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Newcomb Ski Slope: Community Spirit

Posted on by Harvey

I’ve gotten my ski days this year but I haven’t done much to advance my goal to ski all the lift-served hills in New York. Life has required me to stay close to home this season, and it shows in the list of areas I’ve skied.

Newcomb Ski Slope

Early this year, I realized that skiing Central NY and Western NY wasn’t realistic. I made a separate list of ski areas ranked by their distance from our base in the Southern Adirondacks. I thought “what if I try to tick them off in order of distance?” It would be something at least, some progress towards my goal.

This brought two pieces of ripe, low hanging fruit to my attention: Dynamite Hill and Newcomb Ski Slope.

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McCauley: Going Strong

Posted on by Robert

The first signs of spring appeared last weekend and the doomers were out in full force. The winter is over! The rain is coming! If you internalized the social media discourse then you might as well pack your gear and call it a season.

The rest of us will be enjoying the warmer weather and soft turns.

summit view

Way up North in Old Forge the locals had missed the news that winter was over. The Olympic snowfort built the previous weekend stood tall while kids played in the snow below. At the top of the mountain conditions were supreme with soft snow and excellent coverage everywhere.

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Whiteface Mid-season Update ’25/26

Posted on by D.B. Cooper

Could 2024/25 be repeated at Whiteface? After what was a consensus “best season in over a decade,” there was little talk of a repeat. That kind of thing just doesn’t happen. Or does it?

Whiteface

First, though, there was some excitement in the off season about the new Little Whiteface Chair. The new double chair re-used the towers north of its mid-station unloading, with new towers below.

The realignment of towers was needed because its previous “double double” configuration (two double chairlifts sharing the same towers) were not in alignment with the upper towers. The new towers make it appear that skier’s right of Mountain Run was widened.

new Little Whiteface Chair
The new Little Whiteface Chair has a more open feel

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