Killington and Pico -New Years Weekend

Alba Adventures - Season 3 EP1 - The Waiting - Killington and Pico, VT

We headed North to VT, just before the New year. Sad to see little snow on the mighty Okemo. Wondering, if the Northeast would ever see winter this season.

With news of winter storm Goliath coming and the kids in bed, I checked the weather one last time before turning in for the night; making sure that this storm was legit.

Waking up, to see white on the ground was relief and happy that the management of Killington was allowing Pico pass holders to ski for free - we wasted little time and headed to the mountain. The President and management of Killington was permitting Pico Passholders to ski at there for free until January 8th.

We packed our skis, got our passes and headed to the mountain. It was full on winter when we got there.

The first runs of the winter were a bit tough on legs that haven't skied in several months but, that wasn't stopping us from having a great time. We were surprised as to how well covered the runs at Killington were with the only disappointment being that it seemed like every skier and boarder was there. We somehow managed to find a few quiet runs off the top of the Snowden Quad which kept us happy until we had to cross Great Northern.

After a full day of of skiing, riding at Killington, we got word that Pico Mountain will be officially opening on Saturday. Excited and hard think it has been more than 6 months since we were last there.

We really enjoyed our time there at Killington, and thank the management for allowing us a few days of fun at the main resort. But, we were really in need of the calmness of Pico after a couple really busy days at the K.

Arriving at Pico this year is different for us this year than last, coming to this historic the quiet lodge, we so look forward to seeing familiar faces, like Paul,Kirsten and Audrey, our family, Cooper and loving friends Sam and Sarah.

Sometimes its more than just the skiing and riding, its who you are with, where you are, that makes those moments you live for.

With a few runs open, Sam made sure that skiing was in equation. And ski we did! We made just a few runs seem like 20 and we essentially had those few runs to ourselves. Our friends Sam and Sarah have never been to Pico, favoring the big brother Killington over it. I think now, they are eager to come back at see Pico in all its greatness and we can't wait to show them the mountain's secrets along with our friends.

This was our first weekend out skiing and we have to say Happy New Year Pico and Killington! We look forward to seeing you and our friends with you again, very soon.

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Nice video,lots of family fun,thanks Ray.

2000yearoldskier wrote

Nice video,lots of family fun,thanks Ray.

Thank you! Let us know if you ever want to join us.

Glad to see the Alba adventurers back on the snow!

Nice Ray. Just heard it with sound.

I like the switch to less (no?) POV.

Pico looks very cool.

Harvey wrote

Nice Ray. Just heard it with sound.

I like the switch to less (no?) POV.

Pico looks very cool.

That was your advice to me :) Thanks for watching and your support as always.. Pico is like Gore.. It's about where you are, what you are doing, who you are with, not the fancy clothes or skis. Real skiers.. Real boarders.. Real people where everyone is pretty much a friend.

Happy New Year.

DomB wrote

Glad to see the Alba adventurers back on the snow!

DomB - it was great. I am hoping Shawnee can get some real snow soon. Very soon.

Another excellent vid Ray.  Pico's been on our must-hit list, this will have to be the winter.  I'll give you a shout so maybe our families can connect.

Adk Jeff wrote

Another excellent vid Ray.  Pico's been on our must-hit list, this will have to be the winter.  I'll give you a shout so maybe our families can connect.

Thanks ADK. Is it to long this video? We see that our users respond better to longer edits or really short ones.

And Gore and or Whiteface - we hope to hit too.. Need to get your skiing family on edit.

Really nice piece.  You ought to consider entering it in the NASJA East Communications Contest. First Place Winner gets $500 CASH!!!.

See: https://nasja.submittable.com/submit

Peter.Hines wrote

Really nice piece.  You ought to consider entering it in the NASJA East Communications Contest. First Place Winner gets $500 CASH!!!.

See: https://nasja.submittable.com/submit

Nice piece, but Ray's got two months to top it. I'm confident he can.

Peter.Hines wrote

Really nice piece.  You ought to consider entering it in the NASJA East Communications Contest. First Place Winner gets $500 CASH!!!.

See: https://nasja.submittable.com/submit

Thanks for the feedback. If you look at our earlier stuff, we are certainly stepping up the notion of story telling but, still have no clue what we are doing. We are just having fun, and my kids are both now very camera savvy. Alicia too.

We will look into that competition and if you can think of other ones, that would be great.  

Skiray wrote

Thanks ADK. Is it to long this video? We see that our users respond better to longer edits or really short ones.

And Gore and or Whiteface - we hope to hit too.. Need to get your skiing family on edit.

I did't feel it was too long while I was watching it, but yeah, 5 min or less is probably a good rule of thumb.

And Peters' recommendation ^^ is a great idea.  You should really submit one (or a few) of your best pieces, you've got a bunch of really good ones.

Nice clip. Pico is truly a gem.

I love Pico so I watched it but if you making it to share beyond your family this is too long

Coach Z wrote

I love Pico so I watched it but if you making it to share beyond your family this is too long

OK. Thanks for that input. What we are seeing is that people are actually watching it in full - still to early to tell though. I at least hope you enjoyed it.

R

I watched the whole thing (actually twice) which is somewhat amazing considering my level of "ADD."

I've actually seen on NYSB that posts that include videos over 3 minutes get much less traction. (FWIW I see that with POV too).

Still I think this story does need at least five.  IMO the shorter you can make any piece of communication and still get the point across the stronger it is.

I had a philosophy teacher who told me her hierarchy of truth.

Speak the TRUTH. If you can't do that at least be CLEAR. If you can't do that then be BRIEF.

</liberal-arts-bs>

I thought the production quality was fantastic.  It is well  beyond "hobbyist" style editing.  Definitely Power-user stuff.  To be completely honest, I didn't watch the entire thing. 

I agree that it could be a bit shorter.  Think of it like a radio friendly pop song.  Most of the stuff that I watch to completion is rarely longer than 5 minutes.    

nepa wrote

I thought the production quality was fantastic.  It is well  beyond "hobbyist" style editing.  Definitely Power-user stuff.  To be completely honest, I didn't watch the entire thing. 

I agree that it could be a bit shorter.  Think of it like a radio friendly pop song.  Most of the stuff that I watch to completion is rarely longer than 5 minutes.

What about when you go to see a movie? I guess we have to figure out how to keep people interested. Watch to the end as a favor.

In regards to editing. We have been working hard at it and if you look at our earlier stuff - it was fun for us but, to others Torture. Who knows, maybe this is torture too to some :( .

Really do appreciate the feedback as we are trying to get better at the story telling.  Thanks Nepa..