Gore Mountain, NY Jan 26, 2015

Had a fantastic day of skiing at Gore on the 26th, my first time there this season.

It was quite cold - started off at -8F, got into the low-mid teens. Skies were ominous in the AM ahead of the expected storm. However, as the day went on, the clouds thinned and it became sunny for a time. This was a true sign that the storm was going to have trouble spreading too much snow farther north. The drier air was winning out, eroding the north side of the system. Sure enough, that's what transpired.

Conditions were firm groomed packed powder, and only a few slick spots developed during the day. A fine surface. On the flats, with the cold temps, the snow was on the slow side.

All chairlifts except the Hudson Chair (as expected, it is midweek) and the High Peaks chair were in operation. Not having the High Peaks chair in operations makes that pod of trails, which I have been enjoying more and more on my visits, hard to access. The Adirondack Express II is a wonderful improvement, but hardly anybody was riding it, as most prefer to stay warm in the gondola, and I can hardly blame them.

Topridge was checked off as open on the snow report, but was closed - they had made a ton of snow on it and I'm sure they were letting the giant whales dry out.Echo was closed for racing. Otherwise, just about evverything was open.

I'd have to say Sagamore (below) was the favorite run of the day. I got there about 130PM, and had the trail, and the HSQ to myself - with the race, cold temps, etc., nobody was going over there. It was still corduroy - and made for some excellent cruising.

Sagamore


Earlier in the day, the top of Foxlair had a view of storm in the distance


Near the top of Hawkeye - in great shape


Lies was groomed and had fresh snow on it


I love this view from Lower Darby...stillness...clear views of the High Peaks...and nobody had been on it yet


With no lines, and great conditions, I got in 29000' vertical, 32.4 miles, and 25 runs.


JD

Great trip report, that has to be some kind of record for one day coverage on a moutain, very impressive, I envy you.

Lateski wrote

Great trip report, that has to be some kind of record for one day coverage on a moutain, very impressive, I envy you.

Pshhh . .  No Rumor, Topridge, or Ski Bowl?

Hey JD what did you use to track your day?

That is crazy awesome.

Twenty plus runs is a great day!  Looks like your using Trace as an app, it use to be called Alpine Replay I believe.

Hi Raymo, yes, I used Trace - it used to be called Alpine Replay. It is a wonderful app for mapping your runs, seeing how many miles you ski, vertical, speed, etc. It is free too.

Mattchuck2, Topridge wasn't open - they were letting the giant whales of snow dry out. It is usually one of my favorite trails there. I wish the Ski Bowl was open during the week.

sounds like a great day!  looks like gore did get a couple of inches of snow on tuesday?

Wow, were you on skate skis or classics? ;)