Mary on Bittersweet with Snowdon, Rams Head, and Pico Peaks in the background on a beautiful sunny day.

Mary on Bittersweet with Snowdon, Rams Head, and Pico Peaks in the background on a beautiful sunny day.

it is very hard to find a complaint about today. 100 percent sunshine set in a deep blue sky; Crisp temperatures appropriate for skiing in mid February in Vermont; 3 to 4 inches of light fluff from overnight snow fall, albeit on top of a very firm surface; medium crowds allowing one to ski directly to most lifts, yet socialize with fellow skiers while riding uphill on a chair or in the gondola boxes. Just a beautiful day.

Mary and I snuck out of the inn for a 90 minute tour of the mountain. As we do many times, we parked in the Vale parking lot and skied directly to the Rams Head lift. A quick run down Caper took us to the K1 Gondola. On top of Killington Peak, the scenes were stunning. Hundreds of miles of visibility in all directions graced by snow covered trees and groomed ski trails.

In rapid succession we did Blue Heaven to Great Eastern to Bear Trap and Bear Claw. Then off to Cruise Control, Bittersweet, Superstar and Skyelark. Then we were done. Not because we wanted to go back to the inn. We wanted to ski all afternoon; but being a holiday week at Killington with a full inn.. let's just say that there was work to be done.

As we were skiing mainline routes, everything we were on was groomed fairly flat. The base is very solid, bordering on ice in some places. But the base was also covered with a nice layer of fluff that was being pushed around but not being scraped off by the holiday week crowds. Overall, our morning on the hill was a nice break away from working. And with more snow predicted tomorrow, it's only going to get better.

Let it snow!