Gore Mountain Conditions

[Alfredeneumann]

Here’s a feature in Twister Glade that you probably won’t see unless you stop and look back uphill a lot. I took this picture while snowshoeing up when an injury kept me from skiing. From above when skiing it looks like one huge erratic, from below it’s three huge rocks precariously leaning together with a hole in the middle that you could walk through.

 

[DanS]

Thanks! My wife and daughter left after the second run. They had fun but my wife doesn't really like to ski powder, and my daughter had a blast but took one face tumble and got cold. My daughter definitely liked twister the most (she LOVES that trail). I am sure she can do rabbit run, so that will be fun when we take her in there.

When I asked my son what he like the most, he said, "the glades". Twister glades, when pressed. It was funny, I think in a few years my kids will be better than me. My son wouldn't let me stop (not that I am complaining) but every time I opened it up, I looked back and he wasn't far behind. And when we did hawkeye, open pit, and hullabaloo, I thought he would say they were hard because each had patches of pretty tricky hard pack. He was like, 'that wasn't bad,' or something. So that's cool.

There really wasn't much chop in the glades, and frankly that can make it easier to ski. I meant the chopped up powder that turns into bumps. That stuff is fun, but on our second lap on Echo I was air straightlining more than I usually do just because my legs were getting tired.

It was totally awesome. Thanks for asking.

It’s so great that Gore got the snow, absolutely one of the best mountains in the east when it is firing on all cylinders.

 

[Harvey]

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Here’s a feature in Twister Glade that you probably won’t see unless you stop and look back uphill a lot. I took this picture while snowshoeing up when an injury kept me from skiing. From above when skiing it looks like one huge erratic, from below it’s three huge rocks precariously leaning together with a hole in the middle that you could walk through.

I've seen patrol hanging out in there taking a break.

 

[Capdistski]

Awesome four hours this morning before heading south. Probably best powder I have ever caught at Gore - there was a 16” MLK weekend a few years ago but I only got to West.

Was on the chair at 830 and chose twister for my virgin powder run, but wasn’t looking forward to the ae2 line again with no Gondi. Twister was great, and even better when I saw tracks on an open Twisters Little Sister and was able to lap Echo for over an hour with powder, powder, powder and no line.

I hit all the pods - north quad runs were great. Open Pit great - also skipped Lies as someone else here said. Hullabaloo was scraped off on the steep by the time I got there but fun. Ended my half day with two runs on Wild Air which was just wide open bliss, with great powder on skiers right all the way down, hearing the woops coming from the woods.

Great day - long overdue.

 

[Harvey]

saw tracks on an open Twisters Little Sister and was able to lap Echo for over an hour with powder, powder, powder and no line.

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Nice!

Who else, come on!

 

[Kleetus]

Awesome day today. Started out at 8:30 with Quicksilver due to the gondi wind hold. Maybe 3rd person down it? All fresh. Then got 2 runs of fresh tracks on Echo due to the AE2 lines. Took AE2 up at 930 and started skiing the summit. Lower Chati was nice, skiers left of Topridge was off the hook good and lapped it for a while until I heard glades were opening.

Got a couple laps in on Chatemac glades as well runs down Straightbrook, Killcare, Darby, and the Narrows. Under the Straightbrook quad was a pick and lapped it multiple times. Also did a few Upper Steilhang to Hulabaloo/Lower Darby laps as well as they were skiing great.

Finished the day at 2:50 after 6+ straight hours minus a 5ish minute pee break with a run down Chatterbox to the base. Forgot how long and good those glades were!

 

[sig]

yesterday was fun. it was my first day out so the dense powder eat my legs up. Gondi was on hold so skated over to Echo. Lapped it 4 times. Lower Chati was awesome. Getting there on upper Hawkeye, which was a sheet of ice, was an adventure. Snuck into some low angle glades which were quite nice. was really surprised by lack of base. This could be a nice base going forward. sorry no photos to share, was taking mental photos all day.

 

[Dmoss]

So many great laps yesterday. Snow was awesome early morning, so light. Kids loved getting fresh tracks on twister in the morning and then over to sleeping bear. Wind was gnarly on high peaks. Straight brook glades was fun and Tahawus is always a fan favorite. Snow got heavy and pushed around in the afternoon so we stuck to Chattebrook glades. Was great to see so many glades open (and some that weren't but still pretty tracked up).

We were having so much fun lost track of time and left a little later than anticipated, drive back down south got a little hairy around Albany. Let's hope the weather patterns stay snowy. I haven't been able to hit too many powder days on the east in my time but this was far and away the best day so far.

 

[Harvey]

Nice!

this was far and away the best day so far.

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[TomCat]

As you would expect conditions were really good today. Open pit, top ridge and wild air were my picks of the day.

Even a foot of snow is no match for the wind by the saddle. Blown down to the ice in the normal spots. All good once beyond the twister turnoff.

Tom