Ski Big Tupper

12/17/2025

Merry Christmas from all of us here in Tupper Lake, New York! Shop local and enjoy a safe and enjoyable holiday season...sponsored by Juicy Jays at 127 Park Street across from Stewart's Shop.

07/25/2025

New business located in the Park Street shopping district, please visit and like their page below:

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Juicy Jays Tupper Lake, your go to spot for exotic snacks, premium ci**rs, vapes, unique drinks, and gift items, all in one place!

04/22/2025

The Adirondack Rail Trail Association invites you to join us for a Volunteer Day! We hope that you'll join us on Saturday, April 26th, 2025 from 9am to 11am at the DEC office complex in Ray Brook!

Gathering at 9am sharp we'll be meeting at the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation on Route 86 in Ray Brook.

The future of the Adirondack Rail Trail is bright. Momentum and capacity are in full bloom, continuing to take root and grow like much of the spring foliage, because of your generosity.
Please consider a gift to the Adirondack Rail Trail Association to help ARTA continue this vital work.

We look forward to sharing more great news and exciting events throughout 2025. See you on the trail!

Click here to donate today to the The Adironack Rail Trail.

Donations can also be mailed to:
The Adirondack Rail Trail Association
P.O. Box 1081
Saranac Lake, NY 12983

01/31/2025

Enjoy the snow!

Winter trail systems at Frenette Trail Network, near Tupper Lake, offers free cross-country skiing for all ages, on a wide double track.

01/23/2025

Great article on the Town owned XC Ski Center below the Big Tupper Ski Area. Check it out...

Winter trail systems at Frenette Trail Network, near Tupper Lake, offers free cross-country skiing for all ages, on a wide double track.

11/30/2024

First tracks at the XC trail system…

Another 4 to 6” of lake effect snow last night, and the trails are filling in! Still soft underneath..... A reminder that there is Maxglide in the sign-in box at the start of the trail. Enjoy!

11/14/2024

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Josh Parnes and Martin Schapira won the Big Tupper Ski area with a $650,000 dollar bid.

The auctioneer listed the property’s full market value as $2.3 million.

Parnes and Schapira are New Jersey residents who own second homes in the Tupper Lake area. The duo told the Adirondack Daily Enterprise that they plan to restore the ski area for public access.

They said their hope is to run it as a public-private partnership with the town.

The Big Tupper Ski area has been in limbo for decades now. It closed in 1999, was reimagined as a luxury home resort that never materialized and was reopened by volunteers between 2009 and 2016.

Franklin County foreclosed on the property in 2023, after the former owners stopped paying taxes.

The new owners, Parnes and Schapira, said they’re against over-development of the ski area.

They said that they bid on the property defensively, to keep it out of the hands of, "a developer that’s not going to do the right thing for the town, the area, and the nature of it."

The pair outbid Stanley Rumbough, who is separately trying to obtain 5800 acres adjacent to Big Tupper. He’s expressed interest in reviving the luxury resort project known as the Adirondack Club and Resort.

Town officials say it will take millions of dollars to restore the Big Tupper Ski area to an alpine skiing facility.

Photo courtesy of Rick Godin.

More here ➡️ https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/50776/20241109/big-tupper-ski-area-bought-buyers-say-they-ll-reopen-to-public

11/07/2024

Finally after several years of delays, the tax foreclosure sale of Big Tupper Ski Area was completed today! This is welcome news to the Adirondack Region and the community of Tupper Lake, New York, which has waited almost a decade to see this property sale completed. Now the hard work begins to rebuild what was once a booming recreational venue and a source of pride in the community. Below is a link to the article in the Adirondack Explorer.

https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/dormant-adirondack-ski-center-sold-at-auction?fbclid=IwY2xjawGaIthleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWWCY3nMCYBdlzazBgey_IkdMqIjsYQscP1eMfkEVPD7cxyoIbOtl9Skdw_aem_sESj_BIXjuOpYv0mk-OsuQ

Adirondack Park ski mountain puchased through foreclosure

10/08/2024

The article below details plans to auction Big Tupper Ski Area off to the highest bidder on November 7th, 2024.

TUPPER LAKE — The Franklin County Legislature voted Thursday to set Nov. 7 as the foreclosure auction date for the Big Tupper ski area and three nearby parcels. The move comes after years of advocacy and legal jockeying by those seeking to restore the ski center and creditors who sought to prevent...

09/26/2024

Stop by for a brew and some entertainment at Flanders Park this weekend!

08/23/2024

Most recent article regarding the potential auction of the Big Tupper Ski Area.

The dormant BigTupper ski area, once envisioned as the Adirondacks' largest resort home development, will be auctioned for back taxes.

02/16/2024

For many of us who volunteered to restart operations at Big Tupper, John and his wife Sandy were a great couple who brought smiles and a welcoming spirit to the visitors as they entered the parking area. John was affectionately called Parking Lot John! A couple of years ago Sandy passed from cancer, and now John has recently joined her…God bless you both, we will always remember those smiles!