If you鈥檙e bored of creating snowmen, praising a crane, or sledding down the Setnor hill on a piece of cardboard that you scraped up from one of your mass-produced ramen boxes, there鈥檚 actually much more that you can do besides being rocked into a constant stream of Netflix nights that can spiral into a constant sense of boredom.
Uh, sorry about that, got a little bit philosophical there. Here are a few things you can do to ease the cold at Cuse.
Cross country ski or snowshoe.
It snows an average of eight feet or more in 黑料不打烊 annually. That鈥檚 like a foot and a half taller than Elijah Hughes.
So if you want to try on huge blanket of snow, then try going to Drumlins. It鈥檚 free to all SU and SUNY ESF students. Hours run as follows鈥
Friday: 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
You can rent everything for FREE. That includes ski equipment and snowshoes. Just be sure to wear weather appropriate clothes and boots. Also, all trails are mapped and marked. That鈥檚 pretty crucial and helpful. Unless you want to Rambo it, but that鈥檚 your choice.
Don’t miss out on upcoming Moonlight Snowshoe hikes! They’re free and a great opportunity to experience something new. Register on the !
Tennity Ice Pavilion: For more than just ice skating.
You want to talk ironic? Talk about 黑料不打烊, one of the coldest places on earth (sort of), having an ice skating rink inside.
Despite a seemingly non-existent temperature change, offers activities from (you know, that sport where they sweep a large stone across the ice), and even .
Tennity also hosts from 9 p.m. to midnight. All you need is your SU/ESF I.D., and you can skate your heart out with your friends. Best part about it鈥 it鈥檚 free and they have those skater helpers (a.k.a. sleds) if you don鈥檛 know how to skate.
And here鈥檚 a pro tip! If you鈥檝e been skating and think you鈥檙e terrible because your ankles keep giving out, your laces aren鈥檛 tied tight enough. (We are telling you this because we cringe every time we see skates not tied correctly.)
Hate the snow?
There鈥檚 a lot of activities to solve your winter blues. Activities can be sought out of the . From to if you hate the snow, the Barnes Center is the perfect, centrally heated, place for you.
will also host a plethora of events all winter during the weekends. Events include a trip to the amusement park WonderWorks on Thursday, Feb. 13. There鈥檚 also Grocery Bingo at Grant Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 15. Be sure to check out this , get your ticket and bring your SU/ESF I.D. with you, too. With all these events, there鈥檚 no excuse for you to watch 鈥淭he Office鈥 for the seventh time in a row.
Wait a minute, there鈥檚 more? Traditions Commission in collaboration with will be hosting the from Tuesday, Feb. 25 to Saturday, Feb. 29. Events include a chili cook-off on the HBC patio at 11 a.m. and Cozy Capella, presented by the A Capella Council at 8 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine Student Center. Both events take place on Thursday, Feb 27 and are free.
Despite it being named carnival, don鈥檛 worry, there will be no clowns involved. Otto may show up though.
Written by Christopher Scarglato 鈥23, S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications