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Whiteface: Spring in Full Swing

Posted on by Robert

With the end of the season rapidly approaching, I’m looking to leech every bit of winter out for as long as I can. Farah and I have had success in the past hitting up Whiteface for sunny spring laps.

Freeway

Despite inclement weather the day before The Face was holding strong with a trail count in the 70s. Our plan was to ski the weekend, with the Sunday lining up to be the ultimate spring day.

Saturday conditions were good if still firm and midwinter-ish on the upper mountain. Sunday was exactly as expected, a perfect bluebird day. Temperatures made into the high 30’s across the mountain and the corn harvest was in full effect.

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Cross-Country World Cup Finals in Lake Placid

Posted on by Peter Minde

“This is a proper ski race,” one British athlete said to me in the mixed zone.

“It’s a marathon, not a sprint,” my editor warned me.

And I got two scoops this week! I’m almost a real reporter! We’ll get to that later.

As we approached the World Cup finals weekend in Lake Placid, Nordic Insights, another news outlet I write for, made plans to cover the action. Being local, I’d be boots on the ground all weekend. My colleague Adele would come from Yale University on Saturday. I’d write up all the men’s races. Adele and Gavin, my editor, would write the women’s races.

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Grace Camp Gauntlet

Posted on by ThatNYSkier

Mother Nature’s treated us well this season — cold temperatures and plentiful storms — but as of late she’s been in a foul mood. In a repeat of last year’s March, the beginning of the month came with a brutal warmfront, this time with a stretch of highs in the 60s as well as a week of rain that totaled multiple inches.

Garden Trailhead

Most of the state suffered tremendously, with most of the natural snow (besides parking lot piles) disappearing overnight. Even the snowpack in the High Peaks of the Adirondack Park, which stacked consistently for 3 months, became practically nonexistent at the trailhead.

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