​Ski Trails Committee Updates -- September 2026

High Peaks Wilderness Vegetation Management Training
On September 8, members of BETA staff and the Ski Trails Committee spent a day on the trails with NYS DEC Forester Tate Connor to gain a mutual understanding of acceptable corridor width in the High Peaks Wilderness and how best to achieve that width. This is an important step to allow our staff and volunteers to do ski trails maintenance this season and beyond.

We look forward to the work ahead and appreciate Tate’s guidance.

Tate explaining corridor height guidelines.

Dusty and Stefano doing trailside vegetation maintenance.

Ski Stewardship Program 
In the meantime, we’re building a network of Trail Scouts and Rapid Responders to help find and address maintenance issues on ski trails within BETA’s purview. Trail Scouts are committed to visiting the same trails(s) on a regular basis, but especially right after storms, and report their findings to BETA. Rapid Responders are comfortable wielding a hand saw or chainsaw to take care of maintenance issues reported by Scouts.

If you’re interested in joining the volunteer team, more information will be shared soon on our website, socials, and through an upcoming email blast.  You can sign up for our email blasts here.