Killington is going to open before Sunday River this season.

[gmcunni]

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i did not know that.. going to look for the setting now.

 

[bigbob]

Well, in this thread is the 6th most viewed and 4th most posted in, in this forum........so I'd say we are doing pretty good.

Killington, are you listening?

Has SpinmasterK posted on this thread yet?? Tom, Oh Tom, come out, come out wherever you are! Your most loyal customers need some answers. Time to "Tip your hand".

 

[WakeboardMom]

(you can change the settings to display more than 10 posts per page. I have mine set to the max of 40 so I don't have to change the page as frequently)

THANK YOU!!! (I never looked through all the settings. You just made me very, very happy!!! : )

 

[bvibert]

i did not know that.. going to look for the setting now.

THANK YOU!!! (I never looked through all the settings. You just made me very, very happy!!! : )

Well, at least this thread was good for something!

 

[whitefaceoscar]

snowing at k now. Big and fat flakes
http://www.killington.com/winter/multimedia/webcam/mountainview.html

 

[Highway Star]

Long odds, but my $$$ is on Killington opening tomorrow. Should hear an announcement between noon and 3pm.

 

[WJenness]

Long odds, but my $$$ is on Killington opening tomorrow. Should hear an announcement between noon and 3pm.

Hate to say it... but that's likely just wishful thinking...

I hope I'm wrong.

-w

 

[tjf67]

Hate to say it... but that's likely just wishful thinking...

I hope I'm wrong.

-w

If they are blowing snow I would think they are planning to open. But then again they did blow snow last week and were not open last weekend. I

 

[mondeo]

If they are blowing snow I would think they are planning to open. But then again they did blow snow last week and were not open last weekend. I

They didn't blow until Monday, which was their first real opportunity of more than a couple hours at once.

 

[moguler6]

The trail report says they are blowing GN, Rime, Reason, and Upper East Fall. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.

http://www.killington.com/winter/mountain/conditions/trails

 

[Highway Star]

The trail report says they are blowing GN, Rime, Reason, and Upper East Fall. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.

http://www.killington.com/winter/mountain/conditions/trails

Looks like they have a solid 24 hours of snowmaking left...!

 

[jimmywilson69]

It appears to be snowing pretty heavy at the peak and even at KBL. There is pretty good snow down at Bear too, judging by the web cam.

If it's snowing that hard, the wet bulb is more than likely pretty poor for blowing snow. I'd love to know if they were actually blowing right now or not.

Anybody want to hike up there and report back? I'd offer but I'm 8 hours away:???:

 

[mondeo]

It appears to be snowing pretty heavy at the peak and even at KBL. There is pretty good snow down at Bear too, judging by the web cam.

If it's snowing that hard, the wet bulb is more than likely pretty poor for blowing snow. I'd love to know if they were actually blowing right now or not.

Anybody want to hike up there and report back? I'd offer but I'm 8 hours away:???:

Ok, but if it's snowing that hard, do they need to blow snow? You say that like it's a bad thing.

 

[WJenness]

Hmm... Look who has been suspiciously quiet, but might be starting to tip their hand...

Game on, folks... Game on...

-w

 

[neil]

haha...I love it!

 

[Highway Star]

Hmm... Look who has been suspiciously quiet, but might be starting to tip their hand...

Game on, folks... Game on...

-w

Nice! Doesn't look like they are making snow right now.

 

[jimmywilson69]

Ok, but if it's snowing that hard, do they need to blow snow? You say that like it's a bad thing.

Yeah I wasn't saying its a bad thing they are getting natiural snow. Just pointing out that temps could still be marginal for snow making. Which I guess is moot if they are getting dumped!

I wonder why they haven't thought about fan guns up in the Northridge area? I know in PA, where I'm at, the temps are always marginal and my local place (ski Roundtop) has gone mostly to Aerco Fan and Techno Alpine fan guns. They seem to work excellent in marginal snow making temps.

Kton wouldn't need a ton of infrastructure for them, as they would really only need to run a power circuit. Since the fan guns have onboard compressors, they wouldn't even need to turn their big air compressors on up there during early season blowing.

 

[JerseyJoey]

Yeah I wasn't saying its a bad thing they are getting natiural snow. Just pointing out that temps could still be marginal for snow making. Which I guess is moot if they are getting dumped!

I wonder why they haven't thought about fan guns up in the Northridge area? I know in PA, where I'm at, the temps are always marginal and my local place (ski Roundtop) has gone mostly to Aerco Fan and Techno Alpine fan guns. They seem to work excellent in marginal snow making temps.

Kton wouldn't need a ton of infrastructure for them, as they would really only need to run a power circuit. Since the fan guns have onboard compressors, they wouldn't even need to turn their big air compressors on up there during early season blowing.

Uh oh......here we go.

 

[snowmonster]

Hmm... Look who has been suspiciously quiet, but might be starting to tip their hand...

Game on, folks... Game on...

-w

Luv it. Radio silence. Like a sneak attack. Like when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.

 

[Highway Star]

I wonder why they haven't thought about fan guns up in the Northridge area? I know in PA, where I'm at, the temps are always marginal and my local place (ski Roundtop) has gone mostly to Aerco Fan and Techno Alpine fan guns. They seem to work excellent in marginal snow making temps.

Kton wouldn't need a ton of infrastructure for them, as they would really only need to run a power circuit. Since the fan guns have onboard compressors, they wouldn't even need to turn their big air compressors on up there during early season blowing.

Interesting idea. The whole fan gun thing has been debated endlessly at K-zone. There is power available up there AFAIK. However, the trails are actually fairly narrow compared to the optimal trail width for fans. There can also be serious wind up there, they call it the north ridge area because it's right on the ridge. Killington currently uses traditional K3000 guns and newer ratniks in their early season/marginal temp snowmaking efforts - both these can be run with a huge amount of compressed air allowing for better output than a fan gun at marginal temps, and they can make snow at even higher temps. They are are just very expensive to run due to all the diesel fuel consumed in the compressors. However, they may be running their HKD ranger low-e guns right now, tough to say.

I do agree that fan guns on the peak are seemingly attractive for both early season and resurfacing, but wind and trail size issues are very real. Perhaps they could do an automated system that mixed fan guns and air-water guns......?

They have installed fan guns in base areas and high traffic areas where they think they will make snow regularly throughout the season. We would certainly like it if they installed fan guns on some of the supertrails, and they do produce great quality snow. Even a half dozen large fan guns on double dipper or Devil's fiddle, if run quite often, would greatly improve the snow surface on average.