Mess Posted March 20, 2019 Report Posted March 20, 2019 After all of the questions and advice, we decided to go to Gore this week, Looks like weather good overall with expected 1-3 inches on Thursday night and Friday 1-3 inches. Wednesday might be a little messy. Found a decent deal at Wyndam Lake George and the lift tickets were very reasonable for 3 day ticket. Looking forward to exploring this mountain. If we like it we will probably go again next year since 4th graders ski for free in New York. 3 Quote
saltyant Posted March 20, 2019 Report Posted March 20, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Mess said: Wednesday might be a little messy. No pun intended? Edited March 20, 2019 by saltyant 2 Quote
trackbiker Posted March 20, 2019 Report Posted March 20, 2019 Gore's a great mountain when the conditions are good. About the only place you will see a line is at the gondola and the line moves fast. Make sure to make it to Burnt Ridge. Sagamore's one of my favorite trails there. Hopefully they won't have Echo closed for racing. 46er at the Ski Bowl is good with new snow as well and never crowded over there. There's a lot of traverses getting around but once you know where they are and when to keep your speed up you can manage pretty well. Saturday you may want to go to the Ski Bowl lodge. it's never crowded and you can park close. Pipeline can be a long traverse getting back at the end of the day if the snow is slow. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 20, 2019 Report Posted March 20, 2019 Today is Wednesday. Fingers crossed you get snow up there...looking at the weather they look to be like my third favorite Madonna song on the Borderine. 2 Quote
Mess Posted March 20, 2019 Author Report Posted March 20, 2019 Might be a dumb question but is mountain high enough that could have snow at summit with rain at base. Happened 1 time i was at Killington on Skyeship gondola it was Misty at bottom of mountain and wasn't we broke through the clouds/fog sunny on top half. Quote
saltyant Posted March 20, 2019 Report Posted March 20, 2019 I think that's entirely possible at Killington if it's near freezing. I've encountered different conditions from the top of K1 gondola going down Great Northern, which I found very cool. Like fog at the top and then sunny at the bottom 1 Quote
toast21602 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Posted March 20, 2019 16 minutes ago, Mess said: Might be a dumb question but is mountain high enough that could have snow at summit with rain at base. Happened 1 time i was at Killington on Skyeship gondola it was Misty at bottom of mountain and wasn't we broke through the clouds/fog sunny on top half. Yes. It has happened at Blue before. 1 Quote
trackbiker Posted March 20, 2019 Report Posted March 20, 2019 24 minutes ago, Mess said: Might be a dumb question but is mountain high enough that could have snow at summit with rain at base. Happened 1 time i was at Killington on Skyeship gondola it was Misty at bottom of mountain and wasn't we broke through the clouds/fog sunny on top half. I had that happen at Gore last year. Also, if it's raining in Lake George it doesn't mean it's raining at Gore. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 20, 2019 Report Posted March 20, 2019 32 minutes ago, Mess said: Might be a dumb question but is mountain high enough that could have snow at summit with rain at base. Happened 1 time i was at Killington on Skyeship gondola it was Misty at bottom of mountain and wasn't we broke through the clouds/fog sunny on top half. Sure that’s possible anywhere it depends on the layers of the atmosphere. It’s also possible to rain at the summit and freezing rain at the base. Quote
momskeeztoo Posted March 21, 2019 Report Posted March 21, 2019 Have fun! Gore is a nice mountain. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 21, 2019 Report Posted March 21, 2019 Tomorrow could be a big powder day for you. You are gonna be just north of the rain snow line. 1 Quote
Mess Posted March 21, 2019 Author Report Posted March 21, 2019 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 7 Quote
Mess Posted March 21, 2019 Author Report Posted March 21, 2019 Awesome day. Skied from 8:45-3:30. Really fun mountain. Son loved riding gondola for first time. Pretty good conditions although some big slush/ice spots on certain trails. A few trails were fast hard back and some were groomed perfect. A lot of varied conditions. Mash potatoes towArd end of day. Mountain was empty except for a few people and would have been even less people except there was a race. Talked to a lady with a BMR coat on. Her daughter was racing. Spent most of day on intermediate trails. Sleeping bear was the run of the day(snow was groomed perfectly with no ice). The only diamonds that I did were Fairview and Uncas. Not to challenging but a little technical with icy spots. I really liked the mountain and look forward to 10 inches of snow tonight/tomorrow.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 Quote
PSUFrankenstein Posted March 22, 2019 Report Posted March 22, 2019 Nice pics, hope you get a nice powder day today 2 Quote
trackbiker Posted March 22, 2019 Report Posted March 22, 2019 Uncas faces south so it can get icy. The North Quad area is fun. Powder Pass is usually left ungroomed. It's a fun low angle powder run when it snows and doesn't usually get tracked out too fast. 1 Quote
RidgeRacer Posted March 22, 2019 Report Posted March 22, 2019 I think Uncas is the trail I took a major spill on one time because I hit some ice. It was one of those how the hell am I not hurt type of falls. I do need to get to Gore again at some point. 1 Quote
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GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 22, 2019 Report Posted March 22, 2019 1 minute ago, Mess said: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk How much new snow so far? Quote
toast21602 Posted March 22, 2019 Report Posted March 22, 2019 6 minutes ago, Mess said: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Great day to be there! Quote
Mess Posted March 22, 2019 Author Report Posted March 22, 2019 Arrived at Gore around 9:15. Ride from Lake George was a little dicey with the snow but not horrible. Saw a fender bender and got delayed by a tow truck flipping over and towing away a Subaru that was stuck in a ditch.Mountain was pretty empty again. Got at least 4 inches with more snow at the top of gondola. Continued to snow on the upper half the entire day. Might have been the best skiing that I have experienced. Tons of untouched powder and then choppy but fun snow on most trails as day progressed. Spent most of the day on the intermediate trails next to saddle lodge. Really enjoyed powder pass today. Lots of soft bumps and challenging for all of us. Awesome day and legs are burning. Last run was interesting we started in a nice snow storm and great conditions but about 2/3rd way down it got slushy and we could see bAre spots. It was rAining at the lodge. Hoping for another good day tomorrow it we got spoiled today.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 8 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 22, 2019 Report Posted March 22, 2019 Nice pictures and report. Maybe tomorrow you can get the wife or kid to take an action shot of you. 2 Quote
Mess Posted March 22, 2019 Author Report Posted March 22, 2019 Ha. She took some pictures but they are on her phone.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
RidgeRacer Posted March 22, 2019 Report Posted March 22, 2019 Super jealous. Looks fantastic. 1 Quote
moe ghoul Posted March 23, 2019 Report Posted March 23, 2019 March delivers again......looks like a great family trip. Timing...yada...yada.... 1 Quote
RidgeRacer Posted March 23, 2019 Report Posted March 23, 2019 WF is reporting almost 30 inches over the last week with the Slides to potentially open. Looks like I chose the wrong week. Quote
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