Two Lifts OK’d at Big Tupper

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Excerpt from a piece by Rick Karlin in the Albany Times Union:

A group of snow-loving volunteers has gotten the go-ahead to re-open part of the shuttered Big Tupper ski area in Tupper Lake. Area Residents Intent on Saving their Economy, or ARISE has approval from the Adirondack Park Agency to run a chairlift and T-bar at the resort this winter.

The area has been closed since 1999 but since then a group of investors has proposed re-opening the mountain along with an extensive real estate development. Plans for the development are still with the APA and have been criticized by environmentalists.

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Tree Skiing and the Big Jay Cut

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Big Jay Cut
photo courtesy Vermont Life

Vermont Life just published an article on the effect of tree skiing on the woods.

I never thought twice about the impact of tree skiing until the Big Jay Cut. It’s definitely hard to face the fact that something that I live for, could be harmful.

Naturally occurring tree skiing exists in very limited quantities in the east. If you are talking about tree skiing on today’s alpine, AT or telegear. At today’s speeds. On most pitches, the spacing to ski at those speed just isn’t there.

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