gmcunni
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thanks, i was trying to recall the name of that area.. what's the history on closing that part of the mountain?
not sure of the accuracy but wikipedia says -
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thanks, i was trying to recall the name of that area.. what's the history on closing that part of the mountain?
not sure of the accuracy but wikipedia says -
I was bummed when they closed Sunrise. It was a good start point for daytrippers from the south looking to shorten the drive. Granted, Skyeship is only 5 minutes furthur up the road, Bear tenish, but it was still very convenient.
care to elaborate?
ive been skiing for many years at many different mountains and ive never come away from it thinking that i didnt like the people. skiing is fun, people are enjoying playing on the snow, whats not to like?
Steaux gets a bad rap for having a 'snobby richy rich clientele'
never really noticed in my time there.
and who cares if they do, stowe has great terrain and not liking the other people sharing the trails with me has no affect on my good time
i agree with you, the people at stowe seem cool to me
I gotta be honest, I never cared for the place. It was a 20 minute lift ride out of there and on the way back to your car, you couldnt ski the couple of decent runs that were there because you could only access them from the midstation. It cut down on the drive by a bit but when I used to ski k regularly, we gave up parking there rather quickly.
Now go ahead and flame me (not you dhs) but that's my opinion.
Did you opt for the Gondola or Bear mainly? I'm guessing Bear so you could start ripping OL right away.
millerm277
Active member
It gets my money, and most likely will continue to do so, my bitching aside. Why? Terrain, convenience, cheap lodging, and snow.
- Terrain. There's enough to keep everyone I'm often with entertained, which ranges from low-intermediate to expert. There is also enough variety of terrain, that regardless of the weather, there is always some part of the mountain that's good to ski. I've been there on days where it's snowing on Snowdon and sunny at Bear.
- Convenience. It's under 5 hours from my house in Central NJ except in a blizzard.
- Cheap Lodging, The condos through Killington are dirt cheap with the midweek ski & stay deals, and there's a million pretty good other places to stay nearby as well.
- Snow. It gets a good amount of snow, it's usually light enough powder, and thanks to the convenience, I can actually make it there on a last second decision.
- Terrain. There's enough to keep everyone I'm often with entertained, which ranges from low-intermediate to expert. There is also enough variety of terrain, that regardless of the weather, there is always some part of the mountain that's good to ski. I've been there on days where it's snowing on Snowdon and sunny at Bear.
- Convenience. It's under 5 hours from my house in Central NJ except in a blizzard.
- Cheap Lodging, The condos through Killington are dirt cheap with the midweek ski & stay deals, and there's a million pretty good other places to stay nearby as well.
- Snow. It gets a good amount of snow, it's usually light enough powder, and thanks to the convenience, I can actually make it there on a last second decision.
Tyrolean_skier
New member
I felt the need to post a reply to this very important thread. I love my home mountain of Killington because of the varied terrain, the good friends and the night life that is available.
Back then, bear was really the only other choice of the two. It was the original gondola, which went to the peak (that's another story) very slowly. Also, I dont think there was much if any parking around the original gondola. At Bear, K used to occassionaly run the devils fiddle quad if it got busy at the O.L. lift. Plus, bear is easy access to everything.
Geoff
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Northeast Passage allowed you to ski to a pretty good bar/restaurant. On days when the skiing was lousy, it used to be a fun thing to go bar skiing at the Back Behind. The Judge and Nor'easter were fun on powder days when everything else was tracked out. Like everything else at Killington, the sustained pitch didn't last for long.
Back in the day, the Fiddle quad always ran on weekends. Bear was the only place with any kind of uphill capacity. If you wanted to get runs in, you skied Fiddle, OL, and Wildfire off the Fiddle lift. Back then, Bear was the newest base lodge. Everybody I knew parked there because it was easy access where you could always park near the snow up by the Fiddle lift. Everybody I knew started off their Saturday bar crawl with a couple of beers in the bar before bouncing across the dirt roads to the Killington Access Road.
I doubt I rode that Killington gondola more than once a season. It was slow. It broke down all the time.
Edd
Well-known member
I sympathize with this response. I feel the same about other mountains. Good on you, my friend...
Smellytele
Well-known member
Maybe it was just the 20 or so times that I had been there but there always seems to be rude people with attitudes. Not "I am better than you" attitude but attitudes of "I can do what ever I want even if it ruins everyone else's experience around me." That's all.
Vortex
Member
Every area has its share of people with tude. My favoite k story was a few year back. It was early season and at a surface lift. We all were in line with ropes.
About 15 of us. Guns firing. We were all getting wet by the guns, it was kind of fun in the spirit of early season. A guys walks up drops the rope makes his own entracne with his family, Walks in a few make a comments he gives a salute and on they go
Not worth a confrontation. Just like I don't have to wait. I was just in shock. I think it was the last year of the all for one pass.
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About 15 of us. Guns firing. We were all getting wet by the guns, it was kind of fun in the spirit of early season. A guys walks up drops the rope makes his own entracne with his family, Walks in a few make a comments he gives a salute and on they go
Not worth a confrontation. Just like I don't have to wait. I was just in shock. I think it was the last year of the all for one pass.
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Geoff
Well-known member
Yep. I chalk it up to the high density of NYC people. I suspect you see the same awful behavior at the other places they go.... Mountain Creek, Hunter, and Mount Snow. You don't see it midweek when they're all back in the flatlands stuck in traffic jams honking their horns.
Smellytele
Well-known member
Didn't want to offend anyone but you nailed it!
millerm277
Active member
It's improved a lot in the past few years (Then again, there's also a lot less people.). It's never been a huge issue for me though, liftlines and crowded areas of mountains aren't my thing, and the people skiing where I am, usually have a good attitude.
does it really ruin your day if you have to share the mountain with people from NYC?
come on man, lighten up.
most of the NYC skiers dont get to the mountain until noon, so you dont have to compete with them for fresh tracks on a powder day.
they want everything groomed, so you dont have to worry about them on the bump trails
they dont ski trees, so unless you are skiing blue square groomers between 12:00 and 3:00, the only time you have to spend with those scary new yorkers is maybe sharing a 5 minute chair lift ride
they buy full price day tickets, they buy lunch at the lodge and are done skiing by 3:00 to buy full price beers at happy hour (instead of tailgating in the parking lot)
every big mountain in vermont (bush, stowe, K, okemo ect...) depends on the new yorkers and their $$$. without them we would be paying twice as much for our season passes and the mountain would blow half as much snow.
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