This is all well and good for individual skiers/riders who benefit from the massive NYS investments in Gore over the last 25 years, but ORDA has a legislative mandate to follow. Here is the first and most important:
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ORDA’s legislative mandate is to:
- Institute a comprehensive, coordinated program of activities utilizing the Olympic facilities, Gore Mountain, and Belleayre Mountain, in and around Lake Placid, North Creek, and Highmount, New York, in order to ensure optimum year-round use and enjoyment of these facilities to the economic and social benefit of the regions and to minimize the financial burden on state and local government by maximizing revenue opportunities."
ORDA has objectively failed at what I bolded for Gore. Despite the massive investment and almost a double increase in size, snowmaking, # of lifts, the yearly visits have pretty much stayed around 215K for the
last 25 years. They have not maximized revenue opportunities. It has been a fail for the people in the North Creek region who rely on Gore as an economic engine and it has been a fail for the people of NYS who supply the funds for the expansion. It has also been a fail to the skiers and riders as they do not get to use various sections of Gore until mid-Jan or even mid-week.
Our Mission: Increasing visitation to the Adirondack region by operating our venues while at the same time promoting the Olympic Spirit.
orda.org
From today's (Jan 27, 2022) snow report:
"Snowmakers have shifted their focus to 46er over at the Ski Bowl. We should see the Interconnect and the Hudson chair open very soon!"
Classic Gore - roughly 8 weeks left in the season and the North Creek Ski Bowl remains closed.
Skiers and snowboarders can see trails and lifts open, weather at Gore Mountain, and snow conditions on alpine and nordic trails.
goremountain.com
. The bolded items are the three core parts of a three-part mission, so there is that.
