Killington Snow Guns a coming.....

[Joshua]

Thursday night is the night....there will be a strip of white on Upper Cascade with temps falling into the uppper 20's....Killington is all ready and set up to do it

 

[Greg]

Just like three weeks ago, right? :wink:

 

[riverc0il]

low of 28 forecasted for the valleys of northern VT on thursday night. if they are going to 'blow the mice' (*cough* publicity stunt *cough* ) before the innitial assault, this thursday night is definitely the night to do it.

 

[thetrailboss]

Hate to be pessimistic as well...but I doubt it. Some snow has fallen on higher elevations and dewpoints are still running very high.

 

[Joshua]

it will happen

conditions will be good thursday night

its on

 

[riverc0il]

yea, i'm with Joshua on this one. it's on indeed.

 

[thetrailboss]

Will believe it when I see it...

 

[Vortex]

Killington did update the web sight today to say the guns were locked and loaded and waiting for cold weather. We shall see.

 

[BeanoNYC]

.....As we sit with our fingers crossed Thursday night like a bunch of pathetic loosers.....

What a sight to see! I can't wait! Anyone start messing around with their gear yet? I put my boots on the other day.

 

[riverc0il]

Anyone start messing around with their gear yet?

you better believe it! i cooked my new liners last week, had an AMAZING PTEX and base repair job done by sport thoma and lincoln (props! the bases haven't looked this good since i bought them! :beer: ) and had a binding installation done sunday. all and all, i'm ready. still gotta adjust my touring bindings to the new boots. gimme some snow! you are right, pathetic indeed

 

[thetrailboss]

Let's hope that dewpoints drop. That killed us last season...it was cold, but too damp for snowmaking.

 

[riverc0il]

we aren't talking about serious snowmaking here, this is just 'blowing out the mice'!!
:lol:

 

[salida]

To bad we are all so hyped up about them "blowing out the mice"... in the old days they would have sent a pickup up to "the glades triple" where the lift would be running and people would be skiing... to bad indeed

 

[riverc0il]

salida, i gotta disagree on this one. i don't think the cold will be prolonged enough to cover the entire glades area with an ample base for sliding. also, while i would love the idea of uploading, i think critism of K is better directed at K opening top to bottom latter than they could and closing earlier than they could. the current non-aggressive opening and closing dates are the really sad sign. though they currently just don't have enough cold weather forecasted to even attempt the feat.

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

'blow the mice'

The mice can't wait

 

[Marc]

Mice need lovin' too...

 

[salida]

just for temperatures sake, it shows a continued below freezing level from about noon on Thursday all the way through to saturday morning at elevation at killington, attached is a link to a weather model showing roughly 5,000 ft in the atmopshere and the temp that it will be at http://weather.unisys.com/aviation/60h/avn_850_60h_inv.html

-porter

 

[Greg]

I think no. I think Killington will wait until the next storm passes Sunday, Monday or Tues and then fire up the guns for real. I think the blowing out of the mice might just be passed bythis year with the focus on opening. time will tell. I don't care about marketing snow. I'm going anyway I don't need to be convinced.

I agree. In fact, I've got it on good authority that the mice have already been blown out, just not as snow. The snowmaking system which includes 279 Low E guns in position near the top areas of Killington Peak is primed and ready to fire. They are looking for a window of sustained cold for actual base-building which may begin over the weekend or early next week. I don't expect we'll see the photo-op type patch this year.

 

[thetrailboss]

I think no. I think Killington will wait until the next storm passes Sunday, Monday or Tues and then fire up the guns for real. I think the blowing out of the mice might just be passed bythis year with the focus on opening. time will tell. I don't care about marketing snow. I'm going anyway I don't need to be convinced.

I agree. In fact, I've got it on good authority that the mice have already been blown out, just not as snow. The snowmaking system which includes 279 Low E guns in position near the top areas of Killington Peak is primed and ready to fire. They are looking for a window of sustained cold for actual base-building which may begin over the weekend or early next week. I don't expect we'll see the photo-op type patch this year.

This is my POV as well considering their precarious financial situation. This marketing stunt probably has been axed.

 

[Joshua]

my sources say differently....and i think the temps may stay cold enough at the top to start laying a base