I skied my 50th day of the season yesterday at Gore.
Hit Lies and The Rumor multiple times, hero snow early made them challenging but not really a problem.
By 11 am, the snow really got soft and grippy, so I probably skied another hour and a half until my legs were mushier then the snow, drank a couple of beers I brought from home in the sunshine, and called it a day.
Skied the first couple hours with Rick, 72 years old, local guy who knows the mountain well. It was great to chat, as we had a lot in common...both retired teachers, whitewater paddlers (although it's been a few decades since I've paddled any whitewater), RV'ers, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if some of you know him.
Here's a trip report I posted on a bicycle forum (Velocipede Salon) that I belong to...
Today I skied my 50th day of the season.
I've been at Catamount a lot, but have also skied at Butternut, Belleayre, Gore, Whiteface, Berkshire East, Bousquet, and Killington.
I've improved a lot, and headed up to Gore Mountain today to grab my 50th ski day.
The first time I ever skied was about 50 years ago.
I was a Boy Scout in Port Chester, NY Troop 11, and very much wanted to ski.
We took a trip to Gore Mountain, leaving in the dark, in a snowstorm, on a Friday night for the weekend.
My Uncle Paul was Assistant Scoutmaster, and myself and three other kids rode up to North Creek, NY, in his 2WD, Ford F-150. Three on the tree, Cap on the bed with two plywood bunks. Two kids rode in the cab with him, two in the back. He pulled over every hour or so to swap the warm kids in the cab with the frozen ones in the back. It was snowing like crazy and was probably a four and a half hour trip if the weather was good.
Ironically, Gore Mountain commenced skiing in 1964, the year I was born.
These are the things that memories are made of.
New equipment ... two pairs of Stöckli's...Montero AR's, and Stormrider 95's.
Anyway, fifty years later I decided Gore would be the place I would ski my 50th day of the season.
I skied two double black diamonds for the first time..."The Rumor," and "Lies."
I skied them each multiple times..
I'll go back to Bousquet tomorrow morning for a few hours, start up on bicycle rides again this week (it is in the 60's, after all), and maybe hit Belleayre and/or Gore this coming Thursday and Friday.
After that, maybe I'll drop my skis off for a final tune before putting them away for the season.
This might be the first Winter in my entire life that I'm not quite ready for it to end.
Here's some pics from today....
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