AdironRider
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Wasn't it over 90 degrees like a week ago back there? Impressive run regardless of the weather. 200 day season is pretty kickass no matter how you slice it.
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Killington skiing into June.!
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Wasn't it over 90 degrees like a week ago back there? Impressive run regardless of the weather. 200 day season is pretty kickass no matter how you slice it.
dlague
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I called it after hearing that walking was required on Monday and seeing liquid snow and a blow torch in the forecast. At least we were all hopeful. I skied the latest in a season ever this year. Definitely have respect for k town. There are others who could try the same stuff but are too far from NY to make it worth while.
steamboat1
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Couldn't agree more. It's a comparable (or shorter) drive for me to get to K-Mart, but I avoid it because of that crowd.
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Newpylong
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If we are talking about early season the only advantage is clientele.
Sugarbush would be able to put just as much snow in marginal temps on Upper FIS and Rim Run as Killington on Rime/Reason/Upper East fall and there would not be walking.
Terrain on Summit Quad vs North Ridge is exponentially better and more plentiful. 5 distinctly trails with snowmaking from inter to expert that actually have character.
Of course, they would have to want to do this.
Newpylong
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Well, you won't be at any of those except Sunday River that early.
Bretton Woods and Wildcat were both open last year (Wildcat top to bottom) while you still needed to use the stairwell at Killington. I think K probably beat them to be open by a week, but not much more than that.
joshua segal
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I consider the stairway to be a positive. With the limited open terrain, I think that the stairway keeps the crowds on a relatively small pod to manageable (although I was told that the lift line was close to a half-hour on the first open weekend). But for me, the criterion is simple: Killington: 2hr. drive; BW: 3 hrs.; Wildcat: almost 4 hrs. The stairway (I was told) cost $60K. Chris Nyberg was quoting as saying, that they made it all back and more the first season it was open.
It is a positive. It gets them open earlier and you're right, it keeps the crowd down compared to the old days of Upper Cascade off the double. I'm sure they've had an excellent ROI. No one was arguing against those factors.
It's 2.5 hours to Killington or Bretton Woods for me. I normally ski Killington early season. This year I opted for Bretton Woods. The two top to bottom trails they had open early season were the better option than Glades area terrain at Killington. Longer runs, more vertical, no walking. $19 a ticket. no brainer
Glad people have choices
It's 2.5 hours to Killington or Bretton Woods for me. I normally ski Killington early season. This year I opted for Bretton Woods. The two top to bottom trails they had open early season were the better option than Glades area terrain at Killington. Longer runs, more vertical, no walking. $19 a ticket. no brainer
Glad people have choices
machski
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The advantage to the walkway is Killington can open and be fairly sure they can stay open up on that pod and ride out most warm weather that can happen early season. Same with SR on T2, the difference is SR will only operate weekends until TTB where Killington opens continuous. Any talk of moving late season off SS is nuts. Elevation does not matter too much given the only skiable section is the lowest elevation on the trail right now. Has to be a combination of drainage on the trail, base depth and angle to the sun given how the melt out occurs.
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Just remember to bring your lunch with you, I went hungry because I didn't want to hike the stairs twice.
SIKSKIER
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Newpylong
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It was there, just before lower Cascade peeled off, and just after where you could hop over and get on from Upper Downdraft.
dlague
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Been there done that! The first year we skied there early season, they were cooking burgers and hotdogs at the lift and we did not have any cash. Now we bring a pack and leave it on the ground at the top of Canyon Quad including adult beverages! We have only done the early season gig 4 times and learned from the first experience. However, on time we skied on October 30th and were able to poach trails to the base.
dlague
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Gotta hand it to these two, and there will probably be more, for getting it while it lasts.
Jcb890
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That looks like better coverage than I expected compared to those photos from yesterday.
catsup948
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Doesn't look to bad. Could be worth lapping the bottom patch.
k opened on monday nov 3 on the north ridge (glades) pod with the stairs and went t-t-b on sat nov 15.
for those who missed it, after they installed the k1, for a few years they used trucks to move skiers back & forth to the north ridge. here's a video i made back in '98 documenting that madness. this was saturday october 24. they shut it down the following day.
for those who missed it, after they installed the k1, for a few years they used trucks to move skiers back & forth to the north ridge. here's a video i made back in '98 documenting that madness. this was saturday october 24. they shut it down the following day.
Yes, I remember you poor souls were still hiking the stairs to wait in line to ride the triple. Meanwhile in New Hampshire we were running express quads with no lines a week before Killington opened to the bottom.
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