If you happen to be in New York City tonight, feel free to swing by the Snowdaze house happy hour.

The house happy hours are a a great way to meet other people who have done a ski share house before and find out more information. It’s also just a good way to meet some other skiers and boarders who are excited for the season to begin.

Tonight’s happy hour is from 7pm – 9pm at:

The Australian NYC
20 W 38th St
between 5th and 6tg
617-426-6397

Just look for the Killington Ski Share signs, or ask for Brian or Steve.  Hope to see you there!

Today is the last day to purchase one of the best deals Killington is offering for the season, the K50 ticket.

For just $50 each, you may purchase up to four lift tickets valid on all but 17 blackout days. This is a $27 savings off the Sunday – Friday rate and a $32 savings off the Saturday rate.  Ticket sales are online only and end at 11:59pm tonight.

Today is also your last chance to purchase your season pass before the next round of price increases go into effect. After today, the following prices take effect:

• Blackout Pass increases from $699 to $799
• Unlimited Pass increases by $100 for juniors, and by $150 for everyone else
• Midweek Pass increases from $449 to $549
• College Pass stays the same

So, with the snow guns at Killington already blowing, what are you waiting for? We also still have a few spaces left in our Killington Ski Share house for the upcoming season. It’s a great way to spend the season!

It’s official! Snowmaking is underway for the 2009-2001 ski season at Killington.

According to Killington’s press release, crews reported to the mountain at 1am this morning and began making snow with a number of guns going on the Reason trail in the Northridge area.  Later today, they expect to have a number of low energy guns going on both Rime and Upper Great Northern trails. They were helped out with 4 inches of new snow at Killington Peak and 1.5 inches at K-1 Lodge.  The snowmaking is expected to continue for the next four to six days based on the current weather forecasts.

You can view more pics of the start of snowmaking on Killington’s Flickr page and also check their video below:

Killington Resort has really turned to social media to help promote themselves and they seem to be doing a great job with it so far. With their Killington Insider blog,  Twitter, Facebook and YouTube pages, the mountain is able to easily communicate with their fans and customers.

UPDATE: Oops, we forgot to mention their Flickr and YFrog pages too.

We commented last week on their YouTube winter preview video that got us stoked for the upcoming season and just yesterday they released two new videos. The first is a fall foliage montage and the second, a summary of last Saturday’s Brewfest. You can check them out below.

Keep up the good work!

The Killington Insider blog is reporting today that Killington’s new marketing campaign is actually a return to their past glory, once again branding Killington as the “Beast of the East.”

Their more recent tag lines, “Endless Adventures,” “Rise Above” and “Nowhere Else,” now seem quaint as Killington seeks to reclaim its former glory for being the best ski resort on the East coast.  As they clearly state,

For too long, we’ve let other mountains compare themselves to Killington. Fact is no other resort in the Northeast can compare to Killington in terms of size, terrain, lifts and snowmaking. No other resort area has a five-mile long access road loaded with the best après, dining and nightlife you’ll find in ski country.

With the updated tag line also comes a new logo, which we think is a retro, yet stylishly modern design and a much needed improvement over their dated former logo.  Judge for yourself:

Old Logo

New Logo

Now that’s something we’d actually wear on a t-shirt or hat.

In addition to their new tag line and logo, over the next few weeks, they will be rolling out a new web site, the new look and a new advertising campaign.  The ad campaign actually references thebeast.killington.com, but for now that site simply redirects to their main web site.  You can check out a couple of the ads below.

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