Killington 2018

[Guy in Shorts]

Good Top to Bottom coverage as of Friday Oct 26. Four weeks and counting. Course should be ready.

 

[Black Dog]

Just curious what the rain/sleet/snow today did to the conditions?

 

[karlo]

It prepped the course nicy.

 

[Average Joe]

Here in the East we naturally inject our base periodically. Our pistes would easily pass FIS snow control at any time

 

[K2 Rat]

View attachment 57391 With the early snowmaking and the cold air coming in later this week, Killington should be in good shape for the race. Even some natural snow foretasted !

 

[Wilhelmson]

We might go on Nov 24th and 25th to ski and for the races. If we don't want to use up 2 ikon days, should we plan on hanging out for the races and skiing on Sunday? Need to decide if we should get bindings mounted at home or on Saturday at Killington.

I hate to only ski one day but we want to save Killington for the spring.

 

[4ster]

Killington World Cups Confirmed with Positive Snow Control
https://www.skiracing.com/stories/killington-world-cups-confirmed-with-positive-snow-control

 

[Swede]

We might go on Nov 24th and 25th to ski and for the races. If we don't want to use up 2 ikon days, should we plan on hanging out for the races and skiing on Sunday? Need to decide if we should get bindings mounted at home or on Saturday at Killington.

I hate to only ski one day but we want to save Killington for the spring.

Can’t say anything avout the local logistics (being far away), but if you haven’t seen WC level racing irl before, yes. You should go and get blown away by their strength and skill. Killington looks like a nice stop (on tv) with good crowd.

 

[Wilhelmson]

Can’t say anything avout the local logistics (being far away), but if you haven’t seen WC level racing irl before, yes. You should go and get blown away by their strength and skill. Killington looks like a nice stop (on tv) with good crowd.

We're still considering it. The original plan was predicated on Killington's early season snowmaking reputation. Now mother nature has graced us with cold weather and snow across the region so we have more options open which don't involve crowds of 30,000 people. Big events are fun but right now I just want to SKI !! Now we can go to Loon and cut the drive down by 60 minutes or go to Sugarbush which is a slightly longer drive than Killington.

Or, we could go to Loon this weekend and Killington next weekend!

 

[Swede]

When I say ”good crowd” I meant they could be heard all the way to Y’rup when Shiffrin cut the line.

 

[surfsnowgirl]

We might go on Nov 24th and 25th to ski and for the races. If we don't want to use up 2 ikon days, should we plan on hanging out for the races and skiing on Sunday? Need to decide if we should get bindings mounted at home or on Saturday at Killington.

I hate to only ski one day but we want to save Killington for the spring.

Have you thought about getting the spring pass for killington? At under $200 it's a killer deal but not sure if you'll use it that much to make the $$ worthwhile. This way you can use your IKON days whenever. Just thinking out loud

 

[Wilhelmson]

Have you thought about getting the spring pass for killington? At under $200 it's a killer deal but not sure if you'll use it that much to make the $$ worthwhile. This way you can use your IKON days whenever. Just thinking out loud

We'll see where we are in the spring, probably more likely to buy individual days if needed. That $200 x 2 adults and 2 kids plus gas food and lodging can add up quickly.

 

[surfsnowgirl]

We'll see where we are in the spring, probably more likely to buy individual days if needed. That $200 x 2 adults and 2 kids plus gas food and lodging can add up quickly.

Understood. We don't have kids and each buy our own passes so I forget the x4 adds up very quickly part.