Gore - 1/31/26 bluebird day.

[Tonyr]

Resort or Ski Area

Gore Mountain

Date

Jan 31, 2026

Snow Conditions

1. Packed Powder
2. Dust on Crust
3. Ice
4. Crust

My son and I met my father at Gore this weekend to ski a day together. It was his first time out on the slopes since 1992...

He skied a solid 10 years before his last day out in 92. All things considered, pops looked good on his one and only run down the mountain today. He fell a few times on the intermediate trail we were on and thankfully didn't get injured. We didn't want to push our luck any further so he headed into the lodge while my son and I went back out to ski a couple of hours.

It was a cold one today, with the wind chill the weather hovered around 0 degrees while we were out. On the plus side, we did get a bluebird day...


I want to love Gore, with the terrain fully open I'd take this place over anywhere in Southern VT but for whatever reason, they had a ton of their gladed terrain closed today and this looked totally unnecessary scoping things out from the lift and the trails. Honestly the glades looked like they were in better condition then the main trails we were on...

We did get a chance to ski Rumor and Lies which were closed the last time we visited. Both were fast and icy but fun. Other then that, we skied a handful of random black and blue runs the 2 hours my son and I were out together.

Having nearly all the glades closed was a total bummer though. If the Sugarbush team were in charge of opening this place the mountain would have been 100% open today. I totally appreciate how aggressive Sugarbush is with trail openings and wished more mountains followed their lead in that regard.

Here are a few more photos from the day, with the conservative rope drops this Gore team employs, I don't see myself returning here anytime soon unfortunately...

 

[Julius]

Thanks for sharing, great pics. I grew my legs at Gore and WF. As a kid the mountain conditions (which have stayed pretty consistent) has made a man out of many skiers and Olympians.

Great to see you had quality time with your dad and what a memory it'll be ..as far as droped ropes/snow making/anything a consumer wants to see,..remember this mtn and Whiteface are state run. Lot of uncommon decisions and outcomes as a result.

 

[Tonyr]

Thanks! Yes, today is definitely going to be a great memory.

I know being owned by the state is a double edged sword. On one hand NYS is going to be very risk adverse. On the other Bellayre, Gore, and Whiteface all have great infrastructure mainly because NYS pays the bill.