South Ridge Chair retraction

[sledhaulingmedic]

OK, I slammed the South Ridge Chair as being the most useless peice of steel in the ski industry.

I'll retract.

Today, I spent a rather cold day at the big K-whopper and managed to hit The Jug, Breakaway, Roundabout and Jughandle, all of which had decent natual snow for this "lean" season. I did these all without the aid of the the South RIdge chair. Life would have been simpler with the trianglular oddity in operation.

I promise not to dis South Ridge anytime in the foreseable future.

 

[drjeff]

Yet another Southridge Convert! Realistically that is the best pod of on-map relatively unknown terrain at K, if not the entire state of VT!

 

[Rushski]

Agree w/both, those are some really good and ignored trails on that side...

 

[millerm277]

The only problem is......

The chair hasn't been spun once this year, and we still haven't gotten an answer as to whether it will even run over Pres. Weekend.

 

[andyzee]

Pipe Dream has had some nice fresh powder on it for the last couple of weeks.

 

[SkiDog]

Yet another Southridge Convert! Realistically that is the best pod of on-map relatively unknown terrain at K, if not the entire state of VT!

Its SUPER after a good dump....nice lift line runs.....Mmmmmm South Ridge....man I wish they would use that lift a LOT more....DAMNED ASC....

M

 

[BeanoNYC]

Pipe Dream has had some nice fresh powder on it for the last couple of weeks.

Yep.....not if the SRT were open, though. It would have been nice if it were open last Saturday.

 

[ALLSKIING]

Yep.....not if the SRT were open, though. It would have been nice if it were open last Saturday.

Yep...one run down pipe dream was not enough for me.

 

[BeanoNYC]

Yep...one run down pipe dream was not enough for me.

Relive the memory.

 

[snoseek]

I like it the way it is. It's a good retreat when the rest of killington is skied off and crowded. so peaceful, and a good place for a special break.

 

[BeanoNYC]

a good place for a special break.

I thought that was off the top of the North Ridge Triple.

 

[snoseek]

not if your low.

 

[andyzee]

I thought that was off the top of the North Ridge Triple.

Ssshhh...... hush boy ;-)

 

[Newpylong]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm the Jug

 

[thebigo]

South ridge is one of the best trail pods in new england, calssic ne trails with natural terrain features.

IF ... you could lap the area by simply one runout and a slow lift i would hate the srt. Unfortunatley you have to do a massive and scenic but boring green runout to the second most congested base area on the mountain. Once you get to bear you have to wait in the second busiest liftline on the hill to ride the slowest lift on the hill. The you get some good turns on bs only to skate uphill to the crowd of herbs waiting on the k1. Any sane person jumps the s3 to the canyon or glades to get another lap.

by the time you get to your second lap YOU HAVE LOST 45+ MINS but the fresh is still untouched

agreed it is a bit of an old school experience but the last few years when they ran the srt, i still had untracked turns at noon on a saturday
FREE THE SRT!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Newpylong]

Free Killington!! heh. The beast is still in there, somewhere.