Under bright skies, Eric Seyse ran away with Saturday’s Lumberjack Scramble at the Tupper Lake (NY) Cross Country Ski Center. Leading from start to finish, he won in 18:09. Around 20 skiers showed up for the revival of a race…
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Lapland Lake Ski Center: a Day in the Woods
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This is the sort of winter that can make a metro NYC skier feel like an outsider looking in. On Saturday morning, I should have been stressing about kick wax and hydrating for the Lake Placid Loppet. With this year’s…
Lake Placid Loppet Postponed; Craftsbury Marathon Is On.
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Organizers postponed the Lake Placid Loppet until Saturday, 10 March, according to Facebook posting by Mount van Hoevenberg. Warm temperatures and rain have wiped out their base. The scene depicted in a stadium webcam resembled a skating rink more than a ski…
Skiing at Mount van Hoevenberg
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Although this weekend’s Harry Eldridge races were cancelled, I drove to Lake Placid anyway to get some skiing in. New snow fell on a base that had been turned into boilerplate, opening up the cross-country side of Mount van Hoevenberg.
Looking for Snow in Lake Placid
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It had to end sooner or later. After two awesome winters, this one is starting out with a whimper. With heavy rain saturating their base of manmade snow, Rumford ME’s Black Mountain postponed the first day of competition at the National…
New Owners Purchase Garnet Hill
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On December 9, Pine Meadow Properties LLC purchased Garnet Hill from Mary Fahy and her estranged husband. An Albany NY bankruptcy court approved the sale for a reported $1.2 million. A blog on Garnet Hill’s web site details work that’s…
Garnet Hill Lodge Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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North River, NY’s Garnet Hill Lodge filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week. Garnet Hill features 55 k of groomed ski trails, in addition to high-end lodging and dining.
Austin Huneck Wins His Second Prospect Sufferfest
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Austin Huneck won Peru Nordic’s annual Sufferfest rollerski race handily, bettering his record time from last year. Attacking on the first steep pitch, he pulled away from Doug Diehl and Joe Korzenecki, who came second and third respectively.