Mountain ski patrol responded to the scene of Kahlau s crash and he was pronounced dead a short time later. He was taken to Champlain Valley Physician s Hospital in Plattsburgh, where an autopsy determined he died of a skull and cervical fracture, according to Lake Placid News. On behalf of Whiteface Mountain, we express our sincere condolences to family and friends who have been impacted, said a spokesperson for Olympic Regional Development Authority, which runs the ski center.
The incident comes about a year after 21-year-old Nicholas Koch, a native of Danville, Pennsylvania, died in a similar skiing crash at Whiteface Mountain.
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Visitors play on the Mirror Lake ice in February 2014. Butch Martin of the North Elba Park District said Tuesday, Jan. 12 that the ice was 4 to 6 inches thick, but warmer weather this weekend could affect the ice.
(News photo Andy Flynn)
LAKE PLACID The Adirondack Mountain winter playground is gearing up for a busy Martin Luther King Day weekend and beyond, especially if the weather cooperates to provide ideal conditions for outdoor activities. On Tuesday, Jan. 12, the state Olympic Regional Development Authority and the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism joined together for a web presentation on what could be expected regarding recreation opportunities in the Lake Placid area over the upcoming days.
Skier dies at Whiteface Mountain
Pennsylvania 22-year-old crashed into a tree Tuesday
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Alpine skiing at Whiteface Mountain, in a file photo provided by the Olympic Regional Development Authority.ORDA
WILMINGTON A 22-year-old college student from Pennsylvania died while skiing at Whiteface Mountain Tuesday, State Police said.
Officers responded at 12:33 p.m. after the man lost control and struck a tree while skiing down the Upper Approach Trail.
Essex County Coroner Jerod Heidrick responded to the scene and pronounced Bernhard T. Kahlau, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, dead. His body was taken to the University of Vermont Health Network at the Champlain Valley Physician’s Hospital in Plattsburgh where an autopsy was completed on Wednesday. The cause of death was determined to be a cervical skull fracture due to the accident, State Police said.
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What are your plans for the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. three-day holiday?
Well, if you are a snowsports enthusiast looking forward to time on the slopes, but are not a season-pass holder, hopefully you have reserved your lift tickets by now.
Don’t have a lift ticket yet? You could be out of luck. As many skiers learned last month, advanced reservations online are the name of the game these days. At many areas, the walk-up ticket window is a thing of the past.
Take Gore, for example. If you had planned to go during the Christmas-to-New Year’s week, but didn’t reserve prior to Dec. 15, you were closed out. With COVID -19 capacity limitations in place, there were no more tickets available for sale well ahead of the holiday. Throughout the Northeast, a lot of people who had made lodging reservations found themselves without tickets to ride when they got to the slopes.
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Racers compete at the Olympic Speedskating oval during the Empire State Winter Games in Feb. 2017 in Lake Placid.
(Enterprise photo - Lou Reuter) LAKE PLACID The Adirondack Mountain winter playground is gearing up for a busy Martin Luther King Day weekend and beyond, especially if the weather cooperates to provide ideal conditions for outdoor activities. On Tuesday, the state Olympic Regional Development Authority and the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism joined together for a web presentation on what could be expected regarding recreation opportunities in the Lake Placid area over the upcoming days. During a normal winter, “the more, the merrier” would be the predominant theme when it comes to having large number of visitors flock to the area, bringing an economic boost. But the coronavirus pandemic has made that difficult while creating a challenge for ORDA when it comes to figuring out what is safe in terms of the number of