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Empire State Games were administered by the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation from 1978 to 2010. Empire State Senior Games are a spin-off run by a not for profit organization. I attended every summer ESG as either an athlete, coach, official or state competition chair for...

Among the reasons for the three state ski areas are to provide recreational opportunities for NY’s citizens, give an economic boost to economically depressed areas of the state, and provide venues to bring world class events to NY (see reason #2). That’s working poorly for North Creek (most of...

The list off those uniquely Gore-y trails is long - the entire North Side, Quicksilver, Dark Side, Chatiemac. I wish I had skied Twister when it was a narrow diamond. Living close to and skiing at Jiminy a fair amount for many years, I’ve observed the antithesis of natural trail building...

It’s not all about you. the new lodge is for more than alpine skiing. With the realities of winter in the new millennium, the lack of natural snow has made Mt. Van Hoevenberg and Gore, with their snowmaking on Nordic trails, the venues for 90% of the Nordic racing in eastern NY. MVH got an...

Gore announced naming them Larry, Moe and Curly, then went radio silent. Maybe got a letter from the Fine family attorney? Anyway, now known, accord to the signage, as Caution, Closed and Thin Cover.

Jeez, give ‘em a break, will ya? Whaddya want, eggs in yer beer? They just got two feet of snow. I was on the base cam and AEII started loading at exactly 830. They are filling chairs and even have a singles line. Jiminy and Bromley have yet to put a butt in a chair today. Of course they each...

https://forum.nyskiblog.com/quot-Betty-loved-this-trail-quot-any-info-td4058112.html Thank God/Buddha/Mohammed et al that that sign was saved! I assumed that it was ripped down and thrown out by the contractor cutting the trees and installing the new lift, since they obviously got no supervision...

You should have been here yesterday. Free beer tomorrow.

It was out-of-your-mind good today. Windy early but it died down mid morning, absolute bluebird day. Anything facing north which hasn‘t gotten much sun was best, from Barkeater to Tahawus to Powder Pass to everything on the Dark Side. Got to Topridge a bit too late, the soft snow just starting...

They’re better than it looks.

Don’t even think that, let alone put it in writing.

When a major storm dumps more than a foot of snow from Friday evening through Saturday, there’s no way that all those lots are cleared by 7 am Saturday unless you pay some guys with big loaders to just plow all night. The problem is that those guys have contracts with a whole bunch of other...

It’s not a race. And we were “guiding” a couple of skiers who had never done it before. One of them did her first double black on 46r.

For years I saw that Eagles Nest sign and thought the trail to the left there was a Gore ski trail, but it always had a rope up. Then I thought it might be the legendary “trail to Beck’s“ - turns out that is the Schaefer Trail on the Ski Bowl side of the Roaring Brook bridge. I use...

No friends, no ropes, no incriminating photographs.

Without the Pipeline, you can’t get there from here. Our fear is that with Backwoods complete, Gore will eventually abandon Upper Pipeline, and then a single top to bottom run will not be possible. Yesterday we started at the natural high point, the top of Upper Steilhang (the manmade high...

Peak to yurt. 46r still a bit crispy at 11am

Woodchuck! Old school Gore, has to be included in any Peak to Yurt run.

Yes.