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Snowmaking underway at Killington
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drjeff
Well-known member
This has the potential to be one ugly weekend at K. Rabid fans of K who are disappointed with the non opening. Big piles of snow up high. I'm sensing a return of reports of the "no hiking" police will be surfaces tommorow.
RENO
Member
Looking good! Stockpiling that white stuff.
Can't wait till they open (with more than a 50 ft jib park or 200 vert 1/2 trail! :lol
Can't wait till they open (with more than a 50 ft jib park or 200 vert 1/2 trail! :lol
Part of me really hopes so. On the other hand, part of me really hopes that people show up, and are hiking up with no signs.
Even better, the whole concept of not just letting people pay to ski will end up going away. If it's being used for stockpiling anyway, they intend on pushing it all up into piles anyway.
Looking good! Stockpiling that white stuff.
Can't wait till they open (with more than a 50 ft jib park or 200 vert 1/2 trail! :lol
Err, Sundary River is open with a half a mile long trail.
RENO
Member
OK, 300 ft vert! :lol:
mondeo
New member
So it looks like through Tuesday there's decent night conditions down to around 3000 feet, then marginal after that (with probably minimal melt.) Just base building on Rime, Reason, (and apparently upper Dipper) still, or is there going to be a push to get a decent amount of runs covered so when they get the weather at the base it'll be a big opening?
millerm277
Well-known member
Okay, all indications lean toward this for opening day:
Rime, East Glade/Reason, Upper GN, Upper Double Dipper all open up high. They'll usually drop a couple guns on either Cascade or Downdraft Headwall, and open it for or around opening day . Powerline's a possibility as well, since given it's width, it doesn't take much snow to open.
Then everything will go into GN, and Mouse Trap, followed with all the traffic heading into the WROD of Lower Bunny Buster. That's opening day for you.
The next couple to open after that will probably be: Chute, Upper Bunny Buster, the 4 beginner stubs on Snowdon, and Lower East Fall.
As for their plan:
Looks like they're hammering everything from the Glades Triple base and up at the moment, so no more snowmaking should be needed there at the next cold spell.
They'll fire up as many guns as they possibly can on Mouse Trap, Great Northern (snowdon section), and Lower Bunny Buster, along with the new fan gun at the Mouse Trap/Chute/GN/Bunny Buster intersection, and then they'll open.
drjeff
Well-known member
300 more verts than K is offering right now
Don't bash the folks that went for it, simply because your guys chose not to! Since we all know that if K REALLY wanted to string together a high elevation set up to compete for the 1st to open title they could! Given that there's been enough snow made in Southern VT to open up a small lift served park at an elevation that is BELOW KBL, right now, one does have to question what percentage of the old "Beast of The East" the new K will be??
Newpylong
Well-known member
Looking good! Stockpiling that white stuff.
Can't wait till they open (with more than a 50 ft jib park or 200 vert 1/2 trail! :lol
You got the length, but half short on the vert. Upper T2 is roughly 500.
A lot of mid atlantic ski areas have only 600' of vertical total!!
andyzee
New member
Ok, let's get some perspective here, and I can't believe I'm doing this, but not only will I defend Killington, but I'll say they got some class. First, what does Sunday River really have, a little strip of snow open. Mount Snow, a freaking Bunny Hill 
Give me a break, the things people do just to say the''re first and get publicity, can you say Woodbury? At least Killington will not open until they have a decent product to offer, top to bottom skiing. Yes, I know I want off on them, it was out of frustration after getting my hopes up. Today I hiked up Killinton, and I bet they have a lot more snow and terrain then Sunday River, but they also have, here I go again, shoot me, class. Take a look at the pic I took today, can you say whales?
Give me a break, the things people do just to say the''re first and get publicity, can you say Woodbury? At least Killington will not open until they have a decent product to offer, top to bottom skiing. Yes, I know I want off on them, it was out of frustration after getting my hopes up. Today I hiked up Killinton, and I bet they have a lot more snow and terrain then Sunday River, but they also have, here I go again, shoot me, class. Take a look at the pic I took today, can you say whales?
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Geoff
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Ok, let's get some perspective here, and I can't believe I'm doing this, but not only will I defend Killington, but I'll say they got some class. First, what does Sunday River really have, a little strip of snow open. Mount Snow, a freaking Bunny Hill
So I presume you weren't around when Preston Smith blew upper Cascade every year in October? It's a formula that has been proven to work. I applaud Sunday River for copying it. If you look at the erosion of Killington's market share in the metro-Boston market, Sunday River seems to be making the right moves.
andyzee
New member
No I wasn't, but I don't see the relevance here. I see, a mountain making a ton of noise over a little strip of snow that they open for a few days, That is what I see. If I way around during the Preston Smith day, I would still see the same thing.
Now question for you, where do you draw the line on what is an opening. Was Woodbury's open for real? If I blow snow in my back yard and invite you to ski it for $10, can we consider that an opening? Not being a wise guy, just seriously want to know where you would draw the line?
T-2 to lower punch is 1600 vertical feet, bigger vert than anything in Colorado right now. 25 dollars to ski that is a plain steal.
I thought so. PUNCH was WROF - white ribbon of fun. T2 was edge to edge coverage, minor bare spots between bumps, but overall a pretty deep base. It was definitely icy, but that's the deal with the freezing and thawing and high water content of base building snow.
Whatever their reasoning for opening, part of it has to be SR wanting to provide skiing for those who would love it. The Barker lot was full; not sure how many skiers that means, but it certainly was more than a couple hundred.
andyzee
New member
Are you saying that T2 was not the only trail open?
they dropped the rope on Sunday Punch for the afternoon. The full vertical of Locke was open this afternoon. T2 is an upper mountain trail that goes to the mid station. Punch goes to the base from there.
As mountains inflate trail totals, technically they could have said they had T2, Sunday Punch and Lower Sunday Punch open. I'd expect the coverage to be quite decent down low after tonight's snow making.
andyzee
New member
OK, that I could consider an opening. Their site is still saying only T2
