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Killington Park on Bear Trap

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ArmadaFreerider8
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Did they open the jumps and how are they? Is it worth the 45 min drive when I get out of my last final at 10:30 tommorow?
Jan 11 2007 4:18PM
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Gfa
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two down rails and what looks to be a huge jump and some other stuff
Jan 11 2007 5:18PM
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oiECSoi
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on website they say they have 9 hits open so prob some jumps up cause thats usually thier main park its sooo sick!
Jan 11 2007 7:03PM
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N.L.
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killington wont get it together until they get someone to build a park for them. rosey hasnt gotten it right since ive skied there. circa 99, the beach had potential to be the greatest park of all time.
Jan 11 2007 7:15PM
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396222687862
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the beach was sooooo nice. i liked it alot better than the stuff now
Jan 11 2007 7:17PM
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Gfa
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this is true but they do have pretty nice rails they dont set them up great but they forsure got mountsnow beat on rails
Jan 11 2007 7:34PM
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Galin
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ya the beach was so sick. i wish i actually skied park back then rather than being a 8yr old straight airing the jumps. As i recall it it has siiick flow. It'd be perfect if it had a steeper grade and if it wasn't a learning area...
As for the new park at killington keep in mind that this isnt the wild fire park, the big one open last year with all the larger jumps. The park they have open now is the little one they had up top with a couple rails and like one small jump last year. I havent been up this week cause i have school but my brother said its pretty sick. New fdf box although i think they made it waaay too mellow judging by pictures. As for what my brother's told me they have 2 down rails, couple boxes, big barrel jib, 2 hips open and one jump. More will be up for this weekend im sure. It should be fun.
Jan 11 2007 7:34PM
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leone
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yes the beach was sick back in the day, but who here honestly misses the times when you'd have to bomb down half of snowshed to get enough speed to clear the biggest jump and right before you go up the lip some chinese dude in jeans is stuck on top of the jump and you have to bail. yeah other than that i absolutely loved the beach
Jan 11 2007 7:52PM
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Abes2009
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Ya i miss the beach. Even though i didnt really do park then, it was a sweet park.

All I've heard is that there are 9 hits. I'm gonna check it out on sat.
Jan 11 2007 9:28PM
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ski.trees
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when i was up at killy the week before xmas they had absolutly no snow on bear. i'm so glad that side is open now cuz i'll be up there next weekend.
Jan 11 2007 9:38PM
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TimmyP
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YAY, bear is starting up, anybody know what these jumps are like
Jan 11 2007 10:46PM
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Barmski
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are u kidding me? the beach was bloodshed. the flow was terrible the jumps didnt go in order at all they were all mixed distances. you would like overshoot one and then come up short on the next. it was stupid. but anyway i would also like to kno the size of the hits on bear trap....
Jan 14 2007 6:39PM
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outerlimitz
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The beach was sick because it was so wide open and you could see the hole line. However, it was annoying that you had to go all the way over there to hit the jumps. At least now the park is on the part of the mountain that you would actually ski. I can ride the park when I'm with non-park skiers.
Jan 14 2007 7:28PM
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gfanuckaa
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their like hips- i was hittin the last hip straight on n u could get decent air to throw some shit but they like arent really even built as jumps like had the orange sticks pushin u to hit it like a hip- the jump on reason is cut like a cheese wedge n gives u a lil ups but still to small to really get it goin on
Jan 14 2007 8:00PM
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Galin
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their step down is like 20 feet or so. The hips are pretty small but pretty fun cause they're one right after the other, one facing left then it goes right into the next one facing right. They got the down rail from rails to riches set up. And the t style down box from last years rails to riches set up along side the down rail. Above that is either a flat bar or a fdf box, hardly any down at all.
Jan 14 2007 9:23PM
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Galin
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heres 3 pictures off of killington's website.
whole park
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down rail and box
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propane tank jib
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hope those work...


Jan 14 2007 9:25PM
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DannyMac
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first jump is about 15, then the two hips are a little bigger if you hit them straight on like the kid above me said

tank stall is mad fun, never hit one before
Jan 14 2007 9:26PM
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DannyMac
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you beat me to it playa
Jan 14 2007 9:28PM
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chapz
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theyre expecting like 15 inches arent they tomorrow and tuesday?
Jan 14 2007 9:29PM
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N.L.
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damn, that looks sick.

