Rick Dattola grew up in Tupper Lake when it was a ski town. On weekends, his parents would drop him off at the Big Tupper Ski Area, and he’d ski with his friends all day. When attending St. Lawrence University, he’d return to ski with his college buddies.
“It was a fantastic mountain,” he said. “You could be a really [lousy] skier and have fun or be a really good skier and have fun.”