Aerial "Tricks" and Snow "Treats" for Opening Day At Killington; Killington is First in the East to Offer Public Skiing and Snowboarding.KILLINGTON, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22 , 1998--For the 38th consecutive year, Killington is the first resort in the East to open for public skiing and snowboarding, starting the official "winter" season just in time for Halloween and a month of "Snovember" early season skiing and riding. Since 1958, Killington has offered pre-holiday skiing and riding -- and for 35 of those years, Killington has had snowmaking snow·mak·ing n. Production of artificial snow in the form of granular ice particles for use on ski slopes. capabilities, pushing forward the annual opening day for skiing and riding into October. The cost to the public for skiing and riding today is $10. All proceeds will go towards Killington's new Environmental Outreach Program. After a successful snowgun test on Sept. 22nd, Killington snowmakers started up the snowguns again on Tuesday night as temperatures dropped into the 20's. They continued blowing snow Blowing snow[1] is snow lifted from the surface by the wind, at a height of 8 feet (2 meters) or more, that will reduce visibility. Blowing snow can come from falling snow or snow that already accumulated on the ground but is picked up and blown about by strong winds. throughout the day Wednesday and into last night. With an additional prayer to the Snow Gods, Killington's snowmaking team transformed the blue square, more difficult "Rime rime: see rhyme. " trail into a snow sliding paradise. "Rime" is one of Killington's original trails, located just off the northwest shoulder of 4,241 foot Killington Peak Killington Peak is the second highest summit in the Green Mountains and in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is located east of Rutland in south-central Vermont. A major ski resort, Killington Ski Resort, is located on the mountain, nicknamed "the beast of the east". . Killington's Managing Director Allen Wilson was like a kid on Halloween, dressed up and ready to go, waiting to see what kind of "trick" or "treat" Killington's snowmakers had left behind. Finding a "treat" in a wide swath of white snow, Wilson was among the first skiing down Rime, shouting gleefully glee·ful adj. Full of jubilant delight; joyful. glee  ful·ly adv.glee , "It's about time It's About Time may refer to:
As is the case with all early season skiing and riding, temperatures and conditions are subject to the vagaries of Mother Nature. Killington will keep the Rime trail open and expand to other terrain as conditions allow. Daily updates are available via the internet at www.killington.com or by calling the Killington snow phone at 802-422-3261. Early season, "Snovember" cost-saving "ski-and-stay" packages, including accomodations at the new Killington Grand Resort Hotel are available by calling 1-800-621-MTNS. This season, in addition to 300 new tower snowguns placed on Killington's most popular runs, the resort has reconfigured two major green circle trails, "Great Eastern" and "Great Northern," to provide easier ways down from the top of the new K-1 Gondola for groups and families. Killington is an American Skiing Company American Skiing Company was one of the largest operators of alpine ski, snowboard and golf resorts in the United States. Its resorts included Sunday River and Sugarloaf/USA in Maine and The Canyons in Utah. resort. Based in Newry, Maine, American Skiing Company is the largest operator of ski, snowboard and golf resorts across the United States. |
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