“Skiing Gore Mountain for 4 Generations”
Author: NYSkiBlog
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Mike Pratt on Sunday’s Search-and-Rescue
On Sunday, February 28, 2010, six skiers, in three separate groups, were lost off the summit of Gore Mountain in North Creek, NY. We reached out to Mike Pratt, the General Manager of the mountain, to ask him a few questions about the Chatiemac Ridge search and rescue efforts.
NYSkiBlog: Mike could you answer a few questions about Sunday’s search and rescue?
Mike Pratt: Sure. Just understand I can not speak for others. I will speak for Gore Mountain and for myself.
NYSB: Fair enough. How did these 6 skiers end up where they did? Did any of the skiers offer any explanation as to how they ended up lost?
The Hudson Trail (Circa 1952)
“The photo of the Hudson trail above was taken in the early 50s by my father LeRoy Bishop. He was the photographer of the family. Skier in the photo was his brother, my uncle Roderick Bishop. Rod was the younger and the better skier.
I always liked that top section of the Hudson trail.
I started skiing on the rope tows at the bottom of Old Gore when I was 8 years old, in 1956. Our family went skiing every Sunday all winter in fair or foul weather. We had a whole group of families from Glens Falls that skied there all the time.”
Photo and text courtesy Peter Bishop
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