Whiteface, NY: 3/26/10

View from Little Whiteface

Most of what was groomed stayed petrified all day. Some sections that had sun all day softened up. Some of the trails were corduroy and some were frozen ice balls that never broke up.

  • Excelsior: ok, but very hard
  • Essex: groomed, hard, small bumps, ice balls
  • U Northway: closed
  • L Northway: ice highway
  • Approach: tilted hockey rink
  • Mtn Run/Thruway/Drapers: tilted hockey rink
  • Cloudspin and Skyward: closed top to bottom
  • Parons: OK as it faces the sun
  • Victoria: 1/2 groomed, bumps were petrified

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Proposed ORDA Budget Cuts 2010

Latest from NCPR may be good news for Gore and Whiteface:

ORDA Cuts Appear Less Likely


Article from the Adirondack Daily Enterprise:

“ORDA planning for $1M less than it expected”

LAKE PLACID – The Olympic Regional Development Authority anticipates receiving $1 million less than expected in the 2010-11 fiscal year. According to ORDA spokesman Jon Lundin, ORDA’s Board of Directors learned of the proposed budget cuts after Gov. David Paterson announced his Executive Budget in February. ORDA may receive $5.7 million instead of an expected $6.7 million from the state.

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