Christmas down at Killington

[laseranimal]

I think Rogman hit the nail on the head

Killington doesn't want(or need) to do more holiday business, people come up and the place is a crowded, they can't get a table in the lodges, waiting in lift lines, and there's the feeling that death or serious injury might happen at some of the nasty intersections like Mousetrap/Chute/GN or Stash/Skyeburst/Bear Claw. Thats NOT the way you get people to come back to the mountain.

Now you get them up on a nice midweek day when they might get a deal grabber discount, they'll find the mountain less crowded, the terrain will still be kick ass, and the vibe is way more mellow, they might decide "hey maybe I was wrong about Killington being a overcrowded zoo:

[Geoff]

I think Rogman hit the nail on the head

Killington doesn't want(or need) to do more holiday business,

Nope. Killington ran promotional discounts for Christmas. What Killington wants is to sell out their lodging inventory at full price. You are confusing what you want with what the business wants.

[rogman]

It's actually still a bit early to for them to even know how they did at Christmas. Raw skier visits provides a quick look, but it's only one measure. If their yield per visit was up, they could still have come out ahead, even if their visits were down.

[TheLurker]

I'm somehwat confused. Many of the peoiple on this board complain about tourists skiing at Killington. I would think you would be pleased that skier visits are down.

[tt431]

I'm somehwat confused. Many of the peoiple on this board complain about tourists skiing at Killington. I would think you would be pleased that skier visits are down.

You are wrongly right.

[MrsG]

I'm somehwat confused. Many of the peoiple on this board complain about tourists skiing at Killington. I would think you would be pleased that skier visits are down.

You are wrongly right.

That's waaaaay tooooo funny . . . today was respectably empty

[lifeisgood]

For what it's worth, we were just up this weekend and we stayed at the Killington Pico Motor Inn, where we often stay. We were chatting with the owner and he said business the past 2 years has been way down, and this past Christmas week, he was empty and that was a first for him since he has owned the place. Granted, this is not a luxury hotel, nor is it on the mountain, or even on the mountain road for that matter, but I can remember in past years having difficulty getting a room in such a place, whether it was there or any of the other similarly priced motels out on route 4, especially at the last minute. I called only a couple of days before we left and easily got 2 rooms for our group. Last year was the same way. Before that I used to have to call around and hope that someone had a room or two available. Sometimes we would end up in Rutland, if everything was booked closer to the mountain.

[chewbacca]

Businesses that are more on the fringe or outside of K used to get the big overflow and did well years ago. Over the last few years there is not as much of an overflow since rentals closer to K have availibilty, hence the place you stayed at feels a severe downswing.