First White on Killington Peak

First White on Killington Peak

For the first time this season, the telltale white of a heavy frost and light snow flurries is visible at midday on Killington peak. While it is not the 2 feet of snow reported in the Buffalo area, it is an indicator of things to come. At noon time, the temperature in the Rams Head parking lot, where todays picture was taken, was 40 degrees with bright sunshine. A little cloud cover was filtering the light on the mountain, but frost is clearly visible on the parts of the slopes which had not seen sunshine.

The fall foliage season is winding down here at Killington. The mountain is basically gone to twig. Reports indicate that the route 4 corridor to the east, and the route 7 corridor to the south west still have nice color, so visitors this weekend should still be able to do some leaf peeping. But I have to admit, I am starting to think snow!