Storm clouds hang over Killington

Storm clouds hang over Killington

Ugly...that is all one can say about 55 degrees and a hot wind on December 28th in the mountains of Vermont. Natural snow is rapidly melting all through the mountains, causing local streams to fill up as the water heads down hill to points south. With any luck, we are experiencing the infamous January Thaw a little early this year.

Inn guests returning to the inn this afternoon are reporting that ski conditions on the mountain are holding up fairly well. The Killington Resort made and incredible amount of snow on the trails in early December when temperatures were unseasonably cold. It is serving them well now that we have unseasonably warm temperatures in the region. Snow conditions are being reported as soft and spring like, which is understandable given the thermometer was reading 57 degrees at the inn at noon today. The only problem at the mountain was a wind hold on the Superstar Quad. High winds have been buffeting the area all afternoon. Evidently the resort needed to close the Superstar Quad because of the gusts.

Cold weather is due to overspread the area later tonight. I am sure that the resort will resume snow making to resurface terrain damaged by the last couple of days high temperatures. It would be nice if we got a little natural snow to help. We can hope.......Let it snow!