Killington Get Together

[BeanoNYC]

Oh well, My shell has not yet been packed away for the summer yet. I'm seriously thinking about heading up Friday night after work If I end up going. I'm just not in the mood to wake up at 3AM and drive 5 hours this week. If I were skiing Sunday it would be another story, but I'd like to get as much skiing in as possible.

 

[Vortex]

They did at the River a few weeks ago when I was there. I put a note to the Patrollers for the great service on the SR board hope that applies here also. :idea:

 

[loafer89]

Yahoo travel is showing rates for friday night(4/29)at:

Inn Of The Six Mountain: $69.86
Cascades Lodge: $76.70
Cortina Inn: $51.99

I thought this would be helpful for anyone who wants to stay overnight.

 

[BeanoNYC]

Wow! The Cortina is cheaper! Loaf ... how come the family overuled you on from the Casade to the Cortina? Is it nicer? How far is it from K1 base? Nightlife?

 

[loafer89]

Cortina Inn is located about 8-10 miles from the base of Killington (10-15 minute drive). It is much nicer than the Cascades Lodge with good food (nice sunday brunch) and a large indoor pool.

We choose Cortina because they have a full service restaurant that is still serving all meals, while Cascades is only serving breakfast. I am not sure that alot of the restaurants on the access road are still open at this time of the year.

Visit cortinainn.com if you want to look at the place. The rates on their website are really high, the room that we got on Yahoo Travel is probably one of the older rooms in the place on the ground floor, but it's someplace to sleep anyway.

 

[loafer89]

Registration for the slalom on sunday is at 7:30am, so that means being at the KBL by 6:30am. At least then I can run the race and go back to sunday brunch :beer:

 

[riverc0il]

Is the glass half full or half empty?

the glass is 50% capacity. eventually i will bring the world around to a realistic point of view instead of optimism or pescimism.

 

[bvibert]

I'm still undecided as to wether I'm going or not, unfortunately leaning towards not... Does anyone know what the ticket is going to cost? I'm definately not going to drive up there to ski for a few hours if the ticket still costs a bundle... If I do go I likely won't be there by 8:30 as I'll be driving up from CT. I don't imagine it will be too hard to find you guys though, since there is only one lift running.

 

[loafer89]

The lift ticket rate is $39 as of today at killington.com. At least with only 7 trails and one lift open it will be easy to find us, and there will be no need for the michelin guide, er, I mean the trail map :-?

 

[bvibert]

The lift ticket rate is $39 as of today at killington.com. At least with only 7 trails and one lift open it will be easy to find us, and there will be no need for the michelin guide, er, I mean the trail map :-?

Thanks, guess I didn't look at Killington.com too hard :roll:

 

[riverc0il]

ouch! $39 is really steep for what they are offering. one chair with three ways down....

 

[loafer89]

I agree, $25 seems about the right value for the amount of terrain open. This is about the amount of money that used to be charged a few years back.

 

[Vortex]

Is the glass half full or half empty?

the glass is 50% capacity. eventually i will bring the world around to a realistic point of view instead of optimism or pescimism.

Thats thinking outside the box. I'm going to take that and call it my own. :wink:

 

[BeanoNYC]

Alright ... So what's the final count? I won't be able to make a decision until I find out how much VW Service is charging me to fix my wifes Jetta which is only 800 miles over warranty coverage.

If I do go up, I will make the trip Friday night, so if anyone wants to meet up for a drink, PM me.

 

[Vortex]

BeanoNYC.
Final count is Loafer89 and family and myself.
Many undecided. RivercOil, Charlie S and a Bud, Bvibert possibly. You possibly. So there we have it sort of. :wink: I have sent a Pm with my cell to all those that are trying to go. Hope this works out. Pm me if anyone else is interested. :idea:

 

[loafer89]

I just visited sugarbush.com, and they are not going to be opening this weekend due to all the rain this week and forecasts for more.

Killington is now the only operating resort in Vermont.

A good website to view webcam conditions at Killington is from the Killington Ski Club website at www.killingtonskiclub.com. The camera only shows the bottom portion of Superstar and Skyelark, but it's better than nothing.

Killington.com seems to show only what they want you to see :roll:

 

[Vortex]

I am happy to add my son to the group for Sat. He is pysched to come and meet some new people. We hope a few show up. :idea: I have lots of food. :beer:

 

[loafer89]

What time were we going to have lunch? The forecast is calling for rain after 3pm, hopefully that forecast holds.

 

[Vortex]

I like to eat early. I was going to fire up the grill around 11.00 and have lunch 11.30 or 12. When ever food is cooked. Menu... dogs,Chicken sausage, Burgers, Veggie skewers(spelling) chips, pickles, Longtrails, soda, water. I'm not bringing my pop up shelter cause if I do it will ncp. 3pm is okay for clear snow. Better than 8 am. Again plan 8.30 back deck KBL base lodge infront of the Electronic sign. I'll be the one in a tie dye and short. Let me know if you coming. :beer:

 

[bvibert]

Looks like my ski season is over. There's just too many other things going on this weekend to be able to make it tomorrow. I hope you all have fun, take some pics please!