Roxbury, NY – The wooden moose mounted over the stairway leading to the base lodge bar at Plattekill Mountain in New York’s Catskill region has been fitted with a pair of Atomic Fat Boy skis. Platty owner Laszlo Vajtay was so excited to fill us in on this milestone that he neglected to deal with a … Continue reading Plattekill Moose Gets Fat Boy Skis
Wilmington, NY – The ISkiNY free skiing program for third and fourth graders was one of the subjects Scott Brandi, President of Ski Areas of New York, Inc. tackled when he became a victim of my video camera earlier this month at Whiteface Mountain near Lake Placid. The program is available at most New York State resorts and is … Continue reading Third and Fourth Graders Ski (Kinda) Free in New York State
Ludlow, VT – The Quantum Four orange-tinted bubble high-speed chair lift began turning for public consumption Monday at Okemo Mountain Resort in central Vermont, ten days after unseasonably warm East Coast weather put the kibosh on the official grand opening. The Quantum Four is the new way to the summit of the Jackson Gore area that connects … Continue reading Okemo Opens New Quantum Four Bubble Lift
Lake Placid, NY – Two-time U.S. Olympic medalist Andrew Weibrecht stopped by his family’s Mirror Lake Inn in Lake Placid to chat with the media between World Cup stops in Beaver Creek, Colo. — where he attained his first World Cup podium, finishing third in the super G — and Europe. While many of the questions posed were about alpine … Continue reading Olympic and World Cup Skier Andrew Weibrecht Talks Altitude and Chocolate Chip Cookies
