Killington Get Together

[Vortex]

That would be very good of you, to offer advice and other information. I was thinking about skiing at Cannon/Loon but we decided to try Attitash/Bear Peak, because the last time that I skied there (1992) there was no Bear Peak. Bear Peak was interesting, the blue trails were a slight bit too steep for my son.
The trails at Attitash seem to go every which way but down, and are kind of annoying.

It's fun to ski new places and rediscover all of the familiar ones with my son, I skied trails at Killington last weekend(green) that I haven't been on in years. My goal is to ski all of the ski areas in New England, and I am about 75% there.

How crowded does Loon get being located only 3.5 miles from I-93?

That depends on your view of busy. It gets crowded on weekends. I believe every place does. It often times takes on a country club attitude many people quit early and hang out at the lounges. This place takes alot of bashing. Not by me ...they make alot of snow and its close to me and is affordable. All things that influence my ski season.
I seem to make out fine. The other thing is if you get there early you can get alot of vertical quickly. The mid week days are awesome. I will give you more info in private if you make the trip. My plan is to put together a trip here next year. Greg suggested I do that this year. I'm more comfortable and I'll do that next year on some level a few folks or a full outing depending on how it goes. Sat will be my last day there this year. I will buy my family passes and wait till next year to ski Flume Walking boss and Angel street again.

 

[Charlie Schuessler]

Being 3-miles from RTE 93, Loon gets a weekend crowd, but so does Waterville Valley and Cannon...

I believe the threedom pass offered by Loon/Waterville Valley/Cranmore Mountains is a great deal, it’s offered with 3 levels of purchase/benefits. I spend more time at Loon than the others and find Sundays are fine even during the busiest days and usually by the early afternoon the place thins out.

I did venture there once on a Saturday this winter and was surprised how crowded it got, however after lunch it was thinning out fast and by 2:30 we skied right onto the chairs. It seems most people burnout early and head inside for cocktails. I don't believe this is any different from any other mountain, including Killington and Sunday River…they were my home mountains before Loon and it seemed the same…

 

[Brettski]

I've skiied thos 3 a lot....they all have different character...waterville is in the middle of national forest and is very pretty...good mountain to ski after a dump...good deals to...look around valentines day...but it's a long drive off of 93

Loon...they got it going on...I'd love to stay at the marriot slopeside one year....your skiing and people are hanging out in the outdorr jacussis whil you walk by them on the way to the lift....And the Mountain's got some good terrain...lunch at the Camp III lodge is very cool when it's warm out...

Cannon...is just impressive...and big....and rustic..and there's a lot of back country stuff easily hikable...just don't miss the turn off to get back...it's a long walk....

So what's the count for the end of April at kmart?

 

[Vortex]

well lets see
Bob R Sat
Bvibert Sat( tentative maybe)
Brett ski (both days I think) no
Loafer89 (both days I think)
RivercOil considering.
Charlie was considering also
BeanoNYC was helping with lodging suggestions
Allskiing is a later on decsion.
Speak up if I missed you and the rest of you folks come on. Tickets should be cheap then.

 

[BeanoNYC]

I'm a tentative for Saturday. I'm contemplating everything with the NYC bike tour that Sunday. Those of you who need to cut through the city limits on Sunday pay very close attention to Traffic. The bike tour is going to mess traffic up big time.

 

[loafer89]

Fortunatly I am taking the ferry to Bridgeport. Last friday I drove around, and the traffic on I-95 in Connecticut was horrible. It took 6 1/2 hours to get to Killington.

 

[ALLSKIING]

Fortunatly I am taking the ferry to Bridgeport. Last friday I drove around, and the traffic on I-95 in Connecticut was horrible. It took 6 1/2 hours to get to Killington.

I usually take 87 or the Taconic when I drive around, but thats also at 3am.

 

[ALLSKIING]

well lets see
Bob R Sat
Bvibert Sat( tentative maybe)
Brett ski (both days I think) no
Loafer89 (both days I think)
RivercOil considering.
Charlie was considering also
BeanoNYC was helping with lodging suggestions
Allskiing is a later on decsion.
Speak up if I missed you and the rest of you folks come on. Tickets should be cheap then.

I am out for this trip. My daughters b-day party is on the 29th. I think I am done for the season. I will be up for lots of AZ trips next year.

 

[Vortex]

Sounds like Charlie has good group coming to this. I hope we get a few runs not just Superstar, but it will be fun to get out no matter what. Make it a 2 day event and go to Ski Mainia the next day at Sunday River thats free,

 

[Charlie Schuessler]

If the Canyon Chair is operating, it will be heavenly...and if not there's a good chance that Big Dipper & East Fall may be skiable, however hiking over to it may be the only way in....

 

[Vortex]

It looks like this will be my last day at Killington for the year. Only my second anyway. Come on folks lets get out in style.

 

[loafer89]

The weather forecast for the next 7-10 days is for very cool temperatures with cloudy periods and rain. If the rain is not too heavy, there may be alot of snow left by May 1st.

 

[Vortex]

The weather forecast for the next 7-10 days is for very cool temperatures with cloudy periods and rain. If the rain is not too heavy, there may be alot of snow left by May 1st.

I think there is enough snow. thats my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

[loafer89]

Accuweather is forecasting snow for friday April 29th, so who knows, maybe it will be a powder weekend :wink: Anything is better than the 81F weather here on Long Island right now, it's way too hot for this time of year, last sunday morning (4/17) was 29F.

 

[Vortex]

Accuweather is forecasting snow for friday April 29th, so who knows, maybe it will be a powder weekend :wink: Anything is better than the 81F weather here on Long Island right now, it's way too hot for this time of year, last sunday morning (4/17) was 29F.

It was just about that temp Sunday on my way to Sunday river, but got to 70 quick. I like any forecat with snow. I think it was May 13th last year we got 3 inches of Snow in Campton NH. Anything is possible.

 

[JimG.]

Killington now down to 8 trails and 1 lift.

 

[bvibert]

Killington now down to 8 trails and 1 lift.

Fading quick...

 

[Vortex]

Wow. We may have to make some adjustemnts. Bretton Woods will go a long time. They Seem to want to win the last day open battle. Still will take alot to get rid of the 10 feet of snow on Superstar. If people want to go somewhere else April 30th I'm game. I'm still skiing. Again thats' my story and I'm sticking to it. :beer:

 

[riverc0il]

Being 3-miles from RTE 93, Loon gets a weekend crowd, but so does Waterville Valley and Cannon...

gotta disagree with ya on this one charlie, the only time i've experienced a long lift line at cannon was ironically the day we skied there when the cannonball quad was broken. usually 1-2 minutes wait tops which isn't crowded to me.

 

[loafer89]

It's not to suprising that Killington is down to just 8 trails, as the trails that are now open have very deep snowcover. Superstar And Skyelark had really deep cover when I was there 10 days ago. I would guess that Superstar has 15' of cover in some spots. They probably lost the Cascade runout for the Canyon Quad, as it was really thin on April 10th. Killington likes to keep trails interconnected, or they close mountain areas down.