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Early Killington Opening?

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BlakeLively
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Ktown says that they are opening up the peak for some laps on the triple in mid-late Oct. Take the K1 gondy up, hit the triple, take the Gondy back to base. anybody heard anything more about it?
Sep 16 2010 6:41PM
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Mr.DarthVader
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Haha I have
Sep 16 2010 6:43PM
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JeremyClarkson
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every year i hear this. probably not.
Sep 16 2010 7:03PM
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BMskier
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dont they do this every year, but not by lat october?
Sep 16 2010 7:04PM
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BlakeLively
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they do? during what month?

Sep 16 2010 7:13PM
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miemiec
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^that's sick.  btw for all you college students I'm selling Killington College passes for $309, pm me if interested.
Sep 17 2010 10:09PM
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WWKillington
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Yep, Travis is right. Its actually going to be really sick. I'm stoked!

Check it: http://www.killington.com/winter/beast/blog/authors/tom/early-season-insurance
Sep 18 2010 10:17AM
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pussymoneyweed
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will open first at some ridiculously early date, last year it was october 14 or around that. it was top to bottom the first weekend too
Sep 18 2010 10:19AM
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WWKillington
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Building the walkway:

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Sep 18 2010 10:28AM
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BlakeLively
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any word on what type of/how many features the park will have? and is it still full price for the early season days?
Sep 18 2010 6:40PM
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BlakeLively
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I LOVE YOUR POSITIVE ADDITUDE. its skiing dude. we hope for the best. im stoked for october skiing. you should be too. now shut the hell up.

Sep 18 2010 6:48PM
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J-Evs
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i CANT WAIT! hopefully october is superrrrrr cold

what about the walkway during mid season though. it wont block trails right?
Sep 18 2010 7:37PM
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SkierX
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-Catwalk will still be in play for mid-season.
-Heavenly Traverse will cease to exist as a ski trail.

I'd say it's a fair trade from a personal standpoint.

Now we just need to hope for a cold October!
Sep 18 2010 8:08PM
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EmperorKuzco
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well theres usually no jumps 3 or 4 rails and 3 or 4 boxes but its definately worth it to lap and shred
Sep 18 2010 9:02PM
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intifada
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God damnit i love heavenly traverse.

Sep 18 2010 9:06PM
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dmc12380
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that walkway is fucked, that thing will be so long. i honestly dont think anyone will use that in the winter
Sep 18 2010 10:48PM
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dmc12380
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woops didnt realize it was for snowmaking on north ridge triple, thats sick. but for mid season i hardly think anyone will use it
Sep 18 2010 10:50PM
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steep
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my cousin lives in western mass and said night temps have been around 38-45. YAY
Sep 18 2010 10:55PM
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SkierX
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The plan is to not really use it outside of early season.

Distance-wise it's not that far either. It's the same vertical rise and distance as walking from the 5th parking lot at K-1 to the gondola.

It's a contingency plan for the times when snowmaking conditions are not favorable in the fall from the bottom of the North Ridge Triple to the K-1 Base. As we saw last year, that lower section of the mountain is very vulnerable to snow-loss due to it's aspect and lower elevation. This means that snow is harder to make and melts out much faster.

The stairset will help to mitigate the variable that is the lower mountain conditions and help to facilitate an earlier opening. The tradeoff? The loss of Heavenly Traverse, and a short walk at the end of the day for earlier skiing and riding.

I'll take it!
Sep 18 2010 11:19PM
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Elmo.
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sunday river =). nuff said.
Sep 18 2010 11:26PM
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thejackal1177
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Sunday River baby
Sep 19 2010 12:14AM
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.Max.
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I'm going if they do it, turf and pvc isn't going to cut it for much longer...
Sep 19 2010 8:40AM
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dmc12380
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heavenly traverse!, that takes you right to coops, now all the new yorkers are going to get lost in the woods trying to find that cabin
Sep 19 2010 2:56PM
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dmc12380
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plus its a really nice short cut to take you to the preseason park
Sep 19 2010 2:56PM
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Benhamine
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Heavenly Traverse will live on. Killington and there stupid ass plans.WHY? So you can be open first and have sub par skiing for all the beaters to come up and wreck themselves. Just leave killington how it is.
Sep 19 2010 8:09PM
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J-Evs
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i would sacrafice it for skiing in october
Sep 19 2010 8:20PM
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Benhamine
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So your telling me you would rather hike up to Catwalk or take the Glades triple to get to Coopers Cabin? I wouldnt think so.
Sep 19 2010 8:26PM
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inactive
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damn i havent seen you post in a while
Sep 19 2010 10:18PM
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Benhamine
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Its getting to be that time of the year again.
Sep 20 2010 7:47AM
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*Dos*Planker*
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this would be dope if it opens in October.
Sep 20 2010 8:39AM
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