For the last 3 seasons, lift 6 "usually" runs thurs-mon, conditions permitting. Ever since lift 10 was installed, the dark side, as well as the north side have become the ugly stepchildren.
The days that lift 6 is closed, just use your high speed quads to hike out Little Cloud

My wife and I have had a Gore/WF Non-Holiday pass for years. We're probably gonna give the Okemo/Stratton Non-Holiday pass a try next year. It's only ~$200 more than Gore and it'll be something different. The drive is longer and we may well tire of it, but who knows?

Besides, every time I've ponied up the bucks to go to Okemo midweek, they've groomed the heck out of the place. They really seem to care about giving the customer a good product, no matter the day-of-the-week.

I think Gore, (WF doesn't seem as "bad"), needs to focus a bit more on the people who ski there and less on what is convienient for them. I'm sick of the "saving it for the weekend crowd" or whatever excuse they're using.

Just my opinion!!

megatron wrote:

For the last 3 seasons, lift 6 "usually" runs thurs-mon, conditions permitting. Ever since lift 10 was installed, the dark side, as well as the north side have become the ugly stepchildren. The days that lift 6 is closed, just use your high speed quads to hike out Little Cloud

I'm nearly 62 yo, I don't hike anymore!!!

Okemo vs. Gore.

Capitalism vs. The Government.

The end.

One thing is for sure if Gore was Okemo, then Gore would be Okemo. With all that entails. Hey I like Okemo, and you are right...they put out a great product...but I'm a Gore guy til the end.

Okemo is flat and boring. If anyone enjoys the challenge that the dark side offers, they will be very disappointed with Okemo. If flat, groomed corduroy is your thing though, you will find Okemo, and/or Stratton to be very much to your liking. It's all about putting a smile on our faces right

megatron wrote:

The days that lift 6 is closed, just use your high speed quads to hike out Little Cloud.

Is this an option without ducking a rope when the High Peaks chair is closed? Do they rope off all the trails that lead down to those (High Peaks, North Side) lifts, like they do at 3:30 on days those lifts are open? Also, did we just get lucky on a Wednesday two days after a storm with the mountain 100% open, or will they always have the High Peaks and North Side chairs open midweek when there has been significant snow earlier in the week? Whenever we head north for a day on the heels of a storm I intend to get off the Northway at exit 23, so I'd like to get a good idea of what I can expect the mountain to do in those circumstances. I suppose the good thing about heading north after a storm is if we're going, we're going. If Gore isn't running all lifts there is always the option to drive the extra 45 to WF.

megatron wrote:

Okemo is flat and boring. If anyone enjoys the challenge that the dark side offers, they will be very disappointed with Okemo. If flat, groomed corduroy is your thing though, you will find Okemo, and/or Stratton to be very much to your liking. It's all about putting a smile on our faces right

Meg;
Don't get me wrong. We do love Gore!!! Actually we like the layout better than WF and I love the steeps. I agree Okemo is flat, as is Flatton! I may buy a midweek pass for myself at Gore, (I'm semi-retired), or do the Coke Wednesdays thing. We go west every year for a vacation week and I'll get steeps there next year.

I'm just airing my bitches about the way things are done there. (I'm not saying that I'd be better in the job, as I can imagine the mgr has his hands full). I just think it could be more professional.

As for woods skiing and hiking, I'm not doing that any more. The last time I hiked to terain was a number of years back at Copper, ~12,000 ft; thought I was gonna die! The 3' of fresh in Union bowl, (maybe 1 minute to get down), attracted me. I now believe there are only 3 ways to the top:
1)chairlift
2)dirve
3)helicopter
Any other way is for you younger folks
Peace! (from the '60's)