Snowdon, Rams Head, and Pico Mountains under a bright blue sky.

Snowdon, Rams Head, and Pico Mountains under a bright blue sky.

Mary and I took a couple of hours away from the inn this morning to play on the mountain. As the temperature was in the single digits last night at the inn, we waited until 10:00 AM to make our trek to the hill, figuring we would give the bright sunshine some time to work on the surfaces. Well almost....

In general, surfaces across Killington were firm with a residual snow covering left over from Friday's snow storm, grooming, and skier traffic.

Lower Bear Claw re-opened to skiers and riders after last weeks Chevrolet Grand Prix. (Click to enlarge.)

While most of the trails were not "dust on crust", there were still firm just the same. Much like skiing in mid January, in the dark, instead of late March in the sunshine.

From a trail perspective, Wildfire, Bear Claw and Bear Trap were in nice shape. Outer Limits was open when we first arrived at Bear Mountain, but the upper section was pure slickness. When we left Bear around 11:00, we saw the ski patrol putting a rope across it to close OL.

Bittersweek, Skyelark and Superstar were also nice. They were all multiple do overs from the fast Superstar Quad, except for Lower Skyelark which was a little slick. I personally thought Superstar was the best run of the day during our time on the mountain. While surfaces on Superstar were firm like the rest of the mountain, there was plenty of light snow on the trail to support turns on both the upper and lower headwalls. All in all a nice morning.

Let it snow!