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[crazyskier91]

Why does killington shrink so much,

Rams Head Shortened, Anyone know who built the original double?

Sunrise Shortened

Skyship shortened

[ISMrider]

Awsome choice for a topic!!! :D

[SkiBachelor]

Probably because ASC is trying to save as much money as possible.

[mbernstein]

Rams head was shortened when they were building the HSQ. They wanted to turn it into a "family area" and they didn't want the steep blacks on top.

Sunrise was shortened because K-mart made a deal with the forest service (or some other government thing) that they would shorten the Northeast passage to create the Pico-K-mart connection

Skyeship was shortened when they installed the new gondola, I guess they didn't want two midstations.

This post has been edited by mbernstein: 15 May 2004 - 09:16 AM

[ISMrider]

Actually Skyship was shortened because they didn't want all the traffic at the top of killington.

[crazyskier91]

If Killington didn't want as much traffic up on the peak then why do two chairs and a gondola end up there? Also does anyone have a map of killington around the 95 ski season before all of the replacement?

[ISMrider]

no only K-1 gondola ends at the top. Glades and Canyon are lower.

[mbernstein]

try www.trailmaps.com

[crazyskier91]

Ok not exactly at the summit but its close.

[mbernstein]

In reality, the summit (top of K-1) has only one major trail that is connected to the rest of Killington. That trail can get very crowded when the gondola is running at full capacity.

[mbernstein]

ISMrider, on May 15 2004, 06:33 PM, said:

no only K-1 gondola ends at the top. Glades and Canyon are lower.

Oh yeah, don't forget about my favorite, the crazy South Ridge triple chair.

[crazyskier91]

Love that chair, hysterical to watch bad skiers on that lift, they drop poles, gloves, hats, and even a ski once! :D I laughed so hard.

[floridaskier]

Can you get on or off at the middle bullwheel on the South Ridge triple?

[crazyskier91]

No, I'm not sure how you would either, its like an 8 foot jump :help:

[ISMrider]

Hey Tyler just think how crowded it would be if two gondolas got off there.

[crazyskier91]

I supose you're right.

[Dr Frankenstein]

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Rams head was shortened when they were building the HSQ. They wanted to turn it into a "family area" and they didn't want the steep blacks on top.

Stupid decision.

[crazyskier91]

I know, the year I first went there was the year the New Killington had opened. Pico at least does not get smaller.

[ISMrider]

If they ever build the interconect the lift will end up at the top of Rams Head. But I dont think they will ever build it unless ASC sells Killington which I hope will happen soon.

[crazyskier91]

I heard a rumor that Vail Resorts was going to buy killington. I think that if they built a connection I think I would love it. Our friends have a ski-in ski-out houuse on pico and if the two were connected I would have killington in the backyard!