Unsung heros of Killington
Snow makers working on Outer Limits

Unsung heros of Killington
Snow makers working on Outer Limits

Yesterdays storm, while providing a nice 6 or so inches of fluff on the mountain, was but a whimper compared to what the weathermen had forecasted. Still, when combined with the continuing snow making operations taking place at Killington, the mountain presented a credible ski day today.

Overall, conditions were powder and packed powder over a loose granular base. The remnants of last weeks ice storm have been ground up over the last couple of days. Snow making, new snow, and grooming operations have mixed it all together providing a consistent ski surface. Except for a few high traffic areas, there was very little "slip slide" icy patches around the mountain.

Today was a fairly typical ski day with loops through North Ridge, Bear Mountain, K Peak, and Snowdon. Rime and Reason were in nice shape, leading into East Falls. East Falls was groomed flat with a fairly soft surface. There was a slight amount of scratchiness at the pinch point in the middle of the trail, but other than that, East Falls was very nice. Double Dipper was groomed as well. The surface was firm with a covering of loose granular. I have skied it many times when it was a lot worse. But, suffice to say, it was not on our do over list today. Cascade looked ugly from the K1. It was covered with icy bumps, so we bypassed it for another day.

At Bear Mountain, Bear Claw, Bear Trap, and Lower Wildfire were all groomed. Upper Wildfire was small icy bumps with a coating of powder. Aggressive snow making operations were taking place on Outer Limits, Lower Dream Maker, and in the soon to be constructed half pipe. Outer Limits was very bumped with large snow making whales. Skiers and riders were able to maneuver down the slope, picking their way through the mounds with care. Lower Dream Maker, on the other hand, was closed to skiers and riders.

Cruise Control and Bitter Sweet were also in nice shape. Lower Skyelark, as well as Highline, was closed today for race training. Snow making was continuing on Superstar.

On Snowdon, Chute was very firm but setting and holding an edge was not a problem. Bunny Buster, Upper Royal Flush and the Training Slope were all covered with nice soft powder. The only anomaly was Mouse Trap which was heavily covered with not very friendly bumps.

When you add in the sunshine and temps in the mid 20's with no wind, all in all it was a pretty nice day on the mountain.

Let it snow!