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DOTouring the Adirondack Coast NORTHWinter/Spring 2015 Chills,Thrills and Hills All Along theFire Luke TOWERS West Skates Up the Ranks Winter/Spring 2015 |1 o Business Center o Free WiFi o Nationally recognized for their Green Efforts o Fitness Center o Indoor/Outdoor Pool & Jacuzzi o Deluxe Daybreak Breakfast o Pizza and Movie Packages o Business Place room available o Park and Fly Packages o Corporate rates available Hometown Hospitality, Call for your Reservation 518-561-0403 2 |DONORTHwww.daysinnplattsburgh.com Winter/Spring 2015 |3 DOTouringNORTH the Adirondack Coast features North Star A local shining star in the making 10 Cold Feat A frigid walk across Lake Champlain 22 Trail Blazing Finding history at the top of a mountain 40 Diamond in the Brush Earth Girl Designs inspires rusticFeatures gems 52 AD Page 4 |DONORTH Winter/Spring 2015 |5 Departments DOTouring NORTHthe Adirondack Coast Champlain Taste 12 Rice, Rice Baby Eastern cuisine in the North Country 13 Duke Food Devils ADVERTISE WITH US One on one at Duke’s 14 A Song of Ice and Cider Contact us at [email protected] A frosty take on a familiar classic 12 for pricing ad specs. Lakeside Canvas 16 Do You Want to Build a Castle Medieval construction with a modern twist 18 The Artistic Flare See pieces inspired by northern sights 16 Open Air 26 Frost Bites Patiently waiting for Lake Champlain’s catch of the day 29 Cold Play Exciting gear for any occasion 30 Patching It A hiker’s quest to conquer the Adirondacks’ 46 High Peaks in the snow 26 Northern Archives 34 A Rink to the Past Exploring the rinks of the North’s favorite pastime 36 Dashing through the Snow Sleigh across old fashioned slopes 37 Booze Cruise Bootleggers sneaking past prohibition 34 38 Grave Encounters A look at the men who avenged Lincoln ADK I.Q. Tour Guide 56 Puzzles 58 Resource Index Test the peak of your knowledge 6 |DONORTH Winter/Spring 2015 |7 THEEDITOR Dear reader, Editor-in-Chief Yessenia Funes 2 Something about the North Country makes even the sun lovers excited for the winter. Managing Editor Christian Burek I’ve never been much of a fan of snow. Art Director Kahla Persell Photo Editor Seth Thomas Yet the way the flakes fall upon my face here in and around Clinton County is differ- 5 ent than the way they fall anywhere else I have been. And even more majestic than the Associate Editors snow is the ice. I never realized all the possibilities ice holds: ice spirits, ice art and ice Natasha Courter sports. This issue of DoNorth is full of ways to enjoy the hard ice. Claire Durham 9 Unfortunately, ice doesn’t stick around the way it used to. As this issue’s cover story Nicole Hebdon highlights, Lake Champlain hadn’t completely frozen over since 2007. This past winter Luis Reyes 8 exhibited something special, though. The lake was thick enough for a few reporters and Jonathan Schmitt a photographer to walk across it — and no, they didn’t fall through and become icicles. 6 These moments in the North Country are dwindling. My second love, after writing of Contributors course, is our environment, and its days are growing warmer. Tawnee Bradham 7 Nickolas Cavaliere 4 That’s why this issue of DoNorth: Touring the Adirondack Coast is the Ice Issue. “Cel- Sadie Cruz ebrating Ice: Chills, Thrills and Hills” highlights the wonderful winter ventures visitors Solina Frank and locals alike need to take advantage of — now. Samantha Godino 1 Make this winter the one you try ice fishing. This winter is the winter to ice skate across Nelly Gomez an actual lake, the way ice skating was meant to be. Or maybe it’s the winter you simply Jess Huber awe at a palace made of ice. Kevin McAvey Winta Mebrahti Like I said, I’ve never been much of a cold-weather person. I’ve always preferred the Katherine Minerva spring. But nothing makes the spring air sweeter than experiencing an ice-cold winter Brian Molongoski 3 right before. Eva Parham I hope this issue invites you to celebrate both. Patrick Willisch Marketing Director Jessica Reilly Marketing Associates Emily Conlin Yessenia Funes Liana Nobile Editor-in-Chief Carly Tarullo [email protected] On the Cover Business Manager Maureen Provost Technical Consultant René Burl North Country inhabitants take advantage of harsh winters, especially when Lake Faculty Advisers DoNorth GPS: Explore featured locations in this issue Champlain completely freezes over like it Luke Cyphers did last year. People make the trek across Jennifer Meschinelli Bluff Point Lighthouse page 22 Plattsburgh International Airport page 60 Independence Cemetery page 38 the lake to visit the Bluff