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[Smellytele]

Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy, with a west wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

 

[cdskier]

Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy, with a west wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

That's the 3500' elevation forecast for Killington...so around the top of Superstar. I see low to mid 70s around the KBL base elevation.

 

[thebigo]

Couple more from today, memorial day is all but guaranteed, not sure about june. Suddenly today, the boots fit.

 

[urungus]

K1 Lodge update … https://www.killington.com/culture/social-blog/insider-blog/new-k-1-lodge-sneak-peek

 

[Smellytele]

Sat/Sun will be 85. Never skied with it in the 80’s should be interesting. A few times when it was in the 70’s

 

[deadheadskier]

Sat/Sun will be 85. Never skied with it in the 80’s should be interesting. A few times when it was in the 70’s

Smelliesttele?

 

[Newpylong]

Figures, the one year they clobber SS a little more than usual and mother nature has decided not so fast.

 

[thebigo]

Serious loss of snow this week. Hoping for June 1 midweek closing?

Edit - superstar hasn't moved in about ten minutes.

Got it running after about 15 mins.

 

[machski]

Serious loss of snow this week. Hoping for June 1 midweek closing?

Edit - superstar hasn't moved in about ten minutes.

Got it running after about 15 mins.

Yes, but SS is holding up quite well. Still a lot of depth they can mine in certain areas. The most problematic I see is that the Gateway storage for the summit unload is basic toast, meaning the summit will have to start bridging a the unload now. Should make next weekend, but June 1st is becoming a stretch and 3-5 a very long shot now. But, Mike S will get his ski and bike weekend in next weekend. Noticed the lift stop, was thinking curse of the Barker quad! Seriously, K and Powdr need to prioritize that beast for replacement. Would be ugly to lose it during WC weekend (but unlike SR, they have 3 other mostly identical machines to cannibal off of.

Side note, a short and very selective treeline is still available off lower SS woods

 

[Newpylong]

SS should be replaced as it has serious hours on it. However, as you mentioned they have pretty much two of everything within reach. In that respect it's been one of the most reliable lifts on the hill even when the Snowdon 6, North Ridge (still "new" to me ha) have gone down. New isnt always better. SS has been bullet proof and they take it easy on it never exceeding 750 fpm.

It will be interesting to see what happens when the next lift(s) are done. Unless they plan on moving Ram's Head there when that is replaced I would say ideally a 6 should go in both locations, as well as Snowshed.

 

[ss20]

SS should be replaced as it has serious hours on it. However, as you mentioned they have pretty much two of everything within reach. In that respect it's been one of the most reliable lifts on the hill even when the Snowdon 6, North Ridge (still "new" to me ha) have gone down. New isnt always better. SS has been bullet proof and they take it easy on it never exceeding 750 fpm.

It will be interesting to see what happens when the next lift(s) are done. Unless they plan on moving Ram's Head there when that is replaced I would say ideally a 6 should go in both locations, as well as Snowshed.

I go back and fourth on Superstar being a six pack. When the snow is good it could handle the traffic of a six. When the snow is bad on those windy refreeze days that area is the worst on the hill. I think it'd mostly be an issue in December when it's just Superstar/Bitter/Skylark down... Already three of the iciest trails on the hill.

 

[Newpylong]

Capacity and terrain wise I also think 4 is probably adequate, I just don't know if they would bother refurbishing and reinstalling RH or purchasing a new HSQ there vs a 6. Now with RFID they have the concrete metrics to punch into the capacity calculations to know what would fit best.

 

[skiur]

I don't see the need for a sixpack on supe. Definitely need one on ramshead. The skyepeak quad in bear could be a six but it's one of the newer lifts on the mountain. I would love a six put there and move that quad to supe but I don't see that happening.

 

[thebigo]

Wonder if skye could be relocated to SS. Capacity is needed over there.

 

[machski]

Wonder if skye could be relocated to SS. Capacity is needed over there.

The only problem with a Skye move is that L-P reused all the Yan towers pretty much from the FGQ that was replaced when Skye was built (the last few towers at the top had extensions installed to realign into the top terminal of the detach). My guess is neither L-P nor Dopp (though K seems fixed with L-P) would reuse those towers for either a six there or move them to SS for reuse on the quad. So more than likely, a flip of Skye express would be the two terminals, cross arms and need all new towers for the re-install.

Regardless, the other interesting thing will be to see how they manage a SS replacement. I would guess it would be a multi year project, first year set the new tower foundations and any terminal prep foundation stuff they could do, then year two errect the lift. Otherwise, late season would need to be cancelled one year as WC pressures dictate that lift be ready to go by Nov 1st to give adequate cushion to WC.

 

[machski]

And they need to take a lesson from BS and get a bucket loader up to the top of SS to move the remainder of the Gateway pile into the unload

Lone Peak Tram Construction

Follow along with the new tram's two-year construction timeline and milestones

bigskyresort.com

 

[slatham]

Replacing SS would by definition be a two year process. Not enough time from May/June melt out to the late Oct/early Nov WC blow fest.......

 

[thebigo]

The S was starting to form today. Thinking of replacement, wonder if they will space towers 3 and 4 out more.

 

[thebigo]

Was not planning to drive to K two days in a row but it would take a stronger man than me to decline a nine old begging to ski on a 90F day in late may.

 

[Smellytele]

Was not planning to drive to K two days in a row but it would take a stronger man than me to decline a nine old begging to ski on a 90F day in late may.

See ya there tomorrow!