I have solved the problem of spring skiing at Gore!

I have been thinking about spring skiing at Gore, and how to access the Straightbrook and High Peaks chair when the lower mountain is unskiable.
The solution is simple! A zipline down Pine Knot to Straightbrook, and another down Tannery to the Northridge chair.
The thing will pay for itself with in the summer tourist season, and it won't require maintaining any south facing or flat terrain.
How do we get ORDA to dump that stupid conference center plan, and build ziplines instead?

mm

You can't download on the gondola?

I bet a lot of people would do it, if they'd run the Straightbrook.  I would.

Maybe bring a pack and some walking boots.  Headwaters is a problem, but I'd deal with that too.

Milo that avatar rocks.

Harvey wrote

I bet a lot of people would do it, if they'd run the Straightbrook.  I would.

Maybe bring a pack and some walking boots.  Headwaters is a problem, but I'd deal with that too.

If they extended lift 6 back up to the top where it belongs, Headwaters wouldn't be so important.

Harvey wrote

Milo that avatar rocks.

Thanks, but why wouldn't ORDA let me use it for my season pass?

mm

Gore used to run the old gondola during spring season to get up and ski the Straight Brook lift and then down load when the day was over.

A short inexpensive handle tow on the north aspect could get you back up to the gondola?

I'm not sure a handle tow works well without snow.  Maybe I am wrong.

it provides a free stone grind that way

Milo Maltbie wrote

Harvey wrote

Milo that avatar rocks.

Thanks, but why wouldn't ORDA let me use it for my season pass?

Maybe they thought you were a Thacheronix.

       
  You Sir, are an imposture !!!  

Ace wrote

I'm not sure a handle tow works well without snow.  Maybe I am wrong.

Right, especially at a ski area with a few hundred snow guns and a grooming fleet. A couple hundred feet of north facing tow line at the upper elevations might be too difficult to keeps snow on.

Ok fine. Can we just get a rotating titty bar at the top terminal at least. I really don't think I'm asking for that much. Just one in North America for crying out loud.

I'm not really sure what you are getting at.  Yes I get it north facing slopes hold snow.  But, have you ever been to Gore or looked at them on a map?  Obviously not.  Stick to what you know.  Hucking 40 foot cliffs and smoking dope.

Smoking dope? Haha! Ya, that's all I know.

So enlighten me, why is that a bad idea? Or would running zip lines in ski gear be a better one?

RA for the win!

mm

How hard can it be to ride a zip line with your shoes on? People probably said the same thing about the first chair lift. But that titty bar idea is a good one.

mm

Milo Maltbie wrote

 But that titty bar idea is a good one.  

"  Capital idea !   "    

Snowballs wrote

       
  You Sir, are an imposture !!!  

Am not!!!


mm

raisingarizona wrote

 

Ok fine. Can we just get a rotating titty bar at the top terminal at least. I really don't think I'm asking for that much. Just one in North America for crying out loud.

Can we please talk about this some more ---- are there any at ski areas anywhere??

Some inspiration. The Schilthorn.

Given recent events, I'm thinking that perhaps a rotating establishment combining booze, titties, and engorged heads isn't such a good idea.....

JTG4eva! wrote

Given recent events, I'm thinking that perhaps a rotating establishment combining booze, titties, and engorged heads isn't such a good idea.....

What recent events?  I'm not aware of any downside to the combination of booze and titties. Engorges heads are a different story.

mm