Comments on: Old Adirondack Road Reopened in Snowmobile Tug of War

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[...] Old Adirondack Road Reopened in Snowmobile Tug of War [...]

By: szig

szig — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:43:40 +0000

ed,your business wont be hurt in fact it should increase.do you realize how many snowmobilers will want to stay there.

By: John Warren - Adirondack Almanack

John Warren - Adirondack Almanack — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:04:45 +0000

Mcculley,

Your assertion that “it was a snowmobile trail long before it was ski trail” is dead wrong. You (or other snowmobilers) may have used it as a snowmobile trail in the late 1960s or early 1970s at best. The trail was used even before the 1932 Olympics.

Feel free to read the short history I provided at Adirondack Almanack and comment there as well. You’ll also find a five part history of snowmobiling in the Adirondacks you may find of interest.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:46:46 +0000

My apologies for getting your name wrong, Mr Palen! I corrected it in the article above.

By: Ed Palen (not Palin...thanks Sarah! )

Ed Palen (not Palin...thanks Sarah! ) — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:38:39 +0000

For Mr. McCulley (who I’ve never met) to call my direct and honest response to a reporter’s question “fear mongering” tells me something about his personality and obvious agenda. I was in no way implying that the local economy would suffer due to the possible allowance of snow mobiles on the Old Mountain road (I really don’t know that answer). Instead, I was simply stating that my business would be hurt cause my clientelle prefer a quiet, non mechanized trail out their backdoor. This I do know for a fact and this is something Mr. McCulley can’t correct me on (although he may try at that). I started out believing Mr. Mcculley was a fair minded individual that sought a fair solution to a common but very difficult problem but the more I read his statements the more I doubt that fact…

By: TBPDPTI

TBPDPTI — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:33:54 +0000

I do have to agree! There certainly is a compromise. Since snowmobilers delight in the exhileration of speed, you must not be able to easily take in all of the little details that more slowly-moving skiers can, and certainly not much more slowly-moving hikers can. Why then, must the snowmobile trails exist in some of the most beautiful portions of the park. Why can’t the snowmobile trails be in the flatlands, which are more suited for snowmobile travel, and where there is far less competition from hikers? This way we (the hikers) could have our beautful scenery, without the interaction, and you snowmobilers could have your trails all to yourselves. What would be the objections to this compromise?

By: Redhawk

Redhawk — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:17:53 +0000

Just curious about the “Snowmobilers spend more time in hotels and motels and more money on their sport than any other winter activity.”

Do you have and can you post the amounts that the various groups spend and the source of those figures?

Is there a place on the hotel and restaurant registers where someone checks off what their sport or activity is when they check in or out or pay their bills?

How does the establishment know whether someone is a snowshoer, or skier, or ice climber, unless they carry their equipment in with them?

Just curious as to where you cane up with that information.

By: Mcculley

Mcculley — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:10:51 +0000

Dave it was a snowmobile trail long before it was ski trail. You are right thought there is a very easy compromise. The DEC should give snowmobilers the trail they were promised. There is room for all, with 3 million acres set aside, for skiing and all other activities. While a mere 500 acres set aside for snowmobiling it seems like they could find a spot for everyone. Mr. Palins comments are nothing more than fear mongering. Snowmobilers spend more time in hotels and motels and more money on thier sport than any other winter activity. Like the Crowne Plaza here in Lake Placid tells they rent our most expensive suites and spend money in our restaurants.