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Killington is going to open before Sunday River this season.

Greg

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downhill04. Where's he been? Hope he's healthy this season....
 

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When I read this part:

"Remember last season when we saw significantly colder temperatures in mid-October, fired up the snowmaking system and buried the upper slopes with deep snow? Then the temperatures moderated into November and we struggled to cover Lower Bunny Buster to get skiers/riders back to the base of the K-1 Gondola."

It reminded me of the old saying about how generals always prepare to fight the previous war, rather than the next one. So in this season once the walkway is in place, we'll probably go straight from moderate temperatures into top to bottom skiing with a buried walkway. :) Perhaps the new battlefront is in huge gladed areas.
 

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There will be removable section for the headwalls and Catwalk. Heavenly Traverse will not be skiable.
 

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There will be removable section for the headwalls and Catwalk. Heavenly Traverse will not be skiable.

What is the official source on this?

Heavenly traverse gets so much snow it should be skiable no problem.
 

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They posted one picture of the walkway construction on Facebook today.

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The bummer about this is that they're going to rope off access to the Catwalk ladies tee. I probably skied 20 of those for every time I walked up the steel stairs to do the rock garden at the top.
 

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The bummer about this is that they're going to rope off access to the Catwalk ladies tee. I probably skied 20 of those for every time I walked up the steel stairs to do the rock garden at the top.

Just think of it this way now with respect to Catwalk and the lack of a ladies tee entrance. With the extra calories you'll burn climbing those metal stairs, thats the perfect excuse for an extra beer or two during happy hour! :) :beer:
 
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