Gore 1/17/05

[Sharon]

Plans to ski saturday and sunday were thwarted by excessive partying the previous nights in honor of a bride and bridegroom to be friday and a great band at the Riverwood saturday night.

We heard tales of glare ice and massive crowds, so we relaxed and did a little snowshoeing during the daytime hours on the weekend.

Today, we woke early and got out on the mountain. A fresh inch of snow made surfaces really nice in addition to a great recovery by the snowmaking and grooming crew. The trails were in excellent shape. We didn't ski a bad trail all day. Lies was wicked fast. Topridge was by far the best due to a lot of snowmaking and great snowmaking temps. It was a bit chilly, but the sun was shining keeping our spirits warm. Off-piste skiing was still not in great shape, so we stuck to the snowmaking areas and did a lot of laps on Topridge and Straightbrook.

 

[Boardhappy]

Was up there the 15th and 16th, and indeed the the glare ice, by days end, was treacherous. Each morning, the grooming and snowmaking made for a few good runs, but much of the mountain, both up and down, has a solid base of pure ice.

Meant to go to see the band. Couldn't motivate group after the full day of ice-skating on snowboards, but was probably the better plan on your part.

 

[Anonymous]

We skied Gore Sunday and it was not crowded. No lines all day. Ice is a relative thing and it was, overall, less icy than we expected. Although there were some glaring spots late in the day.

My embarrassed 13-year old nephew is learning to snowboard and became the victim of an overzealous ski patrol, getting a toboggan ride down the mountain for what amounted to a left-butt-cheek bruise. This basically ended our day around 2:30, but we started early and were getting tired anyway.

Moral of the story. If you fall and a ski patrol asks if you're ok. spring to your feet and say , "Why yes thank you." Unless, that is, you're not.