It's On! 2025-2026 Race to Open Thread

[slatham]

The CPC model is actually based on specified definitions of what above average, average, and below average are for temperature and precipitation for every month for locations across the country. So yes you can interpret magnitude as it’s based on the probability of those 3 situations happening.

We will agree to disagree. It’s not a forecast of what the temps or precipitation will be. Just the probability of it being above or below normal, with different levels of confidence.

Bottom line is it’s good they think the probability of being below normal temps is good!

And it’s even better that guns will be blazing this weekend!

 

[skiur]

Killington said they will start making snow above the bottom of the base of the North ridge Quad using 146 guns, the most ever for that trail pod.

With temps dipping below freezing through the weekend, we’re firing up a record 196 snow guns for our first day of snowmaking—blanketing the mountain from the peak all the way down to North Ridge. Thanks to our upgraded fleet of low-energy snow guns, we’re doing it all with 40% less air, proving once again that The Beast can make more snow, more efficiently than ever. Winter is knocking, and The Beast is ready to answer.

A forecasted increase in temperatures will prevent us from opening this weekend, and we currently have no opening date to announce. Stay tuned for more updates.

On Saturday morning, snowmaking kicks off on Upper Great Northern (from the top of K-1 to the base of the North Ridge Quad), along with Upper East Fall, Rime, Reason, Upper Double Dipper, High Traverse, Downdraft Headwall, and Lower Ridge Run.

 

[urungus]

A forecasted increase in temperatures will prevent us from opening this weekend, and we currently have no opening date to announce. Stay tuned for more updates.

If not this weekend, sounds like they might be able to open weekend of Nov 7 ?

 

[Newpylong]

Depends on how many hours they can run.

 

[drjeff]

Depends on how many hours they can run.

You mean that snowmaking production, at is essence, is still all about time able to run plus the production ability of the temperature/humidity and water + air flow? Guessing they folks at K know that they need roughly X many acre feet of production to get things covered, and then it's all about how the time vs production efficieny/quantity equation to get to that amount of snow needed

 

[Smellytele]

Hmm…
A year with out the race and and they are going to be blowing on more trails…

 

[slatham]

Hmm…
A year with out the race and and they are going to be blowing on more trails…

Yeah but we won’t find out until next year how much of the added terrain was a function of no WC vs increased snowmaking output via new guns etc. Well, unless newpylong knows….

 

[The Sneak]

NWS point and click looks like they will have some good temps this wknd then marginal at best during the week