Tony Crocker wrote:Patrick has posted an informative table of Killington open/close dates and days of operation since 1997. He shows asterisks for 3 seasons where the October opening was temporary. This season's opening was also temporary:
http://bestsnow.net/seas16.htm wrote:Mid-October cold allowed Killington and Sunday River to open first in North America on October 19. After a week of skiing the snow melted and snowmaking did not resume for nearly 3 weeks.
The days of operation appear to exclude closed days after temporary openings, and probably account for weekend-only operation in late season as well.
"He shows asterisks for 3 seasons where the October opening was temporary"
The reason why I did is the list of the Killington website (
http://www.killington.com/site/mountain ... g_snowfall) is making a distinction for those seasons; that wasn't the case previously like in the 1990s. Killington would open, for example October 1, but then would be close for x amount of days/weeks, before being able to open once again.
Tony Crocker wrote:I have not paid close enough attention. Were April/May temps in the East below average to slow down the snowmelt?
April has been colder, but which the except of a few cold days, May should be above average. The cooler spell overlapped the end of April and early May. Since May 20, temps have generally been +5c warmer than the 20c average and it going to get even warmer this weekend.