Great Northern in the Clouds, January 11, 2006

Great Northern in the Clouds, January 11, 2006

Day 2 of my restarted ski season at Killington. I got a late start this morning as we had guests check in last night just before 3:00 AM. I slept in until 10:30. Made my way on to the mountain around 11.

The mountains today were totally cloud covered with clouds from an oncoming storm. Clouds covered down to around the 1900 foot level at 11:30AM. I took a run up to the Glades. Pretty much "Seeing Eye" skiing, although snow surfaces were in great shape. I then traversed over to Bear. Work was still going on in the new park on Lower Wildfire. A quick run down Cruse Control then up to Skye Lark and I called it a day. Not a lot of runs, but it was "Official".

Snow surfaces on all of the mountains was superb. Surfaces were very soft, almost spring like. Many areas had nice small bumps, which if my ankle was not injured I would have enjoyed. I did catch the tip of my left ski on one of these bumps while I was in a traverse. My ankle did not like it..but it was my own fault. I had violated one of the cardinal rules that a friend of mine, Billy Mac, is know to say..."Keep the tips pointed downhill you chickens@#t." For the rest of my time on the hill, I kept repeating Bill's mantra...and my ankle felt a lot better for it.