Everyone seems to know Buffalo New York for its nasty winters. But if you are a snow lover, there are all kinds of winter activities for you to enjoy. First, nothing beats attending a Buffalo Sabres game in late December or early January. Or, feel the excitement of more than seventy thousand psychotic fans hollering for their beloved Bills team while the snow is flying. Start your NFL game day Sunday by partying in the parking lot before the game. Munch down on some of those Buffalo wings. Drink some great Canadian beer or taste some local lager from a microbrewery.

Snowmobiling is a very popular pastime in Buffalo. There are plenty of snowmobile shops to satisfy the demands of this fun loving industry. Some people like to load up their sleds on trailers and tow them into the really desolate areas in New York State for some major trail riding. They take week long excursions just to do some riding. Other people like to use the sled as a vehicle to go bar hopping. Heck, even the police have snowmobiles now. They chase these bar hoppers around dishing out tickets for driving while intoxicated.

Skiing is also a very popular way to make the best of the Buffalo winters. There are a number of good ski slopes in the greater Western New York region. Experienced skiers will tell you that the slopes around Buffalo are rather small and not challenging enough. However, the people who live around Buffalo sure seem to enjoy them. I guess you could consider it a great place to learn how to ski without breaking a leg. Even if you really don’t feel like skiing, there is still the warm ski lodge full of single people with a few bucks to kick around.

Snowboarding has become a very popular national sport in the United States. It has also become popular around the Buffalo area. In the early 1990s you would only have seen a few snowboarders here and there on the ski slopes. Now they are far more common. Just like skiing, the rolling hills south and east of Buffalo provide adequate quality slopes for beginning snowboarders to learn on.

The greater Buffalo area is fairly well known for its whitetail deer population. Seasonal deer hunting in the rural areas surrounding Buffalo usually brings in some high scoring bucks. This is actually a late fall sport more so than a winter one. Big game hunting season ends in most areas before winter actually starts. The deer number has really grown over recent years to provide a hunting environment that is more productive than ever. This sport is so popular that many local high schools end up missing a huge percentage of their students during the first week of shotgun season.

For kids, the cold and snowy winters in Buffalo are a blast. There are countless ways for children to have fun outside in the cold. Some kids will their fair share of the traditional backyard sledding. Others will hunt down a giant snow mound to carve a tunnel into. There is the ever popular snowball fight with the other kids who live nearby. For active kids there is an athletic sport called pond hockey. Actually it is an old kids’ playtime activity turned into a sport. There are lots of really great parks where families can go sledding for free. You really don’t need to be a rocket scientist to come up with a great way to enjoy the winter when you are in Buffalo.