Outer Limits - Groomed and Beautiful

Outer Limits - Groomed and Beautiful

Very cold at Killington today!

My day started out long. At the inn it was a brisk -9F. My Subaru decided it did not want to come out to play. Tried to give it a jump start and everything... It wanted to sleep this morning... So I took Mary's jeep to the mountain.

We started out on the Box at K1. At Killington Peak, the temperature was -12F with a nice 10 to 15 mpg breeze. Highline was glistening in the sun so we headed there. Even though it was cold, the snow surfaces were primo so it was a great run.

Back on the box, we decided to head south to Bear Mountain. Bear Claw and Bear Trap were really nice. The parks were groomed to perfection, allowing nice cruising over the terrain features. When we got to the base of Bear Mountain, we noticed that one in our party, Billy Mac, had strong hints of white on his cheeks, a precursor to frostbite, so we went in for an early coffee. While sitting in the base lodge, Outer Limits was beckoning... we just had to do it!

At the top of the OL Chair, the temperature read -5F (See, it really is warmer at Bear Mountain). There was some minor snow making going on at the top of OL. Just enough to keep some of the crowds off of it. On the first run, we were the only people on Outer Limits. All 4 of us were skiing in a single line, spaced about 20 feet apart, doing broad sweeping GS turns. The surface was firm, after all it was cold out, but carving turns was not problem. It was definitely worth a do over. On the second run, I think we ran into a bus tour from New Jersey (No offense to New Jersey meant here). We started off down the hill followed by about 40 people skiing in a pack. Some of the pack were hot dogging it, which did not give any of us great comfort, so that was the last run on OL for the day.

We then did a run on Cruise Control. The snow that was blown into Cruise on Wednesday was nicely groomed. Needles Eye was also in similar shape. After a quick trip up on the Skye Ship, I took a run down Bitter Sweet. Bitter Sweet was really nice...I probably skied it a little too fast, as conditions were just so consistent. After that, I headed out to look after the Subaru (of course it started when I got home). But I got my 3 days in this week on the hill. And nice day's they were.

Tommorrow at Killington the weather calls for warmer conditions. Still below freezing all day, but not bitterly cold like today. It should be a great weekend for skiing and riding at Killington.