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From today's Whiteface conditions page ... At least they're finally owning it!!!

The first time I ever skied the Whiteface Slides was the weekend after that storm. I drove from the Lower Hudson Valley to Lake Placid during that storm ... it took 9 hours ... it normally takes about 4! The good old days!

These small places you visit fascinate me ... I don't know that I would book a "vacation" to places like this, as I'd be too concerned about getting the "most" for my limited time and the cost of getting there, but, I think if some day I had the time to spend an extended period in Europe, I...

Fascinating!

I went to the mountain with the intention of spending the whole day, getting on the gondola right at 8:30, but ended up leaving at around noon. That was probably my mistake ... It had warmed up considerably in the afternoon, and I'm guessing that conditions probably got much better as the day...

You gotta be in it to win it!!!

Don't forget dogs and cats living together ... mass hysteria!!!

Well ... now that the sun is out, it's actually a couple of degrees colder!!! WTF!!! I've owned my home in Lake Placid for over 19 years and this is the first time I've ever seen that thermometer go BELOW -30!!!

This morning in Lake Placid ...

Another important note about this weather, was that the forecast did NOT call for warming during the day, but rather the opposite. The temperature and wind was supposed to get worse as the day progressed. No doubt this was part of the decision making as well. When I woke up in Lake Placid at...

Took some morning runs yesterday ahead of the arctic blast ... nothing to get overly excited about, but good solid skiing. Essex was still good ... some nice wind blown skier's left on Upper Skyward ... Victoria was in good shape. Clouds sitting on the upper mountain all morning made...

I think this has a lot to do with it. By reducing operations, they can rotate staff through for shorter shifts, reducing their exposure. I would imagine that there's also a lot of "employee flu" on days like that as well. Think about it ... would you stand out there for 7+ hours for $15 an hour...

When I was in Les 3 Valles last year, we had a fondue / raclette night with one of those cheese melting machines ... it was awesome!!! Skiing looks good and you had a beautiful day!!! Nice!

You'll be able to watch an actual World Cup event there in less than two weeks ... https://lakeplacidlegacysites.com/todo/fis-ski-jumping-world-cup/

Over the years, I've heard that in some cases, splitting trails into multiple names was done as a safety measure, so that when injuries were reported, ski patrol would have a better idea of where to go, and for related things like reporting other issues on a trail. With really long trails, this...

Maybe, but I never saw the lift moving at any point while I was there on Saturday (I left at 11) and every chair that you could see within view still had snow on the seats. Yesterday morning, the lift was running at one point and there was a snowmaker on one of the chairs ... no lifties at the...

Does it bother you when you get BS'd? Of course this isn't something that's limited to skiing, but since this is a ski forum ... We all know that ski resorts "embellish" snowfall totals. This is nothing new. But it seems that the BS just keeps expanding into other areas as well. For example...

It was another good morning yesterday ... Conditions were pretty good and it was a LOT less crowded than Saturday. Skyward still wasn't groomed ... I only skied it once ... It wasn't that it was bad, I just didn't feel like having to figure out how to navigate the whales and hard-pack machine...

Ditto this. A fantastic morning yesterday ... very good conditions ... skier's left on the lower half of Essex was amazing, with a ton of wind-blown snow piled up over there. Each time I came down, it had seemed to "refill" from the prior run. It did start to get pretty busy at around 10:30...

Yeah ... I think there's quite a few of those ... for example, my personal favorite, Valvehouse Road!