Killington vs Sunday River

[rogman]

As impressive as the snow making effort has been, Killington is getting it's clock cleaned by Sunday River at the moment. What's up with that? Right now Sunday River has 171 acres open, Killington 113. Seriously? Despite the cooler temps, rate of trail expansion has been pretty slow. K needs to up their game.

[tt431]

As impressive as the snow making effort has been, Killington is getting it's clock cleaned by Sunday River at the moment. What's up with that? Right now Sunday River has 171 acres open, Killington 113. Seriously? Despite the cooler temps, rate of trail expansion has been pretty slow. K needs to up their game.

Yes this one.

[Stormchaser]

Natural snow factoring in?

[andyzee]

And they both have 11 miles open, guess Sunday River must have some pretty wide trails open.

[Dr. NO]

And they both have 11 miles open, guess Sunday River must have some pretty wide trails open.

Is there a different Acreage measurement in Maine than Vemont? Maybe they use the King's measure.

[andyzee]

The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.
One acre comprises 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square feet[1] or about 4,046.86 square meters (0.404686 hectares) (see below). While all modern variants of the acre contain 4,840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends on which yard it is based on. Originally, an acre was understood as a selion of land sized at one furlong (660 ft) long and one chain (66 ft) wide; this may have also been understood as an approximation of the amount of land an ox could plough in one day. A square enclosing one acre is approximately 208 feet 9 inches (63.63 meters) on a side. But as a unit of measure an acre has no prescribed shape; any perimeter enclosing 43,560 square feet is an acre in size.
The acre is often used to express areas of land. In the metric system, the hectare is commonly used for the same purpose. An acre is approximately 40% of a hectare.
One acre is 90.75 percent of a 100 yards (91.44 meters) long by 53.33 yards (48.76 meters) wide American football field (without the end zones). The full field, including the end zones, covers approximately 1.32 acres (0.53 ha). It is also approximately 56.68 percent of a 105 metres (344.49 feet) long by 68 meters (223.10 feet) wide Association football pitch (soccer field). It may also be remembered as 44,000 square feet, less 1%; or as the product of 66 x 660.

[ski]

see other thread . . .

[ski]

[BobR]

Funny stuff. Hope all are out making turns, Happy Holidaze Season. Seems like both Places are in much better shape ealy season this year.

[MrsG]

Funny stuff. Hope all are out making turns, Happy Holidaze Season. Seems like both Places are in much better shape ealy season this year.

Finally, a worthwhile post . . . thanks Bob

[biged]

The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.
One acre comprises 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square feet[1] or about 4,046.86 square meters (0.404686 hectares) (see below). While all modern variants of the acre contain 4,840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends on which yard it is based on. Originally, an acre was understood as a selion of land sized at one furlong (660 ft) long and one chain (66 ft) wide; this may have also been understood as an approximation of the amount of land an ox could plough in one day. A square enclosing one acre is approximately 208 feet 9 inches (63.63 meters) on a side. But as a unit of measure an acre has no prescribed shape; any perimeter enclosing 43,560 square feet is an acre in size.
The acre is often used to express areas of land. In the metric system, the hectare is commonly used for the same purpose. An acre is approximately 40% of a hectare.
One acre is 90.75 percent of a 100 yards (91.44 meters) long by 53.33 yards (48.76 meters) wide American football field (without the end zones). The full field, including the end zones, covers approximately 1.32 acres (0.53 ha). It is also approximately 56.68 percent of a 105 metres (344.49 feet) long by 68 meters (223.10 feet) wide Association football pitch (soccer field). It may also be remembered as 44,000 square feet, less 1%; or as the product of 66 x 660.

640 Acres are in a square mile.

[Geoff]

White Hype opened today at Sunday River. I wonder if OL will be open in December this year?

[Big Bob]

I was on the chondola at 7:15 AM to get first tracks with management. All peaks open today with the exception of Oz. Lots of whales around, decent cover and resurfacing, light crowds. Some trails got scratchy in the afternoon. At sugarloaf now.

[tyrolean_skier]

I actually enjoyed skiing OL last year on natural snow before they starte blowing snow on it.

[BobR]

I was on the chondola at 7:15 AM to get first tracks with management. All peaks open today with the exception of Oz. Lots of whales around, decent cover and resurfacing, light crowds. Some trails got scratchy in the afternoon. At sugarloaf now.

Nice to meet you on Sat bob. Glad you had fun. This is what we donated to the Chrismas for families group. About 60 toys to local familes. thanks for contributing.