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Destruction at Killington, VT

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Afeld
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Damn you Irene


The base Lodge
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Pico
Aug 29 2011 10:20AM
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Relish_man
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holy fucking shit
Aug 29 2011 10:24AM
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No_Dub
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woah
Aug 29 2011 10:25AM
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Mike-O
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Damn. Was the deck rail from Forward slid by Downey from that lodge or was it another resort?
Aug 29 2011 10:28AM
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hey-dude-its-me
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that sucks since Killington is much more legit, but this is what my home 'mountain' has looked like since June

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^not very mountainous, I know
Aug 29 2011 10:37AM
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moms_favorite
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what the dick?!?!?
Aug 29 2011 10:39AM
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J-Evs
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damnnnn that sucks
Aug 29 2011 10:43AM
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james6345789
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that looks completely flat. how can you ski that?
Aug 29 2011 11:20AM
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hey-dude-its-me
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yea its not very high at all but I actually get to hit more rails per visit than I did when I skied at Mountain Creek in NJ, thats about the only good thing tho. and I've never skied a real mountain so maybe ignorance is bliss
Aug 29 2011 11:30AM
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Mike-O
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Ha, that's double the elevation of my local hill. Beggars, choosers etc.
Aug 29 2011 11:33AM
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Big5hifty
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holy shit. best of luck to the people of killington rebuilding that before their season starts

Aug 29 2011 11:38AM
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smuggs
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vibes to vt. one 100 year flood a few months ago, now another 100 year flood 3 months later.
Aug 29 2011 12:41PM
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RubberSoul
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i havent watched forward in forever but i bet youre talking about the mt snow carinthia rail
Aug 29 2011 12:46PM
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skiingblowsme
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how did you find those pictures?
Aug 29 2011 12:50PM
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SkierX
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They've been trickling in from the local news outlets. The entire town of Killington is cut-off and isolated from the rest of the state. All roads in and out are destroyed. Power is largely limited and will take a long time to restore.

Expect more updates as time goes on.
Aug 29 2011 1:01PM
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skiingblowsme
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oooooh that absolutley sucks wonder if they are gonna have time to fix everything for ski season.
Aug 29 2011 1:03PM
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SkierX
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Additionally, the base lodge at Killington does not appear to be a total loss. Latest word from K is that just the one part is damaged. There are two seperate foundations, and only the one part was damaged severely.

Road repairs are going to take some time though.

Anyone familiar with going to Killington by way of passing through Rutland may recognize this area...

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That is Route 4 just after Sugar & Spice as the road widens to three lanes and the speed limit changes to 50mph.
Aug 29 2011 1:08PM
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SkierX
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Route 4/Route 100 in the other direction through the flats of Killington not far from Skyeship base lodge.
Aug 29 2011 1:11PM
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Gknow
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Holy lord, hope it doesn't hurt them too much for winter.

Aug 29 2011 1:13PM
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White_raven
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fuck you irene!
Aug 29 2011 1:17PM
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Afeld
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Holy shit. I hope this is cleared up before November
Aug 29 2011 1:19PM
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SkierX
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It will be.

It has to be cleaned up immediately to restore east/west flow within the state. Route 7 south of Rutland is out of commission as well. A four-lane bridge got wiped out.
Aug 29 2011 1:21PM
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AWALLRUS.
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HOLY CRAP. ITS TIMES LIKE THIS IM GLAD I SKI FLAT HILLS IN ONTARIO.


BUT NOT REALLY
Aug 29 2011 1:45PM
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rooftop
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Holy shit, need any construction managers up there??

Aug 29 2011 2:34PM
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Lemuel
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Holy shit. The farm stand that I work at was under 8 feet of water today, well the main farm stand, I work at one 10 minutes away that just lost a few peach trees. This storm really made things go smash.
Aug 29 2011 4:48PM
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monkatizer
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holy fuck!!

thats gotta blow having that shit happen. hopefully repairing that doesnt take a toll on the snowmaking or park budget!!

vibes to VT
Aug 29 2011 5:21PM
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Mike-O
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Ah, yeah, I guess that was it.
Aug 29 2011 5:36PM
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PON3
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damn dude, i didnt know the Missouri flooded that far into weston. hope it doesnt do any damage to the "hill" lol so it will be shredable by december.
Aug 29 2011 5:41PM
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racerJRP
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Wow!  that is unreal.  Hope that All of those in Killington can put the pieces back together in short(ish) order.  My friend's family has a house about 20 minutes up the road from the skyship lifts in Woodstock, VT.  And Sugar and Spice has the greatest breakfast EVER!  hope the building was not damaged as bad as the road looks to be?
Aug 29 2011 7:04PM
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vzdz
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east coast looks pretty in the summer
Aug 29 2011 7:07PM
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RMM
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This is another angle.Click for larger image
Aug 29 2011 8:46PM
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GreenStezz
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Bummer..................
Aug 29 2011 8:58PM
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rareison
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Shit, that's terrible. Hope everything is good by Winter, or sooner.
Aug 29 2011 9:40PM
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skiRay
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jesus...
Aug 30 2011 9:31AM
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BROBRO
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that sucks hopefully everyone is alright and is able to repair before ski season

Aug 30 2011 10:28AM
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Afeld
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More pictures:

Killington
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Route 4
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This is going to be a lot of clean up at Killington and the surround area
Aug 30 2011 11:16AM
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rorywalsh
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get fucked KMS

Aug 30 2011 12:08PM
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A.Eberhard
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Well they still have lots of time to fix it up, hopefully it doesn't affect access to the resort this season.
Aug 30 2011 12:15PM
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special-J
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wow, I was just there 2 weeks ago for a downhill race... gnarly.
Aug 30 2011 4:24PM
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dopen993
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I know its not Killi, but I didnt think another threrad was needed.

Damage to Loon's main entrance bridge:

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Aug 31 2011 9:23AM
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PhaedeD
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dats fucked i wonder if they gonna be in full operation this year.
Aug 31 2011 9:26AM
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EmperorKuzco
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RIP Quechee Covered Bridge.


Aug 31 2011 9:32AM
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drumbumocdp
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That is ridiculous. I hope K doesnt make shit even more expensive now
Aug 31 2011 9:42AM
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smuggs
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make ya wonder, if they got the 12 of rain inches they were initally calling for instead of 6 -7....... the world really could end.
Aug 31 2011 10:20AM
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skiEER
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Vermont got hit pretty damn hard
Aug 31 2011 11:55AM
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Karkoskier
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]: I hope they can still open as early as they did last year... And they're rebuilding the lodge so hopefully that will get up quickly too... Pretty crazy that so much more damage happened there, and it's only an hour away from me...
Aug 31 2011 11:59AM
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SkierX
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I don't even want to imagine what would have happened had we gotten that much rain.
Aug 31 2011 1:08PM
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snomaster
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time to cash in on insurance. I wonder how my old summer camp, sangamon, fared in Irene
Aug 31 2011 1:13PM
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Pee_and_Ski
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so thats where irenes balls went, it was one weak storm on the coast. shitty about killy

Aug 31 2011 1:50PM
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GayWolf420
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Vibes to you EC'ers. Sucks about killy's lodge.
Aug 31 2011 2:54PM
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Algebra
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what the fuck. is there something wrong with any of the other mountains? like mount snow or stratton?
Aug 31 2011 4:26PM
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