comprehensive list of the negative sh*t powdr has done to k

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Oct 5th, '07, 08:14

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.

Highway Star · Post by **Highway Star** » Oct 5th, '07, 10:13

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

Nikoli · Post by **Nikoli** » Oct 5th, '07, 10:20

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

Where did you hear about the Zero Tolerance Policy? I must have missed that.

Stormchaser · Post by **Stormchaser** » Oct 5th, '07, 10:23

Nikoli wrote:
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
Where did you hear about the Zero Tolerance Policy? I must have missed that.

Its down the line in Ask Killington somewhere...

Snowjob · Post by **Snowjob** » Oct 5th, '07, 11:26

If they truly aren't going to heat the gondola's I think that's a negative experience for skiers.

ski the trees · Post by **ski the trees** » Oct 5th, '07, 11:30

-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)

altabird · Post by **altabird** » Oct 5th, '07, 11:30

They have difinitively ended pre-thanksgiving skiing? this would be a life-altering (for the worse) decision!!

powbmps · Post by **powbmps** » Oct 5th, '07, 13:34

Everytime I've been in the gondola it's been like a freakin' sauna, even without heat.

VTSKIBUM · Post by **VTSKIBUM** » Oct 5th, '07, 13:45

They didnt cancel the freestyle championships - they are only at 1 mountain for 2 years and then move on.

Gangsta Rider · Post by **Gangsta Rider** » Oct 5th, '07, 16:25

Wonder if the SRT will ever run?

b-5 · Post by **b-5** » Oct 5th, '07, 18:30

The words of Frank Zappa come to mind after reading this thread.
Ready?

"Ram-It,
Ram-It,
Ram-It up the Poop Shoot"

laseranimal · Post by **laseranimal** » Oct 5th, '07, 18:35

Gangsta Rider wrote:Wonder if the SRT will ever run?

signs point to NO

skiingsnow · Post by **skiingsnow** » Oct 6th, '07, 02:39

laseranimal wrote:
Gangsta Rider wrote:Wonder if the SRT will ever run?
signs point to NO

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!

gapic skier · Post by **gapic skier** » Oct 6th, '07, 08:11

b-5 wrote:The words of Frank Zappa come to mind after reading this thread.
Ready?

"Ram-It,
Ram-It,
Ram-It up the Poop Shoot"

Crisco.
Wristwatch.

Mister Moose · Post by **Mister Moose** » Oct 6th, '07, 08:12

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!

Skiingsnow, the proverbial canary in the coal mine, just keeled over.

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comprehensive list of the negative sh*t powdr has done to k

comprehensive list of the negative sh*t powdr has done to k

pre-thanksgiving skiing??