The Double Chair Podcast

Camelback makes it until May. We talk about Snow Operating’s new multi pass and the possibility of a double chair movie club

Some more spring skiing report from Superstar at Killington

The season continues to wind down but there is still stuff to talk aboutArticles mentioned:https://snowbrains.com/ski-resorts-open-in-the-east/https://www.powder.com/news/parents-felony-charges-child-fall-ski-lift

More late season skiing and who is left standing in the east

We talk about spring skiing

Spring skiing and April Fools

We talk with Julie Mcguire and Jamie Kennard about their ski movie Queen of the Catskills, completing the Catskills high peaks on skis, backcountry skiing in the Adirondack mountains and what it’s like to go on tourhttps://www.kratedesign.com/queenofthecatskills

Talking about skiing Vermont and working conditions for ski area employees in Vermont

We bring Ripitz back on to talk about his cross country adventures and discuss Indy Pass purchasing Black Mountain of New Hampshire.

featuring Nick and Dave from Snow Ridge

Another great week of skiing. We talk about Plattekill, Oak Mountain, Montage in PA and Magic Mountain in Vermont. Also, the Indy Pass is back on sale

Val Bialis’s reopening is celebrated, we talk tree skiing, West Mountain, Magic Mountain and the Olympics

We talk to Harvey again to catch up on his amazing season so far- 69 ski days inhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DT3aAxPAUZl/?igsh=MzBtNXZlN3ZsM2t5

We talk about the podcast’s one year anniversary, the awesome conditions NY has been experiencing this winter and sundry other things

Since January is Safety Month, we talk about the skiing safety code

We talk with Jonathan from Old Growth Ski Co https://www.instagram.com/oldgrowthhandcraft?igsh=MXI4ZWhndGNrNHg5Zg== https://www.oldgrowthskico.com/ski We talk about skiing in western New York, what goes into ski construction and maybe go off on a couple tangents along the way.

Plattekill opens for the season

Robert and Junior finally got to ski. We talk about that, Royal Mountain and Catamount

Early season skiing and incoherent rambling- plus a rundown of Brownski’s visit to Hunter on Black Friday https://nyskiblog.com/black-friday-at-hunter-mountain/#comments more talk about lifties, XC skiing, snowblowers etc…

Double Chair Thanksgiving Special

The ski season starts when Killington says it does- at least that’s the the case I (Brownski) make in my latest NYSkiBlog post. https://nyskiblog.com/killington-winter-starts We talk about that and Jay Peak’s memo to uphillers, pole clicking and some other stuff…

We open a new season as winter approaches

We talk with Ripitz about ski movies of the past, present, and futureFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

CORRECTION: In this episode I misidentify Jeremy Jones as Todd Jones. Jeremy Jones is the snowboarder, Todd Jones is a skier and founder of TGR.I’m not sure if we stir the pot, talk shit or just devolve into mushy both-sidesism but we discuss Cody Townsend (pro skier) and Jonathan Ellsworth (host of the Blister podcast) and their critique of Stuart Winchester’s recent interview of Rob Katz, CEO of Vail. We also discover that Robert doesn’t know the names of all that many pro skiers.Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

The countdown to winter beginsFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

CORRECTION: In this episode, I state that Indy Pass gets you access to over 450 resorts. The number is actually 250.We are joined once again by our buddy Collin to do a quick run down of the ski pass landscape, including the big multi passes, traditional season passes, Indy Pass, the new Indy Pass Learn to Turn triple, the new Snow Triple Play (great for new skiers looking for a couple days) and some other options. Brownski’s choice is a Plattekill season pass plus an Indy Pass. Collin’s choice is a Killington 365 Beast plus a Ski 3. My pick for families with small kids is the Catamount Summit pass plus a Indy Pass add-on. What’s best for you?Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

Talking about the summer, junior took a trip to Big Snow in New JerseyFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

This is the season finale episodeFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

Let’s be honest. This is a low effort episode. We talk about what our mountains do during the summer.Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

We once again talk with Ripitz about his adventures in the Hudson valley and Catskills and also take a deep-ish dive into the life of Jackrabbit Johansen, legendary Adirondack and Canadian skier and bushwacker.https://vault.si.com/vault/1979/12/10/the-old-man-and-the-ski-herman-jackrabbit-smith-johannsen-began-skiing-102-years-ago-and-hes-still-going-stronghttps://skihall.com/hall-of-famers/herman-smith-johannsen/Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

