Christmas Bear Ornament on Birch Ridge Inn Christmas Tree

Christmas Bear Ornament on Birch Ridge Inn Christmas Tree

Mary is continuing to make great progress with the inn's Christmas tree. Many of the ornaments were placed on the tree last night and this morning... each one has it's own story.

The one that is perhaps most challenging to deal with is the little bear. It was given to Mary by her nephew Scott. When life was simpler and he was deployed in Germany, he acquired the ornament and sent it to her. This Christmas, Scot is deployed in Iraq. Scot.. just remember we are thinking of you...

The weather at Killington today, while is it definitely colder, is not yet to snowmaking temperatures as of noon time. Heavy cloud cover blanketed the mountain when I went up to get some pictures. The picture to the right is a distance shot taken from the Killington Road of the junction on Mouse Trap and Lower Bunny Buster. The damage by the NCP of the last several days is clearly visible, however, you can also see that the terrain is still quite passable for skiers and riders.

From the K1 base area, snow guns were set up and ready to fire on Bunny Buster and Chute. I presume from what I saw that they are also out and ready to go on the upper elevations. If the resort sticks to their normal modus operandi, they will begin to blow snow on open trails to resurface them, prior to attempting any trail expansion. A weather system is due to move in from the mid-west later this evening with the promise of some natural snow. That will certainly help improve conditions on the mountain.