Killington is going to open before Sunday River this season.

[bigbob]

Have you seen the forecast? Like you said very uncertain, but now talking about INCHES of rain Thursday through Saturday with temps in the 50s... Currently snowmaking window closes Wed morning and that's at 3569'. Calling for basically the same at 2598', but no snowmaking for a while Tuesday afternoon. 36hrs +/- at the base starting tonight right before warm and very rainy weather without snowmaking till Sat night for a short while sounds pretty sketchy. All of course if the current forecast remains the same, but the nws says that the models are converging on this solution. . .

They built the walkway so if the bottom melts out they can stay open up top, with the bottom currently looking like it would melt out if they made snow there I would guess that they will not make any down low. They said they would start out in Northridge and expand to Upper Snowdon and I would expect with this bad forecast that they will stick with this plan. Maybe they are looking at a different forecast though, or hoping things turn around again...

I would have expected top to bottom by the weekend with a good forecast, despite their plan to keep the skiing up high, but not now with the warm and rain that is forecasted, I don't expect it. . .

Thursday is still a long ways off for accurate forecasts Skippy. Things could change for the better by then!

 

[skiingsnow]

Thursday is still a long ways off for accurate forecasts Skippy. Things could change for the better by then!

My name is Chris, not skippy. Of course the forecast can and will change, but the snowmaking weather for down low is here now and will be here for a short time and they must decide today what they are going to do. Based on todays forecast for later in the week it would make no sense to make snow down low.

 

[Highway Star]

Bump. Is Sunday River opening tomorrow?

 

[Edd]

Bump. Is Sunday River opening tomorrow?

Good question. Their website shows them blowing top to bottom.

 

[Vortex]

Tomorrow will be K's Day. SR posted a couple of places recently, still working on weekend operation plans. The bone to the faithful is the goal of top to bottom for the weekend. Nice effort.

Dacry has a couple of pretty classy posts on it.

 

[Riverskier]

Good question. Their website shows them blowing top to bottom.

I am sure they could, but I doubt they will. They already won the race to be first to open, and it doesn't make much sense financially to spin the lift for the few people that would show up. My guess is that they re-open this weekend for the season.

 

[mondeo]

If they ran the POMA and had everything accessible from the POMA and NRT open, and not have to worry about wasting capacity on lower Bunny, given that some of it will melt anyways. Just going for the fastest expansion route here, given the first decent run they open is Downdraft or Cascade and that doesn't come until after Ramshead.

Not that it would make any more sense to them or the majority of skiers, just to me.

Trail report shows snowmaking on Upper Bunny and Killink. Interesting...

 

[Highway Star]

Trail report shows snowmaking on Upper Bunny and Killink. Interesting...

They should easily be open top to bottom for the weekend.

 

[jerryg]

They should easily be open top to bottom for the weekend.

The same could have been said a couple weeks ago, for opening period, but alas, just angry posts from Tom. I think it's great that K is opening and you should be pleased with what you have opening tomorrow. T2B will be tough for them with the runout.

 

[mondeo]

They should easily be open top to bottom for the weekend.

I'm guessing that'll depend on which way the incoming weather tracks, looks like it's gotten decently cold again; had it stayed with highs in the upper 40s, maybe not. But the activity on upper Snowdon seems to indicate they at least want to get the POMA up and running, even if they can't get T2B (or choose to hedge bets,) which is encouraging. If they don't start blowing lower Bunny tomorrow, with the weather later in the week not all that conducive to making snow at lower altitudes, I'm guessing it'll still be walkway use on Saturday. Maybe T2B Sunday. I'm fine with that if it means less snowmaking waste and more terrain sooner.

 

[bigbob]

Do you think the Poma will be open to all or just the racers?

 

[Newpylong]

Bump. Is Sunday River opening tomorrow?

Not a shot. Dead as hell during the week.

 

[mondeo]

Not a shot. Dead as hell during the week.

Hmmm...
So if Killington stays open and SR doesn't reopen til Saturday, and Killington closes on the same day as Sugarloaf, the Killington season will be 1 day longer than the Boyne season. SR reopens Friday, same length.

Please note the ifs. Just noting possibilites here.

 

[AdironRider]

And note the two different mountains involved, and one just happens to be five hours from anywhere.

Those are facts though, not ifs. Insert stir pot emoticon.

 

[Vortex]

Have fun out there today. Both resorts or organizations have many things to keep thier base customers happy. Enjoy it and make turns. The Loaf being so far away is part of what makes it so good. You have to want to go. The competion is what has allowed early season turns again. Mt snow deserves some credit too. They do everything they can and always a positive message sent.

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

Hmmm...
So if Killington stays open and SR doesn't reopen til Saturday, and Killington closes on the same day as Sugarloaf, the Killington season will be 1 day longer than the Boyne season. SR reopens Friday, same length.

Please note the ifs. Just noting possibilites here.

And why is this important?

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

And note the two different mountains involved, and one just happens to be five hours from anywhere.

Those are facts though, not ifs. Insert stir pot emoticon.

For many it is not 5 hours away.....every ski resort is 5 hours away for somebody.

Plus 5 hours drive time for many helps keep the trash to the south out............oh shit, I live south of there now...dammit. :wink:

 

[drjeff]

Hmmm...
So if Killington stays open and SR doesn't reopen til Saturday, and Killington closes on the same day as Sugarloaf, the Killington season will be 1 day longer than the Boyne season. SR reopens Friday, same length.

Please note the ifs. Just noting possibilites here.

If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around, does it make a noise?? .......... Who cares

 

[Vortex]

All the words coming from boyne I have heard are to have one of the longest seasons. I think they were very happy to open first, but the message and plan has remained the same for the last four years. Open as early as possible with weekends until mid November then go to full operations.

Darcy posted it on the opening report we are trying to race to get open for our pass holders. ( not exact but close)They know they can be beat by other places. They just do what they can. We all know it.

K will get more mid week day skiers this time of year. Sr just won't get that, but its pretty obvious people will come out for the weekends.

If the River can open mid week they do that the first week so all can get the jones out and opening on the books, then go to the operation plan that is consistant. Oct to May sells well. They are going to be the only ones who can say that again in the East. Great at ski show and on brocures.

I think both patrons have something to smile about. You will be hard pressed to find many people at the River upset. Maybe a few bronze pass holders, but that is it. Ticket prices have been competitive early season as well.

K will be the first with non stop operations.

Both have something to market.

 

[Newpylong]

And note the two different mountains involved, and one just happens to be five hours from anywhere.

Those are facts though, not ifs. Insert stir pot emoticon.

5 hours, are you riding a 10 speed? It's 3:30 hours from Boston to SR and it's 2:45 from Boston Killington.

Stop trolling.