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vermontsteez
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so i heard on the news that the new owners of killy are upgrading everything. i geuss like 3 million dollars worth. sounds real nice.

but i bet there prices are gonna go sky high.
Jun 18 2007 7:33PM
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invaderskier36
Posts: 6192 - Karma: 41
price is already high
Jun 18 2007 7:47PM
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Dakoulas
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Prices probablt aren't gonna change. The company that bought Killington has plenty of money already so they can afford to make investments to improve the mountain.
Jun 18 2007 7:51PM
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Microcosm
Posts: 4765 - Karma: 153
interesting, link?
Jun 18 2007 7:54PM
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outerlimitz
Posts: 639 - Karma: 14
Prices went up today...the cheapest season pass is 600 and has 18 blackout days.
Jun 18 2007 8:09PM
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SeanK
Posts: 702 - Karma: 130
ya i dout there prices are going to go up
Jun 18 2007 8:09PM
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Pirruccio
Posts: 1301 - Karma: 70
alright smarty pants
check the website
999 for a pass?
insane
Jun 18 2007 8:14PM
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Ahmets_Brother
Posts: 20283 - Karma: 5,931
fuck killington and fuck mount snow
Jun 18 2007 8:17PM
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Galin
Posts: 2342 - Karma: 3,940
as people have pointed out, prices are being jacked up. Their theory is fewer people who pay more money. One thing that's really gunna benefit the mountain though is their philosophy being that all money made by killington, stays in killington. They're giving them 3 million to do as they will. Most of that will be spent on the lodges seeing as most of them are in horrible shape and need to be redone. They're not gunna be cutting new trails or making new lifts or upgrading new lifts yet, but that will happen in the future. I just hope i can still get a pass for my mom working there...
Jun 18 2007 8:19PM
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TimothyLord
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999 thats ridiculous.
Jun 18 2007 8:23PM
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skodeo7
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Killingtons got no soul.
Jun 18 2007 8:26PM
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chapz
Posts: 10182 - Karma: 66
fucking bullshit...

