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Not so fast. I searched ORDA contracts and didn’t find anything. This is fake news for now. mm

Are snowmaking contractors even a thing? ORDA should give a consulting contract to Howie or Bruce. They were the only managers who ever made good skiing at Gore. mm

We rented a VRBO on the water in Lake George only a week ahead last summer. I didn’t see a single No Vacancy sign all week. That never happened before. mm

Not just shoulder season. Even Presidents Week it can be hard to find anywhere open mid week in North Creek mm

IT looks like they designed that thing to minimize natural light, but you always need to compromised something when you remodel a building. OTOH those outdoor fireplace/carbon monoxide generators are an enforced error. ORDA must think it's exempt from the Climate Leadership and Community...

I went back and looked at the list of resorts that have that add-on. Except for Solitude, they are all areas without much local Ikon competition. Sugarbush is close to Killington but they are including a private club and extra lift tickets. I've been to Solitude and cutting the lift lines on...

This is just end stage enshittification. Move along, nothing to see here. mm

The whole downhill course issues are totally on ORDA. UCI has rules for race courses and I'm sure they were followed. IF ORDA had disclosed those rules to DEC at the beginning of the approval process no one could have had any reason to object after the race. IME (which includes siting pipeline...

Back in the 80a and 90s I had jobs all over the Adirondacks, Catskills and Central NY. If I missed a meeting that gave some asshole an excuse to push me past all my deadlines. I always used snow tires. Now I don't need to be anywhere, There are fewer snow days and snow removal is way better...

Maybe don’t fire the only guy in the whole organization who knows how to make snow. mm

IT's another ORDA management failure that they spent so much to get the ski jumps ready for the WC then lost it it because they neglected the observation deck. mm

I don't think it's about the UMP. I think the ski areas are allowed to build facilities for skiing but their permission to build for other uses is less clear. That's why the Protect Adirondack objections get so much traction. mm

A dime is almost 3/4 inch. That's big enough for a rat to get through. Mice only need 1/4 inch. It's almost impossible to seal up your house tight enough to keep rodents out. That's why you need traps and poison. mm

What are they thinking? Copperfields in North Creek is barely viable, but they're gonna build a hotel on Town Dump Road because 6 high speed quad weekends a year at Ski Bowl and the zippy thingy are such a great attraction? WTF? mm

That’s a 62. My cousin had one like that and I was terrified every time I rode in it. It was way too fast for his eyesight. mm

The Transue thing says a lot about ORDA management. He was the savior of Whiteface in 2024 and then of Gore last year. But in the case of Gore in 2025, he was responsible for operations from the beginning of the season. Why did he let it get so bad? Why did it take half the season before ORDA...

The main point of using battery tools is less air pollution. If you sell a gas tool next to less pollution at Home Depot, gas wins most of time. There's just not enough market share to justify developing battery tools. Replacing a mature technology is really hard and risky. That's why it needs...

California started banning gas powered stuff first. I lived in Pasadena in the late 50s and the air pollution was unbearable a lot of days. I think most states have only banned the sale of new stuff, but California actually banned the use of some of the old stuff. After my experience living...

Battery technology just gets better every year. Some day your gas powered chainsaw will gather dust next to your 120v drill. mm

That's the wave of the future. 2stroke bikes and outboards have been banned for 20 years. There's current legislation to ban the sale of all gas powered lawn equipment in NY. A lot of localities have banned or limited the use of gas leaf blowers. Some of that is about noise, but apparently even...