Moving some of the 5 inches of snow that fell at Killington last night

Moving some of the 5 inches of snow that fell at Killington last night

Mary thinks that using that when I am out using snow thrower that I am "Playing in the Snow". I call it "Work"....so it goes...

it is hard to say anything about today except that the skiing and riding should be good tomorrow. When I got up this morning, the day held a lot of promise. The sun was trying to poke out of the clouds. It had been snowing all night. Unfortunately, the snow ended as a couple of hours of freezing r@!n. But on the positive side it helped lock down the snow so it would not blow away.

About 8:30 AM as I was leaving the Inn to go to the mountain, the power went out. Not just at the inn mind you, but all over Killington and much of Rutland County. Not a good omen....

We called in the power outage, collected a couple of guests who were also heading to the mountain, and trekked off. Less than 5 minutes later, we are in the turn around area of the K1 parking lot, speaking to a Killington Ambassador. You guessed it.... the mountain was closed!

The power failure that had impacted the inn had also shut down the mountain. In addition, the freezing r@!n, which left a delicate coating of ice on the trees around the inn had reigned havoc on the resorts lifts. Icicles were clearly visible on the K1 Gondola Line. The boxes were still in their holding area. It was clear that the K1 Gondola would not be working any time soon.

The Killington ambassador was very nice. He politely told us that he had been told that power would be out for around 3 hours and it was uncertain if the resort would open for the day...so it goes!

We drove around a little bit and showed the resort off to our guests. Then we headed back to the inn, which was still dark. Around 10:45 the power came back on at the inn (which was a good thing as the snowblower was being finicky, refusing to start with the manual draw string). I spent the next couple of hours playing...er... working, moving snow around the inn to get ready for the weekend. No where near as good as skiing, but at least I was outside.

Mary went back up the mountain with our guests around 1:30 this afternoon. The parking lot was empty. The lifts were not turning. The resort was officially closed for the day....so it goes.

But all is not lost. Grooming machines were out working the trails at the resort to prepare for the weekend. Tomorrow is another day...Let it snow!