Greek Peak Mountain Resort fires up the snow guns and plans for
Opening Day of the 2025-26 Season
CORTLAND, New York (November 11, 2025) – Snowmaking has started for the 2025- 26 season, and the guns are firing! Greek Peak’s award-winning crew of snowmakers hit the slopes last night and will continue through the day and into Tuesday evening with plans for coverage on Karyatis Way, Meadow, Platonic, Lower Platonic, Elysian Fields, Stoic, Odyssey and the tubing hill. Opening Day has yet to be announced, but with snowmaking efforts beginning about 10 days sooner than last year, that certainly shows some promise for the upcoming 2025-26 season. Last season, ski and ride guests were treated to 108 days on the slopes, and with Greek Peak’s latest investments in infrastructure and snowmaking equipment, they are feeling good about a similar showing for this season.
Wes Kryger, president of Greek Peak Mountain Resort, expressed optimism for the coming season and is excited to share the resort’s ongoing commitment to enhancing the guest experience. "The 2025-26 season marks the beginning of a new four-year, $2 million-plus investment plan into the mountain, and I believe our guests will be able to really see the results of our efforts to date out on the slopes this season,” said Kryger.
Among the finalized projects that skiers and boarders will enjoy this coming season:
• A new pump in main pumphouse, which brings an increased capacity of 33% to
get more water to key parts of the new snow-making infrastructure and increase
overall terrain coverage.
• 12 new high-efficiency HKD Snowguns
• New water & air lines on Middle Pollux
• A second wave of new rental gear added to our inventory valued at $150,000
• New HKD KLIK hydrants and new water lines on Karyatis Way (pictured below)
• Brand new snowmaking capacity has been added to East Meadow, Zephyr, and
the top of Epicurus (pictured below, Epicurus and Zephyr)
• Two brand new valve huts, one at the top of Elysian Fields and one at the
intersection of Epicurus and Zephyr (one pictured below)
• Castor Connection has been widened for safer trail merging and additional hydrants were installed to enable more snow-making and terrain coverage.
• Two new weather stations (one pictured below)
• New lights on Alcmene, Epicurus, Zephyr, East Meadow, Trojan
Wes Kryger, president of Greek Peak Mountain Resort, praised these upgrades as a testament to the resort’s ongoing commitment to enhancing the guest experience. "Investments like these are significant and they’re part of what has made Greek Peak a regional skiing destination for so many years," said Kryger. "Our new four-year plan builds on the success of our recently completed 5-year plan, and our focus continues to be on the mountain and the overall guest experience.”
For more information about Opening Day and other planned infrastructure and snowmaking improvements, go to www.greekpeak.net.
ABOUT GREEK PEAK MOUNTAIN RESORT: A mountain of memories awaits you at Greek Peak Mountain Resort, Central New York’s largest ski resort. Greek Peak Mountain Resort was founded in 1958 and has remained at the leading edge of the ski industry with forty-five ski trails and eleven glades, six chair lifts, two surface lifts, a tubing conveyor lift, a beginners’ slope, and new and improved terrain parks. The four-season family resort is located in New York’s scenic Finger Lakes region, conveniently just minutes from Interstate I-81. Under its new ownership, the mountain has many new amenities and recent investments including The Lookout at Hope Lake, a stand-alone indoor/outdoor event space overlooking a beautiful lake and mountains, Carvers Steakhouse in Hope Lake Lodge, Trax Pub and Grill restaurant with an expansive 6,000 square foot deck in the main ski lodge, Waterfalls Spa, a quad chairlift, updated ski and board equipment in the rental shop, a state of the art ski and board tuning facility, and a new Campground at Hope Lake with 26 full-service RV sites (water, electric, sewer) and another 15 Camper/Tent sites with water and electric access. Wifi and bath house/laundry access is also available at the Campground with the Adventure Center’s Mountain Coaster, Ziplines, and Aerial Ropes course right across the street along with Mountain Bike Park access to 17 trails ranging from beginner to expert.
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