I was there Friday around 9:30a. Totally forgot about opening day since we knew we would not be skiing. As soon as my wife mentioned it, I grabbed the kids and set out. That....was the most excitment we would have.
2 miles of chain greated us as we drove the entire lot to park in the "gold" lot. Front row....but still way back from where I could have parked had they taken the chains down. Not sure why the set the Pay Lot way to the left....I might have thought it would be right in front of the lodge. I new the shack was over wehre it is....way left. But felt they were just moving it around.
We get out of the car...a van pulls up. The driver is GREAT....but obvioulsy did not have much to do. Two kids under 4 and you do not turn down a bus ride. So we rode 100 feet.....said he tought there might be food in the Lincoln Lodge. We did not see it. Went to the lodge...shopped in the newly revised store...very professionally done. The lodge feels the same, but looks better and way more tables.....I think, cant remember how many there were before now that I saw the new ones. They put the exterior deck tables on a 45degree angle..... Ok. Maybe it makes the view better for everyone.
10 guys hiked up a bit to what appeared to be a rainbow slide....no snow. A skier sucessfully went down..but when he hit dirt....over. A snowboarder climbed up....did some 180s on top then crawled back down. The end. Visited the new groomer with the boy.
Negatives: You have a gondi running..they were charging 13/pp to ride it unless you had a seaons pass. CRAZY...Honestly IF...60 people paid to ride the gondi I would think that is a huge number. So for 700 bucks Gore missed a GREAT marketing idea. Stick out the sign...free rides, and then try to hype your mountain. One ad must cost over this amount. I am not cheep or jeleous about having to pay (I did not) to ride the gondi....just upset that a mountain that spends (I assume) thousands on marketing...missed this opportunity. Maybe its against the law to let folks ride free...if thats the case..I will give them a break. Otherwise, bad move.
It was cold and windy at elevation for my 2 yo. With that...and absolutely nothing keeping us there..we signed out. Next stop...Tupper Lake to see what their PARTAY was like.
2 miles of chain greated us as we drove the entire lot to park in the "gold" lot. Front row....but still way back from where I could have parked had they taken the chains down. Not sure why the set the Pay Lot way to the left....I might have thought it would be right in front of the lodge. I new the shack was over wehre it is....way left. But felt they were just moving it around.
We get out of the car...a van pulls up. The driver is GREAT....but obvioulsy did not have much to do. Two kids under 4 and you do not turn down a bus ride. So we rode 100 feet.....said he tought there might be food in the Lincoln Lodge. We did not see it. Went to the lodge...shopped in the newly revised store...very professionally done. The lodge feels the same, but looks better and way more tables.....I think, cant remember how many there were before now that I saw the new ones. They put the exterior deck tables on a 45degree angle..... Ok. Maybe it makes the view better for everyone.
10 guys hiked up a bit to what appeared to be a rainbow slide....no snow. A skier sucessfully went down..but when he hit dirt....over. A snowboarder climbed up....did some 180s on top then crawled back down. The end. Visited the new groomer with the boy.
Negatives: You have a gondi running..they were charging 13/pp to ride it unless you had a seaons pass. CRAZY...Honestly IF...60 people paid to ride the gondi I would think that is a huge number. So for 700 bucks Gore missed a GREAT marketing idea. Stick out the sign...free rides, and then try to hype your mountain. One ad must cost over this amount. I am not cheep or jeleous about having to pay (I did not) to ride the gondi....just upset that a mountain that spends (I assume) thousands on marketing...missed this opportunity. Maybe its against the law to let folks ride free...if thats the case..I will give them a break. Otherwise, bad move.
It was cold and windy at elevation for my 2 yo. With that...and absolutely nothing keeping us there..we signed out. Next stop...Tupper Lake to see what their PARTAY was like.
