South Ridge with Killington Peak off to the left.

South Ridge with Killington Peak off to the left.

Five (5) inches of sweetness fell overnight. Snow started falling around 9:00 PM. The temperature was a crisp 10 degrees. Pure powder from heaven!

I usually don't ski on Saturday or Sunday, the inn occupies my time. But I do make exceptions when we get 6 inches or so of new snow. And today was one of those days.

I did not get out at the crack of dawn, I did need some sleep after working late last night. But by 10:30 I was out on the hill. The sun was shining brightly. Temperatures were in the high teens. There was no noticeable wind. Just a beautiful day to ski.

I took out my powder ski's today. At 10:30 I knew everything would be well tracked, but the powder skis do a great job pushing through soft powder bumps. They require a little more leg work, as they are 15 cm longer than my normal skis, have virtually no side cut, and are almost as wide as a snow board. But they worked very nicely in today's new snow.

I stuck to my mountain tour route, parking in the Vail parking lot for a quick trip to the Rams Head Quad. A warm up run down Caper brought me to the Snowdon Quad and decision time.

For the first run, I decided to try something a little different. I went down Frolic to Vagabond. I would have gone into Patsy's, but as I was skiing by myself, going into the woods is a no no. Both Frolic and Vagabond were well covered. Frolic had a few cruising tracks, as to be expected on a green trail. Vagabond was covered with nice soft bumps, that my powder skis just ate up.

After taking the Snowdon Quad for a second time, I headed over to East Fall. It's pitch has some scraped of spots, but there was plenty of soft snow on skiers right. After a ride on the Canyon Quad, I traversed over the mountain for a run down Bear Claw to Lower Wild Fire. Both were soft and sweet.

After a few runs at Bear, I traversed over to the South Ridge Triple to get a boost across the mountain. That's when I heard today's title. In the chair in front of me, I heard someone say "What a day! This is Killington at it's best". And with the sunshine, the snow covered trees, the powder covered trails, even on the South Ridge Triple, the person in the chair in front of me got it right.

Killington at it's Best!.....Let it snow.