{"id":10338,"date":"2016-03-17T13:15:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T18:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sortaoutdoorsy.com\/?p=577"},"modified":"2020-12-26T17:52:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T22:52:45","slug":"spring-ski-snowboard-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/spring-ski-snowboard-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring ski: Hit the slopes through April. Here&#8217;s how."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in November, we scheduled a bunch of snow-sports for our winter editorial calendar. This was the year we were going to try cross country skiing, snowshoeing and maybe even skinning but the balmy temperatures kept us <a href=\"http:\/\/sortaoutdoorsy.com\/2016\/02\/04\/tip-heres-how-to-scramble\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hiking<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sortaoutdoorsy.com\/2016\/03\/09\/excerpt-from-new-york-city-beach-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">biking<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/sortaoutdoorsy.com\/2016\/02\/16\/surf-catch-a-winter-wave-in-queens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surfing<\/a> through the winter months. Still, we&#8217;ve made a point to snowboard as much as possible even though the season was late to open and will end in a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Spring ski shuttles<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;re <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/bUzpKP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">advocates<\/a> of heading to the ski hill in the spring so we&#8217;re going to keep\u00a0it up\u00a0as much as possible until the snow melts. Follow our lead and grab a ride from either\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sortaoutdoorsy.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f9307d87a403a4322960a5355&amp;id=935b921608&amp;e=b9f7edb802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/sortaoutdoorsy.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Df9307d87a403a4322960a5355%26id%3D935b921608%26e%3Db9f7edb802&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1458320894202000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHNiUJRJpOVFu4W1uKiO6DxzcZ9wQ\">New York City Snow Bus<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sortaoutdoorsy.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f9307d87a403a4322960a5355&amp;id=14ae660a6b&amp;e=b9f7edb802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/sortaoutdoorsy.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Df9307d87a403a4322960a5355%26id%3D14ae660a6b%26e%3Db9f7edb802&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1458320894203000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGGyfCX5ZE2mSuADg2YCNTVEC2T7Q\">OvRride<\/a>\u00a0(both of trips scheduled through April). OvRride is even hosting a <a href=\"http:\/\/sortaoutdoorsy.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f9307d87a403a4322960a5355&amp;id=e217ded3be&amp;e=b9f7edb802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/sortaoutdoorsy.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Df9307d87a403a4322960a5355%26id%3De217ded3be%26e%3Db9f7edb802&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1458320894203000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGPhUqulq3x8vrwZAqon7CJdvNoEw\">weekend trip<\/a> to Utah which includes airfare, lift tickets and lodging.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re lucky enough to have some flexibility in your schedule,\u00a0look for spring deals for lodging and lift tickets at ski destinations like<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/SmartDeals-g57097-Park_City_Utah-Hotel-Deals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Park City<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whistlerblackcomb.com\/purchase\/deals-packages\/whistler-lodging-and-ski-packages#tab1662BD3506644FEB88AB280232D13938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whistler<\/a>. They\u2019re cheaper this time of year and the flight can even be shorter than a bus ride to Vermont.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image  eplus-QJlQCo\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Park-City.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Park-City.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Park-City-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Park-City-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table  eplus-0d0dKp\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table  eplus-CJoQbn\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Trip Tip: Flee the regionLook for spring deals for lodging and lift tickets at ski destinations like<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/SmartDeals-g57097-Park_City_Utah-Hotel-Deals.html\">&nbsp;Park City<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whistlerblackcomb.com\/purchase\/deals-packages\/whistler-lodging-and-ski-packages#tab1662BD3506644FEB88AB280232D13938\">Whistler<\/a>. They\u2019re cheaper this time of year and if you have some flexibility in your schedule, you can book a weekday flight for a steal (the flight can even be shorter than a bus ride to Vermont). If you can\u2019t spare the days off, OvRride is hosting a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ovrride.com\/shop\/sn04-15-16\/\">weekend trip<\/a>&nbsp;to Snowbird which includes airfare, lift tickets and lodging. &nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in November, we scheduled a bunch of snow-sports for our winter editorial calendar. This was the year we were going to try cross country skiing, snowshoeing and maybe even skinning but the balmy temperatures kept us hiking, biking and surfing through the winter months. Still, we&#8217;ve made a point to snowboard as much as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":10423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,761],"tags":[781,19],"yst_prominent_words":[389,717,588],"class_list":{"0":"post-10338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-adventures","8":"category-new-york-city","9":"tag-nyc-snow-bus","10":"tag-ovrride"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v14.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Take a weekend in March or April to spring ski or snowboard. 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