The Gore Mountain Blog

Today was all about the unexpected.

Actually some of my expectations were met. All of Chatiemac Ridge is now plastered with Ski Area Boundary signs. For three or four runs, I couldn’t get Five Man Electrical Band out of my head.

Strategy probably should have been to stay on the lower mountain until 10 or 10:30. I expected spring conditions, with temps starting in the upper 20s … but for some reason… I can’t ski past a dropped summit rope. The top was reasonably carvable, but I’m sure the bottom was better at that hour.

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This is a spot many Gore Mountain regulars would probably recognize. It’s on skier’s right on Chatiemac, maybe 50 yards above the Highline.

When I skied past the spot on Saturday 3/6, a group of patrollers were gathered. It seemed close to the recent point of exit for the skiers who were lost on 2/28. I asked them half jokingly if it was the “scene of the crime.” Heads were bobbing North and South.