Largest crowd in K history?

[SnoBrdr]

At 11 the line for the Skyeship Stage 1 wrapped around both sides.

It went all the way to the doors of the lodge and to the parking lot on the other side.

On the Access Road they were parked to within 100 yards of the Lookout.

Cam only imagine how many day tickets they sold.

Course both the weather and the snow were great.

[rogman]

Saw a ton of day tickets with today's date. Ka-Ching!! Place that order for the South Ridge lift, Mike.

Edit: Cars parked down Access Rd past Santa Fe to the Killingto sign. Order HSQ for Snowdon, too. Bonus points: Pisses off Moose!

[skiadikt]

far away from the action nursing a bad back ...

wouldn't be surprised if this turns out to be a record setting day. perfect weather with lots of well publicized snow. probably awesome skiing if you can escape the crowds. took these fotos around 2pm. interestingly looks like no one's skiing.

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[SnoBrdr]

Imagine trying to get a table or a drink tonight.

[frankieski]

far away from the action nursing a bad back ...

wouldn't be surprised if this turns out to be a record setting day. perfect weather with lots of well publicized snow. probably awesome skiing if you can escape the crowds. took these fotos around 2pm. interestingly looks like no one's skiing.

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Looks like they need a replacement for the Devil's Fiddle Quad. just needs to be in a different line. Long walk to get to that lift. Made no sense. You'd have to be coming down Fiddle or coming from Falls Brook... but most of those people coming from Falls Brook weren't seeking Expert terrain and the lift probably scared them off since it went up the fiddle so people past it by. Hence the long lines at Bear Quad back in the day and ZERO line at the Fiddle Quad.

[ski]

Suprisingly the trails didn't seem to terribly crowded. I think people were in liftlines and inside lodges more than actually skiing . . Skiing was good . . Very sticky down low as the day progressed . . . .

[daytripper]

far away from the action nursing a bad back ...

wouldn't be surprised if this turns out to be a record setting day. perfect weather with lots of well publicized snow. probably awesome skiing if you can escape the crowds. took these fotos around 2pm. interestingly looks like no one's skiing.

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Looks like they need a replacement for the Devil's Fiddle Quad. just needs to be in a different line. Long walk to get to that lift. Made no sense. You'd have to be coming down Fiddle or coming from Falls Brook... but most of those people coming from Falls Brook weren't seeking Expert terrain and the lift probably scared them off since it went up the fiddle so people past it by. Hence the long lines at Bear Quad back in the day and ZERO line at the Fiddle Quad.

Was there a long line at the bear quad today? I stay the hell away on holiday weekends, but I never see a line at the bear quad, so I see no need for a replacement of the DFQ....now the SRT, that needs replacement

[Mister Moose]

Saw a ton of day tickets with today's date. Ka-Ching!! Place that order for the South Ridge lift, Mike.

Edit: Cars parked down Access Rd past Santa Fe to the Killingto sign. Order HSQ for Snowdon, too. Bonus points: Pisses off Moose!

Celebrating our 8th year!

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[Big Bob]

They were projecting 17,000 today which could be a record

[SkiDork]

Ty said Mike was at KSC today and said 17.5K

[tyrolean_skier]

Mike Solimano gave a talk at the Ski Club this afternoon. He said the number for today was 17,500. He also talked about the good possibility of getting the World Cup again for Thanksgiving weekend. He mentioned that Bear Lodge may be redone sometime soon. Also in the works is redoing the K1 base lodge. A Southridge lift maybe in two years. I had to leave so not sure what else he talked about.

[skiadikt]

thought there was a 16.7 mlk weekend. good news is that they did great numbers all 4 holiday periods.

[Stache]

MLK Saturday 2013 was supposed to be 17,500. That was the weekend I pinched a nerve in my back always twisting and looking back uphill to check on my charges. Number I heard/saw in the lodge this afternoon was 15,400 for today but tracking at 17,500 at 11 am.

Ditto on what someone else said, the trails were not as crowded as the lift lines. SPE was so bad at 2:30 I took the shuttle bus down to Skyeship base to get back to Ramshead.

[SnoBrdr]

Mike Solimano gave a talk at the Ski Club this afternoon. He said the number for today was 17,500. He also talked about the good possibility of getting the World Cup again for Thanksgiving weekend. He mentioned that Bear Lodge may be redone sometime soon. Also in the works is redoing the K1 base lodge. A Southridge lift maybe in two years. I had to leave so not sure what else he talked about.

I'm sure the # was even higher.

We never got scanned once today and we started out at Skyeship Stage and hit other lifts where we should have been scanned at least once but never were.

[eagle628]

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Is that a chair with one person on it? For shame!