Ski Lines: Medium-size local sites a good choice this winter | The Daily Gazette
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Where do you want to ski this weekend?
In a normal winter, a question like that would raise a lot of possibilities. By my count, there are at least 22 ski areas within a reasonable day trip by car less than a two=hour drive. These include the biggest areas in the East like Killington, Okemo and Whiteface, down to small, mainy teaching slopes like Maple Ski Ridge and Willard.
But this isn’t a normal ski year. The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed lots of new rules governing where and when you can go, from quarantine regulations on out-of-state travel to often mysterious capacity limitations just about everywhere.
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Even coronavirus couldn t stop legendary local ski instructor s run to 100
Even coronavirus couldn t stop legendary local ski instructor s run to 100
At cusp of milestone birthday, Frederica Freddie Anderson looks back on teaching students, honing her own skills and beating the deadly virus
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Schenectady Ski School instructor Freddie Anderson in a photograph of herself at age 6 in 1927, left, with her friend Jean Streiber at the Mohawk Golf Club. Anderson has been skiing since she was 3 years old. (Photograph provided courtesy of Freddie Anderson to the Times Union )Photograph Courtesy of Freddie AShow MoreShow Less
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Schenectady Ski School instructor Freddie Anderson, then 91, who has been skiing since she was 3 years old, skis at Maple Ski Ridge on Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012 in Rotterdam, NY. She recalls riding the original Snow Train to North Creek in the 1930s and is riding it once again now that it has made a return. (Philip Kamrass / Times Uni
Photos: Skiers and snow boarders hit the slopes at Rotterdam’s Maple Ski Ridge Saturday | The Daily Gazette
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Photos from the day from our Peter R. Barber
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Maple Ski Ridge instructor Genesis Dumlao of Guilderland waits in line at the ski area Saturday. PETER R. BARBER
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Max Gonzalez, 6, of Latham gets help from his father David Gonzalez with putting his ski boots. PETER R. BARBER
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Photos: Recently retired Gazette photographer shares top pics of the year | The Daily Gazette
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Marc Schultz, who retired in September after 33 years with the paper but not before the longtime lensman captured some images that rank with his all-time best. Today, we kick off a three-day series of our staff photographers’ favorite photos of the year.
Schenectady High School principal David Preston, left, and schools Superintendent Aaron Bochniak give students a send-off as they pick up their diplomas during all-day graduation ceremonies on June 26.
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Meaghan Dado watches as her Golden Retriever, Grady, chomps on the tennis ball she just threw in the backyard of her home on Northern Boulevard in Amsterdam on June 15.