Snow: It's Comin' (Finally)

Starting tonight we are in for a much needed dump of the white stuff, anywhere from 3 to 5 inches -- possibly more. From the National Weather Service:

Tonight: Snow, mainly after 3am. Low around 20. West wind between 5 and 8 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. 

Friday: Snow. High near 30. East wind between 5 and 8 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible. 

Friday Night: Sleet before 8pm, then snow likely. Low around 21. South wind at 8 mph becoming north. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. 

Saturday: A chance of snow showers, mainly before 8am. Cloudy, with a high near 30. Northwest wind around 8 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

More Gore For Less

If ya love skiing at Gore and want to save a few bucks, then let us introduce you to a great way to ski your favorite mountain at a discount.

We recently discovered Liftopia, a website which lists unpublished deals for ski resorts across North America and which often features deals at both White Face and Gore.

Liftopia offers several ways to save, but you have to lock in your deals early. As of this writing there are several deals at Gore for next week.

To ski next Monday and get a $10 food voucher, it wil cost you $67.99 -- a 20 per cent saving. To ski next Tuesday or Wednesday the deal will cost you $55.99  -- a 28 per cent saving! There are also deals on two and three day passes with savings up to 15 per cent.

The skiing at Gore over the last few days has been terrific. Lots of room to move with lots of fresh (machine made) snow.

Goin' At Gore

Picture Tele Racers, Courtesy Gore Mountain

The sun was blazing, the folks friendly and the trails rocked at Gore yesterday, on a very busy Sunday of the Presidents Day weekend holiday.

While the parking lots filled up early, the mountain was relatively un-crowded. Conditions did get a little icy late in the day.

We ate our lunch basking in the sun on the outside deck, just feet away from the open pit fire.

Meanwhle, some Tele racers took home skins, packs, poles, and other  backcountry gear from the Inside Edge of Queensbury in morning races.

Sixty six trails and 13 lifts will be open Monday. Will you be there?

Walkin' The Dogs

Who says taking the dogs for a walk has to be the same old, same old? Well, if you you are Julie Sawyers then it's just like skating on ice -- literally. Julie recently sent us this pic showing her and her dogs Gracie, Lily, Katie, and wrote us this note:

"Katie is a guest and they are all labs. No, their feet didn't freeze. The ice in Rockefeller Center couldn't have been smoother. The cool thing is that I could hear the lake rumbling under my feet and the ice was moaning and popping. The lake is alive in the dead of winter and in the dead of night!"

Got winter pics to share? Send them to us at schroonlaker@me.com