The Expansion Blog

I love this image the mountain is using to promote the interconnect. But … the bottom of the trail system will not actually connect to the village. It is MUCH closer, but you can’t actually see town from the bottom of the lift. It’s probably too far to walk to Main Street.

I’d love to know about the ZONING of the land right around the bowl. Will town expand to connect to the Ski Bowl? Will there be restaurants and business close enough for alpine booted folk to spend the cash “off mountain?” I realize none of this has mattered at Whiteface. The mountain is miles from town, and LP thrives.

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Talk in the Forum indicates that the trail shown above, connecting the top of the Burnt Ridge Quad, with the bottom of the North Chair, may go ahead this year to allow ski racing on Echo.  In the current layout, skiing on Echo would prohibit a lift-served return to the base for skiers on Burnt Ridge. The way it’s drawn below it would impact the bottom of the Tahawas trees. What do you think?

NYSB Take: If they keep it up high on the side of BR then maybe the impact on Tahawas would be minimal. Could also lead to some cool options for avoiding some of the flats on Pipeline and more tree skiing on the north side of the ridge.