Thanks for the article. It clears up one thing that seemed to be unclear....why does the approved plan show two lifts while every mention of the project refers to the "lift" in the singular. Looks like they are going to do (redo) the skibowl/little gore summit lift first.
It's still not clear if phase one will be finished this year or not. They are saying no, but it seems odd that the lift would be delivered and not installed, or delivered and installed but not used.
The second lift, to me, is insane. It serves no terrain, going from the skibowl base to the existing base. Obviously the point is to make the real estate desirable. But come on. It was originally a HS Gondi, but has been changed to a fixed grip to save money. It would be significantly faster to drive between the bases.
From what I heard the Front Street holdup :-" didn't really delay the project. Only by a week or so. In the first meeting (2 weeks ago?) there was a motion to kill the project unless Front Street threw in additional funds. This is really bizarre as the lift had already been delivered. So if FS wouldn't come up with the cash, we'll just return the lift? North Creek residents and business owners, who aren't as well represented on ORDA as those from Lake Placid, made themselves heard and the project was approved in a special meeting that was called specifically for that purpose.