State Grant with Strings Attached Derails Plans for Ski Area in Adirondacks

State grant with strings attached derails plans for ski area in Adirondacks

Yearslong hang-ups over a state grant reimbursement partially led to the Adirondack Mountain Club putting the 200-acre property up for sale.

How a state grant with strings attached derailed plans for Cascade Welcome Center

For about two years, a sign outside the Cascade Welcome Center near Lake Placid highlighted a success: a state grant helped the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) purchase the property, to be a public-facing visitor center and winter ski destination. In reality, that grant may have been the property’s undoing. When ADK purchased the 198-acre parcel for $2.5 million in early 2022, it expected to be reimbursed $500,000 from the Environmental Protectio…