Killllington 🎿🏂🏂🎿🎿🏂🏂🎿😀

[skiur]

The canyon will be skiing great but no canyon lift tomorrow is disappointing, lapping the gondola sucks. There really pinching their pennies this year. I hope Mike Solimano is at the passholder lunch tomorrow he's going to get an earful. King of spring no more

Wow, that just blows my mind, I was taking it for granted that canyon quad would be spinning tomorrow. Some real BS.

 

[Kleetus]

Awesome! Looking forward to Sunday. If anyone wants to take a few runs hit me up!

I'll be there Saturday and Sunday!

 

[Smellytele]

The canyon will be skiing great but no canyon lift tomorrow is disappointing, lapping the gondola sucks. There really pinching their pennies this year. I hope Mike Solimano is at the passholder lunch tomorrow he's going to get an earful. King of spring no more

Then the question is who is the king of spring…

 

[Kleetus]

Wow, that just blows my mind, I was taking it for granted that canyon quad would be spinning tomorrow. Some real BS.

Echoing this. Real bummer they aren't spinning it with everything that's still open. I remember skiing the Dipper in the Canyon in May with wall to wall coverage in 2015(?) after a majorly back loaded winter and they spun the Quad despite nobody really being there. Was one of those epic days you always remember.

 

[letitsnow1]

Then the question is who is the king of spring…

Jay peak

 

[Smellytele]

Jay peak

Will they run the tram or freezer?

 

[letitsnow1]

There running all lifts except the flyer

 

[doublediamond]

Could it be that due to the road reconstruction Killington would prefer fewer visitors? Could it be maybe not so nefarious as extreme penney pinching in an average winter?

 

[letitsnow1]

I heard Spring pass sales weren't so great

 

[Keelhauled]

I don't know where the difference came from, but compared to last year, similarly back-loaded in terms of snow, the people never showed up this year even when the snow finally did (and they sure didn't show up in the first half either). I absolutely believe that Killington/Powdr are deciding to just try and shut down ASAP (without completely publicly admitting defeat) to stop the bleeding.

 

[RH29]

Almost like raising prices out of reach of ordinary people isn't a winning strategy for a commuter resort like K...

 

[MidnightJester]

So doing the Killington spring fun tomorrow/today "Saturday" Should be good. Who else is popping in for some turns Saturday?

 

[letitsnow1]

I just hope they keep superstar open until it melts out. I could see them closing June 1 with a ton of snow left. I'll be there today and tomorrow

 

[Newpylong]

A ton of snow left on June 1st?

They'll keep going on SS as long as possible despite the bean counters prematurely shuttering other portions of the mountain.

 

[letitsnow1]

I hope so superstar has way more snow than last year and they made it to June 1 last year. If may is cool maybe they make mid june?

 

[The Sneak]

North Ridge cam shows some wintery precip right now. This upcoming week looks chilly. I don't see them losing much snow. All of these lifts should spin next weekend, as well. What a shame.

 

[letitsnow1]

They should run canyon instead of north ridge. There's plenty of blue runs off the bubble they don't need nort ridge for that

 

[joshua segal]

A ton of snow left on June 1st?

They'll keep going on SS as long as possible despite the bean counters prematurely shuttering other portions of the mountain.

Recently, Killington has closed after the first Sunday (or Memorial Day) "that some walking was required". That meant that we rode the lift with skis off. We walked down the headwall. And after a pleasant run most of the way, we walked the last 100 yards at the bottom of Preston's Pitch.

Last season, they were intending to make it to the weekend of June 3/4, but opted to open on June 1 for their last day. It was pretty marginal and the forecast for the weekend was challenging.

Those who remember the 1990s, when they ran as late as June 22, have watched how climate change has taken its toll on both the beginning and end of the season.

 

[abc]

I don't know where the difference came from, but compared to last year, similarly back-loaded in terms of snow, the people never showed up this year even when the snow finally did (and they sure didn't show up in the first half either). I absolutely believe that Killington/Powdr are deciding to just try and shut down ASAP (without completely publicly admitting defeat) to stop the bleeding.

Is there that much “bleeding”? K has a healthy mountain biking operation In the summer. The typical starting date is Memorial Day weekend. So it’s not like they shut down the mountain and turn it into a ghost town like some other mountains.

 

[Zand]

Jay with a middle finger to Killington...just announced this morning that the Tram will stay open at least one extra week.