Killllington 🎿🏂🏂🎿🎿🏂🏂🎿😀

[boston_e]

Headed to Killington for the first time in a month not named October or May. Anything I would be remiss not skiing? Probably going to base out of the Skyeship on Rt 4 as I'll be rolling over from Hanover. Any tips would be appreciated.

Get there early - with the Ikon crowding, you are likely to have to park illegally on route 4 or up the bear road if you are arriving mid morning.

 

[skiur]

Get there early - with the Ikon crowding, you are likely to have to park illegally on route 4 or up the bear road if you are arriving mid morning.

Arrive at noon and get rockstar free parking in Bay 1.

 

[boston_e]

Arrive at noon and get rockstar free parking in Bay 1.

Correct. Other option is to arrive after some of the early birds have come and gone.

 

[boston_e]

Hearing reports that cars are blocked in down at skyship. Ikon crowding exceeds parking capacity.

 

[letitsnow1]

Still room at bear

 

[Newpylong]

Arrive at noon and get rockstar free parking in Bay 1.

Driving from the east up there stinks. Skyeship (or Bear) is clutch.

 

[skiur]

Driving from the east up there stinks. Skyeship (or Bear) is clutch.

At Bear you can almost always find a parking spot up front if you get a little "creative". Just don't cross the line from creative to asshole!

 

[Smellytele]

At Bear you can almost always find a parking spot up front if you get a little "creative". Just don't cross the line from creative to asshole!

It’s Killington you’ll fit right in if you go beyond creative.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

killington just posted that bear mountain quad will go at 7:30 am every saturday thru the end of march. nice nice nice.

 

[jimmywilson69]

That's the please use the parking at bear mountain carrot.

 

[urungus]

Great conditions yesterday at Killington. Thought it would be crowded as we enter the long weekend but it was a ghost town



Solitude:


Catwalk hike:


Catwalk:




Powerline:


Racers Edge:


Squeeze Play had several sketchy streams to cross:


Roundabout:

 

[Zermatt]

Anyone else get stuck on Snowdon on Saturday for 25 minutes?

At least it was pretty warm.

 

[4aprice]

The top of Squeeze Play was pretty nice but if you don't, know where to cross that water bar about about 2/3 of the way down the bottom can be a night mare.

 

[MidnightJester]

Great Killinton history read.

Killington, Ahead Of The Pack | Mountain Times

By Karen D. Lorentz

mountaintimes.info

 

[urungus]

The top of Squeeze Play was pretty nice but if you don't, know where to cross that water bar about about 2/3 of the way down the bottom can be a night mare.

Yeah that was me, stuck in nightmare land until I got to the bike trail (Black Magic I think it’s called)
Any tips on where to cross the water bar, I think I went too far right ?

 

[4aprice]

Yeah that was me, stuck in nightmare land until I got to the bike trail (Black Magic I think it’s called)
Any tips on where to cross the water bar, I think I went too far right ?

Actually there is kind of a land mark to use. As the stream/water bar starts to appear and fall away from the terrain park and toward Snowden there is a pretty large downed tree in there. You want to stay above that tree and move to the left toward the terrain park. Most were staying to the right of the water bar and it looked very sketchy down there.

 

[JimG.]

Yeah that was me, stuck in nightmare land until I got to the bike trail (Black Magic I think it’s called)
Any tips on where to cross the water bar, I think I went too far right ?

Best move is to stay skiers left the whole way down. Better pitch and you will see the water bar you need to stay left of quite easily. Most skiers get sucked down right into creek bed land.

 

[urungus]

Thanks for the tips

 

[skiur]

Currently making snow on the fiddle for the first time in a decade!

 

[KustyTheKlown]

i'd like to ski killington this weekend to mix it up, but i also dont wanna burn killington days. have 5 left. hmm. staying in queechee.