Burnt Ridge Mountain

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Burnt Ridge MountainI wanted to see how hard it really was to get over to Burnt Ridge Mountain. I did the now well-known routine: Twister to Twister Glade to Echo and Gully, then bomb it.

I counted my skating strokes. Twenty to get over the first rise and 20 to get over the second. I think I had 5 double polls too. I put another 20 skates in on the way down to the chair…but it wasn’t mandatory. 40 skate strokes and I was there.

And it turns out coming back is really easy. Hedges, into the trees and up the North. No skating at all if you find the right spot.

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Props to Gore Mountain

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The mountain was beautifully managed this weekend. Gore made snow all weekend. And they opened up new terrain, as they could, on both manmade and natural bases.

Both Saturday and Sunday had 8 lifts and 40 trails. Patrol was helpful in many ways. They treated Saturday almost like it was a holiday, bringing new stuff online every hour or so.

It felt like they were allowing us to help groom the mountain, by letting us to pack down all the untracked, before the warm up.

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Gore Mtn, NY: 12/14/08

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A balmy 15 degrees when I left the cabin this morning. Headed over to the mountain for a short day, before packing up and making the drive home. Gore awaits:

morning

Today looked like it was not going to be busy, and with the amount of terrain open…I thought for sure it was going to be great morning. The moon was setting over the summit as I snagged an $8 parking spot:

parking lot

My theory about strict 8:30 starts was debunked. Or it was bunk. We loaded at 8:15, I was in the third Gondi. I did three laps of the bottom before the rope dropped up top. I skied Sunway, QuickSilver and Showcase. As it was Friday and Saturday, Sunway had the best surface.

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