Panorama of Killington,
Thursday January 11, 2006, 11:15 AM

Panorama of Killington,
Thursday January 11, 2006, 11:15 AM

All around town today, people are getting ready for the important Martin Luther King birthday weekend. Historically, this is one of the busiest weekends at the Killington resort. The resort is pulling out all of the stops to make sure that guests to the area enjoy great skiing and riding.

Even though our friends to the south have been experiencing warmer weather the last couple of days, at Killington temperatures have allowed for round the clock snow making conditions. Temperatures have been in the 20's all week, dipping into the single digits at night. Last night it was 5 degrees at the inn around midnight.

This morning snowmaking was visible in the Needles Eye area, on Snowshed, Rams Head, Snowdon and on the Peak. When you add in the fact that we have also had several inches of lake effect snow, the whole mountain has once again been transformed, covered in a fluffy white blanket.

Over the last couple of days I have not had a chance to get out. (I have been helping another business with a computer network installation.) But our inn guests are reporting very good skiing and riding on packed powder surfaces. I plan on getting out in the morning on Friday and I will get some pictures from around the mountain. In the mean time.... think snow!