There is a lot more to the Adirondacks than the Lake Placid (or Lake
George) areas. Right now the west and southwestern areas have really
good snow. Lapland Lake Resort in Northville got nine inches on 12/9,
on top of an 8-10 inch base (http://www.laplandlake.com/) and Garnet
Hill (North River, NY, http://www.garnet-hill.com/) added another five
inches the same day. Just to the west of the Blue Line is the Tug Hill
Plateau, which gets over 240 inches of lake effect snow off Lake
Ontario each winter. Osceola X-C Ski Center in Camden
(http://www.uxcski.com/) is reporting 75 inches so far this winter,
with 15-30 inches on the trails, with 8 inches of snow this weekend
aleady! That sounds like the best bet for reliable snow to me!