Killington Rumor?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Originally Posted by skiing is life

the new ownersof killington can bite me, how can powdr screw the resort that badly by opening in late november and closing in mid april. All for just a god damn profit. Killington was the only resort in the east that rivaled the western ones. It always took a stand to sometimes even open before the western resorts. k im gonna stop before i get into a senseless rant.

come on keep ranting..it's not senseless I want to hear it..

[Killington]

You will have to wait and see. The world's most extensive snow making system is charged and ready to go!!

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Originally Posted by Killington

You will have to wait and see. The world's most extensive snow making system is charged and ready to go!!

woo hoo..and Spinmaster was talking about snowmaking temps this week...

[RootDKJ]

Originally Posted by skiing is life

the new ownersof killington can bite me, how can powdr screw the resort that badly by opening in late november and closing in mid april. All for just a god damn profit. Killington was the only resort in the east that rivaled the western ones. It always took a stand to sometimes even open before the western resorts. k im gonna stop before i get into a senseless rant.

so does that mean you don't ski there anymore?

[WoodCore]

Originally Posted by Highway Star

There are easier/eariler opening strategies they could persue, but seem to refuse so far:

- Using the superstar trail pod to open, much less snowmaking needed.
- Trucking to up/down loading on the canyon quad
- Installing a temporary handle tow on upper downdraft, using the K-1 for up and down loading, with skiing off the North ridge triple.
- Another upper mountain lift returing to the K-1 top.

How about a simple mid-station (loading only) on the K1! It's entirely possible and would provide direct access (upload/download) to all the high elevation lift pods including the SRT.

[SpinmasterK]

Originally Posted by JerseyJoey

Thank you spinmaster. I also have a question for you if you have the time to answer.

How many days of continuos snowmaking does it take Killington to open up a trail(s) for lift serviced skiing and riding? Thank you.

It really depends upon the weather. With optimal conditions and round the clock snowmaking, 8-10 days.
Currently the ground is really warm, so we need a few hard freezes so we don't see ground-up melting once snowmaking begins.

[SpinmasterK]

Originally Posted by Killington

You will have to wait and see. The world's most extensive snow making system is charged and ready to go!!

Ready to go - yes! Charged? No, not yet!

[RootDKJ]

Two fantastic answers from Spin in the same day! Hopefully this trend will continue

[2knees]

Originally Posted by skiing is life

Killington was the only resort in the east that rivaled the western ones. .

[Highway Star]

Originally Posted by SpinmasterK

It really depends upon the weather. With optimal conditions and round the clock snowmaking, 8-10 days.

No, not really.

Optimal conditions for 8-10 days straight, round the clock, is vitually impossible to have until the heart of mid-winter. Spread out, it probably takes Killington until early December to see 200 hours below 20 degrees. And unless Killington's snowmaking capacity has decreased from 80 acre feet per day, that's enough snowmaking to open half the mountain's snowmaking trails....really....which is pretty much what they have by mid-December.

So either your wrong, you're sandbagging us, or the capacity is actually down.

My estimates are entirely more realistic.

While I may think the K-1 opening is incredibly absurd and difficult, it is not THAT difficult. If it truely took 8-10 days of round the clock optimal temps, they would literally not open until December.