Christina_23
Certified Ski Diva
Sadly I had to reschedule my February trip and was hoping for some typical spring conditions at Killington this weekend (March 29-30). This was the earliest we could reschedule for, and since we bought k-passes we had to use them this season. Having young kids and a spouse who often works weekends makes skiing challenging!
The initial forecast was rain in Sat and clear on Sun, but as it got closer the forecast got colder and the rain looked like it might turn to snow. I’ve had a good time skiing in the rain before so I wasn’t too worried, and I was holding out hope that it wouldn’t be too bad.
Saturday we woke up to ice and a notice that the lifts were delayed about a hour for re-grooming and we should watch their updates.
We got to the mountain, keeping spirits up and looking at the high points, like a great parking spot and the potential for short lines.
As we were hanging out the snowshed double and the bear mountain triple opened while the estimated time for other lifts got pushed back. Long story short, the gondola and lifts that service the upper part of the mountain never opened and since we don’t ski double blacks, especially in when they are ice and visibility is horrible due to fog, we were limited to the runs off of the Snowden six and the northbrook quad. Conditions weren’t great but at least we got to ski.
We went to bed that night hoping Sunday would be better, but we woke to more ice and power outages at Killington. We kept watching opening times getting pushed back, and when the estimate was 11 we decided to cut our losses and head home.
We made the right decision, as Killington never ended up opening.
Skiing is always better than not skiing, but the mountain has to open!
I can’t make it back this year, is anyone interested in purchasing two K-tickets? I paid $140 each but I’m willing to take less. (I’ll post them on the swap & sale sub as well).
The initial forecast was rain in Sat and clear on Sun, but as it got closer the forecast got colder and the rain looked like it might turn to snow. I’ve had a good time skiing in the rain before so I wasn’t too worried, and I was holding out hope that it wouldn’t be too bad.
Saturday we woke up to ice and a notice that the lifts were delayed about a hour for re-grooming and we should watch their updates.
We got to the mountain, keeping spirits up and looking at the high points, like a great parking spot and the potential for short lines.
As we were hanging out the snowshed double and the bear mountain triple opened while the estimated time for other lifts got pushed back. Long story short, the gondola and lifts that service the upper part of the mountain never opened and since we don’t ski double blacks, especially in when they are ice and visibility is horrible due to fog, we were limited to the runs off of the Snowden six and the northbrook quad. Conditions weren’t great but at least we got to ski.
We went to bed that night hoping Sunday would be better, but we woke to more ice and power outages at Killington. We kept watching opening times getting pushed back, and when the estimate was 11 we decided to cut our losses and head home.
We made the right decision, as Killington never ended up opening.
Skiing is always better than not skiing, but the mountain has to open!
I can’t make it back this year, is anyone interested in purchasing two K-tickets? I paid $140 each but I’m willing to take less. (I’ll post them on the swap & sale sub as well).
