Killington skiing into June.!

[joshua segal]

And your point? Snow now til it stops helps stop the meltout of what is there currently at worst. At best, it adds back a little of what has melted/compacted/sublimated out already. Sure, late snow will never add much length to natural terrain (Tuckerman's aside), but it will sure help shore up stacked machine made terrain. Plus, its fun when its on the ground!!

Negative. The new snow actually creates a "melt layer" which actually erodes the packed surface beneath. The game changes if there is a substantial period of cold following the storm, but that rarely happens late season.

 

[Newpylong]

Unless you can show me video of Wildcat making snow, I suspect that they are digging out some things that the melting snow can damage (like electronics) and disconnecting hoses that got buried. I haven't been to Wildcat, but our snowmakers were doing that at CM (another Peak Resort area) with certainly no intent of making snow.

Did you read the caption?
The snowmakers are out shoveling out the towers getting ready to make some snow! Next time you see one give them a high five. They are working their butts off to extend the season into May


Also, same information on the description on their latest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vra0enub14

 

[Newpylong]

 

[VTKilarney]

Whether they get 20% more or 20% less natural snow than average, it doesn't matter even remotely as much as temperature and ra*n matter.

 

[joshua segal]

Whether they get 20% more or 20% less natural snow than average, it doesn't matter even remotely as much as temperature and ra*n matter.

Add humidity to the equation. Fog is a bigger enemy than rain.

 

[ss20]

Add humidity to the equation. Fog is a bigger enemy than rain.

Woah! No need for the f-word here, dude! If you wanna post that vulgar on other ski forums, fine, but I don't want it here!

 

[joshua segal]

Woah! No need for the f-word here, dude! If you wanna post that vulgar on other ski forums, fine, but I don't want it here!

Showing again that 3-letter words can be as big (or bigger) an enemy as the 4 letter ones!

 

[marcski]

Showing again that 3-letter words can be as big (or bigger) an enemy as the 4 letter ones!

Your right. Fog just eats snow.

 

[steamboat1]

Jeeze & BMMC is still over a month away.

 

[MadMadWorld]

Depends how far west you go. Japan is having a good year.

That's east. Far East.

East.....west....I believe it has been confirmed that the world is round. Both directions will get you there!

 

[chuckstah]

Superstar as of 4/21. Looking up and down from the same spot. June is attainable but it will be close from what I remember of the base depths in the good old days.

 

[skimagic]

I saw that the K-1 is shutting down this weekend, and the Canyon lift is already shut down for the season , so I assume the Superstar is all that is going after this weekend- no way to get to North Ridge triple?

 

[chuckstah]

After Sunday it will be hiking access from top of superstar only. Worth the trip at least once a day.

 

[ss20]

Daily highs in the 40s and lows in the upper 20s till Friday. After that it's still mild with highs in the 50s and lows in the upper 30s. This is all base temperatures too. An inch of snow at the top is not out of the question tonight and then again Thursday night.

Each night below freezing equals another day in June at this point. If the snow freezes and becomes hard as a rock at night 45 degrees won't do any damage during the day.

 

[catsup948]

Daily highs in the 40s and lows in the upper 20s till Friday. After that it's still mild with highs in the 50s and lows in the upper 30s. This is all base temperatures too. An inch of snow at the top is not out of the question tonight and then again Thursday night.

Each night below freezing equals another day in June at this point. If the snow freezes and becomes hard as a rock at night 45 degrees won't do any damage during the day.

Once you get into May it's an uphill battle against the high sun angle and potential hot humid days. By May 15th it is often feeling an awful lot like summer. I hope they make it this year.

 

[Newpylong]

Definitely. Right now they aren't losing much because it is so cold at night but come May that could change quick. I think they have a really good shot. This spring has bee condusive to keeping the base.

 

[Jcb890]

The real question is if it will actually be worth the trip and lift ticket price come May/June.

 

[machski]

Two inches up top this morning, about 3/4 of one at KBL. Isn't any skiing in May worth it? In addition, base still looks great on skylark/bittersweet/high road routes too, should be well into May for those. K1 is gonna close with a ton of snow on most routes, though Cascade runout is getting down there. Still plenty of snow for it this weekend though. Sounds like snowden triple for the weekend too.

 

[dlague]

All may turns are worth it. Terrain maybe limited but it just feels awesome to be out there. If you do not like the early season due to a few trails being open then you probably will not like May skiing. I for one enjoy both early and late season skiing.

 

[Jcb890]

All may turns are worth it. Terrain maybe limited but it just feels awesome to be out there. If you do not like the early season due to a few trails being open then you probably will not like May skiing. I for one enjoy both early and late season skiing.

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.