Junior takes center stage to tell us about his trip to Jay and Robert talks about the recent Rail Jam at Snow Ridge, leading to some more nostalgia about the 90s and snowboard culture’s influence on the skiing world and other stuff like that.Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

We talk with Ripitz about skiing the Catskills the hard way, skiing at Belleayre, his time ski bumming in France and Montana and other stuff too.Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

We talk with Collin Parsons about ski liftsFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

We talk with Collin Parsons about a variety of things, attempting to tap into his talent for research and data collation/ interpretation. This is Part 1 of our first 2 part episodeFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

We talk with ThatNYskierabout backcountry skiing in the AdirondacksFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

We talk about spring skiing and pond skimmingFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

In this episode we once again talk with Harvey from NYSkiBlog. We chat about his first time visit to Holiday Mountain, ski stories in the news and other stuffFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

We interview Julie McGuire (@queenofthecatskillsny) about skiing all the Catskill High Peaks over 3500 feet, Windham, uphilling policies at various resorts, Winter4kids and other things as well. https://www.winter4kids.org/campus/Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

In This episode, we talk about Robert’s recent snowboarding injury and our past injuries, both ski-related and not. We talk bout Montage Mountin in Scranton, PA and the Indy Pass and we try our hand at poetry with a few skiing themed haikus.Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

In this episode we discuss the Attitash lift failure, rollbacks, surface lifts and private ski clubs along with a brief discussion of the Bosquet Tow gripper…. https://nyskiblog.com/mount-greylock-ski-club/Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

In this episode we interview Peter Minde. He is NYSkiblog’s primary writer on the topic of Nordic skiing. We chat about Nordic skiing and the Olympic facilities at Mount Van Hovenberg in the AdirondacksFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

We talked to Harvey from NYSkiBlog about his mission to ski every area in New York StateFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

In this episode we talk to long time Plattekill ski instructor and skiing enthusiast Sean Riley. We talk about learning to ski in northern New Jersey at Campgaw Mountain, his (and our) love of skiing and snowboarding, whether or not this love constitutes an “addiction” and how the sport has changed over the years… a few relevant linkshttps://nyskiblog.com/forum/threads/campgaw-2-16-2019.64/  https://nyskiblog.com/winter-storm-riley-at-plattekill/https://nyskiblog.com/big-snow-best-mall-skiing/https://www.skicampgaw.comhttps://plattekill.comYou can read Robert’s post on NYSkiblog here https://nyskiblog.com/author/robert/ and follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/keukaboi?igsh=Z3EwOGVqMmxpNDE4. For Brownski’s past blog posts  https://nyskiblog.com/author/brownski/ and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/brownskii?igsh=MXdjd2M3aGx3eWk0Zg%3D%3D&utm_source=qrFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/

We are Brownskii (Andy) and Keukaboi (Robert). We both write about skiing for NYSkiblog.com. We love skiing and snowboarding. This is the introductory episode of The Double Chair Podcast. This podcast is named after the Double Chair at Plattekill Mountain in Roxbury, NY but really it’s named for all the fixed grip double and triple chairlifts all over upstate New York. We believe that these ski lifts and the independent family run ski areas that keep them running represent the very soul of skiing, both its history and its future. At its core this podcast is going to be about skiing in and around New York State. We are going to look for stories that will matter to New York skiers. We are going to talk about ski areas, ski gear, snowboards, skis, ski instructors, snowmakers, ski patrollers, ski addicts, casual skiers and ski bums. In this episode we talk about our favorite posts from NYskiblog and some of our best chairlift conversations.. Here are links to a few of the blog posts we mentioned:https://nyskiblog.com/oak-mountain-opening-day-2023/https://nyskiblog.com/chasing-glen-plake/https://nyskiblog.com/alligator-snapping-turtle-in-ny/https://nyskiblog.com/peekamoose-blue-hole/You can read Robert’s post on NYSkiblog here https://nyskiblog.com/author/robert/ and follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/keukaboi?igsh=Z3EwOGVqMmxpNDE4. For Brownski’s past blog posts  https://nyskiblog.com/author/brownski/ and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/brownskii?igsh=MXdjd2M3aGx3eWk0Zg%3D%3D&utm_source=qrFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedoublechairpodcast/Email us at [email protected] to Beat Mekanik for our intro and outro music, you can find him at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/