First Snow 2005-2006 Season, Sunday October 23, 2005

First Snow 2005-2006 Season, Sunday October 23, 2005

For those of you who know me, getting up before 9 AM is usually heroic. This morning was no exception. Particularly since we had a complete power failure around 6:00 AM resulting in our inn's alarm system going off in my ear. (We have an alarm panel beside our bed in the owners quarters. When power goes out, we have 45 seconds to figure it out before it calls our alarm company to dispatch people to the inn. It does not set off the general alarm in the inn, so guests were not disturbed. But it is designed to wake us up if something happens while we are asleep.)

But getting up early today was relatively easy as today is officially "First Snow Day" in Killington of the 2005-2006 winter season. I just had to get up and take a look around town.

We have received around 4 inches of very heavy wet snow at the inn overnight. Other than some fallen trees, roads around town were quite passable. I drove up to the mountain to see what was going on at the top of the hill. When I left the inn, the mountain (which is less than 1 mile away) was completely invisible in a dense snow haze. I could not get a clear shot of Killington peak, because it was totally shrouded in clouds. But I can report that Killington, at least at the K1 Base Lodge, had received approx. 6 inches of snow. Not exactly sure what they had at the peak; I am sure that we will get an email alert message on it some time today.

The picture for today was taken looking over the K1 Base Lodge towards SuperStar at approximately 9:15 AM. I was somewhat surprised that I did not see a few people out taking some turns. But that will be soon I am sure. Especially if more snow comes later this week as forecasted.