USSA Proposes World Cup At Killington

[BenedictGomez]

last weekend World Cup opener in Soelden, Austria

Watched that on TV; those were pretty horrible conditions too.

Fun for the spectator in NASCAR fashion, but IMO somewhat dangerous for the skiers.

 

[skiur]

If anyone in the East can pull it off, It's Killington!

And given the success of last years event, and the decent chance after last weekend World Cup opener in Soelden, Austria, where Lindsey Vonn raced GS for the 1st time in about 20 months, the prospects of having both Shiffrin and Vonn racing infront a crowd that hopefully will be as big, if not bigger if Vonn is there, as last year, has to have Killington, the FIS, the USSA and VARA very excited and worth the risk of non cooperative weather.

As anyone who was actually there last year will tell you, once you got past the parking challenges, the actual race experience was such a cool thing to see and experience! Can't wait to hopefully be watching it again live, weather permitting on November 25th! :flag: :flag: :flag:

Vonn will not be competing in gs at Killington this year.

http://www.espn.com/olympics/skiing...ndsey-vonn-happy-raced-world-cup-giant-slalom

 

[Hawkshot99]

scheduling ski events in November in Vermont is idiotic.

Even if they pull this off, it will be interesting what marketers at Killington think of the optics from this race if every camera shot & photo other than the man-made run is of grass & brown barren ground.

I would say that have the man made whiteness and brown everywhere else actually HELPS Killington marketing. It shows what the mtn is capable of.

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[JimG.]

I would say that have the man made whiteness and brown everywhere else actually HELPS Killington marketing. It shows what the mtn is capable of.

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Or maybe there is a surprise 3' storm a week before the event.

 

[Hawkshot99]

Or maybe there is a surprise 3' storm a week before the event.

That would always be a blessing. But K is touting there snowmaking with this event.

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[machski]

That would always be a blessing. But K is touting there snowmaking with this event.

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Actually, a 3' dump before the event would not be a blessing. Racers don't like fresh powder and then Killington would have to figure out water injection to the course. If it is just man made, they can control the water content during production to get the snow Rock solid for the race.

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[Smellytele]

Actually, a 3' dump before the event would not be a blessing. Racers don't like fresh powder and then Killington would have to figure out water injection to the course. If it is just man made, they can control the water content during production to get the snow Rock solid for the race.

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Wasn't soft and mushy last year by the end?

 

[BenedictGomez]

I would say that have the man made whiteness and brown everywhere else actually HELPS Killington marketing. It shows what the mtn is capable of.

I disagree.

The average casual skier is not going to care what they're technically "capable of", they're going to visually see in a very direct and obvious way that conditions currently stink.

And the average serious skier isn't enticed by a day of WROD, man-made snow, and limited terrain.

 

[Smellytele]

I disagree.

The average casual skier is not going to care what they're technically "capable of", they're going to visually see in a very direct and obvious way that conditions currently stink.

And the average serious skier isn't enticed by a day of WROD, man-made snow, and limited terrain.

The average casual skier won't be seeing the event either way for the most part.

 

[JimG.]

Actually, a 3' dump before the event would not be a blessing. Racers don't like fresh powder and then Killington would have to figure out water injection to the course. If it is just man made, they can control the water content during production to get the snow Rock solid for the race.

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You're no fun.

 

[machski]

Wasn't soft and mushy last year by the end?

I seem to recall the GS was mushy (I think that was day 1 IIRC). Day 2 and the Slalom was firmer due to the temps dropping down.

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[ss20]

Temps look to be a non-issue starting Monday night going through indefinitely

 

[andrec10]

Temps look to be a non-issue starting Monday night going through indefinitely

Just in time!

 

[Smellytele]

Temps look to be a non-issue starting Monday night going through indefinitely

I see 40 for Tuesday at 3550'

 

[ss20]

I see 40 for Tuesday at 3550'

Nights are all looking good.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Temps look to be a non-issue starting Monday night going through indefinitely

Dont know where you're getting that from. Looks like plenty of 40s dispersed in there with wandering into the 30s or high 20s.

 

[drjeff]

Temps look to be a non-issue starting Monday night going through indefinitely

Agree that the pattern changing event looks to be happening!

The crew I'm going with the to race have even started to loosely put together a tailgating menu as a sign of our optimism of it happening!

 

[tumbler]

Agree that the pattern changing event looks to be happening!

The crew I'm going with the to race have even started to loosely put together a tailgating menu as a sign of our optimism of it happening!

1) Beer
2) Whiskey
3) Beer
4) Meat

 

[drjeff]

1) Beer
2) Whiskey
3) Beer
4) Meat

Substitute Vodka for Whiskey in #2 and yup, that's about the extent of our planning!

 

[BenedictGomez]

This is looking increasingly dicey.

How many straight days of <=32 temps would Killington need to pull this off - I imagine they'll relocate every dang gun they can to the race course, but would 5 or 6 days be enough?