Mary negotiating the mixing bowl
at the top of the Needles Eye Quad

Mary negotiating the mixing bowl
at the top of the Needles Eye Quad

The past weekends warm up and subsequent freezing temperatures last night resulted in a significant firming of the trails at Killington this morning. Most trails were frozen packed powder covered with a loose granular surface. Sharp ski edges were required!

Southern facing trails, and trails with the least amount of man made snow were frozen this morning. Northern facing trails, or trails which had minimal sun exposure and hence surface melting, were still nicely soft. Highline, where the resort has blown significant amounts of snow this winter, was the trail of the day. The upper entrance to Highline was a skating rink, but once you were past the merge with Racers Edge, surface conditions were machine groomed packed powder all the way to the K1 base lodge. The Bear Mountain and Needles Eye areas were most affected by the weekend weather. Panic Button off the Needles Eye Quad was extremely slick. Upper Cruise Control was very choppy with granular surfaces approaching beach sand. Lower Cruise Control by comparison, which does not get much sun exposure, was soft snow perfect for carving turns.

It looks like we have a few warm days ahead of us this week before winter returns. Let it snow!