Snowmaking operations taking place on upper trails of Killington Peak

Snowmaking operations taking place on upper trails of Killington Peak

It looks like Twig Season is over. Finally!

Overnight, it was downright cold and nasty at Killington. Temperatures dropped into the 20's, the wind picked up, but more importantly -- It Snowed!

Around the inn we received about 2 inches. The snow was the wet, heavy kind. It spread out fairly uniformly on every surface it touched. Paved surfaces this morning were covered, although as the temperature has risen since sunrise, they are clearing off. Grassy surfaces are still holding the snow cover.

I drove up to the mountain this morning to see what happened at the resort over night. Conditions at the K1 base lodge looked similar to those at the inn. I would think that the upper mountain got more snow, based upon normal patterns, but it is hard to tell looking at it from the base lodge. But on the upper reaches of the mountain, Mother Nature is cooperating by providing cold.

Killington turned their snowmaking system on last night. At 11:30 AM this morning, snow making was clearly visible on Killington Peak, down Great Northern and into Rime. I did not see any snowmaking taking place at lower elevations.

For those following the blog of late, I am writing up the next part of the hike that Mary and I took on the mountain. The next installment will be on the redesigned Sky Peak. But in the mean time, I thought you would like to hear about the snow.

Ski season is coming soon. Are you ready? .....let it snow!