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    The Wisdom of The Upstate Skier (Truisms, life lessons, pro tips)

    TOP QUOTES FROM GORE INSTRUCTORS OVER THE YEARS "Well, Sir, at least your wife won't be as embarrassed to ski with you now." "It's not a successful lesson unless the client isn't crying within four turns." "So you're a "Black Diamond" skier, Sir. Let's go to Double Barrel and find out." "Have...
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    Gore Mountain Conditions

    DomB, I am there on Thursday with my adult Secret Society group in the AM. I am available for trouble in the PM however. Tom-Tom
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    Are snow blades just really short skis?

    Brownski, Google "The Icey Nuts", a Rock & Roll cover band of Killington Snowsports instructors from the 2000's. Their gig was over the top, excellent players doing covers of hit songs with send-up lyrics about skiing, riding and how to thrive in a dirt ball lifestyle. Their tune "Snowblades"...
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    Whiteface Conditions

    MarzNC, I coach skiing @ Gore, not Whiteface, the crew I used to know @ the Face has changed over the years, sorry I can't help you out there. However, if your friend is looking for a great day of riding with solid Silver & Gold Snowboard coaches @ Gore in North Creek, I can direct you in the...
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    Whiteface Conditions

    DanS; You are correct Sir, that is a power/communications cable running across the ground and under the snow on the Whiteface Summit Quad liftline. Pity the fool that ducks that rope and gets snagged by that trip wire; Ouch!. Lots o' rocks under that snow; done there, been that. Jus Sayin'...
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    Top 3 Best Lifts in NYS?

    1. Summit Quad @ Whiteface. 2. Straightbrook @ Gore. 3. Poma #2 @ Hickory Hill (Alas, not active, never again, what a shame) 64ER
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    When was your last yard sale?

    Sunshine @ Banff April 2004. Traversing from bottom of Delirium Dive over to Goat's Eye at speed when I hit a conehead one inch under the skiing surface. Supermanned a good ten yards, three to four feet in the air, thank god for helmets. A Patroller who witnessed it, swooped down in a minute...
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    Dark Side Liftline Photos

    Yo!, Sno, Glad to have you back on the new revised forum. I've been reading the posts and have not replied with any pearls of wisdom, since they were not warranted; until now. The Straightbrook and Darkside liftlines were always skiable, just not legal until 2002. March 2002 Gore got 109"...
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