We met people from near (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut) and far (Texas, California and Florida) -- as well as VERY FAR (Bogota, Colombia and New South Wales, Australia).

Check out our Facebook page for more pictures of our Holiday Week fun!

The cold weather is back and we started making snow last night! Mother nature is starting to cooperate and it is going to be an awesome winter! If you haven't been up to Mount Peter yet this winter, plan some time to visit. We are now open for night skiing and riding. Visit our website for rates and times. See you soon!

There's Snow at Mount Peter!

Each week on our Facebook Page we have the "Tuesday Test." In a nutshell, we post a picture taken at Mount Peter and you try to tell us what/where you think it is.


Our last "test" on December 27 was a cropped picture of our shiny red PistenBully snow grooming machine. 


For those of you who are interested, we wanted to give you a little more detail about it because it's actually a pretty cool piece of equipment. Here's the whole image...

Our PistenBully is Awesome!

As a skier or rider at Mount Peter you likely won't see this machine out working. You can tell it does most of its work after hours by the large lights on the top and sides.


Youngsters compared to us (Mount Peter opened in 1936), PistenBulley started making snow grooming machines in 1969. The key features - low center of gravity, maneuverability and wide tracks - allow it to groom straight up the steepest terrain including Dynamite and Wild West.

Dynamite! - Photo from 12/26/2011

This machine and all our other snow making equipment is nothing without our dedicated Mountain Operations team. 


Like the PistenBully, you likely won't see many of them while you're skiing or snowboarding at Mount Peter. A snow makers "day" usually starts when the sun goes down and ends around sunrise. 


Mother Nature has been testing our patience so far this year. When you look out your window there's no snow on the ground. But rest assured, there is snow for skiing and snowboarding at Mount Peter in nearby Warwick, New York thanks to these hard working guys.


So, here's a shout out to our snow makers! Thanks for making the best snow in the region!