Gore Mountain Conditions

[Tjf1967]

Rando question as there seem to be a fair bit of albany-saratoga area folks who ski Gore. I am toying with the idea of skiing Belle one day next week and then skiing whiteface the next - i am flexible weekday wise.

I was thinking of just sleeping in the Riv in a lot up there (

so, I think the gore skiers need to find out what the whiteface skiers did to get attention last year, and do that. Maybe it will help for next season.

I think they are on it. For some reason orda doesn't like to own up to snow making problems.

 

[Kleetus]

This Gore skier drove past Gore last weekend to go to WF on Saturday and will skip Gore this Saturday too. Instead of driving 7 minutes to Gore, we will drive two hours to Killington. This is what it has come to. The comments and the pictures on the Gore FB page tell me all I need to know. Good luck if you are skiing Gore tomorrow. I honestly hope it is great.

Not as close to Gore but did double the drive this weekend for Sugarbush. Same reasons.

 

[Gore-d]

Avoid Gore if you have the option. Snowmaking there this year is the worst in the past couple of decades. Because so little snow has been put down, grooming often brings up hundreds of small black rocks.
Even Tahawus, which has generally been the best groomed trail this year, now has sections peppered with small stones.
It's becoming doubly expensive to ski Gore, with the bottom jobs which your skis require because of the bad conditions.
Skied Whiteface several times this year and the conditions were quite nice. And Killington always does a good job.

 

[snoloco]

I highly doubt Backwoods will be open tomorrow. Eagle's nest heading back to the Burnt Ridge Quad was solid brown with no snowmaking on it.

They're reporting snowmaking on Eagle's Nest, but lied. Nice job. And now Burnt Ridge will be completely closed for racing all day tomorrow as a result.

I'm very disappointed in Gore this year.

Same. I'm disgusted with how far behind their snowmaking is, given how favorable the weather has been.

Some of the open trails today were awful, with huge bare spots in between sheets of ice. Part of Sunway under the gondola was dangerous. I saw several skiers really struggling to stay upright. Twister was pretty rough as well. I know that there has been wind, but with the low temperatures for the last week, there should have been a lot more snow on the mountain. Showcase was closed for several days supposedly due to heavy snowmaking. It opened today with only 1/2 width, very low snow depth and rough conditions. It's going to be a mess tomorrow unless they can push some snow over all of the bare areas on the front side.

I don't get it. I really don't. They are seemingly incapable of opening their main trails to full width and keeping them in good condition. Regarding Showcase, they were supposed to take most of the week to make snow on it, while the Adirondack Express remained closed. This is the first time they have made snow on it all season. Since the gondola was closed all of Tuesday through Thursday due to wind, they ended up having to reopen the Adirondack Express on Wednesday, which cut snowmaking short. Maybe a super windy week wasn't the best time to go to Showcase. They would've been more productive on Burnt Ridge, where the lift was closed anyways. Now they won't go back to Showcase for a long time, so another season of it being a ribbon.

On the bright side, Tahawus and Sleeping Bear were ok, as was Hawkeye, Chatimac and Cloud/Headwaters. Echo was good too but getting across Cedars was rough due to snowmaking (I guess that's where all the snowmaking is going). Lower Echo to Cedars was closed, so you have to trek the entire length of Cedars to get there. I'm guessing Echo will be closed for racing tomorrow anyway, as it never seems to be available to the public on weekends.

Gotta love it, the best trails were just ok. As for Echo, once again they lied on the snow report. It was supposed to be open via Gully, which cuts the traverse short. Nope. And now it will be closed for racing all weekend.

I have only been to Gore once this season, which was plan B after a morning screwup prevented me from getting to Whiteface. The surprise opening of High Peaks saved the day. Otherwise, it was crowded for what they had open, with mediocre conditions. I won't go back until they have the new lift open. For me, Gore is a decent option once they have most of their terrain open, as it is the shortest drive from Saratoga. Unless something major changes with their snowmaking (like Whiteface this year), I'm not going there early season anymore.