I'm definitely surprised! Nice work K-mart!
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Killington to open tomorrow 11-2-2010
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I'm definitely surprised! Nice work K-mart!
I guess people would rather bitch about Killington than acknowledge when they do something good... :roll:
AdironRider
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Love fests arent that much fun on internet message boards.
Seeing as Ive been a proponent of quality product over earliest possible opening, I hope they put up tomorow. Im looking forward to it.
Seeing as Ive been a proponent of quality product over earliest possible opening, I hope they put up tomorow. Im looking forward to it.
Puck it
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I am looking at going on Wed.
+ 1. Folks offered criticism, but some praise should be offered. I am glad to see that they are opening even with a not-so-great couple of days of weather later this week. Hoping that it is
but forecasts are looking not so good.I'm looking forward to some good TR's and pics.
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zinger3000
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Last year when I went to K this time of year, I took the gondola to the top, and then skied the top portion Great Northern to get to the base of the other lift (accessing the trails like Rime, etc), and then skied Great Northern to get back to the bottom. From their website, it looks like you have to take a pathway to get to the Rime trail. Does that mean that Great Northern won't be open, and that taking the pathway is a necessity? They also state that the gondola is uploading and downloading; does that mean no top-to-bottom skiing via the Great Northern trail?
sLoPeS
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u will not be able ski to the bottom. take k1 to top, click in, ski great northern to north ridge chair, lap the north ridge trails (reason/upper east fall, rime, GN) then take north ridge to top and hike up to the k1 via stairway, download to bottom.
sounds like my tuesday! 8)
Let us know how it goes up there tomorrow guys! I'm interested to hear how the walkway works out as well as the how the skiing is.. 
gmcunni
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FWIW, i didn't read their comments as negative towards K but rather humerus pokes at the AZ population for not chatting up the event more.
I'm pissed i have plans this weekend that preclude me from skiing. I think i'll head up next week, my company has vets day off.
I agree and was expanding on what they said. Sorry I wasn't more clear.
gmcunni
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oh, i c now.. read it wrong. my bad. carry on.
The Quasi-Beast Is Opening
While it is still a fail, at least more slopes await us!
Happy to report the following email from Killington:
Hello Killington Skiers and Riders!
Ski Season is finally here! Thanks to the hard work of our mountain operations team and dedicated crew of snowmaking professionals, we’re kicking off the 2010-11 ski and snowboard season tomorrow, Tuesday 11/2 at 10 a.m.
We’ll offer skiing and riding on four trails served by the North Ridge Triple chair with upload/download access served by the K-1 Gondola. We’ll debut the new Peak Walkway, requiring a 5-10 minute walk from the top of the North Ridge Triple back to the top of the K-1 Gondola.
Open terrain will include more difficult and most difficult terrain only and snowmaking will continue on Upper Double Dipper and Upper East Fall throughout the day. No beginner terrain will be available and early season conditions exist.The Peak Restaurant will be open for lunch and the K-1 Lodge will be open for ticket sales, guest service, retail and restrooms. The early season terrain park on Reason will also open Tuesday.
Snowmaking crews will continue to take advantage of cold temperatures and focus on expanding terrain as conditions permit. Beginning Wednesday, Killington Resort will operate from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days a week until Saturday, Nov. 27, when Killington will offer 8 a.m. openings of select lifts on weekends and peak days.
See you on the slopes!
While it is still a fail, at least more slopes await us!
Happy to report the following email from Killington:
Hello Killington Skiers and Riders!
Ski Season is finally here! Thanks to the hard work of our mountain operations team and dedicated crew of snowmaking professionals, we’re kicking off the 2010-11 ski and snowboard season tomorrow, Tuesday 11/2 at 10 a.m.
We’ll offer skiing and riding on four trails served by the North Ridge Triple chair with upload/download access served by the K-1 Gondola. We’ll debut the new Peak Walkway, requiring a 5-10 minute walk from the top of the North Ridge Triple back to the top of the K-1 Gondola.
Open terrain will include more difficult and most difficult terrain only and snowmaking will continue on Upper Double Dipper and Upper East Fall throughout the day. No beginner terrain will be available and early season conditions exist.The Peak Restaurant will be open for lunch and the K-1 Lodge will be open for ticket sales, guest service, retail and restrooms. The early season terrain park on Reason will also open Tuesday.
Snowmaking crews will continue to take advantage of cold temperatures and focus on expanding terrain as conditions permit. Beginning Wednesday, Killington Resort will operate from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days a week until Saturday, Nov. 27, when Killington will offer 8 a.m. openings of select lifts on weekends and peak days.
See you on the slopes!
powhunter
Active member
Hell ya.. Gotta cut a zip line on upper east fall...skiers right in the blow off...See ya up there
steveo
mondeo
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Epic fail thingy behind us? I think not. It'll rear its ugly head any time anyone has a compaint about POWDR as long as they own the place.
I am looking forward to not being forced to mute or change the channel during commercial breaks, though.
Johnskiismore
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Hmm, as much as I am happy they are opening not too sure about $49 for a ticket. Not trying to sound cheap or negative, just my opinion.
Alright, I will
a little, SR will probably have T2B this weekend and more than likely it will be $25
Alright, I will
a little, SR will probably have T2B this weekend and more than likely it will be $25
mondeo
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And with only Boston to draw from, they probably won't sell as many as Killington will.Hmm, as much as I am happy they are opening not too sure about $49 for a ticket. Not trying to sound cheap or negative, just my opinion.
Alright, I will
As much as people complain about the $50 NRT ticket, it serves its purpose. Make money while limiting sales to what the mountain can handle. Opening weekend was the longest line I saw last year.
So true. Let's just pretend that there will not be an epic fail K thread for at least a week or two.
