The Party's On!!!

A great day, Very nice. The best part was from 11:00 on. There were some guns on Quicksilver that went wet early turning that run to mash potatos with a shower. Once they got the wet guns off, all was cool. The mashed potatos skied into mini moguls and refroze, so they provided some challenge and launches.

After 11, the Sun came out and stayed out. The Top down to Quicksilver stayed nice all day. This was winter, especially when the Mtn shadow came out. The snow was squeeky cold , you didn't even have to pole out Ruby's bottom. The air had a cold bite. It felt great to get the lungs full of cold air. There was good cover everywhere and 3-4 inches of manmade powder in front of the Saddle. There's a new tower mounted swiveling Snow Cannon by the North Quad that was putting down good snow volume.

If we get the 6-12 inches they're calling for Wednesday, Thursday-Friday may be sweet.

JFTJ told me there was a Bull Moose sighting at the Tannery/Straightbrook area this off season.

Given recent weather, I'm gonna rate Today a solid B. According to Gore's measurements, I skied over 25 miles today. Not bad for a first outting.



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Snowballs wrote:

The Party's On!!!

Nice Report. How bout some pics?

My only real disappointment this weekend was no QuickSilver. Love that whole run. Hopefully they'll blow on it tonight to degakify it.

Winter is the BEST.

nice report, 25 miles is a good number

it was a good day,other than the wet guns,nice too finaly get out,but wernt u puzzeled by the lack of snow making,there r sum guns going on top ridge,18 i was told,and a hand full on the front side,i dunno mayb i expect too much,but we have the cold they wanted,so i wood like too see them putting in a little more effort,o well it was a good day,just have too take what there givin.
oh btw,the parking lot sure is funny,folks didnt no it was free,and parked outside the ropes,its gonna b sumting on a crowded day,just hope its worth it...

Currently its 7am Thursday, morning after a dump, and checking the ski report - Wednesday's report is posted?

Hoser wrote:

Currently its 7am Thursday, morning after a dump, and checking the ski report - Wednesday's report is posted?

Nothing new is open... just called the ski phone.

More Bore!

Now 8:31am Thursday, and yes, Wednesday's report is still on the website.

For those wondering what's going on near Gore, it's very windy today. The forecast is for winds peaking at 50MPH. Depending on the wind direction, this is the kind of day that can wreak havoc with the detachable lifts.

Another good day! Wind was mainly an issue only atop Bear but in the afternoon it started working it's way down the hill. The trail had several inches of loose on it all day. Only later did it get somewhat blown off in front of the Saddle Lodge with the sides keeping some powder.

Even without bombing it, I did not have to pole once at the bottom of Ruby. The snow was actually kinda fast, The place was rather empty. Once again, i rode the gondi solo all day.

People are starting to duck ropes.... Fairview, Showcase and Wild Air. Patrol actually sorta opened Wild Air about 2pm. They didn't drop the rope, but they did post a " thin cover, some walking necessary, Black Diamond " sign.

Rumor is we lost our resident party animals. Chummer moved to Colorado. Jackie is in Florida.

Guns were going on Headwaters and the trails Jimmer mentioned.

Snowballs wrote:

Chummer moved to Colorado.

Chummer went to Tahoe . . . but now he's back.

Snowballs wrote:

Another good day! Wind was mainly an issue only atop Bear but in the afternoon it started working it's way down the hill. The trail had several inches of loose on it all day. Only later did it get somewhat blown off in front of the Saddle Lodge with the sides keeping some powder. Even without bombing it, I did not have to pole once at the bottom of Ruby. The snow was actually kinda fast, The place was rather empty. Once again, i rode the gondi solo all day. People are starting to duck ropes.... Fairview, Showcase and Wild Air. Patrol actually sorta opened Wild Air about 2pm. They didn't drop the rope, but they did post a " thin cover, some walking necessary, Black Diamond " sign. Rumor is we lost our resident party animals. Chummer moved to Colorado. Jackie is in Florida. Guns were going on Headwaters and the trails Jimmer mentioned.

It got a lot better when they dropped the ropes on Wild Air. Some of it had crusted over, but a lot of it was just right. It was really good to get out after being cooped up while studying for exams all week.

The Northern ADK got hammered this morning as well. We drove to Gore today from Potsdam and it was pretty bad, it took us 3 hours. A tractor trailer jackknifed on RT 56. Pretty much a whiteout from Potsdam to south of Tupper Lake. Got a tad bit better after Blue Mountain Lake. It was pretty much the same on the way back. I think that weather system is moving south slowly, so it'll be interesting to see how much snow Gore gets out of this storm.

