Interesting. So he got # 1 and 4 but if I understand correctly he envisioned burnt ridge lift starting at a lower place then it currently is and a ski bowl lift going up the Peter gay? That seems like it would have eliminated some traverses.
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The part dealing with the Intensive Use Area boundary was interesting.
I believe he was writing as a local who knew the snowiest
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If you eliminated the traverses how would you even know you were at Gore?
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If they had bilt Burnt Ridge lower, down to Lot F or near Beck's, they could have put a new lodge there and made it the main base of the mountain. That would have eliminated the need for Cedars, but it would be a long lift that would make lapping BR less appealing.
Ski lifts are the ultimate ironic infrastructure. They make it easy to get to where you want to go, but they make those places so crowded that you don't want to go there.
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Ski lifts are the ultimate ironic infrastructure. They make it easy to get to where you want to go, but they make those places so crowded that you don't want to go there.
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I believe he was writing as a local who knew the snowiest
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It is always amusing when somebody notices the potential of Gore and the crazy situation that exists at Gore where there are approvals for slope side beds and, for some reason, they do not get built, despite a lack of lodging surrounding Gore.
Front Street's development next to the Ski Bowl was approved in 2008. I realize, at only 17 years since approval, it is still early by North Creek time frame, but what are they waiting for? They completely missed out on a decade of all time low interest rates to finance the development. Here is an article from 2010 that includes the map:
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When I first started skiing Gore in the 1980s, there were various maps and renderings describing some of what we see at Gore today. I did see a rendering with the Burnt Ridge Chair going down to the bottom of the access road with parking lots and a day lodge. Maybe once North Creek and ORDA agreed to allow the Ski Bowl to be part of Gore the parking at the base of the access road was shelved.
I managed to also ask Pat Cunningham about why Gore did not go up on Pete Gay when dropping off my skis for a tune at Cunninghams Ski Barn. An hour later, he explained in great detail what he wrote in the letter. What stuck in my head from that conversation was how great the snow was and how long it lasted on the north side of Pete Gay down to Raymond Brook.
Right now, both Front Street/Ski Bowl and North Creek need sewage processing. ORDA should have financed the NC sewage system years ago, but the lack of a sewage system was a built in brake to make sure NC never competes with Lake Placid for overnight skier visits.
Forty years later and people are still asking the same questions about Gore.
Front Street's development next to the Ski Bowl was approved in 2008. I realize, at only 17 years since approval, it is still early by North Creek time frame, but what are they waiting for? They completely missed out on a decade of all time low interest rates to finance the development. Here is an article from 2010 that includes the map:
Town "struggles" with North Creek resort
Two years ago, the Adirondack Park Agency approved a massive new resort in North Creek. Front Street Mountain Development was meant to bring more than 130 luxury condos to the village, along with five hotels, restaurants and a riding stable. The idea was...
www.northcountrypublicradio.org
When I first started skiing Gore in the 1980s, there were various maps and renderings describing some of what we see at Gore today. I did see a rendering with the Burnt Ridge Chair going down to the bottom of the access road with parking lots and a day lodge. Maybe once North Creek and ORDA agreed to allow the Ski Bowl to be part of Gore the parking at the base of the access road was shelved.
I managed to also ask Pat Cunningham about why Gore did not go up on Pete Gay when dropping off my skis for a tune at Cunninghams Ski Barn. An hour later, he explained in great detail what he wrote in the letter. What stuck in my head from that conversation was how great the snow was and how long it lasted on the north side of Pete Gay down to Raymond Brook.
Right now, both Front Street/Ski Bowl and North Creek need sewage processing. ORDA should have financed the NC sewage system years ago, but the lack of a sewage system was a built in brake to make sure NC never competes with Lake Placid for overnight skier visits.
Forty years later and people are still asking the same questions about Gore.
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We can only hope someone from the ORDA board buys property in NC. Then it will happen.And forty years from now, they will be asking the same questions...
The more things change the more they stay the same...And forty years from now, they will be asking the same questions...
