Killington skiing into June.!

steamboat1 · May 29, 2015

Cornhead said:
Just remember to bring your lunch with you, I went hungry because I didn't want to hike the stairs twice.

There is a food stand open early season at the base of the NRT. Burgers, dogs, snacks & even beer are served.

steamboat1 · May 29, 2015

skiadikt said:
for those who missed it, after they installed the k1, for a few years they used trucks to move skiers back & forth to the north ridge

Pretty sure Sugarbush did the same thing for a couple of years trucking people up to the Heavens Gate chair early season.

Cornhead · May 29, 2015

Plattekill had mule skiing on St Paddy's day a couple yrs ago, got off the triple, loaded your skis onto a rack mounted on a utility ATV, got a ride to the top of Blockbuster, pretty cool.

Not Sure · May 29, 2015

If...... You still want turns....Tucks and Snowfield still surviving.

dlague · May 29, 2015

steamboat1 said:
There is a food stand open early season at the base of the NRT. Burgers, dogs, snacks & even beer are served.

Not this past season. We skied there early season and there was no food stand in place.

dlague · May 29, 2015

Jcb890 said:
That looks like better coverage than I expected compared to those photos from yesterday.

Above the lower section on the flats it is shot!

dlague · May 29, 2015

skiadikt said:
k opened on monday nov 3 on the north ridge (glades) pod with the stairs and went t-t-b on sat nov 15.

for those who missed it, after they installed the k1, for a few years they used trucks to move skiers back & forth to the north ridge. here's a video i made back in '98 documenting that madness. this was saturday october 24. they shut it down the following day.

Wow they opened that up with fairly thin coverage too!

Puck it · May 29, 2015

dlague said:
Not this past season. We skied there early season and there was no food stand in place.

It was there this year. Not the first week but the second week. I saw it.

dlague · May 29, 2015

Puck it said:
It was there this year. Not the first week but the second week. I saw it.

Was there on the 11th of November (weekday) and NADA!

skiadikt · May 29, 2015

dlague said:
Wow they opened that up with fairly thin coverage too!

yeah essentially "painted" the trail. only rime. that was day 3 then they had to close.

catsup948 · May 29, 2015

yeggous said:
Yes, I remember you poor souls were still hiking the stairs to wait in line to ride the triple. Meanwhile in New Hampshire we were running express quads with no lines a week before Killington opened to the bottom.

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Skiing is skiing. Most people would rather do a shorter drive to hike stairs. Killington has a market on early and late season skiing. I personally will go there early and late because it's a day trip for me.

Puck it · May 29, 2015

dlague said:
Was there on the 11th of November (weekday) and NADA!

I was there on Friday and the hot dog sled was there.

steamboat1 · May 29, 2015

yeggous said:
Yes, I remember you poor souls were still hiking the stairs to wait in line to ride the triple. Meanwhile in New Hampshire we were running express quads with no lines a week before Killington opened to the bottom.

And K was open 3 weeks or longer this spring than any NH area.

steamboat1 · May 29, 2015

Puck it said:
I was there on Friday and the hot dog sled was there.

I think they leave it there permanently now although it's only open early season. Pico also put one in at the base of the Summit chair that was open most weekends this winter.

Puck it · May 29, 2015

steamboat1 said:
I think they leave it there permanently now although it's only open early season. Pico also put one in at the base of the Summit chair that was open most weekends this winter.

No there at the end of the season

steamboat1 · May 29, 2015

Puck it said:
No there at the end of the season

Don't want to get I pissing match but I'm pretty sure it was.

dlague · May 29, 2015

catsup948 said:
Skiing is skiing. Most people would rather do a shorter drive to hike stairs. Killington has a market on early and late season skiing. I personally will go there early and late because it's a day trip for me.

Ditto! Then again most of Vermont and New Hampshire are driving distance for me.

Savemeasammy · May 29, 2015

joshua segal said:
Wildcat: almost 4 hrs.

How does it take you almost 4 hours to get to Wildcat? I live fairly close to you, and it takes me 2.5 hours.

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Quietman · May 29, 2015

Savemeasammy said:
How does it take you almost 4 hours to get to Wildcat? I live fairly close to you, and it takes me 2.5 hours.

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Really Joshua, you must be a very careful driver! I can make it to SR in just over 3 hours.

Newpylong · May 29, 2015

yeggous said:
Yes, I remember you poor souls were still hiking the stairs to wait in line to ride the triple. Meanwhile in New Hampshire we were running express quads with no lines a week before Killington opened to the bottom.

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There were no stairs in 1998.

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