Killington - Friday, 11/10/2006 (contingent on opening)

Greg · Oct 25, 2006

Anyeone remember last year's attempt at this gathering? This is where it all went to hell:

http://forums.alpinezone.com/4604-killington-11-19-05-a-16.html#post56713

Now that we got that out of the way, we are assured an early opening and good conditions for 11/10/06! Also, here's a TR from Steve's site from his 11/11/04 visit:

http://www.thesnowway.com/ski/2005/killington.htm

That should get you guys pumped!

Greg · Oct 25, 2006

According to the Killlington snow report:

killington.com said:
We're gearing up for an early November opening for the 2006-07 ski and snowboard season!

killington.com said:
Nov. TBA: Opening Day for the 2006-07 Ski and Snowboard Season

November 11 is not posted as the expected opening day. I personally don't classify 11/11 as "early" November either. Again, I think anywhere from November 8 on is a possibility...

Greg · Oct 27, 2006

I added this event to the Calendar. Please keep the positive vibes coming!

BeanoNYC · Oct 27, 2006

Greg said:
I added this event to the Calendar. Please keep the positive vibes coming!

I've already cleared the trip with the wife (who has to work) If it's the 10th....I'm in!

andyzee · Oct 27, 2006

Marc said:
It wasn't the music in Andy's video... it was the subject matter.

Namely, me.

:dunce:

And thank the Lord your head didn't block the camera!

Grassi21 · Oct 27, 2006

BeanoNYC said:
I've already cleared the trip with the wife (who has to work) If it's the 10th....I'm in!

When I asked/told the wife that I was going she got a little jealous. After I told her what time I had to get up to hitch a ride with Greg and the crew, the jealousy disappeared.

I'm psyched for some early November skiing. But I'm just as psyched to finally meet you characters.

Greg · Oct 27, 2006

Grassi21 said:
After I told her what time I had to get up to hitch a ride with Greg and the crew, the jealousy disappeared.

Indeed. Dedication is required. I'm aiming for an 8:30 arrival to KBL.

2knees · Oct 27, 2006

Greg said:
Indeed. Dedication is required. I'm aiming for an 8:30 arrival to KBL.

yikes. like old times for me. I've "adjusted" my arrival times over the years. I may have to meet up there as i think i have to do dropoff that friday. I'll get that figured out tonight and shoot you a pm.

Greg · Oct 27, 2006

2knees said:
yikes. like old times for me. I've "adjusted" my arrival times over the years. I may have to meet up there as i think i have to do dropoff that friday. I'll get that figured out tonight and shoot you a pm.

Ooof. Yeah - let me know. My goal was to leave the Thomaston lot at 5:00 am with Brian and Grassi in tow.

riverc0il · Oct 27, 2006

Greg said:
Also, here's a TR from Steve's site from his 11/11/04 visit:

http://www.thesnowway.com/ski/2005/killington.htm

That should get you guys pumped!

:lol: are you trying to talk people into going or out of going? :lol: some of the pics in that trip report have me reconsidring!

just kidding, i am in pending no issues at work. and i agree, killington has no business labeling their opening "early season" as it is merely the beginning of the season for many areas. this whole 8:30 arrival thing has me confused... i will actually need to leave home by 6:30am to go skiing? does not compute! :razz:

Greg · Oct 27, 2006

riverc0il said:
:lol: are you trying to talk people into going or out of going? :lol: some of the pics in that trip report have me reconsidring! just kidding, i am in pending no issues at work. and i agree, killington has no business labeling their opening "early season" as it is merely the beginning of the season for many areas. this whole 8:30 arrival thing has me confused... i will actually need to leave home by 6:30am to go skiing? does not compute! :razz:

I think that trip report is probably sets a realistic expectation. I skied there November 2001 under far worse conditions. Surly this season will be better!

8:30 am is just my target arrival time for KBL. That should get me out on snow by 9 am. And don't bitch. I have to leave home by 4:50 am to be able to pick up the crew to make that arrival time...

