Gore Mountain Conditions

[TomCat]

Hey all - We are very happy with our decision to base out of Gore this season. Can someone just describe what they typically do with blowing snow? I have seen here that they don't blow past President's. Does that mean they don't blow after that Monday, typically, or they don't blow snow after the week?

Given skier traffic, I'd imagine it would make sense for them to at least do some touch up during the week (thinking about Saddle area or Foxlair for example) and then stop if they so choose.

Starting this weekend we'll get our largest chunk of ski days yet - potentially 9 days with kid school holiday though my wife will leave for a bit to do some school work. We plan to potentially work in a handful of days at Whiteface which looks like it is about 1:20 from the rental we are at.

Given holiday crowds, Saturday, Sunday, and maybe Monday we may just do a handful of runs in the morning (or hideout in a pod). Surprisingly, it seems like the Pres week crowd does not stay for the week and treat it more like a MLK situation; that also suggests that Ski Bowl could be a good option for hiding out. Thanks in advance.

My recent experience is that Tuesday - Friday will have moderate crowds. Much less than a typical weekend, but more than typical mid week. With all lifts spinning, its great skiing. The first weekend will be crowded.

I have seen snowmaking after presidents week, but it's not common.

Tom

 

[DomB]

Thanks, Tom. Very helpful. I have to say, unless the Gondi goes down, crowds have been really manageable and on average significantly better than Belle post Gondola (yes, apples to oranges).

Even when Gore has crowds, if a moderate amount of terrain is open or you are willing to lap the sunway chair, you still just don't have to wait. There was one weekend where Gondi was down but the mountain was mostly open, once you got up to higher pods or horizontal to Burnt Ridge or Ski Bowl, no line, no problem.

Would like to say in person sometime Tom. Thanks for your posts here. Happy skiing.

 

[Gore-d]

Hearsay has it that they recently pulled 4 snow-makers over to lift operations, which suggests that they are winding down the snowmaking.
That said, website today says snow being made on Fairview, Foxlair, Quicksilver, Jambo, Sunway & Topridge, so maybe they are trying to bank enough to carry through the unfortunate rain forecast. Sure do hope they blow some after the rain event.

 

[Cork]

Hearsay has it that they recently pulled 4 snow-makers over to lift operations, which suggests that they are winding down the snowmaking.
That said, website today says snow being made on Fairview, Foxlair, Quicksilver, Jambo, Sunway & Topridge, so maybe they are trying to bank enough to carry through the unfortunate rain forecast. Sure do hope they blow some after the rain event.

Not just hearsay, it's happening. They have blown a lot of snow these last few days, and that's it for snowmaking this year.

Big thanks to all of the hardwork that the Snowmakers, and the whole Mt Ops crew put in this year!!

 

[SnowSnake88]

Not just hearsay, it's happening. They have blown a lot of snow these last few days, and that's it for snowmaking this year.

Big thanks to all of the hardwork that the Snowmakers, and the whole Mt Ops crew put in this year!!

 

[NYSkiBlog]

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[tirolski]

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[SudsNBumps]

I was there today and very impressed by the amount of snow that is currently stached. Ma Natch throws us a positive curve and we can be golden...if not, we're prepared. Thank you snowmakers and groomers. You guys killed it this year!

 

[SIAWOL]

I was there today and very impressed by the amount of snow that is currently stached. Ma Natch throws us a positive curve and we can be golden...if not, we're prepared. Thank you snowmakers and groomers. You guys killed it this year!

yeah Kudos to gore for trying some different things. Sometimes you get a winner, sometimes you get a stinker. But I give them credit for trying some stuff: leaving Chatty bumped, late blow on Topridge, resurfacing upper cloud late in the season, the slopestyle and big air comp, the lower steilhang changes, and a handful of other surprises that are probably more reflective of employee behaviors than mgmt directives. It's just been different...and for the longer tenured passholder regulars, different has added a little spice to things. Beats Vanilla and Walmart all the time.

Up next---basement corner bathrooms makeover?

there's enough to like that outweighs the stuff we complain about....my opinion, anyway.

 

[G.ski]

I was at Gore yesterday and was very impressed with the number of snowmaking whales seemingly everywhere.