Killington is going to open before Sunday River this season.

[deadheadskier]

Rogman, as mentioned during your marketing scorn of Sunday River on Kzone, you could ski most of the way down to the base at SR. They weren't able to blow enough snow to officially open TtB, but people were skiing down most of the way to get to the base according to at least one person here who was skiing there.

http://forums.alpinezone.com/showth...vs-Sundayriver?p=867602&viewfull=1#post867602

 

[skiNEwhere]

I'm having trouble keeping track of who said what in which killington thread

 

[Dickc]

Sunday River from the Skiesta web cam

http://seaestahomes.com/mountains/SkiEsta/WebCam.shtml

 

[steamboat1]

That's not the point, we all know that & it's a good thing. The point is how many will open Tues. Personally I don't care since it will likely be a few more weeks before I start skiing anyway. Just pointing out that there has been discussion about staying open in the past & I guess since I started it there will be discussion again.

Welcome to like 2010. That's been a perennial issue/bone for contention.

Along with who will have top to bottom first & who has the most terrain open.

Exactly.

And away we go !!!

 

[Ski the Moguls]

This is a non-debate. Sunday River offered lift served skiing 2 hours before Killington did. Therefore, SR opened before Kton. There is no way to spin it.

If "open for the season" is the criteria instead of "open first", then let's start a different thread titled "Killington will open for the season before SR"

I guess a lot has changed in the last couple of years, huh?

 

[Highway Star]

Bump.

Things are starting to look pretty good here:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...09&textField2=-72.8175&site=all&unit=0&dd=&bw

10am on Saturday has them at 28F and 70% humidity and dropping, which is a 25F wet bulb temp. The ground will be generally cold but not quite frozen. Temps bottom out at 6am Sunday at 19F wetbulb. It's definitely enough time for them to get rime open by 9 or 10 am Sunday, without grooming. Its going to be pretty cold and windy on Sunday, so they will probably keep the guns running if they do open up.

 

[Tin]

Bump.

Things are starting to look pretty good here:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...09&textField2=-72.8175&site=all&unit=0&dd=&bw

10am on Saturday has them at 28F and 70% humidity and dropping, which is a 25F wet bulb temp. The ground will be generally cold but not quite frozen. Temps bottom out at 6am Sunday at 19F wetbulb. It's definitely enough time for them to get rime open by 9 or 10 am Sunday, without grooming. Its going to be pretty cold and windy on Sunday, so they will probably keep the guns running if they do open up.

Wind, soft ground, and 18 hours...if anyone can do it it is K. I would love to see it but they have already dismissed SR's "stunt".

 

[ss20]

Bump.

Things are starting to look pretty good here:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...09&textField2=-72.8175&site=all&unit=0&dd=&bw

10am on Saturday has them at 28F and 70% humidity and dropping, which is a 25F wet bulb temp. The ground will be generally cold but not quite frozen. Temps bottom out at 6am Sunday at 19F wetbulb. It's definitely enough time for them to get rime open by 9 or 10 am Sunday, without grooming. Its going to be pretty cold and windy on Sunday, so they will probably keep the guns running if they do open up.

On Killington Zone you made a thread saying Killington would not open this weekend.

 

[mriceyman]

On Killington Zone you made a thread saying Killington would not open this weekend.

Well then hes gota be right somewhere!


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[Tin]

Wildcat starts up top Saturday afternoon and works their way down to open 2000'+ of top to bottom skiing Monday morning...

 

[yeggous]

Wildcat starts up top Saturday afternoon and works their way down to open 2000'+ of top to bottom skiing Monday morning...

Considering the latitude and elevation it is possible. I just don't see them blowing all the way to the bottom. The forecast for next week looks warmer, and I think they are only really interested in weekends. Sunday River has the same problem. Given their location isolated from Joey from Jersey, they can't make money midweek.


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[Tin]

I like rooting for Wildcat and would love to see them not just be the first T2B again but first to open. Agree with you though, no money to be made yet. Hell, last year they were giving away passes the first few days.

It's all practice and conditioning until the woods are in play or the first storm anyway.

 

[dlague]

Considering the latitude and elevation it is possible. I just don't see them blowing all the way to the bottom. The forecast for next week looks warmer, and I think they are only really interested in weekends. Sunday River has the same problem. Given their location isolated from Joey from Jersey, they can't make money midweek.


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Sunday River will be like Killington. If they open, it will not be T2B at SR it will be a run off Barker Lift and likewise Killington a few runs off North Ridge. Effectively limiting lower exposure. Also Sunder River has never gone full hog on midweek. Weekends only until it is really game on.

Wildcat posted: Ready, aim... Tower snowmaking guns on Lynx Lair stand ready.

 

[yeggous]

Sunday River will be like Killington. If they open, it will not be T2B at SR it will be a run off Barker Lift and likewise Killington a few runs off North Ridge. Effectively limiting lower exposure. Also Sunder River has never gone full hog on midweek. Weekends only until it is really game on.

Wildcat posted: Ready, aim... Tower snowmaking guns on Lynx Lair stand ready.

I'd believe that Wildcat blows on Upper Lynx this weekend. Especially if they leave it in piles they would have better snow preservation than either K or SR given their combined latitude and altitude. That could give them a head start to the bottom when it gets cold again.


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[deadheadskier]

I'd believe that Wildcat blows on Upper Lynx this weekend. Especially if they leave it in piles they would have better snow preservation than either K or SR given their combined latitude and altitude. That could give them a head start to the bottom when it gets cold again.


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I agree with this. What's the ten day forecast above 3000 feet for them?

I'm eager to get out, but don't want them wasting money. I'm fine with First weekend of November. Halloween would be great, but if one more week means less melt out (read lost $$$) then that's what I'd rather see. I don't want to see money wasted in the Fall that would prevent them from blowing the necessary base throughout the winter to make it to May again.

 

[slatham]

I think K-mart has a shot at Sunday. But regardless, this is all marketing. The models - which of course can be wrong - do not show any cold after this weekend all the way through Halloween. Making snow this weekend should booked under the marketing budget, not the snowmaking budget.

 

[Highway Star]

I think K-mart has a shot at Sunday. But regardless, this is all marketing. The models - which of course can be wrong - do not show any cold after this weekend all the way through Halloween. Making snow this weekend should booked under the marketing budget, not the snowmaking budget.

They've done it before. They only need to make about 6 to 10 acre feet of snow to get Rime open, which can be done in about 12 hours of snowmaking. If temps are reasonable, this can cost them under $10k. With 48 hours of snowmaking, they could put down about 30-40 acre feet of snow on Rime, which is about 8-10 feet of snow depth.

If I was them, and had a world cup race scheduled for November of next year, I'd be putting as many snowguns on rime as possible and blowing the heck out of it. Like actually running hoses from Reason / Upper East Fall through the woods to Rime, to get 80+ snowguns on it. In this two day window, they could put down 15 feet of snow on rime and stay open no problem for the next month. Boom.

 

[deadheadskier]

Did you have nancakes for breafist this morning?

I have never seen any ski area lay down a 15 foot base in 48 hours. If it were so easy as this, they'd do it on Superstar every spring.

 

[steamboat1]

K's ready to go. On their facebook page there is a picture of them turning on one gun (only one picture). They also switched their webcam from the golf course view to the mountain view.

edit: North Ridge cam is also back up.

 

[Puck it]

K's ready to go. On their facebook page there is a picture of them turning on one gun (only one picture). They also switched their webcam from the golf course view to the mountain view.

edit: North Ridge cam is also back up.

and white on the trees right now where the Rime meets GNo

nope bad eyes