Zand
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Date(s) Skied: Saturday 5/2/09
Resort or Ski Area: Killington, VT
Conditions: Spring, Cloudy and 40s around 11, sunny and near 60 by closing
Trip Report:
Very fun closing day at Killington. Left home around 8:45 and was on the Superstar lift by 11:45. Trails were down to Superstar, Upper Skylark, and Bittersweet. Good crowd by the end of the day with a short line at the quad.
Superstar: Tons of fun. Headwall was thin with big bumps. Middle was flat early then developed push bumps with a few lines as the day went on. The bottom pitch was all bumps, really good bumps at that. Just a blast to hit, most of it will last another couple weeks if you hike.
Upper Skylark: Some bumps, a real thin area, and not nearly as good as Superstar.
Bittersweet: A bit flatter, but some of the thinner and steeper areas developed bumps. Lots of beginners too which bottled things up at times.
Took my last ride up around 3:57 and stood at the top of the headwall and watched the last chair come up. The hundreds of people gathered at the top cheered, sprayed champaign and silly string, and then slowly people started going down. Fun end to an excellent day with great weather. Fun way to end the season with my first ever day in May. If you didn't go because you were afraid of it being bumpless, you missed out on a beautiful Superstar.
Time for hopefully my shortest offseason ever. Holding some hope to ski on Halloween next year and get my first October day ever. I'm hoping my first day out will be whoever opens first. Until then, time to look back on a great season and try to enjoy summer.
Resort or Ski Area: Killington, VT
Conditions: Spring, Cloudy and 40s around 11, sunny and near 60 by closing
Trip Report:
Very fun closing day at Killington. Left home around 8:45 and was on the Superstar lift by 11:45. Trails were down to Superstar, Upper Skylark, and Bittersweet. Good crowd by the end of the day with a short line at the quad.
Superstar: Tons of fun. Headwall was thin with big bumps. Middle was flat early then developed push bumps with a few lines as the day went on. The bottom pitch was all bumps, really good bumps at that. Just a blast to hit, most of it will last another couple weeks if you hike.
Upper Skylark: Some bumps, a real thin area, and not nearly as good as Superstar.
Bittersweet: A bit flatter, but some of the thinner and steeper areas developed bumps. Lots of beginners too which bottled things up at times.
Took my last ride up around 3:57 and stood at the top of the headwall and watched the last chair come up. The hundreds of people gathered at the top cheered, sprayed champaign and silly string, and then slowly people started going down. Fun end to an excellent day with great weather. Fun way to end the season with my first ever day in May. If you didn't go because you were afraid of it being bumpless, you missed out on a beautiful Superstar.
Time for hopefully my shortest offseason ever. Holding some hope to ski on Halloween next year and get my first October day ever. I'm hoping my first day out will be whoever opens first. Until then, time to look back on a great season and try to enjoy summer.
. I have to say that the one benefit of closing on Saturday was the huge party that was at the summit and the base.
