Gore Mountain Conditions

[abe]

Thanks for the Super 8 review I will add that to my possible bag of tricks to pull off a Gore trek!

 

[snoloco]

Good question, there is nothing anywhere at the base indicating what is open and what isn't. (Maybe I missed it but I looked a few places.) I asked one of the lifties at the gondola loading station-- reply was "I don't know, they don't tell us anything." So I guess it is customers and staff to guess and gossip.

By saying nothing, rumors start to spread, and quickly become "fact" because there's no other information. A little communication goes a long way.

 

[tirolski]

By saying nothing, rumors start to spread, and quickly become "fact" because there's no other information. A little communication goes a long way.

Rumor isn’t open yet, neither is Lies, just saying.

 

[Cork]

Like the genius that came up with the idea to take the chairs out of the main room in the base lodge? Resulting in everyone sitting and eating jammed together in the back rooms and downstairs, more dangerous than if they were spread more evenly throughout the building.

And her name is Safety Cindy!

 

[DomB]

@Cork or @DomB ...would you call the snow today measurable? How much?

Gore can record zero when I see accumulations.

Gore Mountain Snow Totals 2021-2022

Gore Mountain Snow Totals 2021 - 2022: Count on NYSkiBlog for the Gore Mountain snow data that isn't published on any other website.

nyskiblog.com

We left after 2 runs due to the hockey rink nature of some of the trails (Sunway was super firm of the quad, but 3b into far right of showcase was suprisingly good.

I think an inch is fair. We were there like 10-12 (we never show up late, it was just day 6 of skiing in a row!)

 

[DomB]

The temps didn't drop until around 5am and it was a choice of redo the lower mt and make it skiable or make an attempt to just get cloud/headwaters open. Easy decision. It was slick at my HQ this morning when I was out with the dogs at 7.
Why do you feel you feel that you can make your assumptions from watching the webcam? The webpage is based upon planned/weather condtions, and clearly state that; so if the weather changes, which it did, it is what it is.

Agree with Cork on this one. I was pretty sure it was going to be quite firm as we had two days of 40 degree spring snow (which is really just melting snow) followed by temps low enough for snow.

If that happens late enough in the game, you really can't groom, or you have to choose what you groom; if you groom it early (which may be what happened on sunway) it just turns into groomed-looking ice or firm.

It was basically a thaw freeze.

I am a pretty strong skier but I don't think Hawkeye would have been much fun on the conditions yesterday, and I had fun when the large whales were up there before they groomed it out. Two years ago I skied Lies right after a thaw freeze when I was sure they wouldn't open it but it was the last day of a trip. Fun, but there was a turn/slide-for life in there or two with some blue ice stuff under some dust in places. That's about as risky as I get with pushing conditions.

It was still a fun day!

I ended up coming back down to LI; I am thinking about going up today and skiing Tues/Wed and either waiting for the family up this weekend, or coming back down and going up with them.

 

[Brownski]

I’m an advocate for doubling up- groom it early to flatten and spread it out, let it freeze, then groom it again after. That’s more expensive in fuel and HR costs though. Most hills just wait and groom after.

 

[DomB]

Guys - random aside - anyone want to meet up for some runs on Tuesday and Wednesday? Heavily leaning toward heading up tonight and skiing a few days ahead of the weekend.

LMK and I can PM you. I am boosted and on the more cautious side of things. Would be ok taking a chair w no mask or Gondi with mask.

Best D

 

[64ER]

Guys - random aside - anyone want to meet up for some runs on Tuesday and Wednesday? Heavily leaning toward heading up tonight and skiing a few days ahead of the weekend.

LMK and I can PM you. I am boosted and on the more cautious side of things. Would be ok taking a chair w no mask or Gondi with mask.

Best D

DomB,

I am there on Thursday with my adult Secret Society group in the AM. I am available for trouble in the PM however.

Tom-Tom

 

[SudsNBumps]

I had to get some house work done so it was either yesterday or today...not both. I skied yesterday and probably made the wrong choice but I want to thank the groomers for getting something worthwhile to ski. If anyone wants to bash the groomers just remember back not too long ago about the ice storms, late openings and closures the last few years. I don't think anyone would have wanted to ski the summit yesterday. I wanted to go up just to see what it was like. Anyone try to poach sleighride early. There was some brash kid threatening to do it and we were trying to encourage him from the lift. It got an early groom and not a second one. I was actually impressed with what was open. I thought Sleeping Bear was better than Tahawus for the first time this week. My pick was probably Showcase or Wildair but everything open skied well. I want to hear about today though...I am guessing it was better than yesterday but from the looks of the Webcam it must be cold. Line at the Gondi and ski on at the Quad. Probably no one riding Topridge. I will be up a few days this week with my own Covid Restrictions. Get there early. Boot up in my truck. Avoid people like the plague(with very few exceptions). I will only ride the Gondi if I am time stressed and want to get to Topridge quickly...and I will wear a mask if I am with strangers...I will ride with strangers on the chairs but will probably not wear a mask unless it's damn cold. The last time I rode the Gondi, the liftee told me to get into a cabin with two people. I had my mask on but they refused to let me in. I then poked my head into the next couple of cabins with one or two people in them and it took me four cabins until two guys let me in. I really feel for the employees that have to deal with "the new public". I know we have some with attitudes but really, can you blame them. Thank you to ALL of the ORDA employees that have to put up with all of us! Still damn proud to call Gore my home mountain! If you don't like it here, you have the option to go somewhere else.