sexkitten Posted January 28, 2008 Report Posted January 28, 2008 (edited) Whiteface, NY's Olympic mountain, is 50 By JOHN KEKIS, AP Sports Writer Mon Jan 28, 8:39 AM ET WILMINGTON, N.Y. - Jim Hoyt slid to a stop on the new-fallen snow and looked skyward at the icy face of his favorite place. "It's the love of my life," said the 70-year-old Hoyt, a member of the ski patrol at Whiteface Mountain Ski Center for longer than he cares to remember. "I've skied it mostly every day." It's been a half century since Gov. Averell Harriman came here on Jan. 25, 1958 to celebrate the opening of what would become New York's Olympic mountain. "When they opened it, that was the real deal," said 85-year-old Bob Wall, who used to write a ski column for the Syracuse Herald-Journal. "There weren't many places to ski and Whiteface was like a real mountain. It was like going out West. Everybody loved it. These other mountains were like pimples, with a vertical drop of 600 or 700 feet." Nearby Lake Placid had already hosted the 1932 Olympic Games that featured ice hockey, ski jumping, cross-country skiing, figure skating, speedskating and bobsled, along with three demonstration sports Edited January 28, 2008 by sexkitten Quote
moe ghoul Posted January 28, 2008 Report Posted January 28, 2008 If the photo upload worked, I'd post some Iceface pix. Still ain't working. Heading back up there 2/20 -2/25. Quote
Glenn Posted January 29, 2008 Report Posted January 29, 2008 Cool stuff. I've hike marble and seen the old lift tower foundations. Neat hearing the history behind it all. Quote
trackbiker Posted January 29, 2008 Report Posted January 29, 2008 sexkitten, great post! Can you post a link to it or let us know where it is from? Quote
sexkitten Posted January 29, 2008 Author Report Posted January 29, 2008 (edited) sexkitten, great post! Can you post a link to it or let us know where it is from? Here goes nothing... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20080128...wC5EWBuOGH7Uc0F Edited January 29, 2008 by sexkitten Quote
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