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I’ve never skied in May, and with the Ikon pass this year, there was no excuse. The plan was to go up Saturday night and ski Saturday and drive home. Plans changed and we had to turn and burn it. @Johnny Lawmet me at my house a little after 5am and we were on the road by about 5:15am. It was fucking nautical until we got into VT, but we were the only car on the road for miles at a time from Root 78 all the way into VT. The most traffic we had was a coyote crossing root 287. By the time we got into VT, temps were climbing into the high 50s and the sun was peaking out a little. We turned into the access road at 10:15am and pulled into our reserved spot thanks to @Justo8484 and @GSSucks who skied Tuckerman’s on Saturday (and didn’t write a trip report) and met us at Killington for some Cinco de Mayo skiing. They had beers (and Smirnoff) waiting upon our arrival. In the house were also bumper Rick (from Blue) and @thedude4bides We parked steps from the Superstar lift. They had 3 trails open. Superstar, (upper) Ovation and Skyelark...aka 11 trails. Conditions were very wet sugar, glacial ice, dirt, rocks, etc. It was a blast. Skyelark was down to the dirt in some places. To get to Ovation you had to ski across about 0.0001” of snow on top of dirt, and then you had to walk out at half way down. Superstar on the other hand had an insane amount of snow. The pile at the top was at least 50’ tall with easily 20’+ of base most of the way down. We skied for almost 3 hours then stopped for some food and beers. We did a couple more runs afterwards and then 3 of us not (not me) skied Ovation to the bottom which included “skiing” 30 feet or so across dirt and rocks. They had to walk back to Superstar after that run. We were back on the road by about 4:15pm and we were back at my house at 9:25pm. More insane rain on the way home. GSSucks and Justo have some actual skiing pictures, but figured I’d start the thread.

Great time yesterday, glad you guys rallied and made it up. It was great watching Jeff cringe every time he skied over a dirt patch. The dude Justo and I both started the season in October at Killington, so it seemed fitting to end it at Killington as well. The nice lady in the ticket office said June should be doable, superstar is in better shape than normal. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s a lot nicer out today

I was always a fan of Dick Trickle. Surprisingly, no relation to Dick Passwater, a former indy driver I believe.

Beautiful evening after the crappy weekend weather 👍

Ricky Bobby is my favorite, with his shake n' bake move.

Great pic, just needs some NASCAR. My favorite driver is Rowdy Burns.

FWIW the one cool thing about nascar (or any track really) is that you can bring your own food and beer in which can save some money, although the concession prices weren’t outrageous to being with. 6 pack of 60 minute was $9, Wawa hoagie was $4.99, bag of chips was $1.29. In total I got a 6 pack of decent beer and lunch for less than $20. You can’t buy a bud light and French fries for less than that at any professional sporting event in philly.

Spot on. Only NASCAR and it’s lower tiered series. Indycar and other open wheel style cars are too fast and dangerous for the size of the track.

i like to watch cars go around in circles. I get that alot of people dont get it, but i will never comprehend watching golf on TV, so to each his own. Dover is one of those tracks though, that someone who doesnt quite get it, should go to. When they start or restart the race, you sort of think to yourself, "there aint now way all those cars are going to make it around that first turn". It really looks like there will be a pile up around every turn. Unless you are going to be in the infield, dont go to Pocono expecting an interesting race. you just cant see that much of the track.

Dover

We can play tic tac toe.

Unfortunately it got rained out and pushed to tomorrow. Fortunately, I turned $20 into $300 in the casino, parking was free, my race ticket was free, and now I get a day off of work tomorrow to go back and watch the race.

No, volunteering for a non profit that provides care for people with disabilities.

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