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[keyser soze]

100 from warren to killington scares the shit out of me in weather. 50 miles of winding country road with zero cell service

Several weeks ago we were driving up Friday night in a snow storm. My buddy is driving his Outback with snows and we are moving at a decent clip considering the conditions, following a couple of cars in front of us. All of a sudden a tanker tractor trailer passes us and the other 2 cars on that winding piece of 100 back road. I had never seen anything like it and nearly shit myself. That driver had to know every inch of that road to know that there was a short spot without turns and took a chance nobody was coming the other way. And even so he had to be part psycho.

 

[skef]

Much easier skiing today, although the early hours entailed a lot of sliding down frozen groomers or hitting frozen bumps. Noticed that with the old K1 lodge gone, getting from Superstar to the Gondi might be a bit less tedious. Was that part of the plan?

 

[oldfartrider]

Yes that is part of the plan and I believe they mentioned that in the Killington Download podcast

 

[thebigo]

View attachment 54208Much easier skiing today, although the early hours entailed a lot of sliding down frozen groomers or hitting frozen bumps. Noticed that with the old K1 lodge gone, getting from Superstar to the Gondi might be a bit less tedious. Was that part of the plan?

Had the same exact thought while towing my five year old around the kbl wreckage today.

Coasting from ss to Snowdon is going to change the mountain.

 

[Kingslug20]

Frozen this morning..hmmm
Guess im glad i hit jay..all nice snow..just nothing steep and a few woods..
K for tomorrow as im not chancing another wind hold day there...
But then it will probably be all open with 15 inches new at the top...

 

[machski]

Frozen this morning..hmmm
Guess im glad i hit jay..all nice snow..just nothing steep and a few woods..
K for tomorrow as im not chancing another wind hold day there...
But then it will probably be all open with 15 inches new at the top...

What will be all open with what 15 new? Not at Killington, the snozzle mix they got packed down but not even enough cover for upper Royal Flush to be open. Escapade and Helter Skelter were ok today, but thin is the word. They won't last with any warmth more than a day or so. Glad the sun finally came out in force around 145p, would have been nicer to have 2 hours earlier. Made a huge difference in Highline's skiability. Thought Downdraft was the choice run this morning while everything was locked up. Bumps seemed to be the most consistently smooth and unrutted. Superstar was terrible, but lower Supe woods was actually nice. Still can't believe their newest lift has issues forcing it to run on the alternate diesel (and as such not running it midweek).

 

[thebigo]

Awesome day with my five year old daughter.

 

[flakeydog]

Awesome day with my five year old daughter.

Best. Thing. Ever. This image takes me back to my own at a similar age.

Pays better dividends than any investment you will ever make, bar none.

Enjoy!!

 

[Kingslug20]

Jay ...if open from the top has 15 inches sitting up there...I was at K tuesday...8 inches of glop..I didnt last long.

 

[Newpylong]

Had the same exact thought while towing my five year old around the kbl wreckage today.

Coasting from ss to Snowdon is going to change the mountain.

I refuse to shlep across even with my 6 and 9 year old now. We scoot down Snowshed (they like Idler next to the road) and head to RH to get over there lol.

 

[Smellytele]

What will be all open with what 15 new? Not at Killington, the snozzle mix they got packed down but not even enough cover for upper Royal Flush to be open. Escapade and Helter Skelter were ok today, but thin is the word. They won't last with any warmth more than a day or so. Glad the sun finally came out in force around 145p, would have been nicer to have 2 hours earlier. Made a huge difference in Highline's skiability. Thought Downdraft was the choice run this morning while everything was locked up. Bumps seemed to be the most consistently smooth and unrutted. Superstar was terrible, but lower Supe woods was actually nice. Still can't believe their newest lift has issues forcing it to run on the alternate diesel (and as such not running it midweek).

The word on the six pack is mice got into the wiring.

 

[skiur]

I refuse to shlep across even with my 6 and 9 year old now. We scoot down Snowshed (they like Idler next to the road) and head to RH to get over there lol.

That's fine midweek but not an option on the weekends. On weekends if the srq isn't running there is no good way to get across.

 

[Smellytele]

When the lower part of ovation is open that is the way to get across from SS to K1/Snowdon. They should get rid of the setup at the bottom skiers left of SS as that would help as well if you could ski through there.

 

[machski]

Awesome day with my five year old daughter.

Pretty sure I skied past you two yesterday. Of course, there were a lot of little kiddos out yesterday with all the school vacations happening, but that color setup looks familiar!

 

[machski]

When the lower part of ovation is open that is the way to get across from SS to K1/Snowdon. They should get rid of the setup at the bottom skiers left of SS as that would help as well if you could ski through there.

Yup, my preferred crossover when available as well. But now that the old KBL is down, it is quite obvious the cut across from SS will be so much easier. I believe there will be a deck out front and possibly even the front facade of the new building will get pulled out a bit more, but there will still be gobs of room to cut the radius around the building. Guessing they will relocate some of the hydrants back towards the new building as well. They could leave it as an island but an obstacle kind of defeats the idea I think.

 

[Kingslug20]

I go to k..it rains..knew that..i go to jay everything on windhold..im at K..jet opens at J....

 

[ThatGuy]

The darkside of the Slug effect…

 

[Kingslug20]

I just never hit J right...well me and a lot of people...guess you have to go there a lot..
Snow is good at K today..

 

[Zand]

I just never hit J right...well me and a lot of people...guess you have to go there a lot..
Snow is good at K today..

Just gotta really keep an eye on the wind forecast. Been burned there a few times but so many of my best eastern days have been there too.

The first time I went back after graduating from LSC, I got in 1 whole run before they shut down for wind. Ended up driving to Burke and did the afternoon shift there instead. There were a few days in college when I drove up just to make it through 2 or 3 runs before being chased out, but at least then it was only a 45 minute ride for me and not 4.5 hours.

 

[jimmywilson69]

as I understand it what is constructed of the new K1 lodge is about 2/3 of the building with another 1/3 being built in the footprint of the old lodge. I do believe there will be a deck. I also believe I read that improved connection to K1 from SS is part of the plan.