Today was all about the unexpected.

Actually some of my expectations were met. All of Chatiemac Ridge is now plastered with Ski Area Boundary signs. For three or four runs, I couldn’t get Five Man Electrical Band out of my head.

Strategy probably should have been to stay on the lower mountain until 10 or 10:30. I expected spring conditions, with temps starting in the upper 20s … but for some reason… I can’t ski past a dropped summit rope. The top was reasonably carvable, but I’m sure the bottom was better at that hour.

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This is a spot many Gore Mountain regulars would probably recognize. It’s on skier’s right on Chatiemac, maybe 50 yards above the Highline.

When I skied past the spot on Saturday 3/6, a group of patrollers were gathered. It seemed close to the recent point of exit for the skiers who were lost on 2/28. I asked them half jokingly if it was the “scene of the crime.” Heads were bobbing North and South.