Gore Mountain Snow Reporting

Gore Mountain Snow TotalsNYSkiBlog began in 2008 as a personal blog about adventure in the Adirondacks. At that time, the site focused much of it’s energy and content on trip reports, conditions and improvements at Gore Mountain. While our focus and audience has expanded beyond these roots, they run deep. We estimate that nearly one-third of our audience calls Gore home, and Gore threads posted in our forums still generate a lot of interest and discussion.

For the last five years NYSkiBlog has recorded snow reporting published by Gore Mountain. While the mountain is consistent in reporting daily snowfall, they don’t publish cumulative seasonal totals or historical records. During the 2008-2009 season, we noted this and began to keep a running total of reported accumulations.

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Orville Slutzky 1917-2013

Orville Slutzky
Orville Slutzky

Orville Slutzky was born in 1917 and developed a love for skiing early in life. Raised on a farm in the Catskills, he and his brother Israel made their own skis and slid down the gentle slopes of the farm owned by their father Isaac.

In the 1950’s the sport of skiing was gaining popularity in New York. A group of businessmen, lead by Orville and his brother Israel, developed plans to create a ski resort at Hunter Mountain. When plans to work with New York state didn’t materialize, the brothers sought other investors to advance the project. They created the Hunter Mountain Development Corporation, the first operator of the ski area.

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NY Ski Area Profiles: Authors Wanted

ny ski areasLast spring we introduced the NYSkiBlog Directory. It’s designed to be a resource for skiers looking for information on all the ski areas in New York. It was our intention to provide a current trail map, basic statistics and an insider’s rundown on each resort.

The Nordic Directory is close to being complete.  Through a joint venture between NYSkiBlog and Oxygen Fed Sport each entry includes all three components: trail map, statistics and a profile on each of the nordic ski areas included.

The NY Ski Area Directory includes trail maps and basic statistics.  Now it’s time for the real work.  It’s our goal to publish a 300-500 word overview of each lift-served area in New York. We’d like your help.

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