Gore Mountain Conditions

[DomB]

Hey folks! Andrew here ("A" in DomB's post). Been lurking around these parts for a while, but after having the pleasure of riding the lifts and skiing a few runs with DomB on Saturday, there was no choice, I had to register for an account!

Gore is my home mountain, I've been skiing there since I was a kid (believe my first trip there was 1997, a year or two before the old gondola was removed), I've probably gone there for 90% of my ski days over the past 10 years.

Skied Saturday and Sunday this weekend (days 3 and 4 this season... I'm a flatlander, haven't been able to come up as much as I'd like). Conditions were hugely improved compared to my foggy New Years ski days. Saturday was particularly fun, bright sunshine and packed powder, frigid temps but no wind (particularly enjoyed packed powder on Showcase and Hawkeye, bumps on lower Chatiemac, and afternoon laps on Echo). Tahawus Glade was the Sunday highlight.

Would love to have the chance to meet with some of you folks sometime! I'm particularly eager to get some more practice in the trees -- my main ski partner is my dad, who typically stays on-piste, and I'm reluctant to ski a glade solo (Sunday's trip into Tahawus glade notwithstanding). Would love to meet up with any of you for a run or two sometime!

DomB -- thanks for spending some time with me and my old man, was a total pleasure meeting you, hope to ski with you again soon!

Awesome! Andrew I pm'd you my cell if you ever want to text to meet up. Great skiing with you. Glad you registered.

 

[Gore-d]

Have skied Gore about 20 times this year and there seems to be an unfortunate new pattern for midweek skiers: Burnt and North chairs not running. It happened last week, today, and apparently tomorrow as well.
Furthermore, the gondola was broken from noon onward today.
That said, in general the grooming (of the admittedly small trail count) has been pretty good this year.

 

[SudsNBumps]

Yesterday was Make your own Funday Monday. I enjoyed it. I had enough to keep my attention for 5 plus hours and plenty of powder shots with the 2-3 inches that fell the day before. A bit of ice appeared in spots but was easy to avoid. Chati probably had the worst but if you stayed left in the bumps it remained somewhat soft. Someone said in another thread that ORDA doesn't need any upgrades...apparently we need a new Gondola(I ride it as little as possible...only once yesterday). Gore is what it is...Lots of Bitching and Lots of good Terrain, even when the lift you are looking to ride is closed.

 

[sig]

Yesterday was Make your own Funday Monday. I enjoyed it. I had enough to keep my attention for 5 plus hours and plenty of powder shots with the 2-3 inches that fell the day before. A bit of ice appeared in spots but was easy to avoid. Chati probably had the worst but if you stayed left in the bumps it remained somewhat soft. Someone said in another thread that ORDA doesn't need any upgrades...apparently we need a new Gondola(I ride it as little as possible...only once yesterday). Gore is what it is...Lots of Bitching and Lots of good Terrain, even when the lift you are looking to ride is closed.

I agree. sometimes i get so aggravated with gore. the state of NY is not efficient at running a lot of things. they probably don't belong in the ski or golf business. but what are the alternatives. a bunch of cooperate assholes upgrading everything and dotting the hill with condo's. give me inefficient gore anytime. i can poke my way around. extremely happy i no longer need to wait on line in the cold weather for 20 minutes to buy a lift ticket. that is the best upgrade over the past 20 years.

 

[Harvey]

Gore is awesome. It is such a fun place to ski. And it's huge.

I agree with Sig RFID is great when it works.

So glad there are no slopeside condos.

If skiing is your goal, Gore has a lot to offer.

 

[D.B. Cooper]

I agree. sometimes i get so aggravated with gore. the state of NY is not efficient at running a lot of things. they probably don't belong in the ski or golf business. but what are the alternatives. a bunch of cooperate assholes upgrading everything and dotting the hill with condo's. give me inefficient gore anytime. i can poke my way around. extremely happy i no longer need to wait on line in the cold weather for 20 minutes to buy a lift ticket. that is the best upgrade over the past 20 years.

Why settle for inefficiency? Does your employer allow you to be inefficient? Do their customers tolerate inefficiency?

 

[Harvey]

Why settle for inefficiency? Does your employer allow you to be inefficient? Do their customers tolerate inefficiency?

What mountains are efficient?

 

[D.B. Cooper]

What mountains are efficient?

Good question. Of the ones I've worked at (3), it seems like none. Of the ones I've visited, Tremblant, Whistler and Deer Valley come to mind. I'm sure some smaller areas are efficient out of financial necessity. I'm thinking the Platty, Titus size (although I've not been to either).

 

[Harvey]

Good question. Of the ones I've worked at (3), it seems like none. Of the ones I've visited, Tremblant, Whistler and Deer Valley come to mind. I'm sure some smaller areas are efficient out of financial necessity. I'm thinking the Platty, Titus size (although I've not been to either).

Haha good call on Platty. When the guy operating the equipment has to open his own wallet to pay for it... you get efficiency.

I guess if efficient isn't secret code for "uphill capacity" i might be ok with it. ?

How are the lines at Tremblant, Whistler and DV?

Gore marches forward in a slow way, but they do continuously move forward. They may not do what you (I) want first. It may not be what the GM wants either. IMO gondolas and lodges and stuff are often dreams of governors.

I've said this before, I enjoy almost everything Gore has done. All the new terrain since 2000 is just wow IMO. But I also like the fact that it happens slowly.

 

[Alfredeneumann]

Have skied Gore about 20 times this year and there seems to be an unfortunate new pattern for midweek skiers: Burnt and North chairs not running. It happened last week, today, and apparently tomorrow as well.
Furthermore, the gondola was broken from noon onward today.
That said, in general the grooming (of the admittedly small trail count) has been pretty good this year.

Agree 100%. Gore has long had a pattern of closing one or more lifts on Mondays, I presume to give staff who worked all weekend a day off. This seems to be progressing later into the week and with multiple lifts. North side, one of my favorite areas of the mountain, hasn’t been open the last three days I’ve skied. Really frustrating today when with the new snow they probably could have dropped the rope on Powder Pass and North Star. I haven’t been able to ski Echo yet this season. If this continues I’m not going to be a happy midweek passholder.