Gore Conditions

The countdown is officially starting!  Ladies and Gentlemen, get your gear ready!



My surgeon is telling me that I'm to stay low impact until January 7, 2020, 81 Days and I'm slow gliding!  

Can't miss opening day!

New warming hut on Burnt Ridge. I kinda like how the Abanakee Glade entrance is behind a building now (pic from Facebook):

MC2 5678F589 wrote

I kinda like how the Abanakee Glade entrance is behind a building now

+1

Somehow I think a Yurt would have been a more appealing approach to a Burnt Ridge warming hut......great idea....uninspiring execution.



Just look at all that snow.....

Always go with the yurt

November 29? That's the latest opening day in at least 5 years. Plus, Thanksgiving is a mandatory family travel disaster for me, so I'm probably gonna miss it.

+1 on the yurt.

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MikePom wrote

Somehow I think a Yurt would have been a more appealing approach to a Burnt Ridge warming hut......great idea....uninspiring execution.



Just look at all that snow.....

Psh! Just look at it.

I’ve been doing quite a bit of preseason hiking at gore. Twister glades have professionally manicured. You could probably be ski it on with skinny skis and 6 inches of snow. Uncas has been brush-hogged so there won’t be a repeat of last year when early snowfall lead to thicket whiplash. High Pines to be hogged soon. Wild Air has been revamped with an additional 20-30 feet widening on skier’s right. I think that it has probably doubled in width since being cut almost 20 years ago. Lots of snowmaking work with new pipes and guns. It is sad to see the paucity of crowds on summer and fall weekends. The attendants to the carnival rides sit sit all day with only occasional customers. the new zip line is very minor league IMHO.

Does Gore have rides all summer or was it a traveling carnival? I’m pretty sure  I follow them on FB and I never heard of that.

Sounds  good!

Good to hear that Uncas will be ready whenever they open.  

Anyone want to start an over/under pool on when the RFID readers will be ready?  I'll take February 21.

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I was part of the huge Columbus Day crowd at gore. The parking lots looked like a powder day and the line for gondola stretched almost to the parking lot. Heard that gore was laying off seasonal staff this weekend which meant that there would be no more soft maintenance done like brush-hogging trails. Unfortunately, High Pines didn’t get cut again this year. It will take significant snow pack to cover the brush. I’m hoping that High Pines will get some charity work before the season opens. Lots of new snow guns installed around the mountain.

I was also there this past weekend and took photo from 3/4 of the way down Uncas looking up at the upper mountain. Glad to see the brush knocked down.

BKTele wrote

Nice to see Uncas getting the love!

Sounds like mountain is getting some on piste and off.

Snow in the air at Gore.

A noted malcontent is predicting doom and failure with regard to the new RFID system.

I figured I'd call Gore to check on my pass.

I was told passes are going in the mail "after Friday." I asked if that meant this Saturday. I was told "probably." They are testing the gates today. Hoping for the best.

Harvey wrote

A noted malcontent is predicting doom and failure with regard to the new RFID system..

I noticed that. He really likes to complain.

This may not be the correct thread - but does anyone know how the Snow Sampler Tickets actually work at Gore / Whiteface?  Do you have to take them to the window to convert them to lift tickets or can you just roll right onto the lifts (I'd imagine the former, especially with the new RFID system)

I'm thinking of getting 1 or 2 for my wife who doesn't ski that much, but if I get 2 then for like $200 more we don't have to deal with the ticket window.

I used them last year and you had to go to the window EACH DAY to turn them into regular tickets. They do count as full price tickets so they can be used during Take Your Kids Skiing weeks, if that's your jam.

Thank You