indeed. the other effect of the cheap season pass is that the pass is so cheap, it is all the advertising they need. they no longer need to be first to open, last to close in order to get people there because of marketing. money talks more than an open lift apparently! in many ways, i will be happy to see kmart not make it past april, perhaps some people will start waking up? that may involve not paying for services if you don't agree with how the business operates. as long as people are buying passes for a smaller season, why should kmart stay open past april? i bet 99% of pass holders don't even ski kmart in april, let alone may.Geoff":klygw7hb said:I wouldn't bet big piles of money on Killington staying open beyond April 30. The steeply discounted season pass has destroyed spring skiing since they don't sell enough day tickets to justify the expense of staying open.
Off topic, but Bretton woods has a $20 ticket is you show your pass from another mountain for the rest of the season.
jsul185":2aly9omt said:I purchase the ASC mid week pass for one reason to ski in Nov, April, May.
a decent amount perhaps, but that isn't a very quantitative description of the volume. care to compare what you see for skiers this weekend to late december through february? the die hards will be out every late season, but i think most pass holders will be staying home. it is true of all mountains open this late. most folks don't even care that they could ski without paying another weekend.BobR":4rw8kuo5 said:RivercOil.... I would think a decent amount of pass holders from ASC will be skiing fairly late with the pass. Part of the reason I bought mine.
JimG.":2cocit40 said:BTW, I've never been to a resort on April 13 where every run on the mountain had been groomed. Who grooms every trail in mid April?
I've never seen that before, but Bretton Woods must be the grooming capital of the world.
sven":3376maf3 said:Looks like some terrible news! I'm making my trip up to Tucks for this Thursday (anyone gonna be in the ravine?) and maybe I'll try to hit Killington right before driving back on Friday. Ive been seeing forecasts calling for rain and mid 50's high's for the Mt. Washington region beginning after Friday, same for Killington. With a real rain spell maybe Killington wont even pull through until May 1 :? But I'm surprised how well Hunter Mtn. did this winter with building up their base, even with less than 100 inches of snowfall theyve managed to pull through until April 15 - and from the photos I saw on their website from April 13 or 14 it seems that alot of the runs have pretty good cover (at least where it matters, e.g. the steeps of lower K27). I gave some thought to hiking and skiing laps on K27 this past Sunday since it looked so good. Last day I was there was March 31 (quite a while ago) and they had K27 open, but with some skiing over wet grass necessary on the runout or even hiking (depending on how dear to you the skis you were on were). I was glad to see that they still kept it open even despite the terrible conditions on the bottom - at least its a sign that they havent forsaken the dedicated late season skier (although I thought it was ridiculous that they would be trying to charge full price for lift tickets on their last two days with "7" trails, more like 2 runs, $25 voucher for next season or not). Maybe this is one of the side effects of Killington no longer having the late spring season market cornered...
Sven
Good morning and welcome to what will probably be our last week of the season.
We will have 10 trails open and 2 lifts in operation. Most of the skiing will be on Stateside with the Jet triple as your access to the trails. The Jet, Haynes, Derrick, Montrealer, Angel's Wiggle, Taxi and Lower Canam. The Metro Quad will be operating on Tramside, we'll have Queen's Highway, Interstate and Harmony Lane.
Conditions are spring all around with some bare spots. The forecasts for today is temps in the low 50's with lots of sun. Sun is in the forecast for the rest of the week, through Friday at least.