Gore Mountain Conditions

[TomCat]

I didn't ski weekends/holidays last year so I can't comment on holiday crowds. I did find the lodges to be less crowded from 10:45-11:30; after the mid morning warming break and before lunch. It was a good time to have a big snack which let me put off lunch until after 1:00. Of course skiing when most ore eating makes for better skiing. If it's not too cold, a quick bite in the sun on the deck isn't bad. Also once the summit opens, the warming hut up top is a great place to hide out for a bit.

Merry Christmas everyone.

tom

 

[abe]

Team -

1) What are the tactics for skiing Gore in Covid - particularly around warmup, bathroom and eating? I hear there is an outdoor tent, and see they are at least posting that you need to wear masks indoors.

We'll have our fam and another for that week. The group is somewhat spartan as far as pampered resort skiers go so a warmup break or two for a few minutes indoors should be fine.

We are going to play around with tactics - food in a bag and the warm up tent may be fine.

Also, how crowded was Gore last Christmas week?

We are all vaxxed and boosted (kids just hit fully vaxxed) and will follow any rules like masks etc.

The preliminary info I am seeing is that vs. prior variants where you wanted exposure of 10 minutes or less, now you are looking at 6.5 minutes with Omicron's increased transmissibility.

2). What are the normal course hide out places for Gore? Feel free to pm me if you don't want to post. It would seem like north woods and ski bowl would be fine for mixed and limited abilities. Potentially also Cloud and headwaters. Thanks.

3) I welcome any other interesting stuff within 30-60 minutes of Gore. I think some folks posted about Warrensburg another time. Is there a place where we can pick up hiking trail maps for short jaunts into the woods?

Thanks in advance and hope everyone has wonderful holidays.

I think you can still leave bags on the bottom level of the base lodge and boot up there if you want. Lots of shelves of bags there

The summit lodge at the top where the old gondola terminated is usually pretty empty and we like to pack lunch and eat there. There are vending machines there

We have national geographic maps and ADK mountain club trail guide books of the adirondacks which are great. I'm not sure where near north creek you could find them

There are a lot of trails around the Ski Bowl park including some that come down from the garnet mines area where there are additional trails and the xc operation

Check out the Gore nordic area included with your tickets, which is open until like 6 under the lights, if it sounds like an interesting change of pace.

Regarding crowds I would get out of the base area ASAP and stay on the upper mountain lifts until after lunch, or if you have kids you could lap Sunway until the ADE line dies down. The lifts are being loaded somewhat more efficiently than last year

Face covering and open windows required in gondy

 

[TomCat]

Team -


3) I welcome any other interesting stuff within 30-60 minutes of Gore. I think some folks posted about Warrensburg another time. Is there a place where we can pick up hiking trail maps for short jaunts into the woods?

Thanks in advance and hope everyone has wonderful holidays.

There are some nice snowshoe/XC trails off the north end of golf course rd. If the snow isn't too deep, hiking boots would be fine. Nice views of the river.

Also you may want to look up the "Chester challenge" which lists a few hiking trails in Chestertown. It includes a difficulty rating so you can decide what's appropriate for the conditions.

tom

 

[Harvey]

The graphics on the Gore summit forecast got a little less sucky after the 4PM update.

No more dripping icicles on Christmas Day. Doesn't mean that ZN has been removed from the forecast, but it's something.

 

[Dmoss]

Barkeaters chocolate in North Creek is a nice place with nice folks running it.
Food's good but it’d be a chocolate diet, so there’s that.
If ya don’t wanna go inside a lodge at Gore just hit the Gondola a couple times for yer rest-bits. Y’all should fit in one.
How ya ski Gore (to me) depends on conditions/what’s open and lift line lengths.
We used to eat at the Oxbow Inn in Lake Pleasant or the Inn at Speaculator on the way home but ya might go that way.

Harvey also knows some places into the woods, allegedly. ??

If straight brook quad is open the straight brook lodge is a great bathroom and bagged lunch spot. Last year it was always empty around lunch time.
Boot up in the parking lot.
I doubt Burnt Ridge will be open, but if by some stroke of luck it is there is a warming hut on the top, another good empty lunch spot, no bathrooms though.

 

[snoloco]

Before the snowmaking upgrade, it took a week minimum to cover Echo and based on the webcam they started today. They haven't started on Cedars yet. So next Thursday is my guess for when it opens. Note that it may be quicker now with the upgraded snowmaking.

 

[Cork]

Before the snowmaking upgrade, it took a week minimum to cover Echo and based on the webcam they started today. They haven't started on Cedars yet. So next Thursday is my guess for when it opens. Note that it may be quicker now with the upgraded snowmaking.

They are blowing in Echo from just above Twister’s Little Sister down to the base as there is a NYSEF race next week.
Hawkeye was lit up today and Cloud/Headwaters will be online soon accessed by the Straightbrook and Summit lifts.
The Mt Ops crew has been working their asses off, and a WOOT WOOT to them!!⛷???

 

[NorEaster27]

Yes echo when open won’t be open to public as usual

 

[tirolski]

Yes echo when open won’t be open to public as usual

That sucks. I had a M-F non holiday pass for a couple years the year before last and it was always open when it had snow.
One of the best for cruising till the flats. Nice wide one too.

 

[G.ski]

You guys making a huge deal over the gondolas returning to normal capacity. Killington has been filling their gondola cabins since they opened, and I've never had anyone ask me if I was vaccinated, or try to prevent me from getting on with them. If anyone wants to ride a gondola on a busy day, then they should expect to be riding with other people, and they should also expect that not everyone will be wearing masks, because even if it is "required", it is unenforceable. If you're not comfortable with that, then take a different lift. Stop overthinking this.

lol I skied K yesterday and I tried to join a group of 3 on an open-air quad and was told in no uncertain terms that I was not welcomed to join the trio even though the lift line ops told me to join them. This pandemic is certainly useful to separate the assholes from everyone else!