USSA Proposes World Cup At Killington

[machski]

Trail report lists upper GN as closed with snowmaking.

They started the upper GN loop at 10am this morning. Upper East Fall is further along. That is the extent of it on the public side however. Rime and Reason we're very good, firm but edgable with loose on the edges.

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[machski]

Some shots of lower SS. Not there yet but coming along.

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[jimmywilson69]

for what its worth they are running a Winch Cat on SuperStar right now (4:40 EST) I'm sure they are just gauging depth.

 

[Jcb890]

for what its worth they are running a Winch Cat on SuperStar right now (4:40 EST) I'm sure they are just gauging depth.

Its kinda cool watching them work at dusk like this with the lights from the people and cat.

 

[Jcb890]

Its kinda cool watching them work at dusk like this with the lights from the people and cat.

2-3 mins after I posted that the camera changed from color to black-and-white. All I can see is a big ball of light traveling up the trail, the cat's lights are blinding the camera haha.

 

[doublediamond]

So now we got the answer. They only need about 64 hours. And it's been marginal the whole time.

 

[andrec10]

Grandstands are almost done and our tickets just showed up. Looks like the trail is being inspected now! Game on!

 

[Smellytele]

Grandstands are almost done and our tickets just showed up. Looks like the trail is being inspected now! Game on!

grooming it anyhow...

 

[jimmywilson69]

4 groomers working the snow right now. 1 on each pitch of SS and 1 in the base.

Looks like a lot of now on SS.

 

[doublediamond]

Are those stairs on the back of the grandstands for the expensive tix?

 

[slatham]

"...the mood is celebratory here at The Beast where we received final confirmation from the FIS on Wednesday that the snow surface on Superstar will be ready to host the Xfinity Killington Cup on Thanksgiving weekend."

From snow report this am.

 

[VTKilarney]

What a great job by the snowmaking team at Killington. And thank you Mother Nature, for changing your mood.

 

[tumbler]

Gotta hand it to them, that assualt on Superstar was unbelievable.

 

[slatham]

Anyone know why the Superstar cam is no longer available? Not even on the list of web cams??

 

[doublediamond]

They pointed it to the K1 summit then took it down.

 

[mbedle]

You can still view it at http://www.killington.com/site/mountain/webcam/superstar.html but double diamond is right, its pointed towards K1 now.

 

[Jully]

There was some talk about them having to take it down for the world cup broadcast. Seemed rather silly to me because it would be a pretty crappy way to view the race, but maybe thats why?

 

[andrec10]

There was some talk about them having to take it down for the world cup broadcast. Seemed rather silly to me because it would be a pretty crappy way to view the race, but maybe thats why?

Leave it to Broadcast rights. I believe this is why though.

 

[slatham]

I can buy broadcast rights, but thats a full week away? Nice shot of K1 though......

 

[Jully]

I can buy broadcast rights, but thats a full week away? Nice shot of K1 though......

It is a STUNNING view of K1. Wouldn't mind if they permanently had a webcam pointed there in addition to SS.