Killington - 11/13

[Greg]

Great start to the season! Grassi21, Brian and I got to Killington at about 9:40, only a bit over 3 hours which is a new record for me. Saw dmc and Eski at KBL and said we'd see them on the hill. Took our time, ate, and got going around 10 am. Saw sLoPeS at the gondy. Came off the summit to the glades area and hooked up with dmc and Eski.

Skied with the Hunter guys all morning. Great coverage, pretty much side to side, a stone or two here and there and some grass, but mostly solid snow cover. Upper East Fall was a bit hard-packish, but not bad despite totally untuned skis. Good LSGR skier's left on Reason, but Rime was the pick of the day. Some KMSer were ripping through right under and skier's left of the chair so some pseudo bumps formed. By later in the day a few short lines set up (I really wished they were seeded moguls though....).

No snowmaking last night (inversion) but the Wednesday night snowmaking skier's left of Rime was still nice and smooth. Great Northern to the base was a leg burner when done T2B. Had to be home early so we wrapped it up around 2 pm. Met automagp68 on our last lift ride. Skied the last run with sLoPeS. Had some nice chats with Geoff and mister moose and company.

All in all a great start to the season!

 

[Greg]

Some pics:

Great Northern (Eski and dmc on the right)

North Ridge

Rime

 

[WoodCore]

Nice!!! Looks like a great day out on the hill, even some hints of sunshine! The cover looks to be pretty good despite the lack of recent snowmaking hours. None the less I'm super jealous of you guys! Way to get after it! :beer:

 

[bvibert]

Excellent first day!

 

[severine]

Nice! Glad you guys could get out there!

 

[2knees]

very nice guys. i was wondering how it was while I sat at Great Escape with my kids and my neighbors kids......

 

[bvibert]

It wasn't nearly as good as Great Escape, I'm sure... :lol:

Seriously, it was a nice day to get out. The conditions were good considering what they've had to work with lately, and considering that it's still pretty early season, but they weren't great. Like Greg mentioned there was some bump like things forming on skier's left of Rime in the creamy snow on the edge that hadn't seen any groomer action.

 

[Grassi21]

Damn am I tired. Great day. Well worth being stuck in a car with Greg and Brian for 6.5 hours or so.

 

[andyzee]

Damn am I tired. Great day. Well worth being stuck in a car with Greg and Brian for 6.5 hours or so.

Damn, you must have brought a lot of little blue things for that ride Glad you guys had a good one.

 

[RootDKJ]

Man, that must of felt good.

 

[Grassi21]

Damn, you must have brought a lot of little blue things for that ride Glad you guys had a good one.

Smurfs?

 

[andyzee]

Smurfs?

Yeah yeah, that's it smurfs, you brought smurfs with you to make the ride bearable, right?

 

[ALLSKIING]

Nice Guys!! Great to see some trip reports!

 

[Eski]

damn it felt good to be back out in the playground ... nice to see some familiar faces too!

 

[powbmps]

Smurfs?

Viagra.

 

[powhunter]

Way to go!! Nice report!

steveo

 

[Greg]

Not too sore today, just that post-ski day tiredness. The rain is a drag today, but it was good to get a day in. Now I enter that limbo period of not exactly knowing when I'll be skiing next. Probably the Sunday after Thanksgiving...

 

[Grassi21]

Viagra.

That is what I thought andy meant. But now that I think about his original assumption was correct. 8) yum yum

 

[andyzee]

That is what I thought andy meant. But now that I think about his original assumption was correct. 8) yum yum

Why would I mean that for a ride with Greg and bvibert, yum yum :lol:

 

[dmc]

After Eski and i did a Gondi run we were going to do another but the whole skiers right side of the trail was now in sunlight so we hung out for a few more...

It was a lot better then I expected..

Good to see you "nutmegs" too...