skiingsnow wrote:
Huh??
Another huh, Sugarbush keeps their more southen facing terrain open into May rather than their more northern facing terrain. Sugarbush closed a ton of terrain with wall to wall coverage this season, and that stuff may still be skiable today. . . . Sugarbush does not do what it takes to stay open as long as possible. . . If it's not skiable today southern or northern facing terrain, well then, THEY DIDN'T MAKE ENOUGH SNOW. Killington doesn't even try and they still have tons of snow northern and southern facing terrain. And Sugarbush is even further north and gets more snow.
You never addressed your own inaccuracies, only ranted on Sugarbush.
Sugarbush had nothing left on parts of Steins, and certainly no runout (Coffee Run) after last Sunday. What it sounds like you are addressing is there was still snow on Mt Ellen when they closed that area. Sort of like snow being still on Pico when they closed it weeks ahead of Mt Ellen. I doubt there is enough snow down low on Mt Ellen, but I haven't been up there.
The point is there
IS enough snow on Superstar. Today. Of course anyone north of Okemo would have better coverage today if they had made more snow on their north facing slopes. That's stating the obvious. Killington, who basks in the best set up in Vermont for late season skiing, who doesn't need to keep long sun rotted runouts to keep Superstar going, closes before what snow they did make on the limited budget available is gone.
The difference is this:
Sugarbush: If it hasn't melted yet, and we can cobble together a run even with some walking, we're spinning the lift.
Jay: "We're operating because we like to ski. And in all honesty, we want to savor every last drop as much as you do. We owe it to [our passholders] to push as hard as we can."
http://www.killingtonzone.com/forums/vi ... =1&t=26602
Killington: It's a new pay period and its our cast in stone forced march furlough. We're outa here.
These are the facts, and they are undisputed.
