How bad will it really be this weekend?

[watchoutbelow]

New guy here.

So I've been watching the weather all week and I am very bummed. I've had a trip up to Gore planned for this weekend all winter and I was really excited about all the snow they were getting.

Now they are saying 53 degrees and raining on Friday followed by 25 degrees on Saturday!!

Now, I am pretty new to skiing, so can anyone explain to me exactly how bad the conditions are going to be on Saturday morning? I am really worried that for a novice like me it will be pretty difficult.

How about Sunday and Monday? Do you think it will get better since they will have more time to groom?

Thanks!

[deadheadskier]

depends on how much rain they get. They might choose to let a lot of the trails drain on Saturday.

I was planning on skiing Saturday, I've switched to Sunday. I'm not someone who loves skiing groomers, but that's probably the only thing that will be decent until either:

A. we get new snow.

B. we enter into a spring corn cycle.

Hoping A comes soon and B doesn't come until April.

[watchoutbelow]

Yeah, I am definitely going Sunday and Monday. I was thinking about going super early on Saturday and getting in just a few runs because I have a three day lift ticket gift card that I need to use.

I'm just hoping that the rain somehow misses the mountain. My fingers are tightly crossed.

I just don't want to be skiing on ice all weekend. That would be a bummer.

[drjeff]

Yeah, I am definitely going Sunday and Monday. I was thinking about going super early on Saturday and getting in just a few runs because I have a three day lift ticket gift card that I need to use.

I'm just hoping that the rain somehow misses the mountain. My fingers are tightly crossed.

I just don't want to be skiing on ice all weekend. That would be a bummer.

A little patience will be key this weekend, if the anticipated weather happens. On Saturday you'll find that the mountain has groomed out a bunch of trails, which more than likely during the 1st couple of hours will ski decently. Realistically since this will be a very busy ski weekend, those nice early AM groomers will get a bit scraped off by late morning. There more than likely will be some trails closed Saturday if they do get a good thaw and then a hard freeze back up.

Come Sunday, things will be better do to more grooming and more water draining out of the snowpack, and if the possible storm comes on Monday, things will be getting back to decent pretty quickly.

Gotta remember as a mountain is managing their snowpack, sometimes the best thing they can do for the longterm benefit is to keep all equipment and people off a trail in the day or so immediately after a freeze up, to get as much water to drain out of the top layer of the snowpack as possible.

Also, we need to hope that the front comes through as early as possible Friday afternoon to start the cooldown, as the mountains won't want to start grooming the runs they decide to until after they freeze back up. The earlier they freeze back up, the more terrain they can groom out before 1st chair Saturday AM

[watchoutbelow]

Sounds like it won't be a total wash, but Sunday will be crazy busy I assume. I'm just hoping people decide to stay away for the whole weekend because of the weather. Either way I will be with friends, so I'm sure it will end up being fun.

[Greg]

Bummer. My one and only trip to Gore was under similar circumstances. Warm, spring-like leading up and then a deep freeze. All the good stuff was out of play. The steep groomers were okay, but pretty fast and flat, not my favorite conditions. Sounds like you prefer groomed intermediate terrain? That stuff might not be so bad. What made our trip worse was that we drove home into the St. Patty's Day storm we had a few years ago. Took 5+ hours driving in heavy snow after skiing frozen gran all day. Yuck!

[watchoutbelow]

Yeah, I was there early last February before they had any good snow and now I'm going up late February this year and all the good snow is gone! Guess I can't win.

I'm just hoping it's not as icy as it was last year. By lunchtime there were a lot of dangerous patches of ice on the intermediate trails and even the experienced skiers I was with were having a hard time.

Like I said, fingers crossed. Should get a little snow from 6pm to 10pm Friday night after the rain and then some more snow showers Saturday during the day.

[tjf67]

Yeah, I was there early last February before they had any good snow and now I'm going up late February this year and all the good snow is gone! Guess I can't win.

I'm just hoping it's not as icy as it was last year. By lunchtime there were a lot of dangerous patches of ice on the intermediate trails and even the experienced skiers I was with were having a hard time.

Like I said, fingers crossed. Should get a little snow from 6pm to 10pm Friday night after the rain and then some more snow showers Saturday during the day.

If you get out there early there is going to be pretty decent conditions. They have a decent base so they will churn it up good to put a decent product down. I dont exactly what time the cold weather is getting in here but there may be a chance that it stay warm enough friday night not to set everything up solid. The conditions are going to be bette for an intermediate than a expert. Gore expanded there terrain quite a bit so they shoul dbe able to disburse the crowds. Go for first chair and ski your ass off without taking any breaks until you are done. I would not stop for breaks as condtions are going to deteriate as the days go on. Get a good buzz on a go tubing while you are down there is a blast.

[watchoutbelow]

If you get out there early there is going to be pretty decent conditions. They have a decent base so they will churn it up good to put a decent product down. I dont exactly what time the cold weather is getting in here but there may be a chance that it stay warm enough friday night not to set everything up solid. The conditions are going to be bette for an intermediate than a expert. Gore expanded there terrain quite a bit so they shoul dbe able to disburse the crowds. Go for first chair and ski your ass off without taking any breaks until you are done. I would not stop for breaks as condtions are going to deteriate as the days go on. Get a good buzz on a go tubing while you are down there is a blast.

Sounds like a plan to me! Thanks!

[Warp Daddy]

3 of us will be at Gore sat , sun and mon -- it will be whatever it is and THAT is better than siting on the sidelines watching life go by .



The "weather - guessers" do their best but , over many yrs i can't tell u how many times i've been out skiing when they said it would be less than great . Life ain't a dress rehearsal relax and enjoy