Whiteface Mountain NY
by Melly Terpening
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Title
Whiteface Mountain NY
Artist
Melly Terpening
Medium
Painting - Watercolor On Paper
Description
My husband and I also my mother went to Adirondack and visited Whiteface Mountain in 2010. I remembered we went up to the Summit with lift, and choose go down with follow the stone steps. It was difficult to go down in this trail, I and my mother have to stop several times at some point, take rest and breath. In the middle on the way down, I have time to captured this special Whiteface Mountain Memorial view. It was nice memories at that time, and now I bring back Whiteface Mountain in watercolor painting.
Whiteface Mountain is the fifth-highest mountain in New York, and one of the High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains. Set apart from most of the other High Peaks, the summit offers a 360-degree view of the Adirondacks and clear-day glimpses of Vermont and even Canada, where the skyscrapers of Montreal, 80 miles (130 km) away, can be seen on a very clear day. Located in the town of Wilmington, about 13 miles (21 km) from Lake Placid, the mountain's east slope is home to a major ski area which hosted the alpine skiing competition of the 1980 Winter Olympics. Unique among the High Peaks, Whiteface features a developed summit and seasonal accessibility by motor vehicle. Whiteface Memorial Highway reaches a parking area at an elevation of 4,600 feet (1,400 m), with the remaining 267 feet (81 m) being obtained by tunnel and elevator.
Conceived and initiated prior to the Great Depression, Whiteface Castle and the Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway were funded entirely by the state of New York, though the timing of the project led to a widespread belief that they were Depression Era public works projects arising from the New Deal.[1] Construction on the toll road began in 1929, after passage of a necessary amendment to the state constitution, with a groundbreaking ceremony featuring then-New York State Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. Eventually costing 1.2 million dollars and ending vertically within 300 feet (90 m) of the summit the roadway is 5 miles (8 km) long and features an impressively steep 8% average grade. Officially opened July 20, 1935, in a ceremony featuring Roosevelt, by then President, the highway was dedicated to veterans of the Great War.
Whiteface Castle, built with granite excavated during the road construction, dominates the summit area. From the adjacent parking lot there are two routes to the summit proper. The first route is the Stairway Ridge Trail, a footpath with handrails and intermittent cement and stone steps approximately 0.2 miles (0.32 km) long. The second is a 424-foot (129 m) long tunnel into the core of the mountain. At the end of the tunnel is an elevator, which rises 276 feet (84 m), approximately 27 stories, to the summit
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Comments (33)
Karen Slagle
Wonderful composition and details in the rocks, Melly. I really do like this watercolor a lot...f/l
Deyanira Harris
Melly I love all your watercolors you are amazing, great painting!! have a fun week! lfv
Lianne Schneider
Such amazing work Melly - just inspiring. I've been to Whiteface but it was so many years ago, I'd almost forgotten! What a beautiful reminder. F/L T
Melly Terpening replied:
I am glad this painting bring back your memories to Whiteface, Lianne. Thank you for kindly supports.
Melly Terpening
Thank you so much Robert for featured "Whiteface Mountain" in FAA Featured Image group. I appreciate it.
Alfred Motzer
This is absolutely wonderful,..Melly! Outstanding watercolour technique and eyecatching motif! v/f