Gore Conditions

Decided to expand on my last post and give folks who didn't make it to Gore a better update on overall mountain conditions.

Yesterday, after early morning rain at the lower elevations it turned to all snow on the mountain and snowed through the day.  When we stopped at the Saddle for lunch, it was puking fairly hard, a welcome sight as cover, especially in the woods is thin.

The skiing was solid on the lower mountain, Twister, Showcase, both skied well.  Sunway was holding the snow really nice yesterday and being on my Monoski, it was ripe for two excellent runs as I worked my way down from upper mountain terrain.  Even Foxlair had decent cover passing under the Gondola where it usually gets really skinny.

Topridge and Uncas both skied good and I had one of my first and best runs on Pine Knot in probably four years.  Tannery was a smooth cruiser on the Monoski with the fresh snow coming down.

Over on the Straight Brook, Hawkeye's headwall was holding snow really nice on skiers right, a pleasure to ski, as was Lies, which got a bit scraped down but still was a good run.  Be careful at Lollypop Rock on Lies as they blew snow and the throat there was a bit narrow, probably felt worse due to the poor visibility.  I cranked Headwaters, which always holds the snow beautifully when its snowing that thick sticky consistency, perfect Monoski run.

I was most impressed with the Dark Side.  Hullabaloo, Lower Darby and all the trails on the Dark Side skied great, good cover and for the first time it was really starting to feel like winter (look above for a pic I took off the High Peaks Chair).  If the weather holds out, it won't be long before the Dark Side woods will be skiable.


10 Day Forecast Courtesey of Weather Underground

Looking ahead at the 10 day forecast, I'm focusing on next weekend and it looks like it could go either way.  My bet, based on the current pattern is that it will be rain at lower elevations and snow on the mountain.  

I'm planning on skiing next weekend. If it is the same weather pattern as yesterday, you are guaranteed two spectacular days of Gore.  Just be prepared to get wet and soggy and bring back up gloves and goggles for the afternoon.

I thought Gore was incredible today. Ward Hill, Little Dipper, The Box, Tahawasx6, BBA, KHS, Straightbrook, Chatiemac, all excellent.

That looks fantastic!  Bummed I was stuck in Jers this weekend.

Snow-Forecast is showing it to be way to warm for snow next weekend but fingers crossed.

Agreed Harv but I am sure you will hear a lot of bitching about bullet proof conditions.  My favorite was under the straightbrook chair.  Thanks for opening Dark Side glade...alhough it lasts longer with the rope up.

sudsnbumps wrote

Agreed Harv but I am sure you will hear a lot of bitching about bullet proof conditions.  My favorite was under the straightbrook chair.  

did natural terrain ski better then man made?  love that run under straight brook. well at least the lower part.

Next weekend is a big rain storm and near record warmth

sudsnbumps wrote

bullet proof conditions

Proof that I am insane.  You too suds.

MikePom wrote

 

This is the pic that got me in the car!

see my thoughts re weather in weather thread....we will be walking the line......

It's nuking at Gore right now...

nice lake effect band from Lake Ontario!

NorEaster27 wrote

nice lake effect band from Lake Ontario!

Incredibly strong and rare occurrance.

In other news Gore has hit the 40 inch mark for the season which mean we should be game on right?



https://nyskiblog.com/directory/weather-data/gore-mountain-snow-totals/2019-2020/

Nice day today. 3 inches on the car this morning and more on the mountain. Ungroomed got skied off a bit by lunch time although on the dark side it was still very edge able. North was closed so that will be fun when opened. Get it while you can as Saturday looks like a fun wrecker.

tom

I believe today was absolutely the best Gore ski day of the year.  Pretty much everything in play.  Get out there tomorrow if you can.

Another great day today. No meaningful precipitation on the mountain. It also remained fairly cold until 1-2 PM when it warmed up a bit. So far so good.

tom

It would be hard for me to describe here in words how absolutely hard it rained over the weekend.  It was at times, nothing less than a torrent.  The toll on the snow pack must have been devastating.  We elected to stand down skiing and drove to Long Lake and drink our sorrows away at the Adirondack Hotel bar.

My son stayed behind today, took a day off, determined to get some runs in.  I've not had a report in from him yet, but after the apocalyptic rain out and subsequent temperature plunge I'm expecting abysmal news.

Looking ahead and trying to find a silver lining to all of this, Sunday (if everything pans out) may turn out to be a great ski day.  They are calling for 8.5" of snow on Saturday (it was 10.5" earlier) with temps in the teens and dropping into single digits.  Cold, but surely low on humidity.  Perfect for exceptional first tracks on Sunday morning.


Forecast courtesy Weather Underground

I'm hoping what we saw this weekend was the last thaw of the season.  Any reports from the front lines would be appreciated.

***Make America COLD Again! ***

Skied Sat after the rain and Sunday till around 1. Bottom of mountain  looked liked closing weekend. Great skiing on Hulaballo Sat afternoon, lots of snow.  
  Sunday was only lower mountain. Mostly lapped Sunway to  Quicksiver. Very soft snow and plenty of it on those two trails. Twister wasn’t bad on Sat but roped on Sunday. Showcase was open but lots of thin spots.
  No worries Winter is gonna return and Gore is gonna be great again. ( was pretty good even in the rain  )

Gore reporting 5 inches.



ETA: Garnet Hil Reporting 3 inches, seems more realistic.  May use that in the official total.

Split the difference Harv, I’m here - it’s 4” if not 5 in a few places. Nice light snow but down to the grass & rocks by 11. I’m on my way back to the cabin.