Icicles forming on exposed rock on Killington

Icicles forming on exposed rock on Killington

Today at Killington is one of those nasty seasonal transition days that we experience here this time of year. Twig Season has arrived. Most of the trees have shed their fall finery. Cloudy overcast skies are spitting very cold rain drops. Snow is in the forecast.... It is a very gray day. It is obvious that winter will be here soon. (We hope!)

Yesterday, Mary and I took another walk about up on the mountain. We spent about 3 hours hiking across the Sky Peak area, in the new "Stash", and down the new Bittersweet cut. The amount of work that has been done by the resort is nothing short of impressive. Over the next few days, I will chronicle our hike in detail with pictures of all of the changes. Bear with me, because there is a lot to talk about.

One thing we did notice, and this matches today's twig season theme, is that the mountain is starting to freeze. Icicles were starting to form on many of the exposed rock faces where water was present. Exposed rock on some of the trails we walked was downright treacherous, as there was a fine sheen of ice covering many of the surfaces. All of this is , of course, a harbinger of the winter to come.

Today also marks the end of the daily fall foliage picture of the inn. This years set started on September 1. No matter how many times I have seen it, I am always amazed by the progression of fall colors across the mountains. This years colors were as nice as any...but the seasons move on...so it goes.

With any luck, in the next few weeks, I will be starting up the daily picture of the snow stake. In the meantime, as we get ready for the winter season here at Killington we can only think.....let it snow!