comprehensive list of the negative sh*t powdr has done to k
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comprehensive list of the negative sh*t powdr has done to k
i'm trying to wrap my brain around this and it's just blowing my mind..
i know i'm forgetting a bunch of stuff - please add to this list what I forgot..
Since April 2007, Killington's new owners and management have:
ended may / late season skiing (this caused me to leave)
ended pre-thanksgiving / early season skiing
closed pico midweek
closed a bunch of lodges midweek
closed lower skyship midweek
increased pass prices
removed season pass program for children's programs
increased day-pass prices for children's programs
killed lifetime season passes
i also see it as a negative that they haven't corrected any of ASC's bad policies, either.
i know i'm forgetting a bunch of stuff - please add to this list what I forgot..
Since April 2007, Killington's new owners and management have:
ended may / late season skiing (this caused me to leave)
ended pre-thanksgiving / early season skiing
closed pico midweek
closed a bunch of lodges midweek
closed lower skyship midweek
increased pass prices
removed season pass program for children's programs
increased day-pass prices for children's programs
killed lifetime season passes
i also see it as a negative that they haven't corrected any of ASC's bad policies, either.
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Layed off many full time workers, including ski patrol
Zero tolerance policy on the skiers responseablity code
No Conneticuit ski council ticket deals
No viable discount ticket card program
4 extra blackout days
Zero tolerance policy on the skiers responseablity code
No Conneticuit ski council ticket deals
No viable discount ticket card program
4 extra blackout days
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XtremeJibber2001 - THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA HAS YOU COMPLETELY HYPNOTIZED. PLEASE WAKE UP AND LEARN HOW TO FILTER REALITY FROM BS NARRATIVES.
"Your life is only interesting when you capture the best, fakest, most curated split second version." - Team Robot regarding Instagram posters
"Kzone should bill you for the bandwidth you waste writing novels to try and prove a point, but end up just looking like a deranged narcissistic fool." - Deadheadskier at madhatter
"The key is to not be lame, and know it, and not give a rat's @$$ what anybody thinks......that's real cool." - Highway Star http://goo.gl/xJxo34" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"I am one of the coolest people on the internet..." - Highway Star
"I have a tiny penis...." - C-Rex
XtremeJibber2001 - THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA HAS YOU COMPLETELY HYPNOTIZED. PLEASE WAKE UP AND LEARN HOW TO FILTER REALITY FROM BS NARRATIVES.
"Your life is only interesting when you capture the best, fakest, most curated split second version." - Team Robot regarding Instagram posters
Where did you hear about the Zero Tolerance Policy? I must have missed that.Highway Star wrote:Layed off many full time workers, including ski patrol
Zero tolerance policy on the skiers responseablity code
No Conneticuit ski council ticket deals
No viable discount ticket card program
4 extra blackout days
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Its down the line in Ask Killington somewhere...Nikoli wrote:Where did you hear about the Zero Tolerance Policy? I must have missed that.Highway Star wrote:Layed off many full time workers, including ski patrol
Zero tolerance policy on the skiers responseablity code
No Conneticuit ski council ticket deals
No viable discount ticket card program
4 extra blackout days
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-selling Pico season passes without making day ticket prices public
-unchanged snow making budget from last year (shorter season will make it feel like more snow is on the mountain)
-unchanged snow making budget from last year (shorter season will make it feel like more snow is on the mountain)
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pre-thanksgiving skiing??
They have difinitively ended pre-thanksgiving skiing? this would be a life-altering (for the worse) decision!!
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signs point to NOGangsta Rider wrote:Wonder if the SRT will ever run?
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I am very very pissed off about lower Skyship being closed, umm, all the days I enjoy using it... Its not just the cool terrain lost, but also the easy access. I am very much dreading driving up to bear or elsewhere... I hate parking anywhere but skyship... Even I of all people, will have to consider whether or not a season pass next year will be worth it for me... No skyship, skiingsnow not happy! Up until yesterday, I was super happy with everything, but now I am very angry and really hope things change...laseranimal wrote:signs point to NOGangsta Rider wrote:Wonder if the SRT will ever run?
Anyway, they did say, "This winter the SRT will operate on weekends and holidays." We shall see just how true this is, but I do not have the spirit of Killington in me today, and this may very well end up being a lie. I have lost ALL hope, that they will come through with anything they have been saying. Its been too much bs, too late, and I am just not in the mood for more bad news like this..
Also- If they are closing such vital lifts midweek, I would only count on the following being open midweek:
- Sunrise triple
- Bear mountain Quad
- Skyship stage 2
- Snowshed quad
- Magic carpet 1
- Perfect turn poma
- Ramshead Quad
- K1
- Superstar
- Snowdon Quad
Only 10 lifts, compared to around 18 midweek (K only) last season, which seemed to be bare bones, now seems totally awesome!
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Skiingsnow, the proverbial canary in the coal mine, just keeled over.skiingsnow wrote:
I am very very pissed off about lower Skyship being closed, umm, all the days I enjoy using it... Its not just the cool terrain lost, but also the easy access. I am very much dreading driving up to bear or elsewhere... I hate parking anywhere but skyship... Even I of all people, will have to consider whether or not a season pass next year will be worth it for me... No skyship, skiingsnow not happy! Up until yesterday, I was super happy with everything, but now I am very angry and really hope things change...
Anyway, they did say, "This winter the SRT will operate on weekends and holidays." We shall see just how true this is, but I do not have the spirit of Killington in me today, and this may very well end up being a lie. I have lost ALL hope, that they will come through with anything they have been saying. Its been too much bs, too late, and I am just not in the mood for more bad news like this..
Also- If they are closing such vital lifts midweek, I would only count on the following being open midweek:
- Sunrise triple
- Bear mountain Quad
- Skyship stage 2
- Snowshed quad
- Magic carpet 1
- Perfect turn poma
- Ramshead Quad
- K1
- Superstar
- Snowdon Quad
Only 10 lifts, compared to around 18 midweek (K only) last season, which seemed to be bare bones, now seems totally awesome!