Gore Mountain Conditions

[Harvey]

ski Echo

I bet it was great today.

 

[x10003q]

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.

Closing the North quad and Burnt Ridge HSQ is just standard operating procedure. The Burnt Ridge HSQ will have triple the normal life expectancy because it opens around mid -January and is closed so much mid-week.

 

[Milo Maltbie]

Closing the North quad and Burnt Ridge HSQ is just standard operating procedure. The Burnt Ridge HSQ will have triple the normal life expectancy because it opens around mid -January and is closed so much mid-week.

I don’t believe that. Running machines fewer hours doesn’t necessarily extend their life. If skiers expect BRQ to run every day, ORDA will have to maintain it in good condition. If skiers accept that it will often not run, it goes to the top of the deferred maintenance list. That’s what will shorten it’s life.
Mad River Glen depended on the original single chair for 60 reliable years. The first Castlerock double ran infrequently for 40 years, and it was unreliable for at least the last 10.

I love Gore, long traverses and all, but all the necessary connecting trails are a costly problem now that natural snow is so scarce. Also racing on Echo is a self inflicted wound that disrupts access for the public way more than racing does anywhere else.

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[Alfredeneumann]

I bet it was great today.

No one will ever know. I guess if I wanted to badly enough I could have skinned over the access road from Twister and up Hedges.

 

[tirolski]

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.

Had a M-F at Gore for a couple years when I 1st retired.
Tahawus, Echo & Twister later in the day with early laps on Showcase and Wild Air were always in the plan and were rarely closed once they had snow on em. Haven’t been up there since the vid.

 

[SudsNBumps]

Can't wait to ski Sagamore tomorrow. First groom...eh...but it is supposed to open! But then again, it's Gore and it may not open. I am going to go so I know.

 

[trackbiker]

Also racing on Echo is a self inflicted wound that disrupts access for the public way more than racing does anywhere else.

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I know there are a lot of racing supporters here but why does racing get priority for a long trail that is a main connector and only one of two trails on a HSQ pod? What was wrong with where they used to race on lower Showcase? Is Echo really that much better of a race trail that they have it closed almost every weekend?

 

[Milo Maltbie]

What was wrong with where they used to race on lower Showcase? Is Echo really that much better of a race trail that they have it closed almost every weekend?

I don't remember racing on Showcase, but it isn't wide enough since the rules for speed courses were changed to require 2 rows of B fences on both sides. Also, Showcase has lift towers and Sleighride crosses it. Twister isn't steep enough at the top for a Super G. Racing on Sagamore would close some of the best glades.

It is what it is. Echo racing may be the most annoying part of it, but the terrain just isn't well suited for lift served skiing. I'm surprised that I like it so much.

mm

 

[Tjf1967]

I know there are a lot of racing supporters here but why does racing get priority for a long trail that is a main connector and only one of two trails on a HSQ pod? What was wrong with where they used to race on lower Showcase? Is Echo really that much better of a race trail that they have it closed almost every weekend?

Money. Those race parents bring a hefty consistent amount of revenue.

 

[Milo Maltbie]

Money. Those race parents bring a hefty consistent amount of revenue.

That too.

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