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Am dredging up this relatively recent of the classic "Kmart early closing" threads because i just received an email outlining Killingtons plans to revive their late season operations after all these fallow years! I always said I'd give them props if they looked like they'd change back to the...

Thanx for that, actually had googled my way to that forum but just hadn't dug in enough to see his short report/pic. Yes make no mistake Kmart could *easily* have been open *3 more weeks* to this Sunday with Superstar top-to-bottom or very close to it, even longer if had gone by their old snow...

Haha yes I do believe we're talkin about the same guy! Not familiar with TGR, got a link for that report?

Exxxcelent Kmart wrapup over there Patrick! Sums up the fall of the once mighty K very succinctly. All the corporate sycophant spin in the world can't disguise the fact that they've absolutely ruined their skiers reputation (hell, have actually bordered on a customer-as-enemy mindset!). Thank...

Yep, that'd be your former Kmart customer base. Dunno what's sadder, the fact they've abandoned their once-proud tradition or that they don't seem to care. I'll bet Superstar looks almost exactly the same today as my pic from a week ago....except of course for the tumbleweeds blowing across the...

I agree that the early (Oct) season was greatly affected by the loss of the old K peak double w/ midstation, but they had started doing Superstar in spring prior to that and IMO it was a very good call. Making some extra snow on that huge wide ribbon, esp with parking/social scene at bottom, is...

>>>>>I may be naive, but what else has Nyberg done that has harmed the brand other than shorten the season? (it's been 4 or 5 years since I last skied there)>>>>> Hmm that's kinda like asking "Other than that how was the play, Mrs Lincoln?" haha. Seriously, I'll let someone who pays attention...

Thanx for the background. It is homogenization as far as opening/closing in line with everyone (or most) else but if it's more one guy's doing than the mothership well guess there's a sliver of hope. Sure seemed more systemic at the time the spring policy changed amidst debt restructuring, land...

Yes I heard some of those tales from the cadre of ski gypsys we met over there. Sounds about right given their recent track record or lack thereof.

Roger that, seemed to be the prevailing opinion among the formerly faithful. And still this good after Bears been closed for coupla weeks (afaik, few of us follow the day-to-day up there anymore). Here's one last pic from top of OL, that skiers right line in particular was perfection! Note added...

Oh these last few times were definitely worth the $50, would be doing it multiple times more if they hadn't dropped the ball. Only downside yesterday was that so many people agreed with the above that it made for some hi-density sections at times. Besides the usual looking ahead on your line you...

Haven't posted in a long time. Fantastic day at Kmart, too bad it doubled as a wake for the former eastern giant's season. Another record early closing and this time amidst some of the most letter perfect cover in recent memory. Granted most eastern areas closed with thick wall to wall cover but...

Early/late season wasn't dead until they killed it, and season length and pass prices aren't what killed them (certainly not that simple anyway...).

"Knock knock" "Who's there?" "Killington" "Killington who?" "Exactly"

I was at Mt. Snow for about 10 minutes this past Friday...their summit lifts were on wind hold and I was out of there to go to Magic to get some leftover freshies.

I returned yesterday for my now traditional hike up the perfectly skiable but corporately shuttered Snow. I call it my 'Twilite Zone' trip as it always reminds me of the those TZ episodes where someone finds themselves the sole inhabitant of an otherwise normal looking city. The front side has...

Yeah there was/is still enough base in the trees on the N Face, but for once I stuck to the open slopes as they promote the driftage that can make such a nice deep powder day out of a 5-6" snowfall! Of course, true to form I now read that they're cutting and running a week early with closing...

What a treat. They said 5" and I'd heard about more in the area so got there first thing. Only had the Canyon and a N Face lift running but that was enuff! On the way up the front I'm looking at the woods with brown showing and thinking "No way 5 inches!" but the N Face said otherwise! Easily...

It's not that they may close sooner because there's less snow on Superstar, they make less snow on Superstar nowadays because they don't want to stay open as long. The arguments for and against that are a seperate issue, that's just a statement of fact. It's admittedly been a pretty bad year but...

I've done the Bruce a few times but not recently. A true local could probably tell you more but here's a few answers combined FWIW : The trail comes out onto the cross-country trail network just down the mountain road from the ski area. There are a # of intersecting trails once down there and...