WEDNESDAY Local musher Saranac Lake seeks THE ONLY DAILY March 15, 2017 NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED (Vol. CXXIV, No. 62) on Iditarod trail grant for rail trail links IN THE ADIRONDACKS Sports A2 Area A7 75 ¢ Digging it? Blizzard brings 40+ inches of snow to some local areas By ANTONIO OLIVERO, BEN GOCKER and CHRIS KNIGHT Staff Writers LAKE PLACID — The people of the Tri-Lakes are digging out from under more than 3 feet of snow this morn - ing as Winter Storm Stella forced Essex and Franklin counties to declare states of emergency, schools to close and officials to mandate driv - ers to stay off the roads. The Lake Placid Police Department said on social media at 9 a.m. that Essex County roads are now open for limited travel, per county officials. The storm pummeled the region with more snow than expected. Whiteface Moun - tain Ski Center in Wilmington reported 40-plus inches of snow this morning, and in Lake Placid, the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism reported 41 inches this morning. Saranac Lakers reported snow anywhere from 32 to 38 inches deep, and Tupper Lakers reported more than 2 feet of snow. And it’s still coming down. Today’s local forecast includes 3 to 5 more inches of snow, plus another 1 to 3 tonight — which suggests totals could reach 4 feet. It was even too much for Whiteface. The state-run ski Surrounded by neck-deep snow, Scott Young digs out his van around 8 a.m. today in the parking lot next the No. 1 Chinese center said eager skiers and Restaurant in Saranac Lake. snowboarders should expect (Enterprise photo — Lou Reuter) delays and described condi - tions as windy at the top of the mountain. Its crews couldn’t reach the summit due to “too much snow,” Whiteface wrote on social media. “Right now we do have a hold on some of our lifts just because of wind and getting to them,” state Olympic Regional Development Authority Director of Com - munications Jon Lundin said. “But we are in operation today with 40-plus inches of snow. Forty four trails are open. The average base depth is 48 inches, and it pushed our snow total to date to 251 nat - ural inches. And trail condi - Park Street and Cliff Avenue, Tupper Lake, are tions are powder and more fairly empty around 6:30 this morning after get - powder.” ting more than 2 feet of snow the day before. Though it may be too much (Enterprise photo — Ben Gocker) this morning, Lundin said the snowfall is perfect for March. times when I was a kid,” we haven’t had this kind of “I was raised in Lake Lundin said. “I don’t think snow — and most of all, this Placid, then ran away and we’ve seen a snowstorm like kind of snow at a time when Alex Hudson cross-country skis up Sentinel Road this morning on his way to came back, and this kind of this in March in several years. work at The Cottage. snowstorm reminds me of In my eight years at ORDA, (Continued on Page A11) (Enterprise photo — Antonio Olivero) No home Northeast facing icy mess Deep snow delivery of By COLLEEN LONG and into a blizzard, with near a tree in Gilford, New all over NY DENISE LAVOIE hurricane-force winds gust - Hampshire. ALBANY (AP) — Meteo - today’s Associated Press ing to over 70 mph along the In East Hartford, Con - rologists say digging out from NEW YORK — Plunging coast. Boston ended up with necticut, an elderly man died the nor’easter that dumped temperatures ushered in by 6.6 inches of snow, far less after being struck by a snow more than 3 feet of snow newspaper the storm that plastered the than what was predicted. plow truck. And, in Long - across parts of upstate New Northeast turned the snow Boston canceled school meadow, Massachusetts, a York will be made more diffi - By PETER CROWLEY and sleet into rock-solid ice, for a second day today to public works employee was cult by blustery conditions Managing Editor leaving roads and sidewalks allow time for cleanup killed after the snow plow he and plunging wind chills. SARANAC LAKE — treacherous today and mak - efforts. Mayor Marty Walsh was driving was hit by an The National Weather Today’s Adirondack Daily ing shoveling seem like hard said he made the call out of Amtrak plow train clearing Service says the snowfall Enterprise print edition will labor. “an abundance of caution.” tracks. totals from Tuesday’s all-day be late and will not be Tuesday’s powerful The storm was easily the The storm closed schools storm ranged from 18 inches home-delivered, since a nor’easter paralyzed much biggest in an otherwise mer - in cities big and small, in Rochester to 3 feet in the blizzard that dumped