Search results

Hudson is the second longest fixed grip only behind Topridge, but it runs much slower than Topridge. High Peaks is about an 8 minute ride, but Hudson is more like 10. Once the ride time gets over 9 minutes, people tend to avoid the lift because it's too slow.

I'm in the Whiteface Conditions facebook group, which while new this year, now has about 2300 members. I honestly credit that group for bringing a lot of these issues to light, when previously they would've been swept under the rug, or otherwise gone unnoticed. There are firsthand reports posted...

Why was it so empty before? Because it was only 2 trails, one of which was always closed for racing. Now that it has another trail, people have more reason to go there. People don't go to the ski bowl, even with Backwoods open, because the lift is so slow. They're replacing it this summer.

Barkeater was seldom open due to the steep exit onto Pipeline. The upper portion of the glade is open more. It was inevitable that any trail cut in that vicinity would impact the glades, which should have been trails in the first place. Backwoods is 60 feet wide, which is about the same width...

Conditions were largely mediocre, particularly on the upper mountain, but the place was empty, the sun was out, and I got a lot of good runs. The conditions being better down low is the reason I took so many laps on Facelift and Notch. Also, I like The Notch a lot more than I thought I would...

Why the hate for Backwoods? It was never billed as a natural trail. It's had snowmaking from day 1, and was graded to be a blue. Are you against making it easier to get to the ski bowl? My only issue with it is that Paradox and Eagle's Nest weren't widened, so it creates a bottleneck.

It's so on-brand for ORDA. Expand the mountain or sign up to host large events, and then don't scale the operation accordingly.

None of the capital allocated last year went to increasing snowmaking capacity. It was all for efficiency upgrades and expanding snowmaking footprint. No matter what the reservoir size is, or how many automated low E guns they have, they can still pump 4800 gpm out of the Hudson, and 6800 gpm...

I've definitely seen them both closed, though not this year. Echo is designed to be the race trail, and Sagamore isn't. After expanding snowmaking capacity, they need to cut another trail from Burnt Ridge to the main base. This would unfortunately be the end for Cirque Glades, though it's...

Sagamore is now being given away to the race program? As if Echo being closed almost every weekend wasn't good enough for them? You've got to be kidding me.

They can pump up to 4800 gpm into the reservoir and up to 6800 gpm out. If they do both at once, then there's a 2000 gpm deficit, as in 2000 more gpm are going out than in. With a 2000 gpm deficit, they will drain the reservoir in 10 days. Where it gets complicated is that some or all of the...

Gore actually does have a water problem. Since they added so many low E guns, air is no longer the limiting factor like it was back in 1995 when they added the Hudson River feed. I believe back then, they felt they had enough water for the size of the mountain, and they rarely ran at maximum...

Zero chance. Look at Google Earth. Absolutely ridiculous that anyone suggested such a thing was possible.

The reason for the difference in snowmaking performance between Gore and Belleayre is due to the GPM per snowmaking acre ratio. That's the best metric to determine the snowmaking capabilities of any ski area. No matter how many low E guns you have, no matter how aggressive you are at hitting...

Gore has more snowmaking capacity than Belleayre, but Gore is more than double the size of Belleayre, and has much more elaborate park builds than Belleayre does. I'll normally be the first to call out slacking off, but I can't really do that for Gore this year. They covered everything they did...

Gore almost always closes trails with active snowmaking. Can't remember the last time I skied under the guns there.

I think they had capped it low, based on anticipated passholder or frequent skier card visits, but when the numbers were lower than expected, they reopened ticket sales, which is why people were able to buy at the window. No reason to turn people away when the mountain isn't overcrowded. Sunday...

If they're selling out every weekend, then they need to expand the mountain.

I was surprised to see snowmaking on Rumor this morning, because I didn't think it was cold enough. Overall, today was a good day. It wasn't particularly crowded, and I got plenty of good runs. That being said, there were some points of frustration. Echo was closed for racing all morning, but...