Whiteface Conditions

photo courtesy Whiteface Mtn

And apparently RonKon skied the toll road.

From Jon Lundin, ORDA public relations coordinator:

Whiteface is Making Snow… Opening Day Slated for Nov. 25

WILMINGTON, N.Y. --- Nine days before the start of the anticipated skiing and riding season at Whiteface Mountain, in Wilmington, N.Y., crews have begun the process of making snow.  Last night, Nov. 16, guns began covering Excelsior, Upper Valley and Lower Valley, laying the base for the Friday, Nov. 25, opening day, weather permitting.

“Last night was the first real opportunity that we’ve had so far to make snow,” said the mountain’s manager Bruce McCulley.  “We were able to get a good start and we’ll continue as long as the weather cooperates.”

Opened gondi midmorning and by 1130 emptied out.   excelsior remained firm great coverage today except base area. overall a great day for nov

it started to firm back up in the shade late in the day - it was cooler than the forecast i think

nice opening day

We skied Whiteface today and it was great.  The weather was really warm, but the snow stayed good all the way until 1pm when we quit.  The gondola quit then too - I don't know why.  CMR and I agreed that our legs just aren't ready for a full day of heavy wet snow.  The kids disagreed.  We skied Gore yesterday, and I have to say that the conditions at Whiteface were much better than at Gore, even with the extra day of melt.  We are so glad that we made the trek up north today.  The nice lunch in Lake Placid and the window shopping afterward were a lot of fun too.

poindexter wrote

 The nice lunch in Lake Placid and the window shopping afterward were a lot of fun too.

Lunch at the Brown Dog is always great.  Shopping..... not so much.  

poindexter wrote

We skied Whiteface today and it was great.  The weather was really warm, but the snow stayed good all the way until 1pm when we quit.  The gondola quit then too - I don't know why.  CMR and I agreed that our legs just aren't ready for a full day of heavy wet snow.  The kids disagreed.  We skied Gore yesterday, and I have to say that the conditions at Whiteface were much better than at Gore, even with the extra day of melt.  We are so glad that we made the trek up north today.

Temps at Gore have been so marginal (meaning so close to being good enough but not quite) that I KNEW Whiteface would have better coverage. The elevation and latitude advantage - the difference between say 22 degrees and 28 degrees is huge.  (For us it's just not practical to make the additional trek, when we've got the whole team.)

I was sore yesterday, but felt really good today.  Another reason to push the season and hit it early.

Glad you guys had a great time up there.

It’s starting to get cold, snow is beginning to fall and it’s beginning to look a lot like winter.  This weekend, prices to ski and ride Whiteface Mountain, in Wilmington, N.Y., are just $58 for adults, $48 for teems and seniors and $38 for juniors.
 
Top-to-bottom skiing and riding on Little Whiteface will be available.  Excelsior, Summit Express, Upper Valley, Lower Valley and Fox will all be open.  In addition, nursery and children’s programs are available and will operate from the Kids Kampus Base Lodge.  Snowsport School lessons will also be available for skiers and riders intermediate level and above. For the most up to date information we urge skiers and riders to check out our daily anticipated conditions report on whiteface.com.

Happy Holidays,
Jon Lundin
ORDA
Public Relations Coordinator

This morning:

"Snowmaking has been challenging, especially down low, last night it cooled off but not until late in the night.  Excelsior is covered well, we have been making on Essex, Lower Northway as the temps allow."

I don't recall seeing guns going today on Essex or Northway - Northway is super rocky and takes ton of snow to get open so that doesn't seem to make much sense

below mid it was really thin and rocky in many spots.  Not the best conditions but it was white (sort of) and you could slide on it (except for the rocks)