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 The clerk at the ticket window was polite
and helpful and advised me about Bromley's refund policy. You can ski for up to an hour and get credit for another day if you don't like the conditions. I wonder how many people take
advantage of such an offer. After driving an hour and 15 minutes from Albany, New York, for instance, how many people would want to actually turn around and go back, especially with gas
prices the way they are! So, I made the decision to stay even though Bromley's high speed detachable quad that takes you to the summit was ``iced up" and not running.
One should always suspect conditions are not that great when a resort's main lift is down and there are no lines at the ancilliary lifts. Indeed, there was no wait and I rode up on the Sun Chairlift that takes
you almost to the top. What I found at the top was a pea souper. It's hard to ski in thick fog, let alone pick one's way around bare spots. The
surface was hard with death cookies emerging out of the mist. Every so often there would be clumps of sugary snow, the type that grabs the
side of your ski and rips it away. I felt disoriented. If it hadn't been for a Bromley regular who I met on the lift, I would have packed it in, but
instead we skied almost every open trail on the mountain, slowly and cautiously. It took about two hours. 
If the day had been better, I would have felt better. As it is, my impression of Bromley's trails was good. It is not a hard mountain. There's lots of intermediate terrain and the expert terrain is on the
mild side. There's only one double black. The mountain's s trails face south, making it a wonderful experience when the sun is out or during spring skiing. It's why Bromley calls itself the Sun Mountain.
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