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Harvey Mountain Ski Area

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Harvey Mountain is in our back yard (front yard really) and we’ve spent a lot of time skiing on her flanks and summit. Zelda had her first winter camping experience up there.

We’ve known for years that from the southeast facing cliffs on Harvey, you can see the faint remains of an old ski area over at the base of South Mountain. It wasn’t until I found NELSAP did I realize that what we were seeing was called the Harvey Mountain Ski Area.

The following is excerpted from the work of Jeremy Davis of NELSAP – the New England Lost Ski Areas Project.

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Copperfield Inn in North Creek Reopens

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Copperfield Inn North CreekAccording to sources in town and an article that ran in The Chronicle, Albany Times Union, and other outlets, the Copperfield Inn will reopen. The hotel is North Creek’s largest accommodation and had a great, casual restaurant and bar which had been called Trappers. It is expected that the hotel and restaurant will retain their original names.

In addition, “the Gardens restaurant will open as an Italian themed restaurant, currently unnamed.” Sources say that the hotel and restaurant are targeting year-end for a closing date and Feb 1, 2009 as the date for re-opening.

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APA Approves Gore Mountain Interconnect

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From AlpineZone News:

Gore Mountain Interconnect

RAY BROOK, New York Gore Mountain Ski Center Interconnect The trail and lift design identified in the 2005 unit plan is unchanged from what was previously approved by the Agency and Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation on June 6, 2006. The interconnection to North Creek Ski Bowl was rescinded based on recognition that additional assessment of potential cumulative impacts from the Front Street residential resort project was necessary.

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