Killington 4-9

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Date(s) Skied: 4/9/11

Resort or Ski Area: Killington

Conditions: Spring Conditions/Corn

Trip Report:

Into the KBL at around 8am. Hit some groomers while the good stuff softened up. Conditions at that point were Loose Granular. Needle's Eye was decent but you had to trek back to the Superstar Quad using the old Snowshed Crossover. They had a chunk of the Needle's Eye area open (Vertigo, Skyeburst, Needle's Liftline) but none of the lifts were spinning.

The day really got started around 11am when things really started to soften. We hit Vagabond a couple times. It was in awesome shape, soft bumps and tons of sun.

We hit up some trees after lunch. The Toilet Bowl was in good shape, as well as Anarchy. Escapade was amazing soft bumps. it was round 1pm at this time and downright warm out. Powerline and the Powerline skied well.

To end the day I took one of the best runs of my season. I will post the pics. See if you can figure it out. Those of you who know K will recognize it right away. Words cannot describe how good it was today.

Vagabond:


Riding up the Canyon Quad:
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Big Dipper:
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Plead the fifth on these last two:

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

great pics. How crowded was K today?

 

[mediamogul]

It was moderately crowded. I feel like it was more just because the terrain was so condensed that it seemed more crowded. Even the Snowdon Quad had a line today but no lines were ever more than 5 mins. Canyon Quad was ski on for much of the day.

 

[andyzee]

Fair crowd, but trails weren't crowded:

Notice cars parked on road:

Snow on trails:

Crowds on deck:

Bear wasn't too crowded though:

 

[mediamogul]

I agree. Bear was perfect today.

Not that I was there...

 

[powbmps]

Not much snow left over there. I can see why they closed.