Gore Mountain Conditions

[Harvey]

Closing lifts on Mondays (understandable) and saving terrain for the weekenders has been going on for years. Don’t play the covid card.

I didn't give any reason for the situation. I had been told by someone who would know that the snowmaking crew was at about 50%. If that's true, maybe it's true of patrol too. I can't prove staff are out, someone who really knows, is this information correct? It certainly seems possible based on what I see in our business and every other business out there.

I'll repeat what I said a few days ago. Midweek lifts have always been an issue for midweek skiers. Of course, they want more of them. From what I had seen, it was a little better the last five years, with a rotation between the North and the BRQ. Again, locals... true or false?

 

[Frk]

I didn't give any reason for the situation. I had been told by someone who would know that the snowmaking crew was at about 50%. If that's true, maybe it's true of patrol too. I can't prove staff are out, someone who really knows, is this information correct? It certainly seems possible based on what I see in our business and every other business out there.

I'll repeat what I said a few days ago. Midweek lifts have always been an issue for midweek skiers. Of course, they want more of them. From what I had seen, it was a little better the last five years, with a rotation between the North and the BRQ. Again, locals... true or false?

North chair has been closed on a regular basis this year. BRQ is rarely open too. After all, they just recently made echo skiable and sagamore just opened last week. What a waste of money to have that pod sit unused so often. It opens late and then offers limited skiing. I am also upset that gore frequently has closed glades and trails during the week and even sometimes on weekends. It’s also common to open glades and trails later in the day. This is why Platty is special. Everything is open as soon as their is enough snow and with open boundaries. And today, between racing, construction of mega park on wild air, and wind scoured slopes the remaining slopes were packed. It skied like Hunta.

 

[Harvey]

North chair has been closed on a regular basis this year. BRQ is rarely open too. After all, they just recently made echo skiable and sagamore just opened last week. What a waste of money to have that pod sit unused so often. It opens late and then offers limited skiing. I am also upset that gore frequently has closed glades and trails during the week and even sometimes on weekends. It’s also common to open glades and trails later in the day.

To my original question, have mid week lift ops be reduced in the last two winters compared to the year before that?

 

[Green light]

Glades off of burnt ridge were closed Friday for safety reasons. Snow makers were using pipeline to transport guns out of the ski bowl.

 

[TomCat]

To my original question, have mid week lift ops be reduced in the last two winters compared to the year before that?

I think there have been significant improvements for mid week lifts over the last 5-6 years. Last year was really good and my guess is that there were doing all they could to spread out the crowds (and it was pretty crowded mid week last year). This yeas isn't as good as recent years as many have said with north and BR typically closed for a few days. I have no idea what the reason is for the reduction this year.

tom

 

[Kleetus]

Glades off of burnt ridge were closed Friday for safety reasons. Snow makers were using pipeline to transport guns out of the ski bowl.

I was surprised they were even open today. Ducked into Boreas and it was a minefield. I got out without damage, but man did I hit a lot of rocks. Was borderline it even was open tbh and I see a reason to close it.

Skied like Hunter? It was not busy at all at the bowl, BR, up top, North, or on topridge today. The bottom was probably packed...it pretty much always is...but I never went there today. I feel Hunter would be busy everywhere.

 

[Harvey]

I think there have been significant improvements for mid week lifts over the last 5-6 years.

This is what I had heard too.

 

[Alfredeneumann]

This is what I had heard too.

IMO it has been a problem for several years and has gotten slightly worse with covid staffing problems the last two seasons.

 

[Harvey]

That's close to what I said, I guess. Except I never played the covid card.

 

[Frk]

I was surprised they were even open today. Ducked into Boreas and it was a minefield. I got out without damage, but man did I hit a lot of rocks. Was borderline it even was open tbh and I see a reason to close it.

Skied like Hunter? It was not busy at all at the bowl, BR, up top, North, or on topridge today. The bottom was probably packed...it pretty much always is...but I never went there today. I feel Hunter would be busy everywhere.

I also skied boreas today and had same impression. Just not enough snow for glade skiing. My glade and trail comments were directed towards past years. I’ve been skiing gore for last 25 years so I’ve seen a pattern. So, are trails closed frequently due to staffing or saving for weekend or is there another reason? I’m all for closing trails when too icy ( all the upper mountain diamond trails) or for snowmaking or construction of terrain parks. Yeah, I found low skier volume at your aforementioned areas but the vast majority of skiers including racers who were warming up were zooming down Sunway and Showcase, and Twister. A swivel neck was mandatory today on lower mountain.