Point Lighthouse 1 Valcour Island 4 42 Airport Road 7 3662 New York Route 3 on Valcour Island, the site of a Revolu- Printer Plattsburgh, NY 12903 Plattsburgh, NY 12903 Saranac, NY 12981 tionary War battle that made Benedict Ovid Bell Press 518-561-0340 518-565-4795 Arnold a hero. This photo, taken by Jenine P.O. Box 370 AbedRabbo, features former DoNorth Fulton, MO 65251 Rouses Point page 11 Miner Institute page 36 page 44 Editor-in-Chief Matt McDonald as he treks (800) 835-8919 Lyon Mountain 2 Montgomery Street 1034 Miner Farm Road across the lake. The lighthouse opens Me- 5 8 Dannemora, NY 12929 Rouses Point, NY 12979 Chazy, NY 12921 morial Day weekend and every Sunday after DoNorth 518-846-7121 until August. 120 Ward Hall online donorthmag.com 101 Broad St. Plattsburgh, NY 12901 Gutterson Fieldhouse page 36 Sawatdee Thai Restaurant page 12 Point Au Roche State Park page 52 facebook.com/donorthmagazine 3 147 Spear St. 6 15 Bridge St. 9 19 Camp Red Cloud Road @DoNorthMag Burlington, VT 05405 Plattsburgh, NY 12901 Plattsburgh, NY 12901 802-656-3131 518-561-8181 518-563-0369 8 |DONORTH Winter/Spring 2015 |9 NORTH Westward Expansion: STAR Our Star’s Favorite Destinations Photo by Samantha Godino Irises Cafe and Wine Bar, Plattsburgh: One of West’s favorite places to eat when in Plattsburgh because of the assorted Photo by Claire Durham “comfort food” like burgers, West’s favorite Whiteface Mountain, New York: This kind of food. is where West goes skiing when he visits family in Plattsburgh. It is one of the places where he can take his mind off skating when he needs a break. Mr. Ice Guy Photo by Seth Thomas Rouses Point, New York: The Wests Skates, weights and figure eights used to camp on Rouses Point when West was younger. Along Lake Cham- Story by Winta Mebrahti plain, he discovered waterskiing, boating Photo provided by Luke West and kneeboarding. Photo by Seth Thomas An event poster Luke West spotted nine years ago led him to Smucker’s Stars on Ice at Lake Placid. He was left mesmerized by what he Lake Placid: West first started skating saw. After witnessing the intricate jumps performed, the young boy knew he needed to carry on the legacy of Axel Paulsen, Alois Lutz and here at the Olympic Center Skating School. Ulrich Salchow, figure skaters who lent their names to some of the famous tricks in figure skating. This is also where he saw the Smucker’s As he walked out of the venue, the boy turned to his mother. Stars on Ice show that changed his life. “I “I want to be just like them.” would not have been where I am today had A Plattsburgh native, West was enticed by the adventures the North Country offered. “It was nice to have an active lifestyle,” says now Plattsburgh not been close to these places,” 18-year-old West. It’s led to an active life. West is now a professional athlete, a high-ranking figure skater for Team USA. he says. The nostalgia drives him to make West lived close enough to Montréal and Lake Placid to make regular trips to train with coaches who used to skate professionally. With Photo by Nicole Hebdon trips to Lake Placid when he is visiting their help, West conquered the ice and won a dozen medals. His progress with the coaches was evident when he became a U.S. novice men’s family in Plattsburgh. The Olympic Center, bronze medalist in a 2014 international competition. Tom Zakrajsek, one of West’s coaches, believes athletes West’s age should learn from Montréal: West used to go to Montréal where West trained, is where many pro- these. For West, the competitions were more than a learning experience. for his training and fell in love with the city’s spective Olympians begin. Lake Placid also “It kind of motivated me to work even harder this year and try to get another national medal,” West says. “It gives me more confi- architectural heritage, shopping, and the fact offers the Lake Placid Olympic Museum dence.” That motivation coupled with his belief landed him in Slovenia this past summer where he made his international debut. In what that the city is an island. He loves the city Photo by Samantha Godino where visitors can explore the history of the was his first Junior Grand Prix, West ranked ninth place. so much that he is considering college at Church Street, Burlington: As a boy, Olympic games. To West, Slovenia was another experience from where he draws motivation. McGill University. West loved to go shopping for clothes on This is only the beginning for him. After he saw saw the top junior men in the world and competed against the best, West opened his Church Street. eyes to where he wants to be in the future — even if he’s not quite there yet.