New Killington rumor.....

[Phillycore]

I could always just drive up there (Allentown) leave my car at one of your places... or we could take my car.. The extra 1:45 mins isn't going to kill me to get some slope time...

I took off tomorrow from work to go to the Phillies parade... but shit yeah I'd skip out on it for skiing..... There's no debate there...
Telling the wife I'm sticking her with the 3 kids for a few days would be the hardest thing...

Either way if you guys are seriously thinking of going... PM me either here or on PASR and let me know what's up.....

 

[Greg]

Tom just updated the blog with some snowmaking stoke. 160 guns firing. No mention of an opening yet...

http://insider.killington.com/2008/...k-and-snowdon-mountain-the-forecast-look.html

 

[andyzee]

Tom just updated the blog with some snowmaking stoke. 160 guns firing. No mention of an opening yet...

http://insider.killington.com/2008/...k-and-snowdon-mountain-the-forecast-look.html

Greg, if you didn't see his post, they are only testing. Guess they want to be certain all those guns work come 11/14. You want to take a ride up saturday to see how tests are going?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I could always just drive up there (Allentown) leave my car at one of your places... or we could take my car.. The extra 1:45 mins isn't going to kill me to get some slope time...

I took off tomorrow from work to go to the Phillies parade... but shit yeah I'd skip out on it for skiing..... There's no debate there...
Telling the wife I'm sticking her with the 3 kids for a few days would be the hardest thing...

Either way if you guys are seriously thinking of going... PM me either here or on PASR and let me know what's up.....

I'm not going to know if we're going until Killington announces their opening which could be tomorrow morning or not at all..

 

[Greg]

Greg, if you didn't see his post, they are only testing. Guess they want to be certain all those guns work come 11/14. You want to take a ride up saturday to see how tests are going?

Just blowin' out the mice, huh? Can't swing anything this weekend.

 

[andyzee]

Just blowin' out the mice, huh? Can't swing anything this weekend.

OK, next time. I'll take pics of tests.

 

[ozzy]

If Killington opens this weekend..I'll get us a suite at the Rutland Four Seasons..

There's a Four Seasons in Rutland?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

There's a Four Seasons in Rutland?

Just kidding..but there are suites at the Best Western...lol

 

[icedtea]

i heard that this weekend is just for pass holders.

 

[Geoff]

Greg, if you didn't see his post, they are only testing. Guess they want to be certain all those guns work come 11/14. You want to take a ride up saturday to see how tests are going?

It kind of begs the question....

If they are only testing the system, why would they blow top-to-bottom when east-facing lower Bunny Buster and the flats around the base of the K1 gondola do not hold snow very well?

I just went up and looked at it. They've put down a fair amount of snow. It's supposed to be cool and dry tonight... decent snowmaking conditions though hardly perfect. They could open for Halloween if they wanted to. I'm totally baffled by the way they're marketing the resort under the new ownership. Little surprise their season pass sales are off and their competition has announced that their pass sales are up. I've never heard of a business that intentionally sets out to lose market share.

 

[drjeff]

It kind of begs the question....

If they are only testing the system, why would they blow top-to-bottom when east-facing lower Bunny Buster and the flats around the base of the K1 gondola do not hold snow very well?

I just went up and looked at it. They've put down a fair amount of snow. It's supposed to be cool and dry tonight... decent snowmaking conditions though hardly perfect. They could open for Halloween if they wanted to. I'm totally baffled by the way they're marketing the resort under the new ownership. Little surprise their season pass sales are off and their competition has announced that their pass sales are up. I've never heard of a business that intentionally sets out to lose market share.

well, when you set customers expectations low, there's (usually) no place to go but up

 

[Greg]

It kind of begs the question....

If they are only testing the system, why would they blow top-to-bottom when east-facing lower Bunny Buster and the flats around the base of the K1 gondola do not hold snow very well?

:roll: Newsflash: andyzee was being sarcastic.

 

[andyzee]

:roll: Newsflash: andyzee was being sarcastic.

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[BigK]

So how do you bros think the snowmaking at K is coming along?

 

[skiing is life]

lol steez your takin alot of days off :grin: you must have a nice boss

 

[roark]

So how do you bros think the snowmaking at K is coming along?

Looks nice and all, but until a lift is spinning it doesn't mean much.

 

[BigK]

Day's off yes.....

 

[AtomicSkier]

So what's the word about this weekend?

 

[andyzee]

So what's the word about this weekend?

I'm going to go up tomorrow and I'll report back on Sunday when I get back in.

 

[BigK]

No Lifts this weekend.