Disappointing spring at Killington?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I swear your IQ drops by .01 point every time you post. It's amazing you can still remember to breathe on your own.

FYI, Killington used to say open another month after when they are closing this year, and sometimes a month and a half.

But still last year was the first year under Powder and they stayed open until April 19th..this year they opened on November 2nd which was mad steezy..and they are staying open until May 2nd..that's 6 months..pretty freaking good..HighWayStar why don;t you go f@@@ a goat

 

[drjeff]

HighWayStar why don;t you go f@@@ a goat

Aren't we supposed to save that for Marc??

 

[LonghornSkier]

From looking at the interactive map, it looks like they left double dipper and downdraft ungroomed.

 

[Geoff]

From looking at the interactive map, it looks like they left double dipper and downdraft ungroomed.

No point. Killington really didn't soften very much the last few days. Neither was particularly bumped up. That will likely change today since it's a good 10 degrees warmer.

If you want bumps, your choices are:
Catwalk
Downdraft headwall
Escapade
Big Dipper skier's right next to the bamboo
Skyehawk headwall
skier's left on lower Superstar

If you're willing to walk and/or duck ropes and/or risk the "you can't have fun here" gestapo, any tree run has bumps, I'm told Vertigo still has some life, and OL still has tons of cover.

 

[Highway Star]

If you want bumps, your choices are:
Catwalk
Downdraft headwall
Escapade
Big Dipper skier's right next to the bamboo
Skyehawk headwall
skier's left on lower Superstar

That's some epic bump skiing right there. meh.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

That's some epic bump skiing right there. meh.

Killington is the spring bump capital of the east with all those trails bumped up..I think Sugarbush is down to 4 bump runs..

 

[Highway Star]

Killington is the spring bump capital of the east with all those trails bumped up..I think Sugarbush is down to 4 bump runs..

Riiiight. Sugarbush has way better bumps.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Riiiight. Sugarbush has way better bumps.

then why aren't you a Sugarbush season passholder?

 

[Highway Star]

then why aren't you a Sugarbush season passholder?

Because Killington rules (when they aren't failing).

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Because Killington rules (when they aren't failing).

Plus you can get past the velvet rope at the finest Access road nightspots!!!!!! They even give you free wings during happy hour..

 

[loafer89]

Sugarbush has tons of mogul skiing.

As of thursday-friday, Sugarbush had moguls on Steins, Organgrinder, Paradise, Ripcord, Spillsville, Upper Domino and some in Egans Woods. Cover is very good to impressive on everything except for a short part of Paradise.

Killington today was okay, lots of base ice on Escapade, but fun moguls, if short on Lower Catwalk.

 

[Highway Star]

Today and yesterday were very good!!!!

 

[2knees]

friday was better. We all knew that going in......

 

[mondeo]

friday was better. We all knew that going in......

Today was pretty damn good. Not quite as warm, but less wind. Plus they let a lot more stuff bump up.

We really should've done an OL run on Friday. Course is still in great shape, and there would've been a chance to witness a spectacular wipeout.

 

[skiadikt]

I try to give you some room for spin seeing as how it's your job, and for the most part appreciate the information you do provide on here, but I'm not going to be able to defend you on this one.

Thanks for the extra lift, BUT...
It's the wrong lift, no reason not to drop the nets on the crossover, stop the brutal grooming, Ski Patrol shouldn't be forced to be Nazis, ...

You've addressed the disappointment of closing down to just SS last Sunday. There's still plenty to go around.

well said ...

imho k really mismanaged many of their trails this season. at this point, i doubt trails like superstar, cascade can even develop good bumps. right now all they're doing is pushing around chopped granular on top of a solid base. sure weather played a big part but i think they overgroomed this season. other nat trails like north star & ridge run rarely had good bumps. upper section of ns was terrible. again overgroomed. sad state of affairs when tree runs become the best runs. spin you guys really got to get your act together regarding bumps next season.

 

[2knees]

Today was pretty damn good. Not quite as warm, but less wind. Plus they let a lot more stuff bump up.

just curious how much anything could've really bumped up. the base on most of the trails i skied on was a frozen glacial surface. hard to believe anything was gonna really cut into that.

escapade must've been really really good with even more traffic on it. wish i had tried conclusion, even though it looked so short.

regardless, friday was actually much better then i had thought it would be. escapade was alot of fun.