Killington Conditions

[snoloco]

Are those guns running on OL? You gotta love the commitment.

They were running guns on OL and Pipe Dream. Nice dry snow. On OL, they were doing what I call a "reset". In a reset, they will groom it, then immediately make dry snow on top to get the moguls back. They needed it because the first round of snowmaking was wet, and only resulted in a big mound adjacent to the guns. It was groomed on Wednesday night, and they started making snow last night it seems, so they left it alone for a day with just the natural on top of the groomed base. OL is only groomed when they do a reset and is never maintained as a groomer. It was always intended to be a mogul run, and a periodic reset is how it stays in the best conditions, while still being a mogul run.

 

[G.ski]

We saw no crowds anywhere near that size. Bear was ski on Thurs Fri.

 

[tirolski]

Are those guns running on OL? You gotta love the commitment.

The Summit Webcam at Gore showed guns going off Saturday too. It was cold.

 

[G.ski]

Another killer day at K yesterday 2/10. Skied with my son David and Ira (kingslug). Love skiing with Ira and the kingslug effect was in full force all day. Snowed hard at times. Everything was in great shape!

My son had a great time. So happy and grateful to see him out there tearing it up. Ira thanks for the great shot of David.

 

[snoloco]

Ovation, the resort's steepest trail, is now open and has great coverage.

 

[Hulk0005]

Hi there , not sure if this the right thread for my post but will ask anyway. From western NY and usually ski holiday valley. We just skied gore for the first time feb 7 and 8, and loved it as it was much bigger than HV. We are considering an early April trip to ski April 4 and 5 in Vermont. Looking at Killington. Will the conditions still be more winter vs more spring? Or too hard to tell? Will most of mountain be open? We ski groomed greens and blues. Thanks

 

[Harvey]

April seems pretty spring to me, but you never know.

Some awesome pics in this thread. Way to bring it @snoloco.

 

[snoloco]

Hi there , not sure if this the right thread for my post but will ask anyway. From western NY and usually ski holiday valley. We just skied gore for the first time feb 7 and 8, and loved it as it was much bigger than HV. We are considering an early April trip to ski April 4 and 5 in Vermont. Looking at Killington. Will the conditions still be more winter vs more spring? Or too hard to tell? Will most of mountain be open? We ski groomed greens and blues. Thanks

Barring a major weather let-down, they should have most things open on the 4th and 5th, which are a Monday and Tuesday. As for groomed greens and blues, they are scattered around the resort, but the highest concentration of them is on Ramshead. One thing I think you'll enjoy is taking the K1 Gondola to the summit, and then skiing down to Bear. It's around 2000 vertical, can be done on greens and easy blues, and is usually sunny. Skyeship Base is probably closed by then, which is unfortunate since I think you'd like the long run down to there.

 

[snoloco]

Getting snow and making snow. Nice recovery from a nasty thaw.

 

[snoloco]

Sunday was better than Saturday, since they had more time to make snow and groom. Still lots of snowmaking going on despite other resorts being finished for the year. It was more crowded than Saturday, but I had an easy time avoiding lines, never waiting more than 5 minutes.

Caper

Upper Skyeburst

Wildfire

Middle Chute