killington closing day - sunday 4/25

[bigbob]

Was there for the closing day, only one dark cloud floated over, great day with lots of sun. Way more terrain open than back in November when it was wall to wall people! Sunday was quieter than Sat from what I heard, but still plenty of people. Thin areas here and there, but ski bottoms did not have to many new gouges.
I am sure if the weather is good next weekend and they closed midweek, they would show a profit. Saw a few day tickets yesterday

 

[moguler6]

Let's not forget that Killington turns K1 for July-Sept for mountain biking. I hear some days mid-week there's only 10-20 people there using the Gondi. You can't tell me they're making a profit there! I can guarantee that if they spun Superstar quad next weekend for skiing they would have a heck of a lot more people than mid-week in the summer for mountain biking. They need to look at their season profits, not daily. Just like any business, they're going to have slow days and they'll also have off the hook days, i.e. the weekend after mega-storm. That Saturday was like the busiest day they had in a decade. They spent the money to blow all that snow, USE IT!

 

[SkiDork]

very good point about comparing the mtn biking.

 

[tjf67]

I dont know about K but in Lake Placid they are calling for 6 to 12 tuesday and wed.

 

[gmcunni]

I don't even understand it as a business decision.

wonder if it is the same decision as last year but since they got so much flack over it they used weather forecast rather than "new pay period".

 

[Rambo]

Saw this on youtube from 4/24/10 coverage looked awfully good:

 

[skiadikt]

Let's not forget that Killington turns K1 for July-Sept for mountain biking. I hear some days mid-week there's only 10-20 people there using the Gondi. You can't tell me they're making a profit there! I can guarantee that if they spun Superstar quad next weekend for skiing they would have a heck of a lot more people than mid-week in the summer for mountain biking. They need to look at their season profits, not daily. Just like any business, they're going to have slow days and they'll also have off the hook days, i.e. the weekend after mega-storm. That Saturday was like the busiest day they had in a decade. They spent the money to blow all that snow, USE IT!

yeah we've had the mtn biking discussion on kzone. been up there during the summer and find it amazing that they turn the k1 for handful of bikers (nothing against mtn bkiers) yet they close the ski season when on weekends they can still get a nice crowds like they did saturday. expenses are bit higher for skiing but still don't get how they can justify the one and not the other. plus like you say, they already blew all that snow.

also spoke to a local business owner who's closing up a week earlier. suffice it to say he's very unhappy with powdr not only for the closing but also for the opening. i'm sure he's not the only one.

 

[SkiDork]

how are expenses higher for skiing?

 

[skiadikt]

how are expenses higher for skiing?

i guess you have to make few passes w/ a groomer. ski patrol. but probably not much more.

 

[SkiDork]

well, I'm assuming there's gotta be some safety personnel for biking as well, nasty accidents can occure with that. Groomer, maybe but you technically wouldn' have to groom if you didn't want to

 

[Rambo]

Was looking at Killington's website and they are pushing next years seasons passes and promising skiing into early May of 2011. I find it hard to trust anything they say, seeing as they closed on April 25 of 2010 with wall to wall coverage left on Superstar.

"When choosing your pass you should determine how much you ski/ride and when, then determine what product is right for you. Thanks to the most extensive snowmaking system in the world, the largest modern snow grooming fleet in the east, Killington will offer an extended season from early November 2010 through early May 2011, weather and snow conditions permitting."

 

[powbmps]

:lol: Good one.

Was looking at Killington's website and they are pushing next years seasons passes and promising skiing into early May of 2011. I find it hard to trust anything they say, seeing as they closed on April 25 of 2010 with wall to wall coverage left on Superstar.

"When choosing your pass you should determine how much you ski/ride and when, then determine what product is right for you. Thanks to the most extensive snowmaking system in the world, the largest modern snow grooming fleet in the east, Killington will offer an extended season from early November 2010 through early May 2011, weather and snow conditions permitting."

 

[bobbutts]

OK, so I take back any defense I had of the closing day. I kinda pictured heavy endless rain for this week since I get my weather forecasts from the K insider blog.
Now NWS has a Winter Storm Watch up for N. VT (not for Killington yet) for K's excuse rain storm. Appears this one will mostly snow for K. They may very well have more snow next weekend than they did last weekend.

 

[thetrailboss]

Was looking at Killington's website and they are pushing next years seasons passes and promising skiing into early May of 2011. I find it hard to trust anything they say, seeing as they closed on April 25 of 2010 with wall to wall coverage left on Superstar.

"When choosing your pass you should determine how much you ski/ride and when, then determine what product is right for you. Thanks to the most extensive snowmaking system in the world, the largest modern snow grooming fleet in the east, Killington will offer an extended season from early November 2010 through early May 2011, weather and snow conditions permitting."

:blink:

 

[mondeo]

Was looking at Killington's website and they are pushing next years seasons passes and promising skiing into early May of 2011. I find it hard to trust anything they say, seeing as they closed on April 25 of 2010 with wall to wall coverage left on Superstar.

"When choosing your pass you should determine how much you ski/ride and when, then determine what product is right for you. Thanks to the most extensive snowmaking system in the world, the largest modern snow grooming fleet in the east, Killington will offer an extended season from early November 2010 through early May 2011, weather and snow conditions permitting."

I...really have no defense for Killington at this point. In other news, this thread has passed http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=16926 and is closing in on http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=53129 in terms of post counts.