Saturday 2/4

[Low Rider]

Forecast is looking bitter cold.

Low of -20 and High of -3 with winds 22-29 mph and gusts up to 45 per NOAA at the peak.

Anyone remember what the temps / wind was that day they just totally closed a few years back? Are we flirting with that?

[Eddytheyetti]

I don’t remember them closing for cold. But I doubt they would close on a Saturday unless it’s something a lot worse than this.


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[Skivt2]

It was so freaking cold. Though they did open the lower trails at Pico that day. My goggles froze over so I could not see out of them at the top of the knomes knoll triple and I tried to ski with them off just to make it down. My eyeballs were crusting over. Kind of scary

[Low Rider]

It was so freaking cold. Though they did open the lower trails at Pico that day. My goggles froze over so I could not see out of them at the top of the knomes knoll triple and I tried to ski with them off just to make it down. My eyeballs were crusting over. Kind of scary

This is correct. I think Gmomes Knoll was the only lift across both resorts that was running.

Maybe 4 years ago? Was that a weekend day? It would have been either a weekend day or vacation weekday as I would not have been there midweek for that.

[hillbangin]

I believe it was 4 years ago wash b day.

20 below during the day.

Stuck at the pool all day ; )

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[boston_e]

I did some detective work - Jan 6, 2018 and per the report 3 lower lifts were running at Pico.

Here is the thread:

viewtopic.php?t=43494

Edit:
And a report from TY viewtopic.php?t=43497

[Captain Hafski]

That's about right. I remember at the time I was surprised they closed the resort that had covered lifts, yet kept Pico open.

[G-smashed]

Ancient history: Christmas 1968. This was my 1st time driving to Vt. We hit Mt Snow, Stowe, and ended up at K. It was freezing cold and windy and we started at Ram's Head double. We were the only ones on the lift and it was so cold old we tucked it down Timberline just to get out of the cold. We found out that we were the last ones on the lift before they closed the entire resort for the day. No enclosed lifts or high speed quads in those days.

I hope the only time I spend outside Sat will be the stairway up to the K1 lodge. Somebody save me a seat at the bar please.

[Low Rider]

That's about right. I remember at the time I was surprised they closed the resort that had covered lifts, yet kept Pico open.

I wonder if it was windy? The lower lifts at Pico are pretty wind protected for the most part…. And maybe they figured it was a pretty small ace race they would have to patrol if the needed to snowmobile up to help someone? Not sure of the rationale of those vs the 2 gondolas. (I don’t think the bubble chair existed at that point did it?)

[rogman]

Conditions were surprisingly good despite the cold. At the open skied Skyeburst T2B and it was great, skis squeaking in the cold… An early bathroom break in the K1 delivered an unwelcome surprise, though… Getting kicked out of “lost and found” was also a first. But other than that, a great day on the mountain.

[KingsFourMan]

Ancient history: Christmas 1968. This was my 1st time driving to Vt. We hit Mt Snow, Stowe, and ended up at K. It was freezing cold and windy and we started at Ram's Head double. We were the only ones on the lift and it was so cold old we tucked it down Timberline just to get out of the cold. We found out that we were the last ones on the lift before they closed the entire resort for the day. No enclosed lifts or high speed quads in those days.

I hope the only time I spend outside Sat will be the stairway up to the K1 lodge. Somebody save me a seat at the bar please.

Wow, 1968, you really are the official Kzone historian. Great story. Glad to hear that you will be at the K1 bar this weekend, If I was going to be there, I'd buy you a beer. You must remember when the original gondola was shiny and new. And when the access road was complete and total lawlessness. It was lawlessness when i first showed up in 1980. Remember Bilbos? That was the first bar I was ever served in. I was 17.

That old Rams Head double to the peak was a serious dog of a lift but i miss those runs from the peak. I hated it when Rams head was decapitated.

[Bubba]

Ancient history: Christmas 1968. This was my 1st time driving to Vt. We hit Mt Snow, Stowe, and ended up at K. It was freezing cold and windy and we started at Ram's Head double. We were the only ones on the lift and it was so cold old we tucked it down Timberline just to get out of the cold. We found out that we were the last ones on the lift before they closed the entire resort for the day. No enclosed lifts or high speed quads in those days.

I hope the only time I spend outside Sat will be the stairway up to the K1 lodge. Somebody save me a seat at the bar please.

Wow, 1968, you really are the official Kzone historian. Great story. Glad to hear that you will be at the K1 bar this weekend, If I was going to be there, I'd buy you a beer. You must remember when the original gondola was shiny and new. And when the access road was complete and total lawlessness. It was lawlessness when i first showed up in 1980. Remember Bilbos? That was the first bar I was ever served in. I was 17.

That old Rams Head double to the peak was a serious dog of a lift but i miss those runs from the peak. I hated it when Rams head was decapitated.

December 1968 was also my first time at Killington. A group of us stayed at my friend’s uncle’s house near Glen Ellen and came down to Killington for one day. Too hazy in the car to remember the drive north but I do remember the cold once we got to Vermont.

[wannabeskibum]

Ancient history: Christmas 1968. This was my 1st time driving to Vt. We hit Mt Snow, Stowe, and ended up at K. It was freezing cold and windy and we started at Ram's Head double. We were the only ones on the lift and it was so cold old we tucked it down Timberline just to get out of the cold. We found out that we were the last ones on the lift before they closed the entire resort for the day. No enclosed lifts or high speed quads in those days.

I hope the only time I spend outside Sat will be the stairway up to the K1 lodge. Somebody save me a seat at the bar please.

Wow, 1968, you really are the official Kzone historian. Great story. Glad to hear that you will be at the K1 bar this weekend, If I was going to be there, I'd buy you a beer. You must remember when the original gondola was shiny and new. And when the access road was complete and total lawlessness. It was lawlessness when i first showed up in 1980. Remember Bilbos? That was the first bar I was ever served in. I was 17.

That old Rams Head double to the peak was a serious dog of a lift but i miss those runs from the peak. I hated it when Rams head was decapitated.

December 1968 was also my first time at Killington. A group of us stayed at my friend’s uncle’s house near Glen Ellen and came down to Killington for one day. Too hazy in the car to remember the drive north but I do remember the cold once we got to Vermont.

While not necessarily a youngster but rather a transplant from the ski hills of Minnesota, my first Killington visit was 1977 - still remember that old Killington and Ramshead double as well as the now grown in section of lower Cascade

[Downdraft]

Great snowmaking temps. Air off. Save money. Let them eat.

Fiddle and valley plunge. Light them up

[daytripper]

Great snowmaking temps. Air off. Save money. Let them eat.

Fiddle and valley plunge. Light them up

How are they supposed to make snow on fiddle? Only mother nature can currently do that.