Windham Mountain
Windham Mountain is a ski resort located in the town of Windham, New York (US), in the northern section of the Catskill Mountains, approximately 2.5 hours north of New York City. It has 54 trails and 11 lifts, including four high-speed detachable lifts. The resort stretches across two peaks. The higher of the two rises to , a vertical difference of from the base. History The New York state assembly considered opening a state-run ski resort on Windham (then called Cave Mountain) in the late 1950s. That project never advanced; instead, a group of private investors bought the land and opened Cave Mountain Ski Area in 1960. Three years later, ownership was transferred to Bob, James and Tom Sheridan, who opened a ski lodge on the property and introduced snowmaking that initially covered 12 acres. In 1981, Irv Naylor, the owner and founder of Snow Time, Inc., purchased the ski area and renamed it Ski Windham. It was Naylor's third resort, as he already owned Ski Roundtop and Ski Liberty. In 1987, a major expansion to the mountain would occur on a second summit called East Peak, several new trails and a new lift were constructed. 1993 saw the installation