Killington

[steamboat1]

I'm liking the Wed.-Thurs. forecast. Maybe they'll have Skyelark/ Bitter on line by then.

I think Scotty's post went downhill after seeing Mary Jane.

 

[Smellytele]

Did anybody get the reason why they were only loading every other chair on the Snowdon triple Sunday?

 

[Savemeasammy]

Did anybody get the reason why they were only loading every other chair on the Snowdon triple Sunday?

I wondered that, too... Could they have been trying to keep the crowd down on the top of snowdon? Hopefully they weren't sending people up knowing there was an issue with the lift! We only rode it once.

 

[ScottySkis]

I wondered that, too... Could they have been trying to keep the crowd down on the top of snowdon? Hopefully they weren't sending people up knowing there was an issue with the lift! We only rode it once.

I asked. The answer was because mid station get off spot was closed their regulation in Vermont law that they have unloaded every other chair.

 

[steamboat1]

Did anybody get the reason why they were only loading every other chair on the Snowdon triple Sunday?

They do it all the time on that chair. I've heard it's because the average weight of people has increased since the chair was originally designed. The chair simply can't handle a full load. The drive on top overheats. I've seen many times where they have to manually grease the shaft at the top during the day. I've also heard it's because of the one low tower that used to be the mid-station. Something about it can come off the rollers with a full load. I hope that's not true. There was a discussion about it on K-Zone last year or the year before.

 

[Huck_It_Baby]

Did anybody get the reason why they were only loading every other chair on the Snowdon triple Sunday?

Made me nervous. Stayed away after our one trip up.

 

[spring_mountain_high]

they have to manually grease the shaft at the top during the day.

i hate when this happens

 

[Highway Star]

Sheesh. The snowdon triple has to be loaded gradually when they start running it............

http://www.killingtonzone.com/forums/viewtopic.php?style=3&f=1&t=33729&p=462103

"Lift Department Standard Operating Guidelines
SNOWDON TRIPLE LOADING
Updated 11/19/00,DM

LOADING SEQUENCE FOR SNOWDON TRIPLE

The Snowdon Triple has a unique situation in regards to tensioning of the haul rope. At one time there was an unloading mid-station at tower 11 which is a compression tower. This tower has potential of deropement if the load on the line is too heavy prior to this tower and no one on line above. Therefore the following loading sequence must be adhered to at all times.

* Every time the lift opens, begin loading every other chair ONLY.
* Even if the line is not long.
* Continue this loading sequence until the loaded section of the line is above the mid-station area.
* During the day if small groups come in ie: 2 sets of triples or less you may load them and not skip a chair. As long as there are loaded chairs above.
* When a sudden line developes, after not loading for a long period of time, or when there's no one on line, resume using the alternating loading sequence. Continue until the load on the line is above the mid-station area."

 

[Smellytele]

Sheesh. The snowdon triple has to be loaded gradually when they start running it............

http://www.killingtonzone.com/forums/viewtopic.php?style=3&f=1&t=33729&p=462103

There was a continuous line all day and they ran it this way all day

 

[Highway Star]

There was a continuous line all day and they ran it this way all day

You rode the triple ALL day? Because when I rode it there was barely any line and they were not skipping chairs....

 

[Smellytele]

You rode the triple ALL day? Because when I rode it there was barely any line and they were not skipping chairs....

I first rode it at around 1030-1045 and the guy with the neck tat was being spoken to to load every other chair. It was at this time that they started loading every other chair. I rode the chair probably another 5 times up until 2 or so and every time they were loading every other chair no matter what the line was.

 

[Savemeasammy]

Oh. The cable might come off...? That's all? I thought it might be something serious...!

 

[Smellytele]

Oh. The cable might come off...? That's all? I thought it might be something serious...!

HAHAHA - Remember who wrote it - K home boyee

 

[Douglas]

why dont they have fried oreos?
this place sucks

 

[octopus]

Can't you get a twofer from their website? I had a hard time getting them earlier but managed with different web addresses. Someone posted yesterday or the day before that they cleaned out their cache. After trying that site I was able to score a couple more. The only time I need one is for the one Sat. I'll ski in the beginning of Dec. Otherwise I have them to give to friends who don't have one. I ski mostly during the week & have a pass so I don't need it for then. Anyway this is the cleaned out website http://www.killington.com/winter/2for1/2for1-skimag

thx for this link. got it last night and used the 2fer today, also they ran the snowdon lift the same way today, skip a chair.

 

[Puck it]

thx for this link. got it last night and used the 2fer today, also they ran the snowdon lift the same way today, skip a chair.

Maintenance wanted to run every chair since they had limited test time for it. I asked a lifetime today.

 

[steamboat1]

By the by the seem to have cleared their cache on the 2fer1 page http://www.killington.com/winter/2for1/2for1-skimag

Don't thank me thank Smelly. He posted it 1st back on pg.3 of this thread.

I'd like to thank him myself since I scored a couple more 2fers.

 

[Smellytele]

Maintenance wanted to run every chair since they had limited test time for it. I asked a lifetime today.

 

[JimG.]

Don't thank me thank Smelly. He posted it 1st back on pg.3 of this thread.

I'd like to thank him myself since I scored a couple more 2fers.

Just snagged 2 of the 2fers for this weekend. Sweet!

 

[deadheadskier]

yeah, it wasn't exactly confidence inspiring to hear that today. :lol:

glad it at least opened though. Lapping the Gondola sucks when Great Northern is the only way down from the summit.