Wilmington, N.Y. — A lodge at Whiteface Mountain Ski Area near Lake Placid burned to the ground in a fire on Saturday night.

The ski resort’s Mid-Station Lodge caught fire at about 9 p.m. Saturday, according to WWNY in Watertown. No one was hurt in the blaze.

The building was located part of the way up the mountain.

Lodge catches fire at Whiteface Mountain, trails open. https://t.co/6pDD2SBZVW pic.twitter.com/v4QhVrXNqA — WBNG 12 News (@WBNG12News) December 1, 2019

WILMINGTON — A beloved ski lodge at Whiteface Mountain is gone.

The Mid-Station Lodge was destroyed by fire Saturday night. https://t.co/aYmRNlKK8P pic.twitter.com/caYN6jxm52 — Adk Daily Enterprise (@AdkEnterprise) December 2, 2019

Firefighters from multiple departments responded and were transported to the scene in snowcats and snowmobiles, according to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. The fire was visible from the surrounding area as a muted red hue in the sky.

The lodge housed two restaurants and was located between the Lower Valley and Upper Valley ski runs, according to the Daily Enterprise. Bottom terminals for two chairlifts are located near the building.

Whiteface was running at full capacity on Saturday with 1,200 skiers on the slopes, the Daily Enterprise said.

The fire burned until about 12:30 a.m. Firefighters said the building was too far gone by the time they got the call, according to the Daily Enterprise.

Firefighters also said the lodge’s location added to the challenge. Access roads run up the mountain in the summer months, but the snow on Whiteface meant crews had to be ferried up the slopes and could not bring their equipment with them, according to the Daily Enterprise.

Firefighters used the mountain's snow guns to keep the fire from spreading to the chairlifts.

Whiteface itself tried to contain the fire before firefighters arrived by using snowmaking equipment, which draws water from the base of the mountain, the Daily Enterprise said.

The fire did not affect operations at the rest of the mountain and the resort was running normally on Sunday.

The fire remains under investigation.

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