NE Skiing: Intel needed

**Bobonli** · 03-09-2024

Nah, got to work. Gore is nice, though. 2 hours for you is more like 4.5-5 for me!

**SlowPokePete** · 03-12-2024

Gore Mountain was fantastic!

Went on Monday with my buddy Martyn, who managed to get us there and home in record time, thanks to 90+ mph in a little shit box of a Subaru.

incredible conditions, a bit windy (60mph gusts!).

My first time skiing was at Gore, nearly fifty years ago, as a Boy Scout in Troop 11, Port Chester, NY.

There were probably three or four vehicles who took us kids up there on a Friday night, staying for the weekend.

Memorable was the fact that we left in a blizzard, and since my Uncle Paul was driving, I was with him along with three of my friends.

Uncle Paul's vehicle?

Ford F-150 two-wheel drive pickup with a cap. He was a carpenter, and had built a couple of cots in the back, basically elevated plywood.

So, two kids rode in the front, and the other two froze their asses off in the dark and cold back there. He would pull over about every hour to swap out the frozen kids with the thawed out ones.

We literally loved shit like this!

Anyway, here's some pics from probably the best day of skiing I've ever had!

Planning to go back Wednesday...

March 11, 2024 by SPP™ SlowPokePete, on Flickr

March 11, 2024 by SPP™ SlowPokePete, on Flickr

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**Tom** · 03-12-2024

It's been a while since we were there, but the one chair that comes out of the trees and unloads where one lift comes up from the right and an old double goes up to the left on a windy day, that last 300 yards can be as much fun as skiing!

Now that I gots me a new hip I still can't ride my snowboards because that's my lead leg and the torque probably wouldn't be good but I can ski again. Your pics have certainly got me feeling the need.

**SlowPokePete** · 03-16-2024

Hit Gore Mountain again on Wednesday, solo this time.

Met Jorn's nephew Aaron and we did a couple of runs together.

Jorn say he heard he's a "pretty good skier."

That is true time about a hundred.

Morning was great, snow became very grippy after about 11:30 and challenging for this guy trying to learn how to turn.

Anyway, I was thinking that was my last time on the slopes for the season, but might hit Catamount on Sunday morning for a few runs since it's already paid for with my season ticket for next year.

That will make seven days of skiing in about four weeks....not too shabby!

March 13, 2024 by SPP™ SlowPokePete, on Flickr

March 13, 2024 by SPP™ SlowPokePete, on Flickr

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**SlowPokePete** · 03-25-2024

We had cold weather last week, and Catamount got busy making snow.

I took a ride down Saturday morning, but never got out of my car it was raining so heavily.

Later in the day, it cooled down and we had a decent ice storm, coating everything in ice above about 500' of elevation.

Headed down there on Sunday morning and conditions were quite good, got in 16 runs on my 8th day of skiing this year.

Day 9 of skiing will be today, as I await the arrival of Martyn the tree guy to pick me up and provide a 90+ mph shuttle to Gore Mountain today.

Pics to follow...

If you're wondering about that mess, some guy leaves his four year old kid at the table to eat a muffin and have hot chocolate.

He leaves the kid there alone (at four years old ?) to go to the bathroom. When he comes back, while I'm booting up with my back to them, they leave and I guess dad couldn't take the trouble to clean up after his kid. Or set a good example for him.

Wolf Hill Road on the way there....right near my house, probably about 1,100' up...

March 24, 2023 by SPP™ SlowPokePete, on Flickr