Windham Mountain
Also known as: Catskills
Wooded Catskill Mountain descents with Greene County/Catskills summit views from the West Peak lift.
Who in your group rides what
Whether everyone in your group gets a day at Windham Mountain - the grades on offer, the named zones, and how mixed abilities split up.
North American green (beginner) / blue (intermediate) / black diamond (expert) system, with a pro/double-black tier per Trailforks breakdown.
Beginners used flow trails (Kaaterskill Cruise, Batavia Skill green/blue); advanced riders used Citizen's Downhill / World Cup DH track / Devil's Path / Foxhole (black). All uplift via chairlift, no pedaling.
Historically marketed for riders of all levels and families; now framed as guided family e-bike tours under the private club.
The riding
Natural Catskill Mountain singletrack, machine-built flow, rock gardens/rock faces and roots; primary type all-mountain and downhill on ski-resort land.
Citizen's Downhill is an expert-only rugged natural course; the UCI Windham World Cup DH track was known for a steep, rooty, off-camber wooded finish. Trails feature drops, rock faces, rock gardens, berms and jumps.
Ski-resort signage with difficulty-graded markers off the high-speed quad; lift-served layout easy to follow. Trailforks digital map.
Was a busy regional gravity hub during operation; now effectively no public access (closed / members-only tours).
Season & conditions
Downhill bike park PERMANENTLY CLOSED (Trailforks: closed as of Apr 30, 2026; shut Oct 2023). Historic window was late May to mid-October. Present-day biking is guided e-bike/MTB tours for Members and lodging Guests only, not a public lift-served park.
Summer to early fall; Trailforks ride-log peak months July, August and October.
Hosted UCI MTB World Cup through the 2010s - reported five World Cup Downhills plus two World Cup Cross Country races (DH rounds 2010-2015 era; XCO notably 2014 and 2015); helped return the World Cup to the USA.
Catskills summer thunderstorms, humidity, rapid trail wetting; mud/variable surface after rain.
Getting there & gear
Historic bike-park day ticket approx $36 USD (no lottery). Now a membership/lodging model - biking is a Member/Guest amenity (guided tours), no published public DH price.
Permits and operators change - confirm before booking.
19 Resort Drive, Windham, NY 12496; roughly 2.5-3 hr drive from NYC via NY Thruway to the Catskills.
Uplift was via a high-speed quad chairlift (no pedaling uphill); no public bike-lift service currently operating.
Rentals available (premium e-bike fleet for tours; The Shop on-site); cell coverage generally serviceable in Windham village, on-mountain unverified.
Base lodge, The Shop (retail/rental), dining, wellness/spa, golf, fly fishing, sporting clays and webcams; full resort base area.
Windham Mountain Outfitters (local bike shop); nearby ridable networks include Elm Ridge Wild Forest, Huckleberry Trail Network and Tannersville-Hathaway.
Hazards & rescue
Expert DH terrain (drops, rock faces, steep chutes) when open; primary present-day note is that the park is CLOSED - do not plan a public downhill trip.
Formerly self-guided lift-served park; now mandatory expert-guided only, for Members and lodging Guests.
Resort ski-patrol/mountain-safety infrastructure exists; no bike-park-specific patrol currently since the park is closed.
This profile is desk research, compiled from public sources - not a first-hand mountain-bike network report. Coordinates are approximate.