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Next time you ski down Sleeping Bear, take a look at skier’s right on the top part. Half of each whale got blown into the woods, then cut off by the groomers. Narrow trail or poorly aimed guns?

They make snow on Upper Steilhang. How wide does the trail have to be?

You have never heard of the concept of reforestation? It involves seedlings by the thousands planted by hand or by machine. The state actually grows millions of seedlings every year. https://dec.ny.gov/nature/forests-trees/saratoga-tree-nursery I’ll bet that other state agencies get them for a...

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Apples and oranges, but since you asked, there was interest a few years ago in hauling those tailings out of there on the existing rail line to use for road building materials. A win-win, it saves having to mine stone for roadways elsewhere, and cleans up and restores what’s left from the old...

The marketing report on the website is fantasy. Also check this blog and comments on the Gore FB page before you travel.

What do you think the chances are that Ops is using this 10-14 days of gondola down time to perform some deferred maintenance to get the beast into good shape so this doesn’t happen again? Or maybe not? I mean, what could go wrong?

Every trail you mentioned was cut twice as wide as it should have been. There is no reason to lay down a soccer pitch of snow on trails a hundred meters wide. Some time ago on this thread I made my pitch for the Gore Reforestation Initiative, where trees would be planted on these skiing...

Finishing Echo would absorb a lot of traffic, unless they blow it and then close it for a race. And then you also have to make snow on Pipeline and/or Cedars so you can get to the BR lift, both of which are a LOT of acres of snow. How about blowing Lower Darby, Wood Lots, Santanoni and...

Tomorrow’s marketing report is amusingly imaginative. For example, Uncas is open but Tannery and Straightbrook chair are not. Better pack skins, or a tent and sleeping bag. Doesn't anyone proofread before posting?

Relying on your oldest lifts (gondola, Topridge, Straightbrook) instead of featuring your newest one (High Peaks) - what could go wrong?

Update from the Gore FB page: The Summit will be opening soon! We're working hard to open the Wood In trail providing access to the Summit and Topridge via the High Peaks Quad. Our goal is to have the High Peak Quad up and running tomorrow, 1/2/2024. Please be aware that the Northwoods Gondola...

Looks like that Summit cam won’t see a skier in the picture for the foreseeable future. But that means the mountain can concentrate on building the glacier on Wild Air. Good times!

There’s already a service road from Ruby to upper Headwaters, but it starts with a climb past the entrance of Cave Glade. You could route a trail toward lower Headwaters and wipe out a couple of glades in the process. ORDA calls that a win-win.

Groomers/patrol - 5 inches marketing department- 7 inches

This morning the groomers are parked and the pipes and rails are gone, but Mt. Gondy remains. Don’t forget the Fourth of July Big Air competition!

Fourth of July Big Air Contest on the Mount Gondola glacier!

Stay out of there! Yeah, stay off that damn slow chair that stops all the time!

A bad day of skiing (fishing, golfing) is better than a good day at work.