Great interviews and great footage of Killington at the top of its game.
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From the Vault: 1995 Documentary on Killington's Skyeship Gondola
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bdfreetuna
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"Let's go with the latest trends in corporate art, so that our gondola cars will never look dated!"
Will watch this later, this was probably around the time I first skied at Killington.
Will watch this later, this was probably around the time I first skied at Killington.
bdfreetuna
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Well, that wasn't a bad watch at all. Thanks for the share.
I like the lift construction footage...some clips of Pres and other Killington folks. The arts stuff was interesting but not really what I liked the most. Footage of the ski area at that time was neat.
Edd
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I haven't been on that Gondola in about a decade. I have no memory of heat/music being in the cars. Did that pan out?
joshua segal
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Very enjoyable. Thanks for posting that.
I can't believe that it's in its 22nd season! I was really surprised at the amount of blasting they needed. I thought they followed the same route as the Orange Gondola.
I have no recollection of the music. But I asked about the heaters a few years ago and what I was told:
1. Most days you really don't need it (and even on the colder days, with today's clothing, people are opening the windows)
2. They became a maintenance nightmare, so they just stopped using them.
I can't believe that it's in its 22nd season! I was really surprised at the amount of blasting they needed. I thought they followed the same route as the Orange Gondola.
I have no recollection of the music. But I asked about the heaters a few years ago and what I was told:
1. Most days you really don't need it (and even on the colder days, with today's clothing, people are opening the windows)
2. They became a maintenance nightmare, so they just stopped using them.
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How about those leather bucket seats that were shown just a minute or so in????
Edd
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I was also wondering about that but obviously that's not the case. Conceptual, presumably.
4aprice
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How about the old straight boards? Trying to remember what it was like to ski those things.
Alex
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
Alex
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
I think that they had a few VIP cars that they rented out to folks. I think that got dropped.
