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Whiteface Mountain Ski Area
Whiteface Mountain Ski Area (Location of the Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, NY). View in Summer. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Whiteface Mountain Ski Area (Location of the Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, NY). View in Summer
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Whiteface
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Whiteface.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Wilmington is a town in northern Essex County, New York, United States located within the Adirondack Park.
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1812
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
The town was first settled circa 1812.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Whiteface
The surviving overview does not identify one decisive access date for Whiteface.
This edition therefore leaves that date open rather than turning gradual change into a false single event.
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Whiteface Mountain Ski Area off the Gondola Lift
On top of the Whiteface Mountain Ski Area - the view from the gondola lift station. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- On top of the Whiteface Mountain Ski Area - the view from the gondola lift station
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
1980
Winter becomes organised
The mountain's east slope is home to a major ski area which boasts the greatest vertical drop east of the Rockies, and which hosted the alpine skiing competitions of the 1980 Winter Olympics.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Whiteface is recorded at 44.366° N, 73.887° W. Its catalogue reference reaches 1,483 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Whiteface Mountain Ski Area
Whiteface Mountain Ski Area (Location of the Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, NY). View in Summer. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Whiteface Mountain Ski Area (Location of the Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, NY). View in Summer
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
TODAY
Whiteface now
The community is a resort and skiing centre.
THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Whiteface Mountain Ski Area
AOD.US.WHITEFACE.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Whiteface Mountain Ski Area off the Gondola Lift
AOD.US.WHITEFACE.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Wilmington, New York overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.