Killington - suggested improvements.

[Geoff]

6-packs are sweet and Blue has the Poconos coldest 6-pack

Killington does not need any more uphill capacity. 6-packs end up destroying the skiing surface. With the two 8-seater gondolas and now a total of 4 high capacity lifts dumping traffic at the top of Skye Peak, Killington already has a big problem of too much uphill capacity for too few acres. I'm very worried about the prospects for Snowdon where you can still get quality natural snow and good tree skiing. If they blow a 6-pack up that hill, they're going to need to chainsaw some very good tree skiing to create enough acres to spread out all the people.

 

[Geoff]

oh give me a break miller. you were like, what, 5 when they closed the northeast passage. there isnt anything worth getting worked up about over there. If anyone remembers, to get there, you had to ski b.s. trails for 1/2 an hour to reach it. then, if you wanted to ski the so called "steep" terrain, you had to unload at the midstation, which provided about 600 feet of vert at best, most of which was still flat. and then, to get out, you had to ride that gawd awful lift up and down and then back up to the base of bear, basically, then take another lift to get to anything worth skiing.

I used to park there when i was first coming up. In 1984. It took me all of about 3 trips to realize what a waste of time it was. The best thing about it was the lodge was empty. for a reason. If i was of legal age back then, i could see a reason to be upset. you could probably grab a barstool at any hour of the freakin day. outside of that, what was the point of it.

Jumping the rock on 'The Judge' and Nor'easter on a powder day after the rest of the mountain was tracked out were fun. It also gave you the option of skiing down to the Back Behind on days when the skiing was awful. It's not particulary compelling terrain but it had its moments... kind of like some of the fun turns that were lost on the top of Rams Head. When ASC traded Parker's Gore for the land at the bottom of Killington where SP Land wants to build the village, NEP lost any value.

 

[roark]

No it's not. Killington has a boundary-to-boundary "the woods are fair game as long as you don't duck a rope" policy.

The only thing they're going to try to enforce is skiing in the direction of Cooper's Cabin and down the west side of the mountain. They're getting tired of morons getting lost down by Wheelerville Road. I'm sure if you show up with AT gear and tell them you have a ride down at Brewer's Corner, even that won't be an issue.

I guess I don't follow Kzone enough. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[2knees]

Jumping the rock on 'The Judge' and Nor'easter on a powder day after the rest of the mountain was tracked out were fun. It also gave you the option of skiing down to the Back Behind on days when the skiing was awful. It's not particulary compelling terrain but it had its moments... kind of like some of the fun turns that were lost on the top of Rams Head. When ASC traded Parker's Gore for the land at the bottom of Killington where SP Land wants to build the village, NEP lost any value.

I'm not saying there wasnt any redeeming quality to the area but given the amount of effort it took to get there, what that area had to offer as a whole, and the effort to get out, how much time did you spend there on any given day? Granted, you ski killington a whole lot more then i ever have so its not really apples to apples but still.

 

[Geoff]

I'm not saying there wasnt any redeeming quality to the area but given the amount of effort it took to get there, what that area had to offer as a whole, and the effort to get out, how much time did you spend there on any given day? Granted, you ski killington a whole lot more then i ever have so its not really apples to apples but still.

NEP for me was rarely more than a couple of hours 4 or 5 days per year. It was always the last place to track out on a powder day so I'd only ski there on really good days or days that were so awful that I skied down there to drink. I was never one of the Back Behind for lunch and cocktails people but I know people who parked there, often ate lunch there, and did their apres ski there.

 

[that guy]

No it's not. Killington has a boundary-to-boundary "the woods are fair game as long as you don't duck a rope" policy.

The only thing they're going to try to enforce is skiing in the direction of Cooper's Cabin and down the west side of the mountain. They're getting tired of morons getting lost down by Wheelerville Road. I'm sure if you show up with AT gear and tell them you have a ride down at Brewer's Corner, even that won't be an issue.

when was that handed down? I thought unmarked woods were off limits as "out of bounds areas"

its not going to stop me from skiing them either way

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Is the Back Behind saloon still there???

 

[millerm277]

Is the Back Behind saloon still there???

Yup, and it's (for now), still open.

 

[RootDKJ]

6-packs are sweet and Blue has the Poconos coldest 6-pack

Hell yeah :beer:

 

[Geoff]

when was that handed down? I thought unmarked woods were off limits as "out of bounds areas"

its not going to stop me from skiing them either way

That's right. Don't ski the trees. They'll pull your ticket and send you to jail. Nobody skis the trees at Killington. Besides, they're impassable and nothing but downed logs and rocks. Stick to the groomed snowmaking trails and the terrain parks. That's where it's at.