Gore Mountain Conditions

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Camera looks empty!

lifts are being deiced.

 

[Harvey]

Trees are off the hook. No crust!

Mike Z

@Duck

 

[Capdistski]

First day skiing since MLk Day thanks to Norovirus and work. What a difference! I was relatively impressed with how quickly they got the bowl open in the days leading up to MLK, but having good snow instead of ice and dirt sure makes a difference. I arrived late (9am) figuring it wouldn’t be busy and giving them time to de-ice. I was right it wasn’t busy - got into LotD, but all the detachables were running so good job de-overs! They stopped loading the Gondi for a while after my first run but I was on my way to Burnt Ridge - never rode the Gondi. I thought the snow was incredibly good considering possible crust from yesterday and wind. Snow on Sagamore and 46er might have been among the best I’ve ever had - not a scrape to be heard or felt! I did a 4.5 hour loop (have to head south later) hitting lies, Hawkeye, chatiemac on summit - all great. Top of Topridge was a little stripped by the wind but bottom 3/4 was great. And was it my imagination or did the wind subside a little (or at least stop increasing) between around 1130-1?

Gotta love February! Hoping to be able to be up next weekend. Temps look pretty good.

 

[SDC]

Yesterday’s system gave far more than it took, so do not despair. The mountain is in excellent shape.

Felt like the old days there today…

 

[tirolski]

Yesterday’s system gave far more than it took, so do not despair. The mountain is in excellent shape.

Felt like the old days there today…

The evergreens looked nice on the web cam.

Wind barely had em moving.

 

[SDC]

The evergreens looked nice on the web cam.
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Wind barely had em moving.

I don’t blame Gore for that doom-and-gloom anticipated snow report last evening, but luckily it took a quick turn in the right direction. I do appreciate that it “cleared the room”, because as @Kleetus said, it was empty.

 

[Harvey]

They could have said "looks for lifts to spin by 10am conditions permitting."

Did you guys see the snowcat work at the top of the AE2?

Second tracks in Barkeater was the ROTD for me. Cream cheezy.

 

[Kleetus]

Trees are off the hook. No crust!

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Mike Z

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@Duck

Agree. No sign of it. I was shocked as I thought for sure anything ungroomed wad going to be crusty but they were in fact the opposite as I discovered early in the morning ducking into Twister Glades. Total sleeper day and deserted mostly. Nice day at the country club.

I spent all day lapping the BR glades, Sagamore, 46er, Ski Bowl Glades. As good as it gets right now.

For the doom and gloom on the report I don't blame Gore. Most places never opened today and I was honestly surprised they were able to open everything up. I had no expectation of skiing today based on the wind forecast when I pulled into the parking lot but was happy those expectations were far exceeded.

 

[Harvey]

I actually think you had 3 or 4 inches, a very mild crust, and then 3 or 4 more inches. You were skiing in the top few inches.

I never really touched bottom all day.

Who else didn't open? Belle for one.

 

[snoloco]

Who else didn't open? Belle for one.

Stratton and Magic did not open at all. Mount Snow had I think only one lift. Killington got 7 lifts open at one point, but not all of them were open for the whole day, and for most of the day, the two sides were isolated from each other. I think Sugarbush opened most of their lifts, but had wind holds on some of the upper ones. The wind seemed to be worse further south.