Adirondacks special on PBS

[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 ?

 

[Moe Ghoul]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[AdironRider]

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]

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]

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/tvsc...8&station=WHYY&keyword=Adirondacks&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]

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.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The last time I was at Whiteface they didn't have a Gondola..because it was in 1997..hey it's a fun mountain but their lack of natural snowfall and skiable acerage keeps me visiting Northern Vermont.

I skied Iceface two days in 1994 with my high school ski club and two days in 1997 with my high school ski club..You flipped my words around when I talked about their true summit..When I skied there the vert was 3216 and now it says it's like 34 or 3500..and I just questioned that and you A-Holes pounced.

F@@@ you guys..

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

The last time I was at Whiteface they didn't have a Gondola..because it was in 1997....

Drat...that was my trap...you may have one this round...but we'll see.

 

[campgottagopee]

Just watched the show yesterday and thought they did a very good job portraying the lifes of Adirondackers. I would've like to have seen something on the famous Hermits and was shocked to see nothing on the Barton Garnet Mine. Now I was napping a bit so maybe I missed them. Anyone see anything on that???

 

[tjf67]

What's the three minute rule??? The last time I skied Whiteface was in 1997..

If I have to wait for more than three minutes for you I leave.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

If I have to wait for more than three minutes for you I leave.

Hahahaha...sure..

 

[SkiDork]

can we get a title here, so I can set up the TIVO for the next showing?

 

[andyzee]

can we get a title here, so I can set up the TIVO for the next showing?

The Adirondacks. It'll be repeated a number of times on various channels on FIOS

 

[MichaelJ]

You can actually watch it online but if you have an HDTV I highly recommend viewing it that way instead.

 

[SkiDork]

Got it - thanks. I'm grabbing it on Saturday afternoon at 1:30 PM