Snow Guns blasting at Killington, January 19, 2006, 10:45 AM

Snow Guns blasting at Killington, January 19, 2006, 10:45 AM

Last night at Killigton was surreal. Yesterdays precipitation turned to light snow in the evening. Winds accelerated. While we do not have an anemometer at the inn, local weather reports were claiming that gusts in the area approached 70 MPH. Suffice to say that the inn shook with the wind... so much so that Mary woke up several times during the night due to the noise.

This morning everything is coated with a very light snow. The wind is whipping it up into little snow devils... mini tornado's of snow. It is a marked change from the spring like conditions we had yesterday.

Up on the mountain, snow guns are blasting again. The Killington Resort is doing everything they can to create a sustainable ski season up on the mountain, even in the face of the nasty weather we have had in the last week. But it looks like we are all in for a break. The current forecast has a storm on track for Saturday. The forecast now looks like we will be on the cold side of the event and get all snow.

Inn and community responsibilities are keeping me off the slopes today. I will be out on the hill Friday and Saturday, to get a first had view of conditions.