KBL Damaged/Killington Damage Reports

[SkiDork]

Agreed. There's a video of someone driving through all 3 of those on youtube (can't access from work or I'd post it here). Incredible footage especially when you look to the left and see the cliff down about 15 or 20 feet

 

[RENO]

The facebook video that millerm277 posted shows this, but you need to have a Facebook ID to view it...

 

[Nick]

4th largest natural disaster in terms of property damage in US history.

Holy crap, I didn't know that!

 

[RENO]

 

[steamboat1]

WOW!!! That's the route I have to take to get to Pico/Killington being I'm on the west side of the Greens. Hope they get it usable before winter.

 

[bvibert]

WOW!!! That's the route I have to take to get to Pico/Killington being I'm on the west side of the Greens. Hope they get it usable before winter.

It's gonna take a while to fill in all those holes... I doubt the road is 100% by winter, but I'm sure they'll make it passable.

 

[Puck it]

It's gonna take a while to fill in all those holes... I doubt the road is 100% by winter, but I'm sure they'll make it passable.

 

[Black Phantom]

It's gonna take a while to fill in all those holes... I doubt the road is 100% by winter, but I'm sure they'll make it passable.

You sure about that?

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

You sure about that?

Not sure about, which of his points?

 

[k123]

watch this video from Phoenicia, right near Belleayre: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=weather&id=8326848 :sad:

 

[Bubbartzky]

I just commented over on KillingtonZone.com how it seems people have been on their best behavior since the storm. Some of the comments in this thread suggest that people took their arguing over here. ;-)

Seriously, as one who has been in Killington since the storm, I can tell you that the roads are quickly coming back and assure you that things will be relatively normal by ski season. Route 4 from the east, coming from I-89 is open although the authorities are still taking steps to limit traffic flow. I'm told that Route 4 from the west through Mendon is seeing tremendous progress although no timetable for reopening is yet being given. Route 100 from the south from Ludlow is close to reopening. A real problem is getting in from the north with damage to both Route 100 and Route 107 but 100 is coming along and 107 is, from what I understand, now getting a lot of attention.

Everyone in Vermont, from the Governor on down to local officials, knows how important road access is to the economy and have been making every effort to get things open and moving. The Maine National Guard as well as the Maine DOT is here with their equipment. It'll take some time but I expect reasonable normalcy (not to be interpreted as complete rebuild) by October 1. Plan on being here for the Brewfest!

I can't speak for the resort (Chris posts here and can do that just fine) but from what I can see, they're already making repairs to the Ramshead parking lot, have large piles of fill in the upper Snowshed lot ready for use in that lot as well as other washouts from KBL down to Ramshead, and have been working to clean up the Skye Ship base lodge area. They continue to stress that the lift infrastructure was undamaged and KBL will be operational after cleaning up the Superstar Pub mess and making repairs to the east end of the Mahogany Ridge section of the building. I would guess, and maybe Chris can comment on this, that some of the planned but as yet uncompleted infrastructure improvements such as pipe replacement may get delayed as priorities shift toward storm repairs, but other than that I think this storm really won't impact winter operations in any way.

 

[Nick]

That's good to hear Bubba, hope things return to normal quickly for VT! C'mon Snow!

 

[Black Phantom]

That's good to hear Bubba, hope things return to normal quickly for VT! C'mon Snow!

For the record and to further dispel rumors- Killington Base Lodge is not gone.

The title of this thread should be changed ASAP.

Someone just got blasted for allegedly spreading a rumor. This is far beyond that.

TY

 

[Bubbartzky]

For the record and to further dispel rumors- Killington Base Lodge is not gone.

The title of this thread should be changed ASAP.

Someone just got blasted for allegedly spreading a rumor. This is far beyond that.

TY

That's a good idea. Maybe it should be changed to Killington Damage Reports?

 

[Nick]

That's a good idea. Maybe it should be changed to Killington Damage Reports?

Ill change it later that is a good suggestion

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[bvibert]

For the record and to further dispel rumors- Killington Base Lodge is not gone.

The title of this thread should be changed ASAP.

Someone just got blasted for allegedly spreading a rumor. This is far beyond that.

TY

That's a good idea. Maybe it should be changed to Killington Damage Reports?

Done

 

[Bubbartzky]

I finally downloaded a bunch of pics I took in Killington starting on Sunday afternoon after the storm began to subside through Tuesday early afternoon as repairs were underway. Many are similar to what you may have seen before from others but there may be a few that show things from a different angle or give you a different perspective.

http://news.webshots.com/album/580839362qWUxiw

 

[dangah]

I just commented over on KillingtonZone.com how it seems people have been on their best behavior since the storm. Some of the comments in this thread suggest that people took their arguing over here. ;-)

Seriously, as one who has been in Killington since the storm, I can tell you that the roads are quickly coming back and assure you that things will be relatively normal by ski season. Route 4 from the east, coming from I-89 is open although the authorities are still taking steps to limit traffic flow. I'm told that Route 4 from the west through Mendon is seeing tremendous progress although no timetable for reopening is yet being given. Route 100 from the south from Ludlow is close to reopening. A real problem is getting in from the north with damage to both Route 100 and Route 107 but 100 is coming along and 107 is, from what I understand, now getting a lot of attention.

Everyone in Vermont, from the Governor on down to local officials, knows how important road access is to the economy and have been making every effort to get things open and moving. The Maine National Guard as well as the Maine DOT is here with their equipment. It'll take some time but I expect reasonable normalcy (not to be interpreted as complete rebuild) by October 1. Plan on being here for the Brewfest!

I can't speak for the resort (Chris posts here and can do that just fine) but from what I can see, they're already making repairs to the Ramshead parking lot, have large piles of fill in the upper Snowshed lot ready for use in that lot as well as other washouts from KBL down to Ramshead, and have been working to clean up the Skye Ship base lodge area. They continue to stress that the lift infrastructure was undamaged and KBL will be operational after cleaning up the Superstar Pub mess and making repairs to the east end of the Mahogany Ridge section of the building. I would guess, and maybe Chris can comment on this, that some of the planned but as yet uncompleted infrastructure improvements such as pipe replacement may get delayed as priorities shift toward storm repairs, but other than that I think this storm really won't impact winter operations in any way.

Bubbartzky covered it pretty well here. We are working hard to get everything cleaned up and ready to go for the winter season and will open on schedule - we still plan to be one of the first open in the East! We also plan to throw a great Brewfest on October 1!

For the last few days, I've been trying not bother the operations folks as they are working fast and furious. However, we are working to get an update on T.S. Irene repairs and summer improvements, with photos, out shortly. What I can tell you right now is, resort repairs are coming along well and from what I have seen with my own eyes, the road repair on Route 4 in Mendon is moving right along.

Chris Danforth
Marketing Manager
Killington Resort

 

[Black Phantom]

Ill change it later that is a good suggestion

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You may also want to update your newsletter with this information quickly. The lodge is not gone.

 

[dangah]

You may also want to update your newsletter with this information quickly. The lodge is not gone.

You mean this collapsed lodge? :roll: You can see Superstar Pub ain't looking so good but the vast majority of the lodge is just fine.

I also posted that clarification earlier in this thread.

-Chris