As it turns out I skied Gore yesterday, really nice day. i spent much of the time on the High peaks chair and on Lower Stielhang as the snow was excellent. I noted something there I had not noticed before. At the bottom of Lower Steilhang before the traverse out there is a little hut. I'd seen that before and thought it was a perhaps a finish booth for a race. Yesterday I noted that there is a road / trail on the skiers left the hut and decided the hut is perhaps the top of some old surface list? I guess it would be from the Mine? you don't typically notice it since you are trying to go fast for the traverse under the lift.
By the way also skied "Darby woods" which was open and acutally had decent cover. We have skied this a lot in the past before it was an official glade. As far as I can tell the only change is the sign at the entrance-)