Killington snowmaking to start Oct. 26th, plus misc hype....

[drjeff]

yes, and did you notice that in the summer it becomes the Northeast Mountain Biking, Hiking and lastly Skiing Forums.

Skiing rules, everything else just fills the time till we ski again.

I hadn't noticed the change of the sports listing when it goes puke green. Thanks 2knees, I guess that underwear change did you good :lol:

 

[RootDKJ]

Yup, that "summer" green trim makes we want to puke when I see it

I'm thinking with the 1st frost advisories already come and gone across the North Country that Greg should be switching to winter blue mode for everyone real soon! :flag:

I still think we should spray paint his lawn white to get rid of this ugly green.

 

[Newpylong]

They should just get over themselves and put a temporary handle tow on upper downdraft early season...

I agree, it certainly would be the most cost effective way of doing it. I just don't see the "new" Killington doing that. Smith's Killington may have done that.

 

[mister moose]

A handle tow might be a little weak for the application (Advanced skiers and riders on a fairly steep tow line) but a used Poma platter lift could be had for cheap, and has the advantage of being able to run in high winds.

 

[Highway Star]

A handle tow might be a little weak for the application (Advanced skiers and riders on a fairly steep tow line) but a used Poma platter lift could be had for cheap, and has the advantage of being able to run in high winds.

Yep...I'm not quite sure if the handle tow would work....it's a 400 ft long slope with about 100ft vertical. But a poma certainly would work. I just say handle tow because they are the cheap and they can be set up temporarily.

Wind wise, it's very rare that the CQ would run and the K-1 wouldn't......sooo....?

 

[RENO]

Again, as I've said before, Rope Tows, Handle Tows, Poma Tows, etc... ALL SUCK! :???: I can imagine trying to grab one of those in the early season on my snowboard with only 1 of those tows open with a shitload of people in line. Throw in many many more snowboarders and you can see what a mess it would be. If you're gonna do something you put in a regular lift. Even if it's just a double it would be 100 times better...

 

[Highway Star]

Again, as I've said before, Rope Tows, Handle Tows, Poma Tows, etc... ALL SUCK! :???: I can imagine trying to grab one of those in the early season on my snowboard with only 1 of those tows open with a shitload of people in line. Throw in many many more snowboarders and you can see what a mess it would be. If you're gonna do something you put in a regular lift. Even if it's just a double it would be 100 times better...

You do make a vaild point.....but what skier rider who is out in October can't ride a tow 400ft.....?

For a short lifts, I like lift D in the map below, the one at an angle that starts at the top of lower double dipper and goes to upper downdraft. It would be around 1000 ft and something like 400ft vert. Very good for very early season. They could set it up with an automated snowmaking system, make snow during recovery phases, and and let bumps form. It would be a sweet little mogul area during the season. And if you made 20ft of snow on it, it would last until July.

 

[WWF-VT]

You do make a vaild point.....but what skier rider who is out in October can't ride a tow 400ft.....?

I bet a lot of the skiers/riders that would make this economically viable

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The D lift at 400 vert and 1,000 feet in length would be sweet..that's a 40% slope..nice..I'm looking forward to it so Killington can extend their season a week..

 

[SpinmasterK]

yes, and did you notice that in the summer it becomes the Northeast Mountain Biking, Hiking and lastly Skiing Forums.

Skiing rules, everything else just fills the time till we ski again.

Weather permitting ... the Beast will roar in 51 days … when snowmaking begins!

 

[mister moose]

I see hat tipping is allowed this year. Any other changes in store for us? Has there been a summary of summer projects yet?

 

[Highway Star]

The D lift at 400 vert and 1,000 feet in length would be sweet..that's a 40% slope..nice..I'm looking forward to it so Killington can extend their season a week..

Hah. That lift is roughly between 3,800ft and 4,200ft of vert. They could reliably open the first or second week of October almost every year. If they made 15-20ft of snow up there, it would last until July. Makes sense if you were going to run the K-1 anyway for mountain biking and sight seeing.

Then they just need an IDE summer snowmaker up there and some snow perservation techniques, and they could stay open year round. Hah.

 

[Highway Star]

Weather permitting ... the Beast will roar in 51 days … when snowmaking begins!

Tom, will they make snow on Devil's Fiddle this year?

 

[SpinmasterK]

Tom, will they make snow on Devil's Fiddle this year?

You submitted this as a question in the Ski Area Challenge, which has been addressed by Chris Nyberg.

 

[Highway Star]

You submitted this as a question in the Ski Area Challenge, which has been addressed by Chris Nyberg.

Sweet. Now we just have to wait for Greg to post the responses.

Greg.........?

Meh.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Greg check your e-mail...

 

[deadheadskier]

Greg's on vacation, limited internet access. That part I actually wasn't joking about in the other thread.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Greg's on vacation, limited internet access. That part I actually wasn't joking about in the other thread.

I'm sure he can find a library or internet cafe..:roll:

 

[tcharron]

why isn't mount snow doing the same? they have more snow guns and still they don't try and be the first to open and last to close

It'd be really hard, unless the weather was perfect, for them to pull it off.

 

[deadheadskier]

I'm sure he can find a library or internet cafe..:roll:

probably not very easy to find where he is and I know when I'm on vacay, well, if I can remember what it's like that is, I don't touch the intertrons.