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by colchskier81
Aug 29th, '15, 12:03
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Killington Capital Investments & Summer discussion
Replies: 191
Views: 12866

Re: Killington Capital Investments & Summer discussion

Pico is in the Otter Creek watershed - r*in/snow melt there drains to Lake Champlain. Killington r*in/snow melt drains to the Connecticut River. There is limited water at Pico, and the state will NEVER allow K to pump water from one watershed to another. I don't see anything about Vermont banning I...
by colchskier81
Aug 29th, '15, 09:15
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Killington Capital Investments & Summer discussion
Replies: 191
Views: 12866

Re: Killington Capital Investments & Summer discussion

Pico is in the Otter Creek watershed - r*in/snow melt there drains to Lake Champlain. Killington r*in/snow melt drains to the Connecticut River. There is limited water at Pico, and the state will NEVER allow K to pump water from one watershed to another. I don't see anything about Vermont banning I...
by colchskier81
Aug 28th, '15, 11:16
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Killington Capital Investments & Summer discussion
Replies: 191
Views: 12866

Re: Killington Capital Investments & Summer discussion

Pico is in the Otter Creek watershed - r*in/snow melt there drains to Lake Champlain. Killington r*in/snow melt drains to the Connecticut River. There is limited water at Pico, and the state will NEVER allow K to pump water from one watershed to another. K will NEVER build an interconnect without sn...
by colchskier81
Feb 9th, '15, 10:41
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Killington Employee Morale
Replies: 44
Views: 3751

Re: Killington Employee Morale

you sound like a whiny kid. $6 out of your paycheck? cry me a river. get one fewer beers after work each week. better yet, get off your PSIA pedestal and learn another department. Job sharing's still a thing there - when I oversaw a large base area not to be named a few years back, I would have kill...
by colchskier81
Dec 24th, '14, 18:41
Forum: Chatter
Topic: State Police out to destroy the Killington Economy again
Replies: 72
Views: 5551

Re: State Police out to destroy the Killington Economy again

The VSP tells you they are stepping up enforcement and checkpoints, and you whine about it? Here's a novel idea, don't drink and drive, especially during gaper season.
by colchskier81
Oct 29th, '14, 15:19
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Is the Interconnect in Killington Resorts Plans?
Replies: 171
Views: 13491

Re: Is the Interconnect in Killington Resorts Plans?

pico pond is privately owned - there's a nice little house on it. i doubt it would ever sell.

that said, its at over 2000 feet in elevation and considered a high elevation pond, just like sterling pond at smuggs is. the state would NEVER let you pull water out for snowmaking.
by colchskier81
Oct 29th, '14, 15:14
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Factor this into your snowmaking budget
Replies: 17
Views: 1147

Re: Factor this into your snowmaking budget

costs associated with compressed air related to snowmaking outweigh those associated with moving water by more than 2:1. Almost 100% of K's air compressors are diesel. so yeah, its slightly cheaper to make snow in ME when looking at electrical costs. However, there are so many other factors to consi...
by colchskier81
Oct 29th, '14, 13:07
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Is the Interconnect in Killington Resorts Plans?
Replies: 171
Views: 13491

Re: Is the Interconnect in Killington Resorts Plans?

water is a major factor in the interconnect not getting built, but not just the fact that pico has very limited supplies... water from the pico side of the pass drains to the otter creek river. water from the killington side drains to the white river. permitting is tricky - or impossible - to pump w...
by colchskier81
Oct 29th, '14, 12:57
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Factor this into your snowmaking budget
Replies: 17
Views: 1147

Re: Factor this into your snowmaking budget

interesting tid-bit... VT average energy price across all sectors is significantly lower than the NE average. Commercial sector is a bit under NE average, and Industrial sector is much lower. It's not all doom and gloom when you compare VT energy prices to other NE states. Comparing the price of ene...
by colchskier81
Oct 7th, '14, 10:11
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Kathy - food court cashier
Replies: 21
Views: 1921

Kathy - food court cashier

Kathy passed away last week. She had worked at killington for 35 years and was usually found running a register at either KBL or Snowshed food courts. Some of you might remember her, but I'd bet almost all of you handed her your payment for lunch at the mountain at some point.
by colchskier81
Sep 15th, '14, 11:19
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Vail Buys PCMR
Replies: 130
Views: 8653

Re: Vail Buys PCMR

curious how expanding lodging and building the interconnect would drive any major increase in skier visits. its not like there's a shortage of lodging options at K and, at least when i worked there, it NEVER sold out. The interconnect would be cool, but who is going to visit killington if the projec...
by colchskier81
Aug 6th, '14, 13:26
Forum: Chatter
Topic: NSR: This is beyond RFIR ski passes
Replies: 5
Views: 498

Re: NSR: This is beyond RFIR ski passes

your tin foil hat is on crooked...

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by colchskier81
Jul 21st, '14, 13:51
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Killington vs Pico
Replies: 11
Views: 1231

Re: Killington vs Pico

Andy J wrote:
colchskier81 wrote:you know the people standing are in line to get food off a grill, right??
:P
sorry colch. next time, just for you, there will be an irony alert...
i appreciate that.
by colchskier81
Jul 18th, '14, 10:38
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Killington vs Pico
Replies: 11
Views: 1231

Re: Killington vs Pico

you know the people standing are in line to get food off a grill, right??
by colchskier81
Jun 24th, '14, 13:10
Forum: Chatter
Topic: NSR: Boats
Replies: 6
Views: 543

Re: NSR: Boats

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