My initial thought is maybe setup a 9:30 or 10 am meet-up at the top of the South Ridge (formally Glades) Triple. Thoughts?

bvibert · Oct 27, 2006

Greg said:
I think that trip report is probably sets a realistic expectation. I skied there November 2001 under far worse conditions. Surly this season will be better!

8:30 am is just my target arrival time for KBL. That should get me out on snow by 9 am. And don't bitch. I have to leave home by 4:50 am to be able to pick up the crew to make that arrival time...

My initial thought is maybe setup a 9:30 or 10 am meet-up at the top of the South Ridge (formally Glades) Triple. Thoughts?

I'm probably going to have to leave my house at 4:30ish to make sure I'm on time... At least I shouldn't hit any traffic...

Greg · Oct 27, 2006

bvibert said:
I'm probably going to have to leave my house at 4:30ish to make sure I'm on time... At least I shouldn't hit any traffic...

You'll be there...with that big happy ski morning grin of yours...

bvibert · Oct 27, 2006

Yeah, I'll be there. Not so sure about the grin that early though. Don't get me wrong I'll be happy, I just don't think I'll be awake enough to express it.

Normally at 5am I haven't even rolled over to smack the snooze button for the first time...

Greg · Oct 27, 2006

bvibert said:
Yeah, I'll be there. Not so sure about the grin that early though. Don't get me wrong I'll be happy, I just don't think I'll be awake enough to express it. Normally at 5am I haven't even rolled over to smack the snooze button for the first time...

Drink two less beers and go to bed an hour earlier the night before. You'll be fine...

riverc0il · Oct 28, 2006

i was just kidding about the time, i have gotten quite used to rolling out of bed at 7 and still making first chair, heh. i know you guys have it a whole lot worse.

My initial thought is maybe setup a 9:30 or 10 am meet-up at the top of the South Ridge (formally Glades) Triple. Thoughts?

a later time (i.e. 9:30 or 10 per your suggestion) for the official meet up would help if there were stragglers, folks running late, etc. that way the group wasn't waiting for people. perhaps an early KBL meetup time for those that want to get there early and then a later glades triple meetup time as the "official" time? i dunno. honestly, despite my earlier joke about gettng up early, if folks want to ski some good snow before the place gets mobbed, i'd suggest getting their as close to opening time as possible. even on a weekday the place is dangerous that early in the season.

bvibert · Oct 28, 2006

Greg said:
Drink two less beers and go to bed an hour earlier the night before. You'll be fine...

Not much of a drinker, so I don't think that's the problem...

I'll definitely be going to be as early as my family allows!

riverc0il said:
a later time (i.e. 9:30 or 10 per your suggestion) for the official meet up would help if there were stragglers, folks running late, etc. that way the group wasn't waiting for people. perhaps an early KBL meetup time for those that want to get there early and then a later glades triple meetup time as the "official" time? i dunno. honestly, despite my earlier joke about gettng up early, if folks want to ski some good snow before the place gets mobbed, i'd suggest getting their as close to opening time as possible. even on a weekday the place is dangerous that early in the season.

I agree about the slightly later meet up time, some folks may even have a longer drive time than us. If we manage to make it up there early enough for your early meet up time then I'm game for that too. Just remember that you're gonna have to take it easy on us because some of us haven't been on snow yet this year...

andyzee · Oct 28, 2006

bvibert said:
Just remember that you're gonna have to take it easy on us because some of us haven't been on snow yet this year...

Excuses, excuses

riverc0il · Oct 28, 2006

bvibert said:
Just remember that you're gonna have to take it easy on us because some of us haven't been on snow yet this year...

yea, but i have only skied three runs, so i don't have that much more time on snow than any one else

Greg · Oct 28, 2006

An initial meet-up at KBL, say 9:00 am and then a second "synch-up" at the top of the Triple around 10 am or 10:30 am sounds like a really good plan. So far, I'm pretty confident I can identify most of the folks going so we should be able to all hook up at some point.

Here's the list that have confirmed. Definites:

Me
bvibert
JimG.
thetrailboss
riverc0il
2knees
Grassi21
roark
Marc
Sky521
BeanoNYC
MichaelJ

Maybes include:

ALLSKIING
highpeaksdrifter
dmc

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