Dream Maker Terrain Park

Dream Maker Terrain Park

As the area prepares for what could be the first major winter storm of the season, the Killington Resort this morning was in excellent shape. Most trails on the mountain were groomed overnight, creating a flat surface to receive snow forecasted for Tuesday and Wednesday.

Visability in the Killington Peak area this morning was poor as a thick cloud hung over the mountain. In the early morning darkness, we took our first run down Cascades. Snow surfaces were well manicured and very receptive to broad carving turns, but the light was so poor we decided to head towards Bear Mountain.

All of the trails at Bear Mountain were in excellent shape. The top of Outer Limits had a beautiful set of nice soft bumps, the remnants of all of the snow making that had been done at the top of OL on Sunday. We did take a coffee run down Great Eastern to the Skyeship Base at Route 4 where we suffered our only disappointment of the day....there was no coffee or hot chocolate service available other than a lonely vending machine. For some reason the Cafeteria at the Skyeship Base was closed this morning, even though there were a large amount of skiers and riders stopping to take a break there.

The gang does lunch at Charities. Photo courtesy or Rebecca, our waitress.

After our trip down to Route 4, we did some loops in the Needles Eye area. We headed back to the K1 Base Lodge via Super Star, which was just fantastic. Instead of going in, I did 3 more loops on Super Star, all down skiers left, which was in great shape. On Middle Super Star, skiers left had nice rolling bumps, the remnants of whales left from earlier snowmaking. They provided great entertainment riding up and down them. Skiers left on Lower Super Star was flat, but had received a fair amount of wind blown powder. It was a beautiful ride with nice carving turns and no skids.

We finished the day with a group lunch chaired by "Corduroy", who set todays lunchtime agenda. The good news is that at lunch we solved many of the problems facing the world today, the bad news is that I ate all the french fries that came with my sandwich, which is not a good thing for my waist line. Such is life in a ski town during the season.

Meanwhile, all eyes and ears are tuned to local weathermen to try to get a gauge of the storm predicted for Tuesday and Wednesday. It sounds like Wednesday and Thursday will be nice powder days. We can hope. Let it Snow!