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[chuckstah]

I heard many people complaining about the Ikon situation. They were told it expired yesterday.

 

[joshua segal]

The line went all the way to Hiline. 1000 people is probably a low estimate. I am sure Killington was profitable today.

 

[Smellytele]

I only took 2 runs, it was fun but there were so many people,you had to ski slow and that's no fun. Good end to the season. My shirts. covered in mud from trying to pass people on the dirt on Preston's lol. Super crowded at 9 am they definitely made a profit , I know some were concerned. This morning I overheard employees from the u bar worried about not having enough beer

No profit from the skiing. It went to charity…

 

[LoafSkier19]

That’s crazy about not accepting Ikon. The last 2 June’s they honored it. If we had gone we would’ve assumed the same thing. I don’t buy the expired nonsense since you can still use it this summer in the Southern Hemisphere.

 

[chuckstah]

The line went all the way to Hiline. 1000 people is probably a low estimate. I am sure Killington was profitable today.

Past Hiline, getting close to Conclusion at it's peak. Strange, this picture I stole from Instagram didn't fail uploading.

 

[joshua segal]

No profit from the skiing. It went to charity…

Do you think they care where the profits came from?

 

[urungus]

That’s crazy about not accepting Ikon. The last 2 June’s they honored it. If we had gone we would’ve assumed the same thing. I don’t buy the expired nonsense since you can still use it this summer in the Southern Hemisphere.

Total BS. I had only used 6 of 7 IKON days this year, and I have already renewed for next year. So it should have been valid under one year or the other. People who had Killington season passes were getting scanned with no issue. Killington staff were extremely unhelpful. Had to leave the line at 8:50 to go back to the ticketing area on the lower level of the k1 lodge where they wouldn’t sell me a ticket, had to set up an account on my phone to use with the kiosk. Meanwhile the chair has started loading and I am stressing about all the Tshirts getting handed out. I ran back to my place in line, everyone who had been waiting with me had already gone up the lift, but I did manage to get a shirt (and sticker)

edit: I had been saving that last IKON day all year and could have used it some other time mid-winter. Really irritated by this.

 

[urungus]

 

[urungus]

I like how they handed out the shirts at the top of the lift this year so that you actually had to ski the run.

 

[Zand]

I'm in that 3rd to last pic standing back near the bathrooms lol

 

[thetrailboss]

Not only that but they made you buy a ticket, wouldn't even just print a complimentary pass. They said to take it up with Ikon.

Is yours a 2023-2024 pass or a 2024-2025 pass? The latter aren’t accepted the start of next season…

 

[thetrailboss]

When I read the release that K put about about June 1st skiing, I definitely inferred that anyone skiing/riding today was going to have to make the $25 donation (ticket) to ride the lift, regardless of one's pass status.

They could of been clearer on this for sure

Wait….were Killington Passholders able to ski with their pass?

 

[cdskier]

Is yours a 2023-2024 pass or a 2024-2025 pass? The latter aren’t accepted the start of next season…

K claimed neither were valid...they said 2023/2024 "expired" and 2024/2025 is only valid at K next season (the latter isn't surprising, but the former seems very odd).

 

[skiur]

Wait….were Killington Passholders able to ski with their pass?

Yes

 

[thetrailboss]

K claimed neither were valid...they said 2023/2024 "expired" and 2024/2025 is only valid at K next season (the latter isn't surprising, but the former seems very odd).

Well, based on what others have said, I can see a scenario where Killington was right that it wasn’t their decision. At this time of the season IKON partners are getting a per-pass day payment that is on the order of $75 or so. Earlier in the year it’s billed against the prepayment that each resort gets. So naturally Alterra doesn’t want to be continuing to pay when they collected that IKON money a long time ago. I could completely see Alterra ending the redemption period on May 31st. I believe that only Mammoth and A-Basin are going, both Alterra-owned resorts (or soon to be).

That might also explain why IKON Bird closed last weekend. No more IKON redemptions.

And those that feel wronged probably are not going to get any help, let alone a response, from Alterra. They don’t want to pay Killington $75 or so for a day that was worth $25. Killington, of course, would have gladly taken $75 from IKON today for those to ski.

Sounds like it should have been better advertised that IKON was not accepted.

 

[djd66]

What they could have done was make everyone pay $25 and all of it is going to charity.

they definitely should have advertised that ikon passes will not be accepted.

No one is perfect,… I give them a ton of credit for pulling it off. When I looked last Tuesday, I thought ZERO percent chance they will open again.

 

[letitsnow1]

According to the lifties killington didn't know that ikon passes wouldn't work until they started scanning. they said it was an ikon problem. They couldn't advertise something they were unaware of, Killington didn't decide to not accept ikon passes.

 

[BodeMiller1]

Stayed at a condo at a village near K1. Because I didn't use my discount. Not good, butt it was a nice place. Had a silver pass didnt book with it

 

[BodeMiller1]

I like how they handed out the shirts at the top of the lift this year so that you actually had to ski the run.

That's some mean stuff.

 

[Naturalsnow]

I had the same problem - no advance notice that Ikon passes would not be accepted, and the pass (Ikon base) wouldn't work at the lift. The Ikon website lists specific blackout dates for Killington, and June 1 is not one of them. Sounds like a breach of contract on the part of Ikon.