More good news for Killington skiers.

[threecy]

That would probably be correct, but Stage 1 still gets an amount of traffic that would make it worth keeping open in my opinion, and GE is also heavily used by the lessons, as it provides a nice, easy, long run for the instructors to teach on.

I really doubt there's enough to justify keeping it open - a few years back there was a ski area with a *smaller* detach chairlift that had to consider closing it for midweek operations because it cost so much. Considering there is low usage (I have never waited in line for Stage 1, for instance), and that its not needed for lessons (teachers starting at Rams Head or Snowshed aren't going to burn a bunch of lesson time just to get there, and there are a lot less lessons midweek).

Running a groomer on the lower section of GE every night can't cost that much money, especially considering the amount of terrain on the rest of the mountain that they groom each night, Lower GE would be less than 5%. (Home Stretch isn't groomed often, and Valley Plunge (if it were to be open), Touchdown, and Lower Juggernaut are almost never groomed).

I'm talking the whole stage 1 complex - its the size of a small to midsized ski area. Regardless of the size of Killington, there's enough terrain there to keep a salary and cat busy for just about an entire shift = $$$.$$ X XX days = $$,$$$.$$ in savings.

I don't think they could close the Skye Peak Quad midweek, even if they wanted to, because of the agreement with the Sunrise condo owners. I would actually think closing the Superstar Quad midweek would be a better idea than closing Skyeship Stage I, as the terrain is already accessible from Skyeship Stage II, and K1, and with the water slide being gone, it shouldn't be as hard to get back to the K1 anymore.

One can still get out of there via traversing from the top of Bear, which a lot of people do anyways to avoid the long, cold Skye Peak ride.

I'd be cheaper closing Superstar than closing Skye Peak, if it were one or the other, however.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Wait they got rid of the waterslide...bastards..