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Killington - The Latest

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iFlip
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I just got Killington's newsletter / e-mail "The Drift" They are officially opening Friday, and it looks like they'll have some nice features. Here is a copy/paste from their e-mail:

We kick off the 2007-08 ski and snowboard season Friday at 9 a.m. with up to 19 trails served by three lifts off Killington Peak and Snowdon Mountain. For the latest lift and trail offerings, check out the Snow Report!

For the past two weeks we have had hundreds of snowguns producing a massive amount of snow. In fact, we’ve been able to produce almost twice as much snow this year as we’ve produced for opening day the prior three years. And over the next 36 hours snowcats will be working the snow surface to provide you the best possible opening day conditions.

The K-1 Express Gondola, Northridge Triple and Snowdon Poma will operate on Friday, with the addition of the Snowdon Triple and Snowdon Quad on Saturday. The Reason Terrain Park at Killington Peak will also open on Friday with nine features, including a 28-foot down bar, 28-foot round bar and a hip/table jump. Featured trails include Downdraft Headwall, Rime, Reason, Upper East Fall, Chute and Bunny Buster.

Nov 14 2007 5:28PM
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currentwestman
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wow, 19  trails is perty good for opening and the park also  sounds sick
Nov 14 2007 5:31PM
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ryan.c
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the jump isnt much of a jump, or atleast it hasnt been in the past. dont count on it being like the mt snow jump cause theres no natural slope on the side for that...it does sound sick, and isnt there a railjam there this weekend? turkey jam or somthin? or is that next weekend?
Nov 14 2007 5:35PM
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396222687862
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killy sounds dope.
Nov 14 2007 5:36PM
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DannyMac
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sounds like it will be crowded on friday with 2 lifts open
Nov 14 2007 5:40PM
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404404
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sick, dont think il have tickets but il be hiking.
Nov 14 2007 5:47PM
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djty111
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wow that sucks employees can ride opening weekend I guess they have done that in past years...
Nov 14 2007 7:15PM
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Thomson.
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Any of these trails good beginner trails?  I wanna head up but my dad is just learning.
Nov 14 2007 7:25PM
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Thomson.
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Nice I'll have to convince him.
Nov 14 2007 7:47PM
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396222687862
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watch out though, great northern (the green) can get pretty bumpy opening day
Nov 14 2007 7:50PM
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davar6
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when killy says 19, they mean 7
Nov 14 2007 8:43PM
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VTtreeskier
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Sounds sick, goin home for thanksgivin, hopefully i can hike up cuz i dont think i can afford a ticket
Nov 14 2007 8:44PM
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TimmyP
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Yea hiking. Im not paying for a ticket.  But hopefully they wont check on the north ridge triple, 
Nov 14 2007 8:47PM
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djty111
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they never check there once you get up k1 you should be cool...
Nov 14 2007 8:51PM
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Benhamine
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I have to wait till 2pm to get my seasons pass tommorow. So gay.
Nov 15 2007 4:38PM
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JPOB
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woohoo! can't wait for saturday!
Nov 15 2007 4:39PM
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Pirruccio
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il be at mt snow with a empty park!
Nov 15 2007 4:42PM
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Snowcase
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Don't count on that. Everyone that I know going for park is going to mt snow.
Nov 15 2007 4:48PM
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Ifeinforsnow
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how much are tickets gonna be?
Nov 15 2007 4:56PM
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Galin
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you could've just checked the website.
Adult: $60.00
Young Adult/Senior: $48.00
Junior/Senior Plus: $42.00
Nov 15 2007 5:01PM
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currentwestman
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wut do u mean????
Nov 15 2007 5:12PM
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GatoGordo
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Killington makes basically everything upper, middle, and lower, so that means 3 trails are like one. Thats 6 trails. I hope that the rain didn't melt too much. It turned to snow at around 1:00, and hopefully there will be more snow tonight.
Nov 15 2007 5:17PM
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JPOB
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i went to mount snow last weekend, it was pretty crouded, i'm sure killy will be the same, but mount snow only had the park from one lift and a different part of the mountain had the other trails so that kept a bunch of silly gooses out
Nov 15 2007 6:39PM
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nivis
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does anybody know what the base is like up at the top?
they are saying more than a foot on the website, but its gotta vary

i wanna ride saturday, but if there isnt good snow ill set something up at my house
Nov 15 2007 6:44PM
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TimmyP
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NOAA said 1-3 inches

i will be hiking all weekend, big white coat
Nov 15 2007 7:42PM
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Galin
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im excited. my mom's letting me skip tomorrow so i can ski opening day.
Nov 15 2007 7:46PM
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TimmyP
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i am taking an exam at 11, and them im off to killy

Nov 15 2007 7:53PM
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ginty
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forcast for tonight is 2 to 4 inchs of snow
tomarrow says 1-3 inchs with snow showers all day till around 6
its gonna be sick i can't wait! 
Nov 15 2007 8:45PM
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TimmyP
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reason mini-park is really fun, peeps should check it out
Nov 16 2007 9:15PM
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VTtreeskier
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Pics of whats up neone? gonna try to hike up over the vaca
Nov 16 2007 9:19PM
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Ifeinforsnow
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hip to the right followed by 25 foot jump or a upish flat bar followed by flat up flat box then down rail single barrel or down box, into a propane tank jib
Nov 16 2007 9:28PM
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sowstochd
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haha my "mountain" will prolly not open for another full month, and 19 trails is prolly all we'll have..
yeahhh NY REPRUZENT
Nov 17 2007 1:02AM
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Rippy087
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awesome, I'll be there in 2 weeks for a 3 day trip, don't get to ski beforet that though.  hopefully the whole mountain will be open by then
Nov 17 2007 1:19AM
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currentwestman
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good luck with that....
Nov 17 2007 9:25AM
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396222687862
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sounds like the end of season park from last season, sick stuff
Nov 17 2007 9:59AM
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dmc12380
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its actually a dfd box. but the park is supposed to be different today from what it was yesterday. they just put it all together really quick so there building a better one even though the first one is perfect.
Nov 17 2007 12:23PM
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TimmyP
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aww man travis, that blows
 
Nov 17 2007 4:26PM
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JGP.
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today was fun, nice flat bar and the barrel on the spine at the end is super fun..
Nov 17 2007 4:51PM
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clipsdmiles
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down bar is pretty fun. probably 30 feet long and circle barrel. up rail thing is pretty fun to. trails where icy, but with the sun coming out tomorrow everything should be good.
Nov 17 2007 6:13PM
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KingTaco
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sounds sick but i am deff not paying
Nov 17 2007 6:22PM
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nivis
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park was sick early this morning
it got slick tho from the high volume of people going through it
propane tank and down rail is bank


it would be sick if they brought back a tree jib and got rid of that hip at the top
or that high flat box from the late season last spring
Nov 17 2007 6:23PM
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*T-Hobbs*
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it was fun but kinda skied off, flat bar is teh best feature 
Nov 17 2007 6:40PM
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ginty
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Nov 17 2007 7:18PM
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ginty
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^ found that on their site

Nov 17 2007 7:20PM
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Tmeels
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is it worth a 2 hour trip from burlington for a couple park rats
Nov 17 2007 7:33PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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bristol mountain is opening on thursday
Nov 17 2007 7:52PM
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