hi,
I have booked flights to travel from Dublin to Boston on Feb 22 for 12 days. I hope to do about 8/9 days skiing in Killington. Could anybody tell me what is the cheapest way for me to buy ski passes and where could I get good value rental skis? Sorry to hear about the conditions there but I am going to stay positive about snow coming. Does it take much for the conditions to turn around eg 2/3 days snow?
many thanks
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Mister Moose
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The best place for tickets for you that I'm aware of is the MeTicket, available online through ASC's website.
www.peaks.com/meticket.html
There are also some tickets on Ebay.
Someone else can chime in on the best place for rentals, but to get the best answer you will need to be more specific about your experience/ability level and what kind of skis you want to rent (If you know what you want)
As for snow, we're all very depressed. It can change fast, one good storm will turn around the open trails that have a base, more than one storm is likely needed for those trails barren of snow. Bring some Murphy's or Beamish to hand out to Zoners, it might help bring snow.
www.peaks.com/meticket.html
There are also some tickets on Ebay.
Someone else can chime in on the best place for rentals, but to get the best answer you will need to be more specific about your experience/ability level and what kind of skis you want to rent (If you know what you want)
As for snow, we're all very depressed. It can change fast, one good storm will turn around the open trails that have a base, more than one storm is likely needed for those trails barren of snow. Bring some Murphy's or Beamish to hand out to Zoners, it might help bring snow.
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Welcome and thanks for your optimism. I understand skiing in the Alps isn't very good this year either so, hopefully, things turn around for both sides of the pond quickly.
As for tickets, I'd check into the multi-day packages Killington sells on-line or if the mEticket makes more sense. Both are available through Killington.com I believe. They have advance purchase discounts so check soon. You might also check with your travel agent who booked the trip (assuming you used one) to see if they have any ticket packages to offer.
Don't rent equipment at the mountain itself. You'll get better equipment for equal or better price at places like The Basin Ski Shop, Aspen East, Northern Ski Works, or Peak Performance. All except Aspen East are located right along the Killington Road and Aspen East is close by on Rt. 4.
As for tickets, I'd check into the multi-day packages Killington sells on-line or if the mEticket makes more sense. Both are available through Killington.com I believe. They have advance purchase discounts so check soon. You might also check with your travel agent who booked the trip (assuming you used one) to see if they have any ticket packages to offer.
Don't rent equipment at the mountain itself. You'll get better equipment for equal or better price at places like The Basin Ski Shop, Aspen East, Northern Ski Works, or Peak Performance. All except Aspen East are located right along the Killington Road and Aspen East is close by on Rt. 4.
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You can checkout any time you like,
but you can never leave
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function" =
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"There's nothing more frightening than ignorance in action" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
thanks for the responses, I'll check out the advance ticket from the website. Europe is still struggling at the moment, have been reading about France where we normally go, can't believe some of the runs that are closed due to conditions as they are quite high up etc. We don't get snow in Ireland to judge weather but it was weird playing golf only in polo shirt and jumper during Christmas holidays on a course that is next to the Atlantic.
Hey Leonard
Check out the weather guru at mad river glen. This is a small but xtreme ski area located about 50 miles North of Kilington. It's motto is "MRG Ski it if you can". This weather guru is optomistic about our snow future.
He feels we are in for a patten change (maybe) . We in the
Eastern USA have been burnt numerous times by weather gurus over te last two years. However I am a fool and still believe these guys.
Our current years snow history is up there as one of the worse snow years I have seen in my 42 years of skiing. However Killington will survive and I predict you will have good skiing. Unlike European ski areas , we relie on snowmaking. Even after a disaster like this past weekend, the snowmaking system will resurface everything in a weeks time. Add to that some natural snow and Cold, (all we need is sustained cold) and your experience at Killington while not spectacular will be good.
However if this guru is right, we might just get back on track and have
a normal , 100 % open year.
To answer your question about amounts of snow needed, unlike Europe
or the US and Canadian Rockies, Eastern USA trails are less rocky and
need less snow. Since we get less snow annually , the ski areas over the years have taken the boulders out.. so maybe one storm of 12 inches or more, and a little wind pushing it to the sides of the trails and you have our locals skiing the deep and pretending they are Out West in the deep.
Out West just leaves everything there boulders, tree stumps, logs, etc.
. Thus I am bitching that Alta's base ( Utah) is only 58 inches.. They need a lot more then that to make me happy..more like 100 inches..Killington again needs some sustained cold and a few natural storms..
read what this guy has to say
www.madriverglenweather.blogspot.com
enjoy and ask the zoners questions
Check out the weather guru at mad river glen. This is a small but xtreme ski area located about 50 miles North of Kilington. It's motto is "MRG Ski it if you can". This weather guru is optomistic about our snow future.
He feels we are in for a patten change (maybe) . We in the
Eastern USA have been burnt numerous times by weather gurus over te last two years. However I am a fool and still believe these guys.
Our current years snow history is up there as one of the worse snow years I have seen in my 42 years of skiing. However Killington will survive and I predict you will have good skiing. Unlike European ski areas , we relie on snowmaking. Even after a disaster like this past weekend, the snowmaking system will resurface everything in a weeks time. Add to that some natural snow and Cold, (all we need is sustained cold) and your experience at Killington while not spectacular will be good.
However if this guru is right, we might just get back on track and have
a normal , 100 % open year.
To answer your question about amounts of snow needed, unlike Europe
or the US and Canadian Rockies, Eastern USA trails are less rocky and
need less snow. Since we get less snow annually , the ski areas over the years have taken the boulders out.. so maybe one storm of 12 inches or more, and a little wind pushing it to the sides of the trails and you have our locals skiing the deep and pretending they are Out West in the deep.
Out West just leaves everything there boulders, tree stumps, logs, etc.
. Thus I am bitching that Alta's base ( Utah) is only 58 inches.. They need a lot more then that to make me happy..more like 100 inches..Killington again needs some sustained cold and a few natural storms..
read what this guy has to say
www.madriverglenweather.blogspot.com
enjoy and ask the zoners questions
leave the "jumper" home :)LeonardIV wrote:thanks for the responses, I'll check out the advance ticket from the website. Europe is still struggling at the moment, have been reading about France where we normally go, can't believe some of the runs that are closed due to conditions as they are quite high up etc. We don't get snow in Ireland to judge weather but it was weird playing golf only in polo shirt and jumper during Christmas holidays on a course that is next to the Atlantic.
double the powder and shorten the fuse!
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Leonard, welcome to the forum. We are all hoping that this pattern turns around and that the snow will start coming down in buckets rather than r*in. Killington started resurfacing some terrain today. They were blowing snow in the Northridge area because the temperature there never rose above 30. Spent quite a few hours doing laps under the snow guns.
