Gore Mountain Conditions

[DomB]

12 hours over two days; I know that isn't really nonstop : )

 

[snoloco]

From a midweek skier stuck on the other side of midweek terrain closures, thanks for rubbing it in.

I'm not trying to rub anything in. The fact is that Gore has midweek terrain closures, and if you're there on a Saturday, seeking out terrain that wasn't open the previous week is a good way to find better conditions.

 

[tirolski]

I'm not trying to rub anything in. The fact is that Gore has midweek terrain closures, and if you're there on a Saturday, seeking out terrain that wasn't open the previous week is a good way to find better conditions.

Ya just gotta go to know and/or with someone who does.

 

[Dmoss]

Conditions wise: Super awesome weekend.

Today was a blast. We parked at the ski bowl maybe 30 feet from the night skiing lift (sweet). My family was second and third chair on Hudson triple. I got a first track down 46'er, which had some pitch but was so perfectly groomed (chair ahead of me went skier's right, I went skier's left). Folks ahead of us knew there stuff about Gore and said they thought 46'er was more narrow than Lies. Did not feel that way to me, but we all have perspectives! I would describe the pitch as similar to the first steeper pitch on hawkeye but maybe twice as long. It was just so nice today. Got to lap it a second time with my son, which was a cool family moment. Gore milestone: his first double black at the mountain.

Hudson skied really fun and some challenge as it was ungroomed, chopped powder and some sizeable bumps. We went down Moxam (?) which was mostly ungroomed packed powder with fun bumps down both sides. My wife and daughter left after a run - I think my 8 yo was just tired from skiing powder, packed powder, and trees all day yesterday.

Then we took the interconnect. Sagamore was fun, a handful of scrapy spots on the two steeper pitches, but plenty of good snow. The bumps in there were really soft and fun. I may have slightly 'crashed' into a sapling in that small bump patch that is about 4 bumps wide. While I wanted in Barkeater, my legs and prudence (and son's concurrence) led us to skip it. I think it was the right choice. BTW, if you're like me trying to figure out all the parts of the mountain, if you park at ski bowl, taking Barkeater seems like the least flat and fastest way to get back to the ski bowl.

Tahawus glade from Hedges was really fun - packed powder, pretty wide open. Powder pass had rows and rows of soft, well-spaced bumps and a handful of fun jumps. I felt like a pro in there after skiing Hudson ungroomed chop - haha. We lapped that the most.

Then we tuned it down, hitting Sunway to Little Dipper. Honestly, LD had lots of fun bumps but you couldn't just go to sleep in there - you had to ski.

And then we were done. 4 hours, 4 peaks (Ski bowl, Burnt Ridge, North Side, Main face (what's it called). Max wait time - 0 (other than waiting for second chair on hudson, which probably opened at 8:45 (?). What's not to love about Gore?

Sounds awesome! I had such a great weekend, I could barely ski Sunday I was so sore from Sat! I had to keep reminding myself my ski partner Sat was 15 years younger!

Ski Bowl is such a great trick on days like Sat, unfortunately we had to brave the access road line to drop the kids off at their program. Anyone notice the white chalk on all the illegally parked car windows? I like that Gore gives everyone a warning.

We were able to catch Dark Side glades pretty early for some great fresh snow Sat. Rumor opened mid morning, we could see the first people going down from the Straight Brook Quad and by the time we got there it was almost all tracked out! High Pines Glades was still super soft at 2:30, that was a very pleasant surprise. May have been the best run of the day.

 

[Harvey]

Ha, that is funny. I've skied Lies I think 3 different days this season, and I came to the opposite conclusion (concluded Lies was steeper and more narrow than 46'er).

The only reason I can think of (other than bad judgment/conclusion on my part), each of the days Lies was either fairly bad or marginal conditions. 46'er today was perfectly manufactured by the combination of snow volume, weather, and grooming. Honestly, the four or so cat tracks wide of grooming (without the bumps skier's left) on 46'er alone felt wider than Lies. Then again, when Lies is icy or not so great, I really try to pick the area I ski to a pretty narrow corridor making judgments a few turns ahead.

I can't wait to get into the Burnt Ridge trees. I just made the judgment that 12 hours into awesome nonstop skiing on the mountain and enough accomplished on the checklist, we weren't going to jump in there today

I haven't been on Lies this year. But normally they blow the full width Lies an only half of 46er.

I looked on the topo years ago and thought 46er was steeper. I asked Mike Pratt and said it was 2nd steepest on the mountain.

Not POSITIVE that's all true, but I'm accepting it as so.

 

[SudsNBumps]

Skied yesterday and it was better than expected. They opened Burnt Ridge very early (on a Monday) and everything was in play. Soft snow everywhere. We did our time there and moved to the summit. Lies and Rumor were better than they looked. Rumor was hard but edgeable...softer as you got lower. We came across a guy who fell from the headwall and one of his skis tomahawked into the snow feet from going into the woods all the way at the bottom. Very lucky. Lies was a little better. Most glades that weren't skied off this weekend were open. And best bump run on the mountin was Topridge. Please don't groom that before Wednesday when I return. Tahawus Glades were open but you had to take Pipeline back to Burnt Ridge so I passed. Thank you Gore for leaving bumps all over the mountain. Just another great day in Paradise!

 

[TomCat]

Excellent today. Stayed mainly on blues but it held up well. Take a day off and enjoy. This is about as good as it gets.

Tom

 

[Frk]

Skied today with outstanding northern Vermont like conditions. Burnt Ridge was my favorite. Boreas and barkeater were a blast. The new additions on sagamore really give it a Vermont feel. In the afternoon, I went up top. High Pines and Topridge were good but were sticky from the sun. Headed over to chatimac and straightbrook glades. I’m happy that gore has finally dedicated chatimac to a bump run. It’s about time. Surprised at the sun and high traffic damage to double barrel. Making snow on Uncus and Pineknot. I have never seen such man-made snow pack all over the mountain before. Maybe skiing on Memorial Day.

 

[Doghouse]

Gore was amazing today! Full sun,blue sky, great snow conditions! Sampled a bunch of different areas- bear, burnt ridge, top ridge, north, dark side and summit. All skiing well. Barkeater - really nice for the top third ;getting a little used up towards the end but still fun! Powder Pass - nice size packed powder bumps. Got to ski the new Lower Steilhang for the first time this season - a little dark and slippery on that one. Rumor skied great - mix of hard pack, packed powder and mostly soft bumps. Chatty was groomed for the first half-bumped second half ( and theyre gettin pretty big). Glad they are keepin it bumped this year. Top ridge in the sun this morning was really nice. Real fun today skiing with great friends! So glad I took today off from work

 

[Harvey]

Word i got was that Lower Steilhang is steep and old school.

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