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Another Cross Contry Ski Reasort For Sale
First of all, congratulations and best wishes to Hans Karlsen, the new owner
of Salmon Hills. Hans is a real knowledgeable guy when it comes to recreation, and if anyone can make a go of Salmon Hills its him. Now for related news: Williams Lake Resort in Rosendale is up for sale. For a cool 7 million you can own about 400 acres, a lot of lake frontage and a small xc-ski resort with excellent trails, and endless possibilities for a huge trail structure. Indeed the old trails are there but overgrown. Snow making would be in your future. The place is steeped with xc ski history. It is said to be the cradle of eastern xc-skiing, and certainly eastern xc ski racing. It was the first home for United States Biathlon Association. 100 miles from New York City. This is a year 'round resort. See http://www.willylake.com/ Gary Jacobson Rosendale, NY |
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The place is steeped with xc ski history. It is said to be the cradle of
eastern xc-skiing, and certainly eastern xc ski racing. I don't want to start a debate here, but I grew up skiing and racing all over the northeast and I've never heard of the place. If I had to pick a "cradle of eastern xc-skiing", it would have to be somewhere in Vermont. Maybe Putney or something. bt |
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Gary Jacobson wrote:
First of all, congratulations and best wishes to Hans Karlsen, the new owner of Salmon Hills. Hans is a real knowledgeable guy when it comes to recreation, and if anyone can make a go of Salmon Hills its him. Now for related news: Williams Lake Resort in Rosendale is up for sale. For a cool 7 million you can own about 400 acres, a lot of lake frontage and a small xc-ski resort with excellent trails, and endless possibilities for a huge trail structure. Indeed the old trails are there but overgrown. Snow making would be in your future. The place is steeped with xc ski history. It is said to be the cradle of eastern xc-skiing, and certainly eastern xc ski racing. It was the first home for United States Biathlon Association. 100 miles from New York City. This is a year 'round resort. See http://www.willylake.com/ Gary Jacobson Rosendale, NY I hope the transition to the new owner goes smoothly. My grandmother lived in Rosendale for decades and at one point she had a house across the street from the lake on the far side from the resort, so I spent many summers there. My uncle (Greg Rabuffo) taught me how to classic at Williams Lake 30 years ago when he was heavily involved with the nordic club at the resort. Chris |
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It was before your time bt. Gary is talking the early 60s, probably
late 50s. Ed Williams is/was the son of a one time owner, maybe the founder of the place. He won a U.S. Championship back in 1963 I think. He's huge by ski standards now. Probably about 6'1" or so and about 250 pounds. The guy is a Manhattan lawyer and doesn't ski much anymore. I ran into him by chance at the Black Bear in Lake Placid. He told me a story of spending a some time in a sauna with Norwegian legend, Harold Grongingen. Let's just say he told me more information than I needed, wanted or asked to know. It's something the ladies would find irresistable (sp). Jay Tegeder "On the podium if the right people don't show up!" JT p.s. never been irresistable... (sknyski) wrote in message . com... The place is steeped with xc ski history. It is said to be the cradle of eastern xc-skiing, and certainly eastern xc ski racing. I don't want to start a debate here, but I grew up skiing and racing all over the northeast and I've never heard of the place. If I had to pick a "cradle of eastern xc-skiing", it would have to be somewhere in Vermont. Maybe Putney or something. bt |
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It's pretty amazing. Rosendale Nordic Ski Club was the first ski club in the
east. It's home was Williams Lake. The first nordic ski race in the 1900's was held at Williams Lake somewhere around 1930. There were international jumping competitions there, as well as on near by Joppenburgh Mountain in the '50's. Numerous ski runners, biathletes, and jumpers with international experience, national championships under their belts, Olympics as athletes and coaches, etc. called Williams Lake their home course. I remember being the chief of course for a Biathlon race that was a trial for the national team. It was pouring and the snow was fading fast. The race was held, and mostly on gray snow, with a lot of duff underfoot by the time the race ended. Not a single complaint from the biathletes. Somewhere around 1995 in Lake Placid during the National Championships I ran into John Caldwell. He let me know the role Rosendale's ski scene had in the formation of Putney's. I recall some "dirt" and a common belief that once the Putney scene took off there was no way that a Rosendale skier would be selected. I guess back then there was more discretion for team selection. Seems to me too that the Rosendale, Nordic Ski club helped out Lapland Lake shortly after they opened. They had a fire and some of our equipment was trucked up to them. I recall roller ski races on closed roads with foot runners competing along side and in tandem with roller skiers as relay teams. I hold the course roller ski record, (not official, Jay) on Edsbyn two wheel roller skis. I double poled the entire course: All of Binnewater Rd. Later a guy broke it on in line skates. There's a lot of history on many fronts along the course at Williams Lake. It was once a cement factory around the turn of the century, and many ruins remain. Skiers can ski by "caves", really mines on narrow trails. A fall into a cave would be disaster. The cool air blasting out of them shakes the limbs of bushes and is welcome relief from the heat during a summer run. In the 50's countless lives were saved when a locomotive saw a fire going in the hotel and purposely slammed the brakes on. The horrific screeching woke all the guests. That hotel burned down, presumably with all the memorabilia from that date prior lost. Snow used to be made for the jump. Surely snow would have to be made if the new owner would want to breath life back into the resort as a XC center. Gary Jacobson Rosendale, NY Simple, not irresistible. "sknyski" wrote in message om... The place is steeped with xc ski history. It is said to be the cradle of eastern xc-skiing, and certainly eastern xc ski racing. I don't want to start a debate here, but I grew up skiing and racing all over the northeast and I've never heard of the place. If I had to pick a "cradle of eastern xc-skiing", it would have to be somewhere in Vermont. Maybe Putney or something. bt |
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Jay Tegeder wrote:
It was before your time bt. Gary is talking the early 60s, probably late 50s. Ed Williams is/was the son of a one time owner, maybe the founder of the place. He won a U.S. Championship back in 1963 I think. He's huge by ski standards now. Probably about 6'1" or so and about 250 pounds. The guy is a Manhattan lawyer and doesn't ski much anymore. I ran into him by chance at the Black Bear in Lake Placid. He told me a story of spending a some time in a sauna with Norwegian legend, Harold Grongingen. Let's just say he told me more information than I needed, wanted or asked to know. It's something the ladies would find irresistable (sp). I don't know about the irresistable part of that statement, but it is a known fact that Harald Grønningen was a _very_ tall guy, all the parts of his body must have been much longer than average. Terje -- - "almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching" |
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