I really like Mt Snow's Condtions Report

[laseranimal]

Bold is mine

Amazing what happens when you have a mountain that actually cares about SKIING, Instead of having staff turn people away because "we're currently closed for skiing and riding" as Killington was doing a couple of days ago. Notice that the "Killington Insider" hasn't said anything about the 7-9" of snow they got


Current Conditions and Weather (as of Sunday, October 26, 2008 )

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Update 11:45am: Over on Launch Pad right now, there is a strip of snow about 5 feet wide and approximately 200 feet long with a box, down rail and skate quarterpipe (in that order) set up. Remember, it's October, people. It's not 3 feet of powder, so if you aren't concerned about getting a little wet and muddy, then drop by.



Good morning everyone! How ‘bout that park yesterday! Debbie, one of the MVP’s on the park crew, started out with 250 “lift tickets.” By the end of the day, she only had 33 left. Crazy! However, let’s not dwell in our awesome past. What’s the story for today, you ask?


Well, as you might know, it r*ined pretty hard throughout the night. The park crew was out till about 7:00 last night shoveling, salting and covering snow with tarps in order to preserve some kind of white stuff to slide on. If they hadn’t, there’d be a bunch of lonely phantom jibs in the middle of a grassy field right about now. However! They did manage to preserve enough snow for 1 -2 features today. So officially…*drum roll please*

Launch Pad will be OPEN today (around 10am) with 1-2 features on a runway of snow.

Some of you might be thinking, “Huh!? Only two?!?” Well, if that’s how you feel, I guess you should probably go to some other mountain where they have more features set up, with snow, for free. Let me know if you find one. ;)

The weather today should be really nice. It’s sunny right now, and we’re looking at a high in the mid 50’s. It definitely won’t look like a scene out of one of those creepy zombie movies like it did yesterday… snowy people, walking slowly in dense fog. I’m sorry, I have a vivid imagination.

ANYWAY… come out today for some more preseason “jib-berish”. Get it?! Heh, I’m so clever.

-Halley

[skiingsnow]

Amazing what happens when you have a mountain that actually cares about SKIING, Instead of having staff turn people away because "we're currently closed for skiing and riding" as Killington was doing a couple of days ago. Notice that the "Killington Insider" hasn't said anything about the 7-9" of snow they got.

Apparently Mount Snow is the only one who cares about skiing...

Killington has concerns over pre-season skiing. Safety of you and safety of their staff. Get over it.

You have to READ the Killington Insider to know whats on the Killington Insider. They have had it on the Killington.com homepage, the snow report page, the photo page, sent it out in The Drift, and on the Killington Insider.

[millerm277]

I'll never understand why K can't do something like that with the tickets. Would seem to solve all problems. Tell them which trails they are allowed to be on (designate GN as the allowed hiking route or something), and let them have some free publicity with people hiking/skiing the glades area once they start making snow.

Killington has concerns over pre-season skiing. Safety of you and safety of their staff. Get over it.

Neither one of those is any reason to not allow it, it just means you need to actually think about how to do it properly. As I said above, give them a certain route they're required to use to go up, and designate which trails they are allowed to touch. And, unless equipment is across the entire trail, "snowmaking is ongoing" is not a good reason, since during the season, they're often making snow on open trails.

[laseranimal]

I wish Killington would be more concerned about their image and ACTUALLY putting a product ON the hill then holding my hand to make sure I'm SAFELY acessing land that they don't own

[skiingsnow]

I'll never understand why K can't do something like that with the tickets. Would seem to solve all problems. Tell them which trails they are allowed to be on (designate GN as the allowed hiking route or something), and let them have some free publicity with people hiking/skiing the glades area once they start making snow.

Killington has concerns over pre-season skiing. Safety of you and safety of their staff. Get over it.

Neither one of those is any reason to not allow it, it just means you need to actually think about how to do it properly. As I said above, give them a certain route they're required to use to go up, and designate which trails they are allowed to touch. And, unless equipment is across the entire trail, "snowmaking is ongoing" is not a good reason, since during the season, they're often making snow on open trails.

So If someone gets hurt, bad enough they cant get themselves off the mountain, how do they get down??

Killington isn't going to check trails, as they do during the season, even specially set aside ones. There is no ski patrol. Theres nothing.

[johnny the jibber]

if your not up there hiking and making turns it should be of no concern to you. if people are going to hike they understand what they are doing, its on them...

[TreeRat]

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So If someone gets hurt, bad enough they cant get themselves off the mountain, how do they get down??

Killington isn't going to check trails, as they do during the season, even specially set aside ones. There is no ski patrol. Theres nothing.

skiingloser,

do you thing that laser or any others do not know the risks. It like hiking, kayaking, BC skiing, you take the risk or sit home.

How do you know that there are no patroller skiing with some of these people, if you think patroller above a little preseason skiing your wrong.

It less of a risk that going into the BC midwinter because some other group is more likely to come crossed you.

You don't want to take rick don't just do not complain when I say I know and I want to. not your right.

You want to talk about the liability fine, or you want to call me crazy for my risk assement fine, but you do not get to tell me what level of risk level I can take.

Tree Rat

[ski the trees]

what happened here - did everyone forget to keep skippy on their ignore list?

[GODZILLA!]

I'll never understand why K can't do something like that with the tickets. Would seem to solve all problems. Tell them which trails they are allowed to be on (designate GN as the allowed hiking route or something), and let them have some free publicity with people hiking/skiing the glades area once they start making snow.

Killington has concerns over pre-season skiing. Safety of you and safety of their staff. Get over it.

