Wind whipped Killington Peak.

Wind whipped Killington Peak.

I was so psyched....After 2 great days last Thursday and Friday, working hard all weekend, getting over an additional half a foot of snow above and beyond last weeks foot, spending almost 5 total hours behind a snow blower on Saturday and Sunday to clean it all up, I was in the mood for some pow. It was just not meant to be.

This morning when I left for the mountain it was a crisp 2 above zero. The wind was blowing. I did not pay much attention to it. I should have given the snow driven haze visible on the snow stake picture. I drove off to the mountain. The Killington Road was ice covered and a little slick, but hey.. this is Vermont, at a ski resort in the winter... you deal with it.

That is until my face almost froze off.

I parked my car at Bay 1, right next to the K1 Gondola. The wind was howling. The gondola cars were still neatly parked in the overnight shed. It was not a good sign. As I walked from the parking lot to the Killington Base lodge, the wind was just plain bitter. I just had a baseball cap on my head. Big mistake. Major case of ice cream head and frozen ears on just the short walk.

Inside the base lodge, I met my ski friends. Nobody has their boots on. An announcement comes over the public address....Only the Snowdon quad is operating. Rams Head may open at 10:00 AM. No time for other lifts on the mountain. Looking out the windows, the whole ugly story is on display. Flags are out straight. It looks like a blizzard out there, even though it was a beautiful sunny day. The powder was being stripped from the mountain by the wind. Ughly. So it goes.

We wait a few more minutes. Another PA announcement, it is not good. So one of the guys calls out "Johnny Boys", and the morning is done. At least we all got a nice breakfast out of the deal. There can be a lot of worse things in life, so missing a ski day is really no problem. At a resort, even though you want it today, there is always tomorrow...So it goes.

Let it snow!