Gore Mountain Conditions

[Milo Maltbie]

I like carpet loading lifts but from my observations people no comprende them.

The ironic thing is that they seem to work better for beginners than they do for experienced skiers.

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[x10003q]

According to an article in Lift Blog from 2016, a FGQ with a carpet loader can run at 485ft/min vs 450fpm without a carpet loader according to code.

The Loading Carpet Solution

This winter, 57 lifts in North America will feature loading conveyors, a higher number than ever before. Since the first carpets debuted in 1995, the technology has improved as resorts seek to inc…

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I was recently skiing at Banff Sunshine and they have a carpet loader on the Wawa FGQ. The first day we were at Sunshine they were running the carpet loader, but the 2nd day the carpet loader was covered with snow and not operating. They did get about 8 inches of snow overnight so maybe that had something to do with the loader being covered? I should have asked. The lift was slower without the carpet loader.

 

[TheGreatAbyss]

No chance for a "mid station" at the fork of TopRidge and Uncas to make them a bit more lappable right?

 

[Brownski]

Junior worked on Greek’s quad a little bit this past winter. Apparently there’s a space under the carpet that can get clogged up with snow and generate faults and errors. Then they have to either turn off the carpet and throw snow on it or shut down the whole lift long enough to go underneath and dig it out

 

[gorgonzola]

Junior worked on Greek’s quad a little bit this past winter. Apparently there’s a space under the carpet that can get clogged up with snow and generate faults and errors. Then they have to either turn off the carpet and throw snow on it or shut down the whole lift long enough to go underneath and dig it out

Greeks' carpet never seemed right early on, lots of stoppage on that lift made it seem to take longer than the lift it replaced.
I noticed the few days I was there this season it was running much smoother, not sure if they re graded the unloading zone as that seemed to have a lot to do with it.

 

[Cork]

I looked at the Gore website this morning and it no longer has anything about a belt loader on the new lift. I don't think we're gonna see that.
@snoloco I looked around the Ski Bowl last winter. It looks to me like they have compressors and pumps down there. Does that mean that SB snowmaking is completely separate from the main mountain? Could they operate both systems at full volume at the same time? If so, why does Ski Bowl always open late?

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The air compressors at the Ski Bowl are for the main mountain as well as the ski bowl. The big difference is that the ski bowl gets it's water directly from the Hudson River pump, whereas the main mountain gets it's water from the pump station next to the reservoir, which is why the ski bowl does not get snowmax treated water. The ski bowl will always be the last place to make snow because of the interconnect trails, which need to have snow made on them and obviously burnt ridge and the north side. When the original plan for the ski bowl was floated through orda, gore was told that the main mountain will have priority over the ski bowl, forever.

 

[Milo Maltbie]

When the original plan for the ski bowl was floated through orda, gore was told that the main mountain will have priority over the ski bowl, forever.

Apparently not forever. Last year they opened Ski Bowl before they even started on Uncas, Topridge, Steilhang, Lies, Rumor or Sagamore.
But at least we got a Zippy Thingy.

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[Cork]

Apparently not forever. Last year they opened Ski Bowl before they even started on Uncas, Topridge, Steilhang, Lies, Rumor or Sagamore.
But at least we got a Zippy Thingy.

mm

That is not true. Only the village lift opens early.

 

[Milo Maltbie]

That is not true. Only the village lift opens early.

Nope. Hudson opened before all those trails last year. I remember that because Mark Parabeck wrote a Facebook post about how great the new Hudson chair is, and I responded by asking if it was better than Sagamore, Uncas, etc. All thise trails were closed at the time. My post was deleted and someone revoked my "Gore top fan" status. I was pretty excited about that.

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[Cork]

Nope. Hudson opened before all those trails last year. I remember that because Mark Parabeck wrote a Facebook post about how great the new Hudson chair is, and I responded by asking if it was better than Sagamore, UIncas, etc. All thise trails were closed at the time. My post was deleted and someone revoked my "Gore top fan" status. I was pretty excited about that.

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That is incorrect, it did not happen. I was there the first day the hudson chair ran and the other lifts were all open. I don't go by hearsay, I was there, unlike you who just sits at the keyboard and bitches