Date(s) Skied: 11/24/2007
Resort or Ski Area: Killington
Conditions: Packed Powder
Trip Report: Good day on the hill. Skied from 8:00 until 1:15. Once again, impressed by customer service and overall operation of the mountain. Crowds were down again, or if not, well spaced out. It seemed that most of the skiers/riders on the mountain were intermediate/advanced. The lifties and pass scanners were polite and talkative again. There were a ton of ambassadors out on the hill. They had one or two at each of the really bad (dangerous) trail merges with proper fencing ,etc. This made the merges so much better than the previous years (which was every skier for themselves). Powdr did a good job of resurfacing (looked like a 2-3 inch help from mother nature) and grooming. The courduroy/man-made granular-"powder" held up most of the day, but towards lunch time it was getting really scraped down (sides of the trails had 4-6" of scraped off manmade powder/granular). The only time I waited in line for a lift was for the gondola at 8:00. Every other time I rode right up to the lift after having my pass scanned. Did more laps than I can count on the north ridge triple and the snowdon quad. Personal highlights for me included much better performance than last time (feel like I'm back where I left off last season) and learned a couple new lip tricks on the oil can hip in the park. I cannot stress how sweet that obstacle is, and I am the farthest thing from a park rat. Hope K keeps that around. Powdr is doing a good job of creating good conditions and making the mountain feel a lot more safe to ski on a typical nightmare holiday ski day. A couple of pics (nothing special but better than nothing) taken from the snowdon triple about 8:45ish (I think):
Resort or Ski Area: Killington
Conditions: Packed Powder
Trip Report: Good day on the hill. Skied from 8:00 until 1:15. Once again, impressed by customer service and overall operation of the mountain. Crowds were down again, or if not, well spaced out. It seemed that most of the skiers/riders on the mountain were intermediate/advanced. The lifties and pass scanners were polite and talkative again. There were a ton of ambassadors out on the hill. They had one or two at each of the really bad (dangerous) trail merges with proper fencing ,etc. This made the merges so much better than the previous years (which was every skier for themselves). Powdr did a good job of resurfacing (looked like a 2-3 inch help from mother nature) and grooming. The courduroy/man-made granular-"powder" held up most of the day, but towards lunch time it was getting really scraped down (sides of the trails had 4-6" of scraped off manmade powder/granular). The only time I waited in line for a lift was for the gondola at 8:00. Every other time I rode right up to the lift after having my pass scanned. Did more laps than I can count on the north ridge triple and the snowdon quad. Personal highlights for me included much better performance than last time (feel like I'm back where I left off last season) and learned a couple new lip tricks on the oil can hip in the park. I cannot stress how sweet that obstacle is, and I am the farthest thing from a park rat. Hope K keeps that around. Powdr is doing a good job of creating good conditions and making the mountain feel a lot more safe to ski on a typical nightmare holiday ski day. A couple of pics (nothing special but better than nothing) taken from the snowdon triple about 8:45ish (I think):
