Closing on the 25th of April...

[TWA]

Still can ski circles around you in my tall tee.

sick

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That looks like 75% of the people on this site trying to get down a square.

[johnny the jibber]

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[TWA]

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How did you find that video of me!?!?!?

[johnny the jibber]

your newschoolers page...

[TWA]

your newschoolers page...

Aha, you wish punk ass!!!

[johnny the jibber]

your newschoolers page...

Aha, you wish punk ass!!!

judging by your photo above, i am clearly not the punk ass...

[tt431]

I tried to post this on the insider blog:
K management, ask yourselves this question. Is the money you save closing early worth all this bad publicity?
It doesn't allow any more posts.
http://www.killington.com/winter/beast/ ... -final-day

[ozzy]

^^ I wrote pretty much the replied the same thing on their fb yesterday. At least it didn't get squashed

[Bubba]

I don't think this is Nyberg. Blame Cumming. Nyberg has his feet on the ground here, I think he gets it. Only an owner can create this bad a PR disaster.

You know, you may be right. This has to be a financial decision, totally disconnected from marketing. Marketing here is pretty much locally managed, thus the messaging this past week about new snow and continuing to stay open until May 2nd. I don't Nyberg would've simply pulled the rug out from under Marketing, knowing what the reaction would be. More than likely, this decision came from Utah and the bean counter mentality that still appears to drive operating decisions

As for PR disaster, Killington can't go anywhere on the internet right now without being trashed, whether its on Facebook, Alpinezone, Killingtonzone or even their own Killington Insider blog on their own website, and I doubt that will dissipate any time soon. I'd look for a new summer of discontent in cyberspace.

[tt431]

I tried to post this on the insider blog:
K management, ask yourselves this question. Is the money you save closing early worth all this bad publicity?
It doesn't allow any more posts.
http://www.killington.com/winter/beast/ ... -final-day

I stand corrected. It is posted now. There must be a delay or they might review the message before they post it.

[skiadikt]

to make matters worse the forecast is starting to look up. from the accuweather long range:

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with the sunday may 2 being mostly sunny and a high of 54. certainly subject to change but talk about having egg on your face. they're certainly doing the right thing at j, closing during the week and then reopening for that final weekend.

[Geoff]

to make matters worse the forecast is starting to look up. from the accuweather long range:

forecast.png

with the sunday may 2 being mostly sunny and a high of 54. certainly subject to change but talk about having egg on your face. they're certainly doing the right thing at j, closing during the week and then reopening for that final weekend.

As Steve Wright commented when asked about Jay and late season, "We do it because it's the right thing to do for our customers."

[SkiDork]

I don't think this is Nyberg. Blame Cumming. Nyberg has his feet on the ground here, I think he gets it. Only an owner can create this bad a PR disaster.

You know, you may be right. This has to be a financial decision, totally disconnected from marketing. Marketing here is pretty much locally managed, thus the messaging this past week about new snow and continuing to stay open until May 2nd. I don't Nyberg would've simply pulled the rug out from under Marketing, knowing what the reaction would be. More than likely, this decision came from Utah and the bean counter mentality that still appears to drive operating decisions

As for PR disaster, Killington can't go anywhere on the internet right now without being trashed, whether its on Facebook, Alpinezone, Killingtonzone or even their own Killington Insider blog on their own website, and I doubt that will dissipate any time soon. I'd look for a new summer of discontent in cyberspace.

But didn't cummings visit early season and speak to Pres etc. see the light, what have you?

[Skibumtress]

Now that the weather is looking up next week, the pile of BS is just getting larger.

Back in March when the rumors of the Spring Pass were floating around, I had been corresponding with someone at K asking them about the pass a day before it was publicly announced. I'm sure they were trying to sell me on purchasing the Spring Pass. They succeeded.... why? I was told that K would be closing on the advertised closing weekend, which at the time was the first weekend in May. However, it was also mentioned to me that they were pushing for at least the second weekend in May. There was no reason for me to believe differently because a similar situation happened last season and I truly felt that the powers-that-be were finally "getting it".
Do I feel duped? Yep!

I would think that because they sold Spring Passes this year, they would push to be opened as long as they could which would be a great plus for next season's Spring Pass. If they have a Spring Pass next season, let's just see how many will be sold.

[thorski]

Someplace else to go in the summer.
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