Freestyle park moved to Highline

Freestyle park moved to Highline

With Killington closing off terrain at the end of the season, one of there more interesting constructions in a new Terrain Park on Lower Highline, right in front of the K1 base lodge. The Terrain Park features a collection or ramps, boxes, and rails; all set up starting about 3/4ths of the way down Highline.

Whether you use the Queens spelling "Proboscis" or the slang version "Probiscus", one of the more curious features of the park is a giant pipe sticking out of the snow.

Large elevated pipe in the new Highline Terrain Park. (Click to enlarge.)

Like the barrel of a cannon pointed right at the K1 Base Lodge, the pipe extends about 8 to 10 feet out from a ramp. At the end, it drops the rider 7 or 8 feet to the ground, that is of courses assuming they make it all the way out to the end.

Temperatures this morning started out on the chilly side with heavy overcast. As the day has progressed, the overcast has come and gone several times, revealing bright blue skies. Temperatures have climbed into the low 50's. Around the inn, the snow pack is fairly stable, loosing about an inch a day on ground surfaces. It will be a while before Mary can get out into the yard to plant flowers for the summer. So it goes...