For Immediate Release: March 12, 2018
Contact:
Keith P. McKeever | Public Information Officer | Adirondack Park Agency
contact@apa.ny.gov | (518) 891-4050
RAY BROOK, NY - The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is accepting public comment for a proposed amendment to the Whiteface Mountain Ski Center Unit Management Plan. The 2018 Unit Management Plan (UMP) addresses changes to the 1996 and 2004 UMP updates. This amendment would add several new management actions and identifies completed, pending and actions to be modified or abandoned.
The APA will accept public comments until March 26, 2018 regarding Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan conformance for the proposed management actions.
Highlights of proposed improvements include new intermediate downhill ski trails, widening of some existing trails, an extension and replacement of the existing Bear Lift and a replacement and realignment of the existing Freeway Lift. The plan also addresses parking needs, improvements for vehicular and pedestrian access to base areas and mountain biking trails.
Whiteface Mountain Ski Center is located in the Town of Wilmington, Essex County and is a New York State - owned facility. It operates under the administrative jurisdiction of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and is managed by the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) through a Memorandum of Understanding with the DEC. The facility is classified as an "Intensive Use Area" under the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP). An intensive use area is an area where the State provides facilities for intensive forms of outdoor recreation by the public.
ORDA operates a year-round recreational, day-use resort on Whiteface Mountain which provides opportunities for public use such as competitive and recreational downhill skiing, hiking, mountain biking, and summer scenic gondola rides.
To review the proposed 2018 Unit Management Plan amendment please go to www.apa.ny.gov.
Please address all written comments to:
Kathy Regan
Deputy Director for Planning
NYS Adirondack Park Agency
P.O. Box 99
Ray Brook, NY 12977
Fax: 518-891-3938
Email - SLMP_UMP_Comments@apa.ny.gov
Please submit all written comments to the APA by March 26, 2018.
The mission of the Adirondack Park Agency is to protect the public and private resources of the Adirondack Park through the exercise of the powers and duties of the Agency as provided by law. For more information, call the APA at (518) 891-4050 or visit www.apa.ny.gov.
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