Recent content by Ethan Snow

It was great to get out today. All three runs that were open had great coverage and skied well. It does seem like they should have plenty of snow for this weekend, but might need some help around the bottom of the lift. Pics:

Wow, that’s cool you remembered that. That was about 8 years ago (2015 I believe) It was a family trip and we were unloading. I don’t think we were there any more than 5 minutes and one of the workers was in his car trying to figure out how to drive put it in drive. I much prefer to carry...

No, I got there early, got a good spot and carried my stuff.

I wasn’t suggesting they let just anyone down Skyward. Skyward was actually the worst of the slopes off the summit and for some reason they allowed “experts only” to ski Skyward for a little bit of extra time after closing and Follies and Parons. Follies had a horrible ice flow on one of the...

Disappointing day yesterday. (Saturday) I understand the weather was extremely difficult last week and there was a lot of “ice” but honestly it wasn’t anything I wouldn’t have expected to have to ski on. The slopes that were open were firm and fast, but overall just a typical day at Whiteface...

Thanks Brownski! I'll stick around. I never really left, I still read a lot on here, I'm just not as active.

Yup! a lot of privately owned companies have an individual like that. Usually extremely valuable and a big PIA at the same time.

I heard about this on Instagram over the weekend. Today at work I met with an integrator from AAI Power Flow Technologies. We were looking around at some old conveyor control systems in our plant that need to be overhauled. We got shooting the shit, and he decided to show me a picture on his...

It would certainly seem that way. I'm not a chairlift expert, but I remember Laz telling me once that they should be serviced every 10 years on average. Considering how underutilized that lift is to begin with it is very likely that preventative maintenance, such as greasing could have been...

Funny everyone's talking about this now. I was there on Saturday as well, and it was a fantastic day. The only thing that was an issue was the lift lines at the summit, and LWF. This would have been less of an issue if Lookout was in play. I asked one of the lifties what the deal was. I was...

Good to be back on the Forum. I too had an excelent day yesterday. I have a ski3 so this has not been my first day at Gore by any means, but it was my first day skiing with the family. The plan was to park at the ski bowl because I anticipated it to be very busy and I was correct. We parked...

Check out the Michelin Crossclimate2. It's a high end touring tire, but when you look at the tread you'll see its different. They bite into snow extremely well as long as the snow is softish and not solid ice. Driving on ice is when you actually "need" a real snow tire. Most all weather tires...

I am thinking this may have just been a conceptual map. I really don't see any other evidence of a lift being there as well. This map which is from 2006 or so shows a "proposed" lift in that general area as well. Pretty much the same map they have now with a few modifications, and the proposed...

Yep, Here's where I found it. https://skimap.org/SkiAreas/view/297