DEC’s Adirondack avalanche advisory in effect through ski season | The Daily Gazette
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February 20, 2021
A view of the Adirondacks on a winter day. Peaks fom left to right: Haystack, Marcy, Basin, Saddle Back.
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Last week, the state Department of Environmental Conservation issued an avalanche advisory, warning back country downhill skiers and snowboarders of possibly threatening conditions in the Adirondacks’ High Peaks and on other steep slopes.
The advisory now remains in effect for the duration of the ski season, according to DEC spokesperson Jeff Wernick.
Both local and national groups noted that, while avalanches are seemingly more common out west, that doesn’t mean they’re nonexistent in the northeast. And everyone, not just skiers, should be aware of the potential hazard.
Ulster County ski center reopens after avalanche damages lodge
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Dec 27, 2020, 4:44pm EST
An Ulster County ski center has reopened after an avalanche forced it to close.
The snow slid onto the Overlook Lodge at the Belleayre Mountain Ski Center, shattering windows and breaking doors.
No injuries were reported.
The avalanche was triggered by heavy rain from the Christmas Eve storm.
Photos: Avalanche Closed Hudson Valley Ski Resort
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The storm during the early morning hours on Christmas forced officials to close Belleayre Mountain located on Route 28 in Highmount on Christmas. After a tremendous amount of rain and high winds, which has severely impacted our ability to operate in the current environment, The Christmas storm has dumped over 6.5 inches of rain on Belleayre. This morning, supersaturated snow from the Yahoo trail let loose and slid into the Overlook Lodge. The lodge sustained significant damage, with windows and doors broken. No injuries have been reported, Belleayre Mountain wrote on Facebook on Christmas.
A little more than200 Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. customers remained without power Saturday afternoon in the wake of a wind and rain storm that raked the Mid-Hudson Valley and Catskills late Thursday and early Christmas Day.
At the height of the outages, Friday morning, about 42,000 of Central Hudson s 306,000 customers were without electricity across the utility s eight-county coverage area.
The utility reported on its website at 7:00 p.m. Saturday that it had 204 customers without power remaining, including just 15 in Ulster County (down from a high of about 14,000) and 70 in Dutchess County (down from a peak of about 15,400). The website also said active outages were down to 41.
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