Trip report
Ski/Snowboard/SnowBike Powder Ridge
Downhill Ski/Board DATE: 02/18/2017 - 02/18/2017
Trip/Event Location: Middlefield, CT
US
Trip Leader(s): minh
Max # People: 20
Trip Guiding / Event Fee: No, I will not be asking participants for money
Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate
I'm going to Powder Ridge on Saturday and would love some company. Powder Ridge is also the only mountain in the area to offer snow biking, which is a ton of fun and requires almost no skill
...The address is 99 Powder Hill Rd, Middlefield, CT. Directions can be found here:
From I-91 South, take Exit 19 and turn Left at the end of the ramp onto Baldwin Avenue. Continue onto Preston Avenue. After 1.2 miles, turn Left onto East Main Street, and then take the ramp onto Route 66 East. In about .75 miles, turn Right onto Route 147. Go 1.7 miles and turn Right onto Powder Hill Road. After about .5 miles, turn Right into Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort.
From I-91 North, take Exit 15 to Route 68 toward Yalesville/Durham. At the end of the ramp, take a Right onto Route 68 East. Go about 2.6 miles and turn Left on Route 157 North (Reeds Gap Road). Go about .2 miles and take the first Left onto Powder Hill Road. After about 1.9 miles, turn Left into Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort.
From Route 66 West (Middletown area), turn Left onto Route 147 after you pass the Mount Higby Reservoir. Go 1.7 miles and turn Right onto Powder Street and Powder Hill Road. After about .5 miles, turn Right into Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort.
Trip Report/Photos
Tom, pictured above, joined me for an afternoon of snowboarding. The weather was perfect, and the snow just sticky enough to make carving a delight. All the trails were open because of the nice amount of snow we recently got. It was a wonderful time!
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