The Albany Times-Union is looking at the future of the Adirondack Park’s two state-run ski centers. Rick Karlin’s article notes that $20 million in improvements have been made over the last decade.<\/p>\n
But he suggests that the flow of cash from Albany may be at an end, at least for a while:<\/p>\n
\n[O]perators and skiers at Gore and Whiteface may have to make those improvements last for a while due to what’s expected to be several years of budget deficits — starting off with at a gap of at least $9 billion for 2011-2012 — and Gov. Andrew Cuomo<\/a>‘s warnings that almost every sector of state operations will face\u00a0cuts.<\/p>\n
Indeed, one of the trails on Lookout Mountain doesn’t yet have snowmaking guns. The center simply ran out of money and will now have to wait for more funds to be\u00a0available.<\/p>\n
Gore, however, was able to complete its new connector chairlift just as the state’s economy entered the deep\u00a0freeze.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n