Before the Labor Day Crowds Arrive: Your Belleayre Mountain Weekend Escape

Here’s the problem with Labor Day weekend in the Catskills: everybody suddenly remembers how beautiful the Catskills are. So why wait for everybody else? This weekend may actually be the smarter getaway.

The mountains around Belleayre are still deep summer green. The nights are getting cooler. Live music is playing on Belleayre Mountain tonight. Saturday’s forecast is looking almost suspiciously perfect. And we still have that wonderful little window before the holiday-weekend crowds arrive.

If you’ve been saying, “We should get out of the city one more time before summer is over,” stop saying it.

Come.

At Alpine Four Season Lodge in Highmount, you’re minutes from Belleayre Mountain, hiking, swimming, gondola rides and all the glorious nothingness that makes a Catskills weekend feel like an actual escape.

Tonisght is the last time of the summer live music session, 6 pm - 9 pm.

Tonight: Live Music on Belleayre Mountain

Friday night starts at Belleayre with the final Music on the Belle concert of the summer.

From 6–9 PM, 9 Feet Down takes over Discovery Lodge with classic rock, mountain views, food, drinks and that easy Friday-night Catskills feeling where nobody seems particularly interested in rushing anywhere.

And the music is free.

You can even ride the gondola in the evening.

Frankly, once somebody gives you live music, a Catskills sunset and a gondola ride on the same Friday night, continuing to check your email starts to look like a personal choice.

Saturday Is Looking Beautiful

The weekend weather around Highmount is cooperating nicely.

Saturday is forecast to be mostly sunny with temperatures around the low 70s.

That is almost unfairly good Catskills weather. Cool enough to hike. Warm enough to swim.

Perfect for sitting on a porch with coffee in the morning and something considerably colder in your glass later in the day.

Sunday warms into the upper 70s with some clouds and the possibility of an afternoon thundershower—which, in the mountains, can be a pretty good excuse for a long lunch or an afternoon nap.

What to Do Near Belleayre Mountain

Start with the Catskill Thunder Gondola.

Ride to the top of Belleayre Mountain and take in the huge views across the Catskill Forest Preserve.

Then hike. Belleayre has trails ranging from easy walks to proper climbs, depending on whether your idea of vacation involves breaking a sweat or merely owning hiking shoes.

If the sun wins, head to Belleayre Beach in Pine Hill. Swim. Kayak. Paddleboard.

Or simply find a spot by the lake and practice one of the most underrated vacation activities in America: Doing absolutely nothing.

The Best Catskills Plan May Be No Plan

This is the part people sometimes forget.

You don’t have to turn a Catskills getaway into another itinerary. Wake up late. Drink coffee outside. Walk through the woods. Take a nap. Grill dinner. Light the fire when the temperature drops. Open a bottle of rosé. Talk too long. Laugh too loudly. Look at the mountains. Repeat. The Catskills are very good at reminding you that not every hour needs to be productive.

Come Before Everyone Else Does

Labor Day weekend is coming.

And with it come more cars, more reservations and more people who had exactly the same idea you did.

This weekend gives you the good part first. Summer weather. Belleayre Mountain. Live music. Hiking. Swimming. Cool mountain evenings. And a little more room to breathe.

Alpine Four Season Lodge sits right in Highmount, just minutes from Belleayre Mountain, making it an easy base for a last-minute Catskills weekend getaway.

So don’t wait until everybody else starts heading north.

Beat the Labor Day rush. Escape the city. Come spend one more summer weekend in the mountains.

For the best rates book direct at Alpine Four Season Lodge for your Belleayre Mountain getaway.

Because summer isn’t over yet.

And neither is the fun.

Daniel & The Crew
32 Galli Curci Road, HIghmnount, NY 12441