Billy Mac is Back!

Billy Mac is Back!

For a day that was supposed to see storms moving across the area, today turned out to be a nice day to be on the mountain at Killington.

The storm passing west of us today blanketed the area in a skim coat of light fluff in the early morning. Temperatures were also significantly warmer, being in the mid 20's most of the day at Killington Peak. Yesterdays upslope (north) wind following the Superstar lift line was replaced with a down slope (west) wind along the K1 Gondola line from Killington Peak.

Snow surfaces on the mountain were similar to Monday with a varied mix of light powder, wind-blown powder, and frozen granular surfaces. Most of the trails were groomed overnight. Trails that saw grooming early in the evening had a skim coat of new snow that had not been locked into the surface by a grooming machine. Other than a few areas where the wind had scoured the terrain, most surfaces were fairly soft.

From Killington Peak, the Northridge area, East Fall and Cascade were all in fine shape. Rime, Reason, and East Fall were covered with an inch or 2 of new snow. Cascade was a touch scratchy in places, as the wind was following down the slope from the peak. If you stayed on the right side, particularly on the lower segment, you were able to find some nice soft snow.

For some unknown reason the Superstar Quad was not running this morning. I did take Launch Pad across. The cross wind on Superstar was fairly strong blowing clouds of snow to the woods on skiers right. I rode the line further over to Skylark, which was more sheltered from the wind. Skylark was totally wind stripped of soft snow. While being down to the hard pack, it was still nicely skiable. As I was the only one on the trail at the time, I was able to make nice, side to side, cruising GS turns. I would have done it again had the Superstar Quad been operating.

Many of our retired friends are making their way back to Killington for the ski season. It is nice seeing them all again, and it is one more indicator that winter is here at Killington.........let it snow!