Killington getting ready for the season, Friday October 21, 2005

Killington getting ready for the season, Friday October 21, 2005

We had the first general hard frost in the Killington region last night. At the inn, the roof and cars were covered with a heavy frost build up. When I left about 10:45 AM, the shadows around the inn were still frosted over, so I was optimistic that when I got to the mountain, that I would see white again. However, it was not to be. My partner Mary went up to the mountain around 7 AM to try to take an early morning picture. She reports that the mountain peaks (Killington, Skye, Pico) were all socked in with heavy clouds. Perhaps there was an inversion last night which kept the peaks frost free. It's hard to tell. The only thing I know for certain was that by 11 AM the peaks had no sign of any frost or crystalline precipitation.

The Killington resort is continuing to get ready for winter. This picture shows Snowshed. All of the grass has been mowed to allow efficient capture of the first snow, and facilitate snow making operations. Hopefully that happens in the next week or so. This picture was taken from the Upper Snowshed Parking Lot, looking up-slope with Skye Peak just out of frame to the upper right. It was taken at approximately 11 AM.