Vacancy Sign comes down for the winter

Vacancy Sign comes down for the winter

Guests are continuing to stream into Killington in preparation to celebrate the arrival of 2006. We have the good fortune of having our inn full during this period. We have been very busy all morning referring calls we are receiving for rooms to other hotels/inns in the area.

Temperatures dropped rapidly last night. Once again the weatherman had it wrong. We did have a brief dusting last night as the temperatures dropped, leading to the shorthand comment of the day "Dust on Crust" to describe conditions. Reports from friends who were on the mountain this morning report very firm conditions on most trails. Many trails were not opened early as the resort was busy running grooming machines over the surfaces to break up the crust. Snowmaking is resuming with the colder temperatures, so surface conditions will be improving rapidly in the very near term.

On a personal note, I was able to put a boot on my foot with the sprained ankle for the first time in 3 weeks this morning. Mary and I removed the vacancy signs from our main Inn signs on the Killington road. Hopefully, I will be able to get a ski boot on it next week.