K Zoners 10 AM meeting place

Post by **SkiDork** » Dec 2nd, '04, 12:17

Many days (most weekends) we meet here at 10 AM to ski/ride together, say hello whatever.

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Yes, it's on the mountain side of KBL. A few years ago they added another bar to the original KBL which basically was placed on top of the old deck that was there. This bar has a purple motif, and is sometimes referred to as the Barney room. It is towards Superstar in relation to the old Mahogany Ridge bar.

Between the new and old bars, there are 3 doors that lead to a small deck. This small deck has 2 or 3 steps leading to the flat area that people use to ski between the K1 and the Superstar Quad (where you have to push).

We stand by those steps at ~ 10 AM and usually just wait until 10:15 at the latest (unless there's a very large crowd and many introductions have to be made etc).

If you look toward the Ovation trail from the steps area where we wait you will see a large electronic billboard which among other things has the time and date in digital format. Thats what is meant by the "clock"

tyrolean_skier · Post by **tyrolean_skier** » Dec 14th, '04, 14:13

Here are some pictures of the meeting place taken by AndyZee:

The people in the pictures are all Zoners that showed up that day for the meeting. In the last picture you can see the yellow backpack that SkiDork wears.

Post by **Bubba** » Jan 27th, '05, 10:19

Killington Base Lodge (KBL) is now called K - 1 Base.

yeti · Post by **yeti** » Feb 23rd, '05, 13:10

I wish I would have thought to look inside this forum when I was in town!

laseranimal · Post by **laseranimal** » Sep 18th, '05, 13:13

Bubba wrote:Killington Base Lodge (KBL) is now called K - 1 Base.

why do they go a'changin all the names every couple of years? Its so confusing

TheBullet · Post by **TheBullet** » Oct 18th, '05, 08:07

laseranimal wrote:
Bubba wrote:Killington Base Lodge (KBL) is now called K - 1 Base.
why do they go a'changin all the names every couple of years? Its so confusing

It's stupid, too. It was OK when it was related to changing the trail system to eliminate some crossovers (a green cruising trail cutting through a jump zone in the middle of Lower Vertigo), but just for marketing purposes? Blech.

Post by **Bubba** » Oct 18th, '05, 09:07

They actually changed KBL to K-1 Base to make the name consistent with the K-1 Gondola. They did it as part of their color coding base lodges to make it easier for newcomers to find their way around. Their former VP of Branding considered this all part of the Killington "brand". Huh?

TheBullet · Post by **TheBullet** » Oct 18th, '05, 18:35

Bubba wrote:They actually changed KBL to K-1 Base to make the name consistent with the K-1 Gondola. They did it as part of their color coding base lodges to make it easier for newcomers to find their way around. Their former VP of Branding considered this all part of the Killington "brand". Huh?

Well, I guess changing the name of the base lodge MIGHT make some sense, but it was pretty consistent before--all the base lodges were named for the mountains that they sit at the bottom of (though KBL, um-....K-1 Base, could have been Skye Peak lodge).

It was pretty consistent that people would call any one of the lodges "the main lodge" when they were looking for where they parked their car at the end of the day. Maybe this will help with that, but, please no more trail name changes! :x

Dr. NO · Post by **Dr. NO** » Oct 18th, '05, 18:41

TheBullet wrote:
Bubba wrote:They actually changed KBL to K-1 Base to make the name consistent with the K-1 Gondola. They did it as part of their color coding base lodges to make it easier for newcomers to find their way around. Their former VP of Branding considered this all part of the Killington "brand". Huh?
Well, I guess changing the name of the base lodge MIGHT make some sense, but it was pretty consistent before--all the base lodges were named for the mountains that they sit at the bottom of (though KBL, um-....K-1 Base, could have been Skye Peak lodge).

It was pretty consistent that people would call any one of the lodges "the main lodge" when they were looking for where they parked their car at the end of the day. Maybe this will help with that, but, please no more trail name changes! :x

Couldn't be Skye Peak Lodge since Skye Peak is actually Bear Peak, and Bear Mountain doen't exist at Killington, it is over by Bear Creek Mountain Club.

TheBullet · Post by **TheBullet** » Oct 19th, '05, 13:58

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Couldn't be Skye Peak Lodge since Skye Peak is actually Bear Peak, and Bear Mountain doen't exist at Killington, it is over by Bear Creek Mountain Club.[/quote]

So much for them making a sensible answer to the question "How do I get back to my car? I parked at the main loodge."

andyzee · Post by **andyzee** » Dec 9th, '06, 08:54

Here's another view, (never met anyone there unless there was snow.)