Panic Button at Needles Eye. Nice soft bumps!

Panic Button at Needles Eye. Nice soft bumps!

2 beautiful days in a row!

Like yesterday, ski conditions today at Killington were excellent. The fluff that fell Saturday night which made powder bumps on Sunday morphed into either a soft covering on corduroy groomed trails, or nice little soft bumps on terrain left "au natural". It was a delightful day.

Today we skied with some friends, Chuck and Jane, who own a home in Killington. We met up just after 9:00 AM for a ride up the K1 gondola to the peak. Highline looked gorgeous, but we were told that it was already roped for race training, so we decided to head down Cascade. Cascade was softly covered, yet blazing fast. Each turn set a nice edge into a soft covering of snow. What resulted was a power push with propelled us forward at a surprisingly fast but under control pace down Cascade's compound fall line. And when we got to the bottom, we were rewarded for our good form by a lift back to the top on the Canyon Quad (which for some nice reason was running a little early this morning).

While Cascade was a rush, it was decidedly dark, as the sun had not risen over the mountain at 9:30. So from the Canyon Quad we traversed over to Bear Mountain and it's beckoning blue skies and brilliant sunshine.

At Bear Mountain, Bear Claw and Sky Burst were delightful. Both were groomed flat with a soft covering of packed powder. Upper Wild Fire was covered with nice soft bumps which Chuck and I negotiated fairly quickly (Jane and Mary went around on Bear Claw). Lower Wild Fire was groomed flat for the run out to the bottom. We tried to go into the Stash, but it was closed for grooming. We did do Middle Dream Maker, which is set up as a freestyle park. I hit a couple of the features, although I did not take any air. We did see several twin tip skiers take some big air on several of the jumps. Who ever they were knew what they were doing, and they were fun to watch.

Exiting Bear Mountain we took a run down Needles Eye. Panic Button was covered with soft snow whales, the remnants of recent snow making. Needles Eye was soft little powder bumps left over from Sunday as it had not been groomed. It was a nice little work out.

To finish the morning, we did a loop down Sky Lark to Superstar. Sky Lark, including the lower section, was groomed for cruising. There was no hint of any surface scratchiness anywhere down the trail. The same held true for the upper headwall and middle section of Superstar. