Killington opens in 2 hrs [Archive] - T4T Forums

11-10-2003, 09:53 AM

http://www.killington.com

Opens at noon today (monday)

I might be going tommorow. Anyone else?

M@

Skilasnow

11-10-2003, 09:56 AM

M@:
http://www.killington.com

Opens at noon today (monday)

I might be going tommorow. Anyone else?

M@ :( class on Tuesdays :cry:

kmrnskier

11-10-2003, 09:56 AM

Work tomorrow - how about Wednesday or Thursday??

11-10-2003, 10:02 AM

My buddy is going tommorow - I still have to clear the trip with air traffic control (i.e. Suzy) - and there's some folks from boston going and they can pick me up/drop me off.

Prob. do wings @ Casey's apres.

M@

Skilasnow

11-10-2003, 10:03 AM

hhmmm... Wednesday....
:moose:

pepperdawg

11-10-2003, 10:10 AM

Headin up Friday (only day I can blow off of work this week)...not a big fan of Saturday crowds...plus with this potential Storm DMC is yappin about......keepin fingers crossed....

think natural :snowflakes: :snowflakes: !!!

Skilasnow

11-10-2003, 10:14 AM

Weather Forecast -- Killington, VT

---------------------------------------------------------------
mo tu we th fr
High Temperature (F) 47* 46* 53* 47* 42*
Low Temperature (F) 21* 23* 38* 36* 29*
Precipitation Likelihood (%) 2* 61* 68* 81* 27*
Probability of Snow (%) 64* 13* 6* 21* 67*
Wind Direction SW* S* SW* S* S*
Wind Speed (MpH) 5* 5* 8* 14* 16*
Hours of Sun 6* 1* 7* 7* 5*
Windchill Index (F) 17* 19* 29* 18* 6*

hhmmm Wed, 53 and 68% likelihood of precip.
:raining: :raining:
and Tuesday doesn't look much better

DMC

11-10-2003, 10:17 AM

pepperdawg:
plus with this potential Storm DMC is yappin about......Sometimes I'm right....
Sometimes I'm wrong...

yap yap yap yap...... Yo querero Taco Bell...

TenSeven

11-10-2003, 11:37 AM

DMC Yo querero Taco Bell Careful DMC...now you gotta ask permission from the guys who thought it up or get your :bum: sued like Taco Bell.

el-bagr

11-10-2003, 11:59 AM

http://www.killington.com/Images/Home_Rotation1.jpg

el-bagr

11-10-2003, 12:01 PM

More K-Mart jive:

"Look for top to bottom skiing and riding from Killington Peak via the K1 Express Gondola and Glades Triple Chairlift. 8 trails for 3 distinct runs and 3+miles of terrain for upper intermediate and advanced levels."

That's 3+miles out of 87 miles total terrain, by their own calculation.

targheehucker

11-10-2003, 12:47 PM

Anyone noticed how photoshopped that nightlife image is? wait dam, it changed...heheh no matter how much K dreams there will never be this big massive central village at the base - Its linear baby!

targheehucker

11-10-2003, 12:55 PM

P-DAWG... I was thinking Friday as well so long as it is clear. Doesnt look good at this point. Should I brave the crowd and push it to Sat??? Hmmm. You got a radio?

Skilasnow

11-10-2003, 01:24 PM

TenSeven:
DMC Yo querero Taco Bell Careful DMC...now you gotta ask permission from the guys who thought it up or get your :bum: sued like Taco Bell. He could argue that he used a different verb tense than the chihuahua and so was saying something else entirely

pepperdawg

11-10-2003, 01:25 PM

Will be interesting to see how much terrain expansion takes place between now and friday, as well as if any natural :snowflakes: :snowflakes: ...

Yeah I have a couple of older 14 ch motorolas kickin around somewhere....

11-10-2003, 04:16 PM

I'm going to KMart tommorow: leaving my place around 8am - should roll into the lot around 10am.

I'll have my TalkAbout radio on channel 10-10

M@

CHUCK

11-10-2003, 04:18 PM

I'm heading up wed. to killington and to Okemo for opening day on Thursday. Thank God the mountains are finally opening its been a long summer!!

BladeGirl

11-10-2003, 04:32 PM

SkiLasLeñas:
[QUOTE]] :( class on Tuesdays :cry: I didn't know you had class, Skilas. ;)
By your forecast chart, Friday looks like snow. Any chance of going Friday?

-BG

BladeGirl

11-10-2003, 04:33 PM

Er, I mean, I didn't know you were taking classes....

-BG

11-10-2003, 04:49 PM

Skilas had lots-a class last night, wearing a very nice sports jacket, and showing up with a bottle of lovely wine. That's A+ class in my book.

M@

skidude

11-10-2003, 05:40 PM

SkiLasLeñas:
( class on Tuesdays :cry: [/QB]Class everyday :cry: :cry: :cry: Anyway Hunter opens on Sat so I might get up there :skismile:

11-10-2003, 07:29 PM

I'm bringing a growler of Long Trail to Kmart tommorow. Come on folks - who's in?? <growl!>

M@

forumsnow826

11-10-2003, 08:20 PM

i was going to go to killington tomorrow, but its suppose to rain some in the afternoon. im just waiting for a few more trails to open and then im there.

Jib_Boarder

11-11-2003, 03:42 PM

same here, and i agree. Saturday looks like the perfect time for me :sun: :snowflakes:

Skilasnow

11-11-2003, 04:43 PM

All this talk about my cl :bum: ... and all I get is s :bum: , and I ain't never caught a b :bum:

Kmart does not appear to be in my immediate future. But I might be going to ME for the weekend where I might try to poach some turns at a nelsap hill. That is all assuming I don't go to NYC event (http://www.chocolateshow.com)

Mumster

11-11-2003, 08:02 PM

Hey M@, or anyone else who went....how about some :camera: for those of us who have to live vicariously?

11-11-2003, 08:02 PM

http://www.weirdtable.org/~m/tuckerman/2003/FirstTurnsVt.jpg

Great day. Did about 20 runs. Only 3 real different trails open, but the snow was amazing, and the snow guns weren't running so it was very comfy skiing on bumps all day. And then around 1pm it started dumping which really filled in the nooks and cranies.

M@

skicdave

11-11-2003, 08:06 PM

Nice!!!! M@ I'm soooo jealous! Tnx for the pix!

What trail is that?

Mumster

11-11-2003, 08:07 PM

Thank you. I'm rejuvenated :)

I'm also jealous. :envy:

Dave:
Where did you get that classy avatar?

11-11-2003, 08:38 PM

Pretty sure that's rime in that picture. We got there around 9:30am and it wasn't too crowded. By lunch time it was getting pretty dangerous, but by 2pm most folks were gone and it was downright excellent.

One thing I noticed, everyone there was a pretty good slider. No one stopping in the middle or traversing and not too many people stopped at all. Also: Almost no-one was falling which suprised me becuase the bumps got huge by 11pm.

M@

kmrnskier

11-11-2003, 10:17 PM

NICE M@!!!!!! I'm happy for you for your first tracks :D

DMC

11-11-2003, 11:42 PM

Well color me stoked....

BladeGirl

11-12-2003, 09:25 AM

M@:
Almost no-one was falling which suprised me becuase the bumps got huge by 11pm.

M@ My, you *were* there late, weren't you?
;)
-BG

11-12-2003, 10:18 AM

My schedule for 2003-11-11
6:15am : Wake up call from Boston friend that he'd hit the road
7:15am : Boston friend picks me up (about 30 seconds to load the car - this is key, if ppl are driving you, BE READY)
9:15am : Pull into Kmart
9:30am : on the slopes
12:30pm : Lunch break - long trail + lasagna at the bar
1:00pm : Back on the snow
2:30pm : M@ calls it a day
6:30pm : KC's Rib Shack
7:00pm : Home

jshefftz

11-12-2003, 10:41 AM

Overall, yesterday (Tuesday) was surprisingly uncrowded, with surprisingly deep base depths and a surprising variety of terrain . . . as well as surprisingly big soft moguls! (I had thought skinning up for almost 4k of earned vert at the 'Loaf on Oct 24 was lots of work, but pounding those bumps from opening bell until 3:40 -- when the summit vis & overall weather conditions started to get a bit scary -- may have been even more work.)