Adirondacks special on PBS

Warp Daddy · May 15, 2008, 12:32 PM

Not to hijack the thread but since i did not see it what was said about the Big Tupper Development ? Any clues as to when/if the ski venue will open ?

Moe Ghoul · May 15, 2008, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Warp Daddy

Not to hijack the thread but since i did not see it what was said about the Big Tupper Development ? Any clues as to when/if the ski venue will open ?

As of right now, it sounds like its dead in the water largely due to APA.

Warp Daddy · May 15, 2008, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Moe Ghoul

As of right now, it sounds like its dead in the water largely due to APA.

No surprise there, the APA /Sierra Club / Green lobby is powerful, wealthy and politically wired --but too bad , damn i loved skiing Tupper

Moe Ghoul · May 15, 2008, 8:29 PM

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Nice. Was there anything about WF in the broadcast?

Only in the context of the Olympics, '32 and '80. An interesting factoid is that LP has produced an olympian for every US winter team. They also mentioned that the reason there were 12,000 people in the 8000 capacity arena for the "Miracle" is that the door folks would ask if someone was rooting for the US or the USSR. They only let extra US fans in out of patriotism, lol.

highpeaksdrifter · May 16, 2008, 8:00 AM

I watched it last night and really enjoyed it. I was a nice combo of the history, geography and the people who live in the park.

SIKSKIER · May 16, 2008, 9:38 AM

I saw it last night as well.Nice piece on a beautifull area.

AdironRider · May 17, 2008, 3:36 PM

GSS, your thoughts on Whiteface carry as much validity as my great grandmothers in Florida. In another thread you claimed the summit lift, actually went to the summit, something which anyone who has actually been there would know otherwise. If you were there and still believe this you never left kids kampus.

And its more like 2/3 the snowfall, to be fair.

ComeBackMudPuddles · May 18, 2008, 8:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Warp Daddy

No surprise there, the APA /Sierra Club / Green lobby is powerful, wealthy and politically wired --but too bad , damn i loved skiing Tupper

Don't know if that's fair. What did the developer want to do? Put in like 150,000 units? The APA probably demanded reasonable concessions (yes, I have no idea, only speculating) and the economy took care of the rest.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing the program. Trying to find out when it's being re-run.

Moe Ghoul · May 18, 2008, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ComeBackMudPuddles

Don't know if that's fair. What did the developer want to do? Put in like 150,000 units? The APA probably demanded reasonable concessions (yes, I have no idea, only speculating) and the economy took care of the rest.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing the program. Trying to find out when it's being re-run.

http://www.pbs.org/tvschedules/tvsch...cks&channel=-1

Locally it was on last nite, and is rerunning MAy 28 and 31. Go to the site above, plug in your zipcode for local affiliates and type in Adirondacks for the search.

highpeaksdrifter · May 18, 2008, 6:39 PM

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GSS, your thoughts on Whiteface carry as much validity as my great grandmothers in Florida. In another thread you claimed the summit lift, actually went to the summit, something which anyone who has actually been there would know otherwise. If you were there and still believe this you never left kids kampus.

And its more like 2/3 the snowfall, to be fair.

Well ya see Aride, GSS has been called on that several times by different people and he has no real answer. I asked him many times if he was at WF when he got off the Gondi would he be on the summit of Little WF. I mean if you’ve been there how could you not know? Same as with the Summit Quad, but he would not respond with a simple yes or no answer.

There are lots worse things a person can do besides saying they’ve skied a place they haven’t, but when you get caught you should own up.

He probably hasn’t been to Jackson Hole either.

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May 16, 2008, 8:00 AM	#25 (permalink)
highpeaksdrifter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Warming Earth Posts: 2,972	I watched it last night and really enjoyed it. I was a nice combo of the history, geography and the people who live in the park.