Killington skiing into June.!

[Domeskier]

If you do not like the early season due to a few trails being open then you probably will not like May skiing.

I don't care for early season turns, but that's mainly due to the lack of bumps rather than the limited terrain. Late season skiing, on the other hand, is about as good as it gets in my opinion. Can't get up to K for a few weeks but will definitely be there again if they make it to memorial day weekend.

 

[catsup948]

For me Killington is an easy 2 hr drive. It's harder though with all the kids activities and family events we have in May and June. It's easier for me to skip work and earn my turns at this point in the season.

 

[dlague]

I don't mind less trails being open as long as they are decent trails, get groomed and have good snow coverage. I just don't want to be riding on rocks/grass as I do not find that fun. I had a blast at Mount Snow this past weekend and basically stuck to 3-4 trails all day. I think they had 30-ish open.

Two years ago I skied on May 17th and it was not groomed but had huge spring bumps with deep troughs. A bump skiers dream. While I enjoy bumps these were a little tight for my liking but enjoyed the day either way.

 

[Puck it]

Going Saturday!!!!

 

[marcski]

Going Saturday!!!!

Enjoy. it was awesome this past weekend!

Canyon Area from Saturday.

The "Glacier" from Saturday

Outer Limits on Sunday

Superstar as we were pulling out at 3:20 on Sunday.

 

[Newpylong]

I don't mind less trails being open as long as they are decent trails, get groomed and have good snow coverage. I just don't want to be riding on rocks/grass as I do not find that fun. I had a blast at Mount Snow this past weekend and basically stuck to 3-4 trails all day. I think they had 30-ish open.

I don't think Spring skiing is for you then lol.

 

[skiur]

I don't mind less trails being open as long as they are decent trails, get groomed and have good snow coverage. I just don't want to be riding on rocks/grass as I do not find that fun. I had a blast at Mount Snow this past weekend and basically stuck to 3-4 trails all day. I think they had 30-ish open.

Grooming in may?? thats blasphemy!....anyway even if they did it is kinda pointless because everything would be bumped up in no time, If you are a groomer guy then dont bother skiing in may.

 

[Jcb890]

I don't think Spring skiing is for you then lol.

Haha, perhaps not. I did go to Mt. Snow on Sunday though and the coverage was still quite good.

Also, I'd find it tough to justify spending $40-50 to ride on mostly no snow with little to no coverage. That doesn't sound worth it to me. But, if there's snow and it is in decent shape, I'm in! Sunday was my first time riding in April. I'd like to try and get out at least once in May if I can and if it is worth it.

 

[Jcb890]

Grooming in may?? thats blasphemy!....anyway even if they did it is kinda pointless because everything would be bumped up in no time, If you are a groomer guy then dont bother skiing in may.

I'm willing to forego the grooming in May, but don't they always do it to push snow around either way to help coverage? Perhaps I'm wrong there. I don't mind the spring bumps, they can be kind of nice.

 

[drjeff]

I'm willing to forego the grooming in May, but don't they always do it to push snow around either way to help coverage? Perhaps I'm wrong there. I don't mind the spring bumps, they can be kind of nice.

In the spring, typically unless they absolutely have to push some snow to keep a portion of a trail ski/rideable, they don't want too. Grooming snow in the spring actually helps to loosen up what is often a solid frozen base, and with grooming that solid base gets broken up by the tiller on the cat, which helps air and water penetrate deeper into that remaining frozen base and expedite its melting, which is often the last thing they want, especially if they're trying to stretch their snowpack as long as possible.

At Mount Snow last weekend, they knew they just had to make it through Sunday (and they knew they had PLENTY of snow to do that on most trails), so they did a bit of grooming to provide some "smooth" snow

The reality is, for most trails at the resorts that are still open right now, unless there's a terrain park to maintain on them, or some piecing together to keep that trail going for a little longer, don't expect too much diesel to be burned by cats smoothing out terrain from now until the last chair of the season spins

 

[joshua segal]

I don't mind less trails being open as long as they are decent trails, get groomed and have good snow coverage. I just don't want to be riding on rocks/grass as I do not find that fun. ...

Coverage is very unlikely to be a problem this year at least until mid-May.

 

[joshua segal]

Grooming in may?? thats blasphemy!....anyway even if they did it is kinda pointless because everything would be bumped up in no time, If you are a groomer guy then dont bother skiing in may.

Grooming in May is necessary if the snow sets up the night before! You want a couple of groomers for those early runs until the bumps soften a bit. Blasphemy is when they groom everything!

 

[Jcb890]

In the spring, typically unless they absolutely have to push some snow to keep a portion of a trail ski/rideable, they don't want too. Grooming snow in the spring actually helps to loosen up what is often a solid frozen base, and with grooming that solid base gets broken up by the tiller on the cat, which helps air and water penetrate deeper into that remaining frozen base and expedite its melting, which is often the last thing they want, especially if they're trying to stretch their snowpack as long as possible.

At Mount Snow last weekend, they knew they just had to make it through Sunday (and they knew they had PLENTY of snow to do that on most trails), so they did a bit of grooming to provide some "smooth" snow

The reality is, for most trails at the resorts that are still open right now, unless there's a terrain park to maintain on them, or some piecing together to keep that trail going for a little longer, don't expect too much diesel to be burned by cats smoothing out terrain from now until the last chair of the season spins

Ah, good info, thank you sir. Makes sense about the cats possibly breaking up base which can keep things going.

 

[chuckstah]

They will groom the Skyelark to Bittersweet route most every night until the end. On a busy weekend it will hold up for maybe 2 or 3 runs if you are there at 8. Maybe an hr or more on a slow or bad weather midweek day.

 

[Highway Star]

Freezing overnight in the last few days, which is good for the snowpack. When it doesn't re-freeze melt out is much quicker.

 

[Puck it]

Rumor has it Bittersweet & Skylark going to be lit up with snowmaking tonight. I do not know if this is true or not. Posted on kzone.

 

[ironhippy]

Rumor has it Bittersweet & Skylark going to be lit up with snowmaking tonight. I do not know if this is true or not. Posted on kzone.

Wow! If that happens, that's real dedication to spring skiing!

 

[Domeskier]

Anyone know if they are planning to seed some bumps on lower Superstar to close out the season? I vaguely recall seeing some pics of some nice seeded lines in recent years.

 

[chuckstah]

No signs of snowmaking right now, but that would make a strong statement if they do. Superstar waS groomed last night, and it needed it. There will be plenty of bumps if it ever warms up. Still snowing lightly. Upper glades are back in play

 

[Rogman]

Rumor has it Bittersweet & Skylark going to be lit up with snowmaking tonight. I do not know if this is true or not. Posted on kzone.

Yeah, Nyberg heard there was only a 30 foot base, panicked, and told Mike to fire up the guns if there was a window.