Killington Conditions

[snoloco]

It looks a bit better in-person. Guns on both North Ridge and Superstar.

 

[snoloco]

Here's some more from today. About as good as it gets for a non-ski day.

 

[Brownski]

Looks good. Thanks for the report, Sno.

 

[Harvey]

Hows the new lodge looking?

 

[snoloco]

It's coming along nicely. Right now, they're installing the windows and doing a lot of the interior work. They're also working on the patio on the uphill side. Still much work to do, but they still claim it will be ready by the World Cup.

 

[gorgonzola]

FYI $89 K-Ticket voucher sales end Thursday 10/20
Pico 3 pack are no longer, $59 P-tix though 12/15

 

[LIskibum91]

Killington webcam shows the North Ridge Quad moving. Looks like some snowmaking guns set up as well. I wonder if they will try to push it the next few nights?

 

[snoloco]

They test the lifts out this time of year. The guns have been there since September. I'm not optimistic about an opening anytime soon.

 

[LIskibum91]

They test the lifts out this time of year. The guns have been there since September. I'm not optimistic about an opening anytime soon.

Good call. Webcam this morning confirms they did not make snow, at least not at North Ridge.

 

[snoloco]

Rumor has it that this is the last year of the World Cup. It will be their 6th time hosting it, and I believe the FIS has 3 year contracts for venues. The first contract covered 2016, 2017, and 2018. The second contract was supposed to cover 2019, 2020, and 2021, but the 2020 season was on a modified schedule and only in Europe, so I think everything got pushed back a year, making 2022 the last year of the contract.

That makes it all the more important that this year's event go on as scheduled. If there's a weather pattern change around the 9th or 10th, with consistently cold weather afterwards, then they should be able to open the 11th or 12th and hold the World Cup as scheduled.