of the Washington-to- ciful winter that had mostly Amtrak suspended service Binghamton area and 36 to roughly 3 feet of snow on Boston corridor, but fell spared the region. Many, and the post office halted 41 inches in the Mohawk the Tri-Lakes area has short of the predicted snow - like retired gumball machine mail delivery. The number Valley. Other areas such as made driving unsafe. fall totals in New York, technician Don Zimmerman, of flight cancellations the Catskills, Hudson Valley Today’s print edition will Boston and Philadelphia. of Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, reached more than 3,000 in and parts of the Adirondacks be available at the Enter - The storm, which fol - weren’t happy. the New York City area received 24 to 32 inches. prise office at 54 Broad - lowed a stretch of unusually “It’s horrible,” Zimmer - alone, stranding hundreds of The weather service contin - way, Saranac Lake, and mild winter weather, man said, using a snowblow - passengers. ued a winter storm warning will be distributed to as dumped 1 to 2 feet in many er to clear the sidewalk The storm was on track to for a region stretching from many vendors and news - places, grounded more than along his block. “I thought be one of the biggest on Lake Erie to the Adirondacks, stands as possible. 1,000 flights today after winter was out of here. ... record for Burlington, Ver - with snow showers and winds Today’s print edition will The Regional Office of 6,200 flights were canceled It’s a real kick in the rear.” mont, which got 25.6 inches gusting to 40 mph expected be delivered to subscribers a day earlier. It also knocked While most people heeded of snow as of this morning, in some areas. The wind chill Sustainable Tourism Thursday along with that out power to nearly a quar - the warnings to stay off the with another 2 to 5 inches will make it feel like the sin - reported more than 40 day’s paper. ter-million customers from roads, police said a 16-year- due by the end of the day. gle digits or below zero. inches of snow this The Enterprise will Virginia northward. old girl was killed when she About 70 miles to the north - Schools from Buffalo to the morning in Lake Placid. update news online as much By the time it reached lost control of her car on a Mohawk Valley are closed (Photo provided — ROOST) as possible. Massachusetts, it had turned snowy road and crashed into (Continued on Page A7) today for a second day. WEATHER For more, see Page A3 Sports ............................ A2 Comics, puzzles, advice A6 16 Today: 3-5” snow Police/fire ...................... A3 People ............................ A8 Tonight: 1-3” snow Opinion .......................... A4 Classified ads .............. A11 6 Thursday: Chance of snow Calendar, columns ........ A5 Adirondack Daily Enterprise • adirondackdailyenterprise.com • Wednesday, March 15, 2017 • A13 where we have to work today from noon to 8 p.m. two weeks ago from New Jer - said even though he’s spent work at Jreck subs in town,” through it to get to the stations sey, Martineau said he intend - summers in Alaska, he was he said. “And we already got Blizzard and the equipment to open the Digging out ed to enjoy snowboarding still impressed by this snow - our tickets to Titus (ski center (Continued from Page A1) ski resort,” Lundin added. Over on Sentinel Road, today at Whiteface. fall. in Malone) tomorrow.” “But once it’s open, if you are Lake Placid, Alex Hudson “I love the snow, so I’m OK Another Tupper Lake local, we needed it. To keep skiing a skier or rider, you want to be cross-country skied on the with all of this,” Martineau Bob Paige, shoveled out his Schools closed going after the inclement on the trails. This is what a street where numerous vehi - said. “I’m fine with shoveling, driveway for the fifth time Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake weather of last week, it comes powder day is all about.” cles became stuck in the snow but this must be some kind of since the storm hit, playing the and Lake Placid schools all are at a good time for ski resorts. Mount Pisgah Ski Center in during the height of the storm record. Whiteface got 40 inch - music of Ozzy Osbourne as he closed today, a decision “There are opportunities Saranac Lake, which was early Tuesday evening. He es, so we must be pretty close cleared his truck. when you get too much snow, closed since a late February was heading to work at The in town here. But this is Lake “I’ve got the day off from (Continued on Page A12) and it bogs down the operation warm-up, plans to reopen Cottage Cafe.