Gore Mountain Conditions

[Cork]

I also had a great time. It’s amazing how well gore skis with natural snow. I finally skied lower stelheig with new entrance. It’s awful. It’s an elevator chute groomed to a hockey rink including the original head wall. Why? This trail skis best with natural snow,minimal snowmaking below the head wall, and no grooming. Then, it’s like skiing northern Vermont

I skied Steilhang yesterday and wanted to take back everything bad I said about it. I asked Duck if he wanted to ski it today and he didn't so neither did I. I think they need to figure out a way to keep that chute from being an elevator shaft but...I thought it was kind of cool and a creepy vibe in the same way. It was a bluebird day but it is definitely dark on the trail. The top and bottom had real nice snow. Visibility was tough. IDK jury is still out with me. Today was another fun day.

It was really good yesterday for about an hour as we lapped it 3 times. I had "high" hopes for the new addition (see my post from last fall on a recon mission), in that the old portion was still there and now we had another trail. Unfortunately they have not kept up on the now needed daily grooming (because of the steepness) and they have stockpiled huge whales on the old trail, making it a pita to ski. So have we have been gored, or boned once again?

 

[Dmoss]

I skied Steilhang yesterday and wanted to take back everything bad I said about it. I asked Duck if he wanted to ski it today and he didn't so neither did I. I think they need to figure out a way to keep that chute from being an elevator shaft but...I thought it was kind of cool and a creepy vibe in the same way. It was a bluebird day but it is definitely dark on the trail. The top and bottom had real nice snow. Visibility was tough. IDK jury is still out with mI

I assume Upper? I haven't seen lower open all season, admittingly I am generally not there mid week.

 

[Dmoss]

How late in the season does gore usually stay open? Any estimates for this year ?

I did some research on this once and it seems like most years they try to stay open until early to mid April. But like Harv said it is all weather dependent. Last year we skied the first week of April but there were only a few trails left and it was very marginal conditions.

 

[tirolski]

Ya can now purchase tickets online for Monday April 4th, so there’s that.

 

[Milo Maltbie]

I assume Upper? I haven't seen lower open all season...

I've skied lower Steilhang a couple of times. IMO it's too steep for groomed trail.
Steilhang was one of my favorite trails. Even upper Steilhand was a fun natural snow trail. To be fair, I can't remember the last time I skied Lower before this year. I guess skiing it as a groomer is better than not skiing it at all, but it's sad (and frightening) to see what has happened to the natural snow trails everywhere.

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[tirolski]

We went to Gore once when it still had the red gondola, and 3 of us out of 3 ended up in wipeouts off lower Steilhang's corner near the trees in about the same spot.
We had fun.

 

[Milo Maltbie]

We went to Gore once when it still had the red gondola, and 3 of us out of 3 ended up in wipeouts off lower Steilhang's corner near the trees in about the same spot.
We had fun.

You should have been there when the original Lower Steilhang ended with a frozen waterfall in view of the old Summit lift. 100 out of 100 skiers crashed there.

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[tirolski]

You should have been there when the original Lower Steilhang ended with a frozen waterfall in view of the old Summit lift. 100 out of 100 skiers crashed there.

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It was in the 80s when our mishaps happened.
Don’t think I’ve set skis on it since then.
Maybe when we got 3 foot in the spring once in the 90s.
I’m not good with trail names, just remember the places.

 

[TomCat]

Didn’t ski steilhang, but it was a great day today. With the light crowds the conditions really held up well.

Tom

 

[JTG]

Lower Steilhang ain’t what it used to be. The Dark Side lift line, which used to be a great “glade”, is now an abomination. This is what we call progress, I suppose. Increased capacity (that probably wasn’t needed) and another snowmaking groomer (that is now wider and straighter). Yippie!!