Jan 14 2007 9:56PM
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ArmadaFreerider8
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nope not at all, the most would be 8, but killingotn is right on the line of getting snow or rain, so it could go either way. However we all know which way it always goes
Jan 14 2007 9:58PM
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dozerr
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propain tanks are so in right now, killy, mount snow, wv probably somewhere else too. jeeezzz. 
Jan 14 2007 10:36PM
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Galin
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ya the one at killy would be sick if they had it up higher. It's stupid right now cause the ramp isnt vertical enough. If you want to spin onto it you're gunna just tap it then gap over and land far down the landing, kinda hurts.
Jan 15 2007 7:29AM
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Ahmets_Brother
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anything looks good to me right now
Jan 15 2007 10:18AM
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skidemon22
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yea, but most ppl dont want the non park skiers in the park
Jan 15 2007 2:37PM
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outerlimitz
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Agred about not wanting non-skiers in there..but we still have the problem just as bad on bear trap. Killington needs park passes bad!
Jan 15 2007 2:39PM
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skidemon22
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my god that is a nice set up, i wish we had half that right now
Jan 15 2007 2:47PM
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JGP.
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killington does not know how to build lips onto rails. istead of a lip its like an up-flat snow thing that makes it impossible to spin on or even get on in some cases. flatdownflat was set up so shittily even with a big ollie it was hard to get on.
Jan 15 2007 3:06PM
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cracko
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so true. by the end of the day youd think it was a mogul field in there.
Jan 15 2007 3:24PM
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Gfa
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they make small jump ons which isnt bad at all and you can spin onto them you just need to have some balls to do it. I used to hate their jump ons but after getting used to them i like them alot more than lets say mount snow.
Jan 15 2007 3:39PM
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Galin
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ya they're still very do-able its just way harder and scarier to do stuff on em, especially spinning on. I like the small jumps because instead of launching like halfway down the rail to try and get on you just ollie on and get to slide the entire thing.
Jan 15 2007 3:51PM
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*T-Hobbs*
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yeah for that box you do need to ollie hard, but its good practice. Just hit it from the side, thats what ive been doing
Jan 15 2007 3:53PM
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JGP.
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yeah i guess, its just annoying sometimes
Jan 15 2007 3:56PM
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DietCoke
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i really didnt have any trouble getting onto the fdf or the rail last week when i was there. you had to ollie a bit but i never saw anybody clipping the front of the box.
Jan 15 2007 4:12PM
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DietCoke
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and yeah when i was there they had the 20 ft kicker open the last day (the 12th) , 2 hips which were very smooth and nice to throw 3s over. the barrel bonks at the top were a good time too. the big t box and the big down rail both looked a little sketchy but i saw someone hit them without wrecking their shit too bad so im assuming theyre okay. the other park on Reason (top of the north ridge lift) had a hip, like 20ft kicker, a down rail and a flat down box in it too and they all looked pretty sick even though it was mad icy from the wind and such so i didnt hit much in there.
Jan 15 2007 4:16PM
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JGP.
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yea it was soo icy over at that park, jump looked fun though...there are so many racers at teh park on bear its redicolous. honestly its getting out of control
Jan 15 2007 4:32PM
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Galin
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i know it sucks sooo much. We all need to suggest that they should have park passes. Just something cheap like $10 for all year, just to keep at the people who come up on vacation and cant ski from coming. I know it'd be an extra $10 that people vacationing and hitting the park who can actually hit the park but you'd be willing to pay that right?
and about the down box... you're kinda supposed to hit it from the side. The down box is so much fun though, i love it. Minus the fact that the landing is flat, that sucks. Combine that with shinbang and the box begins to suck.
Jan 15 2007 4:37PM
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JGP.
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word...id even pay 20 if it would keep the truckloads of racers and gapers from pouring into the park. like the flow does not stop, its just little racers all day gooing through and scraping the landing off the jumps and screwing up the lips. so annoying
Jan 15 2007 4:39PM
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Galin
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i must admit though, i love watching little kids land flat on jumps. nearly makes my day. cause then they bounce and land on their face.
Jan 15 2007 4:56PM
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chapz
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yeah, well it said snow on saturday so it probablty chnged when you saw it.
Jan 15 2007 4:59PM
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outerlimitz
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Does anybody know when the bigger hits in the lower park will be open? I'm trying to decide between this weekend and next to go up from Boston and I'd like be there when there are more features open.
Jan 15 2007 5:15PM
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ArmadaFreerider8
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I doubt for a while. There is not a drop of snow on the lower park (wildfire) Hopefully they'll start blowing snow soon, it is supposed to be cold
Jan 15 2007 6:34PM
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outerlimitz
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Has anybody ever called Killington and suggest they implement a Park pass system?
Jan 15 2007 6:46PM
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Crock360
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Didn't see if this has already been posted or not, but Killington is NOT, and i repeat, NOT buliding a park on wildfire this year. I know this isn't taken from the killington site, but the following quote is from Tom Horrocks the Communications Manager a k-town:

"First off, we’re not building a terrain park on Wildfire this year; instead we’re going to focus our resources on other key areas such as OL, Superstar and getting the tubing hill operational at Snowshed. From there, we’re going to Sunrise and Skyeship. If conditions permit and once we accomplish the, we’ll get Devil’s Fiddle and Ovation covered as well. As for terrain parks, we may build two big kickers next to the Superpipe on Grizzly, plus the parks on Dream Maker, Bear Trap and Bear Claw. "
Jan 15 2007 6:47PM
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outerlimitz
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Interesting...I think bear claw might be better than bear trap for big booters. They better get some up...
Jan 15 2007 6:52PM
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leone
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any news on timberline at ramshead, please tell me they're planning to do something there again
Jan 15 2007 7:02PM
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*T-Hobbs*
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naw, timblerline (r.i.p.) isnt happening this year. total bummer, that park was the only park w/ any flow....
Jan 15 2007 7:32PM
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4frntSkier
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looks fun
this winter sucks i wish all the mountains had full parks up
Jan 15 2007 7:35PM
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DannyMac
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yeah that sucks, pretty much the only park you could hit from top to bottom without stopping
Jan 15 2007 11:07PM
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TimmyP
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that does not sound so hot for killy right now,
Jan 15 2007 11:58PM
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Abes2009
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that's a good idea. All the little kids who are still learning how to turn are tearing apart the ramps and landings. And the racers are ruining the park too. And it wuld overall just cut down the crowds. You should e-mail killington about that.
Jan 16 2007 1:37PM
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