Hard & Scratchy. A few lower mtn runs to scope it out then......Topridge-Watch out for the brown spots. Watch out for the yellow spots, not from the Huskies, just Mr Ice. There was some wildlife at the hill today. A couple of gondi cabins were skunked. Skied TR center>right side for 2.5 hours. Good fun. Thank God they built this trail. Left side had mini moguls made out of Ready Mix concrete. Snow lightly fell most of the day. When i returned to the Gondi, Sunway had enough new snow to "soften" it up a tad and made for pretty good fast cruising. Bomb it. QS, OS, 3B> Jamboree was fun. A good wind blew atop all day providing an excellent wind chill. Later it moved on down the hill. Refreshing. Showcase>lower sleigh hard & scratchy, there on down thru Stokes>Arena sucked.

A few guns were going here and there. NOT ONE ON TOP! JFTJ told me they been having mechanical problems with the system this season. This AM the water intake pump shut down. It was restarted at some point.

Skied for a good awhile with Tom Cunningham of the Ski Barn family. Care to guess what brand skis he runs on? He regaled me nonstop with Gore Tales of Old. Anyone with an interest in the area's ski history would do well to chat him up. He has 65 years of skiing at the mtn. The annual Garnet Trophy Race. 25 cent lift ticket packets, one to be punched for each day at the Ski Bowl...." Alot of times he wouldn't punch ours so we got extra days!" "Some days we got 30 runs!" Down South mtn to North River. Pete Gay skiing. Grandpa driving them up to the mines then meet them at the bottom to do it again. Hike from the mine to Gore's summit, down Cloud, hike up over something then ski on down. He descibed so many trails over that side of the hill that he confused me. He knew Betty, Doc and a bunch of others i forget. Chummer? making the Betty sign, carving Backwoods club pins etc,etc. Is there a Chummer Sr and JR? We exchanged contact info so we could hook up again. At his age, he can still make his SuperSports rip good! I had a great day.

Snowballs wrote:

Skied for a good awhile with Tom Cunningham of the Ski Barn family.... He regaled me nonstop with Gore Tales of Old. Anyone with an interest in the area's ski history would do well to chat him up. He has 65 years of skiing at the mtn. The annual Garnet Trophy Race. ... Down South mtn to North River. Pete Gay skiing. Grandpa driving them up to the mines then meet them at the bottom to do it again. Hike from the mine to Gore's summit, down Cloud, hike up over something then ski on down. He descibed so many trails over that side of the hill that he confused me. ...

YOWZA. I would be fascinated to talk to TC. Actually I'd love to interview him and do a piece for Harvey Road.

Sounds like a few different things going on.

Not positive but I think the Garnet Trophy was given out at Harvey/Garnet Mtn (which was really South Mtn). The story of the trophy is buried in this NELSAP piece:

http://www.nelsap.org/ny/garnet.html

Here's the old ride and slide map:

http://harvey44.blogspot.com/2008/11/precise-ski-data-of-north-creek-ny.html

It would be great to buy that guy a beer.

Harvey44 wrote:

YOWZA. I would be fascinated to talk to TC. Actually I'd love to interview him and do a piece for Harvey Road.

One of my media arts projects this year is an interview, maybe I could set something up with him? If I got a collection of questions from people on this site for him that could help the project come along quickly. I'd be glad to do that for a solid grade AND to contribute to Harvey Road.

fujative. wrote:

One of my media arts projects this year is an interview, maybe I could set something up with him? If I got a collection of questions from people on this site for him that could help the project come along quickly. I'd be glad to do that for a solid grade AND to contribute to Harvey Road.

This could be so cool.

What's the deadline for the project? Are you skiing Christmas week? That's one time when I'm definitely up in NC regardless of the weather. It's your project, so you'd be lead, but I would love to be involved.

Snowballs ... could you set up an introduction?

There is so much history at Gore, and it's one of my goals to get as much of it down as I can.

It would be key to get our hands on old photos for scanning.

Fuje .... PM me for contact info or send yours to harveyblogger@gmail.com.

PS - HR will be back to regularly scheduled programming tomorrow. Any constructive comments on today's entry would be greatly appreciated, and may actually do some good, if you understand what I mean.