Ski to Die

Ski to Die

by | Feb 7, 2023 | February 2008

Photograph by Alan Wechsler A knock at the door. Geoff Smith opened it. He was immediately suspicious. Outside the apartment at Northwood School, in Lake Placid, which the then-teacher shared with his pregnant wife and two kids, was Dominic Eisinger, a ski buddy from...
Avalanche Safety 101

Avalanche Safety 101

by | Dec 19, 2022 | February 2023

Social media images show you the good stuff. That arcing spray of white powder against a bluebird sky, fronting a glimmer of color, offering assurance that there’s a skier back there somewhere, kicking up this brilliant curtain of virgin snow while plummeting down an...
Tongue Twisters

Tongue Twisters

by | Jan 31, 2019 | Recreation

Snow-covered terrain is a layer cake of frost and creatures. Last winter, particularly cold and snowy, the white frosting rose almost three feet atop the Tongue Mountain Range along Lake George. The mice and voles lived beneath the flakes, at ground level. Another...