Tag: winter

Man pokes his head out the window a red snow groomer

Kent Gregson in a snow groomer in North Creek

Kent Gregson in his snow groomer at Gore Mountain. 1980s. North Creek, NY. Photo courtesy of Kent Gregson. Click here to check out Gregson’s story about taking a friend for a sunrise trip up Gore Mountain in the groomer.

Men stand outside the Beaver River Train station in winter

Men outside the Beaver River Train Station in Beaver River

Men stand outside the Beaver River Train Station in winter. Beaver River, NY. Courtesy of Dennis Buckley. Click here for our story on the Beaver River Club, a remote sportsmen’s club on the Beaver River that was flooded with the creation of the Stillwater Reservoir.

Maple tapping in the woods

August Beers with maple sap tubes in Keene

Maple tapper August Beers snowshoes among tubing lines in the sugarbush of South Meadow Farm Maple Sugarworks. 2022. Keene. Photo by Amy Feiereisel. Check out our story on the operations of this commercial sugarbush here.

Maple tappers on snowshoes in Keene

Maple tapper August Beers (right) and colleague in the sugarbush of South Meadow Farm Maple Sugarworks. 2022. Keene. Photo by Amy Feiereisel. Check out our story on the operations of this commercial sugarbush here.

Suiting up to go maple tapping

Suiting up for maple tapping in Keene

Workers suit up to go out tapping at South Meadow Farm Maple Sugarworks. 2o22. Keene. Photo by Amy Feiereisel. Check out our story on the operations of this commercial sugarbush here.

Gerald Heath sits on iceboat

Caretaker Gerald Heath with iceboat at Singer Castle in Chippewa Bay

Gerald Heath, caretaker at Dark Island, sits on his iceboat. Heath built the iceboat out of plywood and attached a small airplane propeller to the back. He used the boat to get from the island to the mainland during the winter. Circa 1950s or early 1960s. Chippewa Bay, NY. Photo courtesy of Doug Heath.

Ski instructor Natalie Leduc

Ski instructor Natalie Leduc in Saranac Lake

Ski instructor Natalie Leduc at Pisgah Mountain. Saranac Lake, NY. 1955. Photo courtesy of Natalie Leduc. During the five decades of her working life, Saranac Lake native Natalie Leduc wore a lot of hats: ski, instructor, substitute physical education teacher, rug salesman, lifeguard, swimming instructor, and finally real estate agent. Listen to the highs and […]

Erica Burns with horse Clover

North Country School Barn Manager with horse in Lake Placid

The North Country School’s Barn Manager Erica Burns with Clover, one of the school’s horses. Lake Placid, NY. March 2021. Photo by Andy Flynn. Burns has been the barn manager at the North Country School for over three years. Check out her North Country at Work story here.