Recent content by TomCat

I guess that would help explain why that lift was running before 9:00. My apologies to management. Tom

I’m writing up a report saying when the forecast calls for freezing rain, put the damn chairs in the shed. I only want $100,000 for this report. I’ll send the invoice to lake placid. Tom

Conditions better than yesterday. Got to backwoods after lunch and it was actually good. Started to tge bowl but took the shuttle to the main base due to all lifts on hold because of ice. AE was running before 9:00, but probably 11:00 before north and gondola opened. I do wish the mountain...

I didn’t get to tge bowl Tom

Not so great today. It looked great but you could hear every skier scraping showcase on our first chair ride at 8:40. Sunway, headwaters, wood lots and cloud had the best snow. They ended up closing lies. Weather for tonight isn’t as bad as previously forecast so hopefully tomorrow is better. Tom

Backwoods and everything I skied was awesome today. But as many readers won’t be happy if I don’t complain, I did find a small ice patch on twister. Tom

I skied oak on 1/1/26 with my granddaughter. Trails were in good shape and crowds were light. The whole process was very pleasant. We arrived late, 9:45, but we still parked close to the lodge. No lines to get tickets or rentals. Light crowds were great for a nervous novice. Tom

In past years, I recall gore getting sunway to quick silver and showcase open and then moving to top ridge and the summit. It’s mid December and the whole lower mountain is open. Given the cold December this might have been the right call. Tom

I don’t blame you for wanting to avoid the weekends, but if you ski early you can get 1.5-2 hours on bear cub without much crowds. Then between 12 and 1 there are no kids lessons so the area will again be pretty empty. I have suggested a fence to keep the bear cub area separate from the main...

I think there are many willing to carry the torch. Tom

Did you start snowboarding?

So this was decided by NYC residents who were at the polls to vote for mayor. That may have also been by design. Tom

Agreed. It would be more meaningful to have votes limited to people within a certain distance of Mt Ho. Why should people in buffalo or Long Island be voting on this. I can see a state wide vote for a major constitutional question Tom

The draw in the summer are the lakes. Why stay in north creek when you can rent a cabin on a lake for a week? Years ago gore would work with local lodging to create ski and stay packages. I don’t see much of that. Why not offer 50% off lift tickets for people that stay in local motels midweek? Tom

It’s leaf season. I’d bet rooms in VT are sold out. Tom