Early October skiing at Killington!!!......

[Highway Star]

.......in the 90's.........

http://www.killingtonzone.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5198

Greets to loafer89 over at AlpineZone for this image..

I was there on October 2nd, 1992 and that was my earliest skiing day at Killington before I skied on October 1st in 1993. Pictures from October 2nd, 1992:

Some pictures from October 1st, 1993:

Some more pictures from October 31st, 1993:

I wasn't there in '92, but I was there on October 5, 1996. I skied and mountain biked that day...

 

[Glenn]

Cool pics! That would make for a nice season...early October to early June.

 

[Vortex]

I always like to see snow being made the earlier the better.

 

[St. Bear]

Early season skiing is great, and fun to get the stoke up, but that 3rd picture down from Oct 31, 1993 looks like a huge clusterfuck. I'd rather stay at home and eat Halloween candy.

 

[WWF-VT]

Is this the picture that they show when you look up WROD in the dictionary ?

 

[Highway Star]

Is this the picture that they show when you look up WROD in the dictionary ?

That's not even the liftline.....those people are socializing.

 

[SIKSKIER]

Uh,ok,uh,excuse me..uh coming through!What the hell is that cluster all about?

 

[bigbob]

Uh,ok,uh,excuse me..uh coming through!What the hell is that cluster all about?

Hey, it's the first day of the season, their resting their legs. Haven't you ever skied in Oct.?

 

[skiadikt]

Uh,ok,uh,excuse me..uh coming through!What the hell is that cluster all about?

don't ever remember it quite like that, but actually could be the liftline winding it's way back up the hill.

have fond memories of october skiing at k. really shortened the off-season since you were essentially in standby mode from oct 1 on. they could blow that section of cascade in about 16 hrs. those were definitely the glory years. and then you could ski 'til june 1. seems crazy now in the current climate but it obviously worked for them back then or else they wouldn't have done for over 20 yrs.

 

[Johnskiismore]

I was there in '92! Those were the Killington hey days, seems so long ago now!

Could also count on camping and skiing over Memorial Day Weekend

 

[WWF-VT]

That's not even the liftline.....those people are socializing.

So maybe that's why they don't open in early October anymore...too much "socializing" and not enough skiing

 

[Glenn]

Some people were so busy talking, they forgot to get off the lift at the top....

 

[TheBEast]

Those are some great photos! Love it!

 

[jaywbigred]

Wow. This is why, as teenagers, we though K was the be all and end all. Not so anymore.

 

[TheBEast]

I love that photo with the mountain bike on the lift with skier!! Nice!! I don't think any place east has overlapping mountain biking and skiing, although a couple buddies mountain biked on Saturday (locally in western MA) last year and then skied opening day at K on Sunday.

 

[Brewbeer]

I can remember one Columbus Day weekend in the 90s when we camped at Gifford Woods, skied in the morning, and mountain biked in the afternoon. Those were the days.

 

[Highway Star]

Bump for some great pics of how the real beast of the east did it.

 

[drjeff]

Late 80's/early 90's ski attire was way cool!

 

[tcharron]

Bump for some great pics of how the real beast of the east did it.

It was an awesome thread. But the beast just isn't the beast anymore. You're really starting to sound like an old, bitter man. :-D

 

[bigbob]

I noticed the trees were bare, must of been later in the month??? Does anybody know the date the picture was taken??