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[Skid Mark]

They should probably take the picture of the stairs down from the K homepage. It's not exactly a selling point at this point in time.

[Cuervo1.8k]

Loon will be open on Wendesday, I am assuming top to bottom from North Peak to the Octagon base. Gondola will be running with no downloading. Interesting concept...

As a Mount Snow regular, I saw and have experienced 1st hand now 4 or 5 seasons ago what a MEGA upgrade in pumping capacity combined with an annual serious investment in new snowguns annually means when they brought their West Lake Project on line.

You are likely going to see some BIG things from Sunday River this year now that their multi year upgrade project to get WAY more water out towards Jordan Bowl is now done.. The same guy who engineered the Mount Snow project, Brendan Ryan, after a few years while still an employee of Peak Resorts oversaw also the big (for them) upgrades at Wildcat before he jumped ship to Boyne after Vail chose not to keep various Peak folks on (they lost some quality talent often over their lack of diversity status if one is being truthful), and now his big vision (for now) at Sunday River is a reality. For him to do the equivalent for K's snowmaking MASSIVE system proportionality wise what he did at Mount Snow, Wildcat and now Sunday River, may literally be an investment nearing 50 million over 2-5yrs.... time and $$ will tell

So sick of this K-Zone chatter crap. If you can’t climb up, you can’t handle North Ridge. It’s not even Thanksgiving. Please ski elsewhere with your passes. Killington has been outstanding. Kudos to Mike and his OUTSTANDING team. They are awesome!

You must either work for Killington or be related to someone who does. No one without some sort of connection to the mountain would call the product that Killington presented to us this weekend "outstanding". Taking into consideration the weather they have had since they opened, it is the worst or pretty damn close to the worst I have seen in my over 3 decades of skiing at Killington. Excluding the snowmaking for the race (which gives you a clue of when and where they can do snowmaking), the snowmaking for the rest of the mountain has been an overall grade D and a grade F for this past weekend. In comparison, Okemo and Sugarbush opened this weekend with TTB and we are still walking the stairwell. This is not the Killington we know and love. This is a total failure on Mike and his snowmaking and grooming teams. He owes us an apology.

[Cuervo1.8k]

"With the current cold temps our snowmaking team is pushing our system to its limits working 24/7 to get us open for top to bottom skiing to the K-1 base area real soon."

What absolute BS from Killington. I have seen the mountain lit up with guns and from what I can see going out there is not even close to what I witnessed at times over the last 3 decades. This isn't even up to a third of the "capacity" I have witnessed before.

We are back to Killington lying to our faces again.

[fdskier56]

Thanks for the details on the race training rentals


Why would K open the trails for the general public when they can get about $30,000 in rent from ski teams

[fdskier56]

Has anyone emailed Mike?
What was his reply?

I would but I can’t find his email.
Can anyone post?

[getskied]

[Okemo and Sugarbush opened this weekend with TTB and we are still walking the stairwell.

Full disclosure, Sugarbush is not TTB. They are open with 1.5 routes off an 830 vertical foot lift.

[Scotchvalley]

Her you go:

msolimano@killington.com

[Stormchaser]

Feel you're getting fleeced by the Beast of the East? Paying the most, but getting the least? Because snow making decreased? And caring about you has ceased? Then eat your Thanksgiving feast, and go cry to your priest, because Powdr isn't giving much this season to its Fans in the Northeast. And last but not least, to those the stairs that Killington bequeathed, may ye lead and not follow to elude the gas I released.

[buckethead]

that would look great on the back of a tee

[Bubba]

Has anyone emailed Mike?
What was his reply?

I would but I can’t find his email.
Can anyone post?

K email format is first initial last name dot Killington dot com

[Midwest Skier]

Woo hoo!
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November 21, 2023 - 04:00 pm
Howdy Beast Fans. Thanks to our incredible mountain operations team we will open for top to bottom skiing tomorrow!

[SPORE]

Woo hoo!
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November 21, 2023 - 04:00 pm
Howdy Beast Fans. Thanks to our incredible mountain operations team we will open for top to bottom skiing tomorrow!

Howdy Beast Fans. Thanks to our incredibly poorly managed mountain operations team we will finally open for top to bottom skiing tomorrow!

[newpylong1]

Middle GN to L. Ridge too. Baby steps.

[Crippity]

[quote=Stormchaser post_id=692652 time=1700594499 user_id=9]
Feel you're getting fleeced by the Beast of the East? Paying the most, but getting the least? Because snow making decreased? And caring about you has ceased? Then eat your Thanksgiving feast, and go cry to your priest, because Powdr isn't giving much this season to its Fans in the Northeast. And last but not least, to those the stairs that Killington bequeathed, may ye lead and not follow to elude the gas I released.
[/quote]

Nicely done!

[skiadikt]

a bit of an underwhelming rollout but guess they got it done . some snow tonight but changing to freezing drip in the morning. yuch. hope for the best. here's noaa at 3400'.

Tonight
Snow before 3am, then freezing r*in, possibly mixed with snow. Low around 23. Windy, with a southeast wind 32 to 34 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Wednesday
Freezing r*in, possibly mixed with snow and sleet before 8am, then freezing r*in between 8am and noon, then r*in likely after noon. High near 33. Windy, with a southeast wind 26 to 36 mph becoming north 10 to 20 mph. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.