Gore Mountain Conditions

[Milo Maltbie]

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[Milo Maltbie]

I can't remember but I thought I heard something about xyz reason Gore couldn't download. It might have had to do with the AE2.

They download the gondola anytime anyone asks. They downloaded the AE2 last year for closing day.
My bet is that if it's sunny and cool, Wild Air will be the last trail. If it's rainy and warm, they'll end with Topridge and downloading the gondola.

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[MiSkier]

I don’t think use of Snomax is as widespread as the internet seems to portray.

I know that at least of the four metro Detroit hills use snowmax, but in northern Mi I was told they don’t use it.

 

[Gorehoar]

My guess on why it's being used now is the university games. They need huuuuge amounts of snow (as we saw this year) to build those features, and they have the money in their (orda) budget to spend. It will be interesting next year to see how these games play out, and what lifts and trails will be closed, and for how long...

Any idea how long the games will last? With the events focused on Wild Air and Echo, maybe that will result in more open terrain over on Burnt Ridge and the Ski Bowl for the rest of us?

 

[Gorehoar]

I wondered about it too, and also assumed that it was probably relatively benign if it was being used in this instance. (On the other hand why didn't they use it in the past? It's certainly not a new product.) I'm not going to pretend to have read all that or understood it what I read. But it looks like the bacteria can cause problems with those who apply it, (add to the water supply) and potentially those who ski under the guns. Breathing and contact with skin. I always wondered why everyone else used it and orda didn't. I wonder what inspired the change, and I also wonder how much energy it saves.

I read that the Swiss and Germans have banned it’s use. Curious what the impact the active bacteria and excessive protein will have on the ecosystem. Also, if someone at the DEC is monitoring this.

 

[Gorehoar]

The bottom Mount Gondola looks like it was used as a “snow bank” to have some to push out snow for getting on the lifts at the base.
The University Games are a big deal. More competitors coming, allegedly, than for 1980 Olympics.

This time, University Games organizers expect 1,600 athletes from 50 countries representing 600 universities. There will be 86 medal events — an equal number for men and women — in 12 sports. By comparison, in the 1980 Winter Olympics, there were 1,100 competitors from 37 countries entered in 12 sports
In 1980, there was no snowboarding, freestyle skiing or curling. In 2023, there will be no sliding events: bobsled, luge and skeleton.
While Lake Placid will be the host of the games, some of the early rounds of the hockey competition will be held in Canton and Potsdam, the curling in Saranac Lake, and the snowboard and freestyle skiing at Gore Mountain in North Creek...

Lake Placid also hosted em before ORDA in 1972.

The United States won a total of seven medals in 1972, good for second place in the overall count, but far behind the 29 won by athletes from the Soviet Union.

Ski Lines: World University Games set for January

It’s a big deal. The World University Games, to be held next January, is the largest international event planned for… Read more »

dailygazette.com

Throw in a couple of mountains in Vermont and we might have a viable plan for an olympic bid?

 

[tirolski]

The ride up view was much nicer on the old one though.
The new wider cuts for the lift looks like scars with the big pointy rocks.
It looks a lot more like it does now than it did.

Thought of Andrew's videos looking at all those big pointy boulders present. He skis in The UpState.

There’s probably some garnet in some of those big pointy rocks.
Why not just bust em up and slide em down like they used to do? They’d then be out of the way for skiers and dang boarders too.
It ain’t rocket surgery.
The effort should pay for itself or the mine wouldn’t have been in business for over a hundred years
Mining, Geology and Geological History of Garnet at the Garnet Mine, Gore Mountain, New York. Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies
Also helps explain how Ruby Run got it’s name.

 

[Alfredeneumann]

Throw in a couple of mountains in Vermont and we might have a viable plan for an olympic bid?

Noooooooooooo!!! That’s the last thing we want.

 

[Harvey]

In a few hours I'm going to get into the car and assume that "weather is permitting" for tomorrow.

Any info otherwise please post.

 

[tirolski]

A friend called Gore this morning and they’re going up tomorrow too.