RUMOR...Killington Opening This Weekend!

[Highway Star]

Just got word from a friend who just got official word......

The Beast Of The East scoffs at your triple chair with midstation.

 

[St. Bear]

Well, they kind of have to at this point.

 

[umby]

this better not be a joke.

can anyone with a less of reputation for outrageous posts confirm this?

 

[BigK]

They are trying for this weekend....I wouldn't trust the sourceless wonder

 

[Puck it]

I would like to know how they are handling this. The season passes have not even arrived yet.

I will go on Sunday if they are open.

He posted the same on K-zone.

 

[Groundskeeper Willie]

openin this weekend?

keep yer knickers on....everyone seems to know everything about...everything !....for that matter.....just ask DIS!

 

[Puck it]

Guns are stilll on up in the Northridge area based on the moutain view, You can see the cloud of snowmaking move over the Canyon quad.

 

[SpinmasterK]

We want to get going as soon as we can, but this weekend doesn't look good for making snow down to the bottom of K-1. Temps too warm.

http://Insider.Killington.com

 

[riverc0il]

Rumor mongering sucks. Thumbs down.

 

[Greg]

Rumor mongering sucks. Thumbs down.

Agreed. Which is why I prefaced the thread title...

 

[Geoff]

We want to get going as soon as we can, but this weekend doesn't look good for making snow down to the bottom of K-1. Temps too warm.

http://Insider.Killington.com

I was out on Lower Chute at 5:30 tonight looking at the back hoe that's up there installing the fan gun. It was 31F in the parking lot. The sky is clear and the humidity is plenty low enough to blow snow right to the bottom for the next 14 hours. Nothing was set up to blow snow below the bottom of the Glades triple. Killington isn't even trying.

 

[riverc0il]

Agreed. Which is why I prefaced the thread title...

Oh wow, it was not even prefaced as a rumor when the thread was created? I honestly did not even see the preface until I saw SpinmasterK's post. My heart stopped a beat or two when I realized I couldn't ski this weekend and thought they were opening.

S'all good. This thread at the least will be useful as a credibility barometer...

 

[Highway Star]

I was out on Lower Chute at 5:30 tonight looking at the back hoe that's up there installing the fan gun. It was 31F in the parking lot. The sky is clear and the humidity is plenty low enough to blow snow right to the bottom for the next 14 hours. Nothing was set up to blow snow below the bottom of the Glades triple. Killington isn't even trying.

Epic fail.....?

 

[Highway Star]

Oh wow, it was not even prefaced as a rumor when the thread was created? I honestly did not even see the preface until I saw SpinmasterK's post. My heart stopped a beat or two when I realized I couldn't ski this weekend and thought they were opening.

S'all good. This thread at the least will be useful as a credibility barometer...

Remember, you heard it here first.

 

[Geoff]

Epic fail.....?

I'm trying to decide who has less credibility? Highway Star or Tom Horrocks?

I think it's pathetic that Killington management refuses to talk straight. This Horrocks marketing blitz is yet another example of their steady stream of half-truths.

 

[skiingsnow]

I was out on Lower Chute at 5:30 tonight looking at the back hoe that's up there installing the fan gun. It was 31F in the parking lot. The sky is clear and the humidity is plenty low enough to blow snow right to the bottom for the next 14 hours. Nothing was set up to blow snow below the bottom of the Glades triple. Killington isn't even trying.

Come on Tom!!! You guys gotta go for it and you gotta go now!! You guys have a longer window this year compared to last year with similar temps. Last year snowmaking wed, thu, warm fri with a bit of melting, snowmaking back sat and open sun. That's 3 days, interrupted too. This year you got wed, thu, fri, up top the whole time with good temps at night for lower. Snowmaking temps at night sat 22*, sun 26*, mon 26*, tues 28* according to nws at mid mountain...

Sure it's going to warm up, but it doesn't look that bad!

 

[jerryg]

We want to get going as soon as we can, but this weekend doesn't look good for making snow down to the bottom of K-1. Temps too warm.

http://Insider.Killington.com

Isn't K's base around the same elevation as the Locke Triple's midstation. Are the temps really that much different between western Maine and the middle of Vermont right now?

 

[RootDKJ]

I'm trying to decide who has less credibility? Highway Star or Tom Horrock.

HighwayStar

 

[deadheadskier]

Dear Killington,

Please open this weekend. Doing so will syphon traffic away from Sunday River and improve my skiing experience there on Saturday.

k thnx



PS, I do intend on skiing your mountain this winter, perhaps soon if you have better early season pricing than last season

 

[BigK]

It is a definite no go this weekend.