To me, the classic Gore Mountain view is of the upper mountain.
Here's a view you can't get anymore:
And here's a current view that you couldn't get back when the ORG was still around:
There aren't too many places where you can get an overall view of Gore, like the view in the pic that kicked this thread off. Here's a view of the lower mountain from behind the lodge, a spot most of us don't get to very often. I was there just messing around with the kids there at the end of one day this past winter:
The signature Whiteface view, this one is from just two days before Opening Day last November:
On the same day, here's the view from a few miles away:
Another view of Whiteface from even earlier in the season, Nov 6, while hiking Esther Mtn:
OK, one more. Not New York but not too far away. Should be an easy guess if anyone wants to try: