Pico Peak from Superstar at Killington
taken Tuesday March 20, 2007

Pico Peak from Superstar at Killington
taken Tuesday March 20, 2007

Spring has definitely arrived at Killington. Temperatures at the inn this morning are in the low 40's with hazy sunshine. The liquid precipitation which was predicted for last night and this morning has failed to materialize. (Once again the weather forecasters were wrong, but this time it is a good thing.) We will not have a chance to get to the mountain today for a few turns as we prepare for the upcoming weekend, but if the last 3 days were any clue, I am sure that conditions are still quite nice.

This weekend sees the US Freestyle Championships presented by Sprint being held at Bear Mountain. Todays competition starts with the Superpipe competition. The Moguls competition is to be held on Friday, Aerials Saturday and Duel Moguls on Sunday. Killington has posted a complete schedule on their website.

In other news, and somewhat unexpected given the pending sale of Killington/Pico by ASC to SP Land Company, it was announced that Pico Mountain will stay open an additional week this season. Originally scheduled to close this Sunday, March 25th, the local management team announced that due to receiving 34 inches of snow last weekend, that they will keep Pico open for skiing and riding an additional week, closing on Sunday April 1. (No this is not an early April fools joke).

Now if we could get another snow storm next week.... Let it Snow!