Highline at Killington
Making it wider on skiers right.

Highline at Killington
Making it wider on skiers right.

Another nice day to be in Vermont. Especially with everything else going on in the world today.

Mary and I took a little drive around town in the early afternoon. The most visible item on the horizon was a large plume of white smoke coming from just above the K1 base lodge up on the mountain. All jokes aside about Killington proclaiming a new pope (the smoke was very white), it turns out that it originated at a burn pile on the Highline ski trail.

As you can see from todays picture, the ski resort has been doing a fair amount of work on skiers right on Highline. Some trees have been cut down and the whole area has been graded out. It is now covered with straw to control erosion.

In addition, equipment was working on Highline in the area of the small trail, Interceptor, that runs behind the Killington Ski Club. In ski seasons past, access to this trail was very limited, as there was significant growth at the trail entrance on Highline. It looks like the resort is cleaning out this area to provide better access. We'll know this winter.