i wonder if theyre gonna make a killington village though> cause that would be kind of cool but still
Jun 18 2007 8:26PM
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Galin
Posts: 2342 - Karma: 3,940
They are. SLC land company is in charge of that. Powdr is incharge of running the mountain.
Jun 18 2007 8:41PM
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Therealbillus
Posts: 198 - Karma: 10
Fuck the bullshit its time to throw down...somewhere else.
Jun 18 2007 8:44PM
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wiglaf
Posts: 4877 - Karma: 141
i just hope the okemo/stratton pass doesnt get jacked up b/c everyone around them is going to be like double or triple the price then them
Jun 18 2007 8:49PM
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404404
Posts: 11358 - Karma: 21,034
passes are fucked. But POWDER is a good compney
Jun 18 2007 9:07PM
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Microcosm
Posts: 4765 - Karma: 153
the prices suck, I'm not even sure it's worth it to buy this year with all of the christmas/new years blacked out and president weekend blacked too.
Jun 18 2007 9:17PM
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TheButterHashira
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black out? i say fuck that if i pay for a season pass that means WHOLE season not part what faggots
Jun 18 2007 9:32PM
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TimmyP
Posts: 2086 - Karma: 128
the college passes are the same price as last year,
Jun 18 2007 11:07PM
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KJones
Posts: 410 - Karma: 10
Yea what the fuck is this black out shit. If you pay the money for the seasons pass then you should be able to ski whenever the fuck you want, screw that i can't believe anyone buys that shit. Sorry i am in a bad mood and i think that is the dumbest thing i have ever heard
Jun 18 2007 11:50PM
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dgcarbs
Posts: 438 - Karma: 11
killington isn't even doing any real improvements, there going to wait for more customers before they will do any capital improvements according to the new owners
Jun 18 2007 11:54PM
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KJones
Posts: 410 - Karma: 10
well there definatly not gonna get more customers by raising the prices and not doing any real improvements
Jun 19 2007 12:29AM
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SkierJulie
Posts: 2495 - Karma: 101
$600 with 18 blackout days. Yikes. I remember when an All East pass was $365 with only a few blackout days. And, that was only four years ago.
Jun 19 2007 12:41AM
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396222687862
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and last year.... i paid 375 last year with like 12 blackouts... and the year before 360 with i think 8 blackouts. its getting worse, real quick
Jun 19 2007 6:48AM
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chickenwang
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its already as worse as it can get...no all east pass=bullshitttt
Jun 19 2007 6:57AM
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Pesca
Posts: 214 - Karma: 10
adios killington...suck my balls.
Jun 19 2007 9:54AM
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Capurnicus
Posts: 9947 - Karma: 1,886
yeah fuck both these places!! i'll only ride them early season if nothing else is open.
Jun 19 2007 11:15AM
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dmc12380
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thers no more all east passes because POWDR doensnt own any other east coast mtns beside pico and killington
Jun 19 2007 12:10PM
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nivis
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i hope college kids get a hefty cut off of that 999.
Jun 20 2007 3:55AM
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ArmadaFreerider8
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yeah i won't be riding there next season
Jun 20 2007 9:11AM
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fischerrider
Posts: 194 - Karma: 56
killington has like 500 trails, its hard to get around there
Jun 20 2007 9:52AM
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windhamskibum
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you guys are bitching at a seasons pass for a grand. windhams been over that mark for a few seasons and clearly not as big as killy. get used to it, this is were the industry is going, prices are going to be insane. solutions are to get invovled in the mtn and get a free pass
Jun 20 2007 10:20AM
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chickenwang
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weve got athinker on our hands
Jun 20 2007 11:50AM
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404404
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GMC fucking blows so does killy
Jun 20 2007 1:40PM
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ColbyV
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i don't care what they do as long as they make the park way better
Jun 20 2007 1:55PM
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Digital_Dave
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FYI: 3m doesn't get you much with regards to a ski area.
Jun 20 2007 3:33PM
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nivis
Posts: 53 - Karma: 11
i hope that village project gets on its way soon. there will be cougars by the masses looking for good apres ski activites
Jun 20 2007 4:47PM
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396222687862
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just follow the one that has trail signs with orange ovals. its not hard. or get a map.
Jun 20 2007 4:51PM
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404404
Posts: 11358 - Karma: 21,034
POWDER like all other of there reosrts is going to keep killy as a alone standing reosrt. All the profit is going to go back into killy, ith ASC it was going alot of diffrent places. SP land witch PODWER is a subsitary of also has a bunch of capital so they will be makeing a bunch of new homes and the village. This is the best thing that has happened to killy in a long time, and in 5 years killy is going to be a good place. FUCK GMC
Jun 20 2007 9:38PM
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fischerrider
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yeah , i ski at a place with like 13 trails so its a little different
Jun 20 2007 9:40PM
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Microcosm
Posts: 4765 - Karma: 153
sweet, keep us updated on any news of what's happening there? i'd love to hear about anything that's going on.
Jun 20 2007 11:20PM
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Digital_Dave
Posts: 1557 - Karma: 21
Holy shit, someone who knows what they are talking about with regards to resort ownership and cash flow.
Jun 21 2007 1:51AM
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KSdesign
Posts: 687 - Karma: 175
i dont think were gonna see many changes at killy... except prices, there might be improvements but i doubt they will be hardly noticeable
Jun 21 2007 1:57AM
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tha_CF
Posts: 1696 - Karma: 328
best part of powder buying killington, is probably the discounted passes at bachelor and pc for season pass holders. ha. powder corp is ok, they jack up prices, and attempt to make upgrades, but none that are ever worth it. what they are good about doing however, is still maintaining a somewhat local like vibe of ownership, and many of the decisions are oriented by the town. but overall there just ok. when bachelor was owned by the healys, and not some major corporation, things were much better. but maybe in killy things will work out for the best..
Jun 21 2007 4:59AM
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FartBoy05
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999 for an east coast resort is crazy
Jun 21 2007 11:11AM
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404404
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I have only been to PC so i havent seen many other resorts that POWDER has, but SP land and POWDER seam like they want to make Killy alot better. The new Pres of killy is chill to i hear, and they are coming into killy with a strong evnromental stance.

GMC blows becuse its 30k a year, and if your a hippy it will be fun. The resort mangement program is ok, but it still sucks fucking nuts. The lodge for the kids blows, no girls, and you are killys slave for a few years. However if you like to get high and drunk then its not a bad place. I feel like i wasted 3years of my life, so take it into consideration before you go.
Jun 21 2007 12:59PM
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fischerrider
Posts: 194 - Karma: 56
i agree
Jun 21 2007 5:20PM
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404404
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Ha nice. You will see... I came into that program excited to ski a bunch and work at a kick ass resort. Find me a BUNCH of girls and have a great time. When I went in I didnt smoke, drink, never got in trubble and was a good kid. Then it turned out there are no girls, working from before the sun came up and getting out a few hours after it went down sucked ass. You only got to ski a few days a week, and there is shit to do when its dark at 5pm 0 degrees but sleep to do it agian. Chances are you will become a big pot head, and boarder line drunk when you get out.

And I dont understand how drinking and smoking would make me not like it. It was the shityness of the college that helped drive me to those things, and in the end made it bareble to be there. Also think about it I just graduated I know alot more about the program then you do. You must not have done "extensive reseach" becuse most of the kids I know in the program feel the same way. However im sure there is worse, but also alot better.
Jun 21 2007 10:33PM
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steezyjibber
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sux for some peeps i guess
Jun 21 2007 10:36PM
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wiglaf
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i would never want to live with the lodge kids, fuck no.
Jun 21 2007 10:57PM
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buttwhole
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thats the bunk
Jun 21 2007 11:12PM
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