N.Y. Ski Conditions: A Snowslide, Few Lift Tickets, Beer in the Parking Lot
“At least we are freaking open,” one resort owner said.
Skiing and snowboarding, considered pandemic-friendly, continue in New York state, for the time being. But resorts are challenged by restrictions on ticket sales and indoor dining.Credit.Richard Beaven for The New York Times
By Alyson Krueger
Published Jan. 22, 2021Updated Jan. 23, 2021
In a year like 2020, it only seems fitting that New York’s ski season started off with a catastrophe.
It was early Christmas morning when snow from a trail on Belleayre Mountain loosened and plummeted into a mid-mountain lodge, smashing doors and windows. Although the incident wasn’t technically an avalanche, its aftereffect certainly looked like one.