Neither one of those is any reason to not allow it, it just means you need to actually think about how to do it properly. As I said above, give them a certain route they're required to use to go up, and designate which trails they are allowed to touch. And, unless equipment is across the entire trail, "snowmaking is ongoing" is not a good reason, since during the season, they're often making snow on open trails.

So If someone gets hurt, bad enough they cant get themselves off the mountain, how do they get down??

Killington isn't going to check trails, as they do during the season, even specially set aside ones. There is no ski patrol. Theres nothing.

Skippy, come on admit to one and all that you are not a real skier, for if you were you would not have explain one word of the above post to us "Real Skiers"
You are almost as dumb as jerseyguy, not quite but close, but with enough practice you too can obtain the title of Blow Hard Ass Hole!

[gpetrics]

Killington isn't going to check trails, as they do during the season, even specially set aside ones. There is no ski patrol. Theres nothing.

will you come save me?

LOL


apologies nevadawest...

do you seriously think Laser expects the cavalry to come if he hurts himself? hell no... he's a big boy... he takes big boy risks and accepts big boy consequences... let him (and the other big boy and girls.... including myself) play like big kids...

k? thxby

[GODZILLA!]

Killington isn't going to check trails, as they do during the season, even specially set aside ones. There is no ski patrol. Theres nothing.

will you come save me?

LOL


apologies nevadawest...

do you seriously think Laser expects the cavalry to come if he hurts himself? hell no... he's a big boy... he takes big boy risks and accepts big boy consequences... let him (and the other big boy and girls.... including myself) play like big kids...

k? thxby

I heard the he once had a mid-shaft femur break and he pulled traction and set the bone using one ski pole and the elastic waist band from his underwear, then he went over to Hulks house and knocked off some trim.
And thats why Every one is getting in line to ride that train.

even this 19 year old.

Laz You RULE!

[millerm277]

I'll never understand why K can't do something like that with the tickets. Would seem to solve all problems. Tell them which trails they are allowed to be on (designate GN as the allowed hiking route or something), and let them have some free publicity with people hiking/skiing the glades area once they start making snow.

Killington has concerns over pre-season skiing. Safety of you and safety of their staff. Get over it.

Neither one of those is any reason to not allow it, it just means you need to actually think about how to do it properly. As I said above, give them a certain route they're required to use to go up, and designate which trails they are allowed to touch. And, unless equipment is across the entire trail, "snowmaking is ongoing" is not a good reason, since during the season, they're often making snow on open trails.

So If someone gets hurt, bad enough they cant get themselves off the mountain, how do they get down??

Killington isn't going to check trails, as they do during the season, even specially set aside ones. There is no ski patrol. Theres nothing.

Hmm, and yet they let all those people Mountain Bike and hike on the mountain....lets see, the glades area has all of 4 runs, that must be difficult to check. I don't see why patrollers would be a problem, if they actually planned in advance, knowing a few volunteer ones, give them some food and afterward and they'll be more than happy to "work" early.

[laseranimal]

So If someone gets hurt, bad enough they cant get themselves off the mountain, how do they get down??

Killington isn't going to check trails, as they do during the season, even specially set aside ones. There is no ski patrol. Theres nothing.

Skippy you make me laugh

Do me a favor, go PM AT Apostle over at Telemarktips, tell him he shouldn't go to Greenland or Patagonia to ski remote couloirs hundreds of miles away from civilization because "what would happen if he got hurt?" Who would come and save him?

Should Bill Briggs, Lou Dawson, Carl Skoog, Dean Cummings, or Doug Coombs have stopped doing what they did because "there's no ski patrol checking the trails?"

Closer to home there's nobody checking trails in the Adirondacks, on Mt Greylock, or on Camels Hump but yet its still ok for people to ski there.

Furthermore I HIGHLY doubt theres going to be ANY problem getting help to anyone who got hurt hiking Killington. Even if Killington decided that they didn't want to send their patrol up, SOMEONE in the greater Rutland area would be able to respond. We're not talking about people being 7 miles into the wilderness where you can't just send a truck up the mountain like you can at Killington.

If I can fire off a live blog while hiking, I'm going to bet that MOST folks are going to be able to get a cell phone signal. Now I go a step further and carry a SPOT PLB everywhere I go, this thing can send a distress call even when I can't get a cell signal. I'm also carrying insurance that covers me in case I need to be evacuated.

Stick to covering up Powdr's PR fiasco's and helping out their Marketing department with snowmaking photos, cause you're WAY out of your league here kid

[Mister Moose]

Quick, close the entire Appalachian Trail, the Long Trail, and every other hiking trail. There are no "Hiking Patrolers" out there to insure your safety.

[pcgrantham]

I'll never understand why K can't do something like that with the tickets. Would seem to solve all problems. Tell them which trails they are allowed to be on (designate GN as the allowed hiking route or something), and let them have some free publicity with people hiking/skiing the glades area once they start making snow.

Killington has concerns over pre-season skiing. Safety of you and safety of their staff. Get over it.

Neither one of those is any reason to not allow it, it just means you need to actually think about how to do it properly. As I said above, give them a certain route they're required to use to go up, and designate which trails they are allowed to touch. And, unless equipment is across the entire trail, "snowmaking is ongoing" is not a good reason, since during the season, they're often making snow on open trails.

So If someone gets hurt, bad enough they cant get themselves off the mountain, how do they get down??

Killington isn't going to check trails, as they do during the season, even specially set aside ones. There is no ski patrol. Theres nothing.

skippy, get over it, the company you work for sucks.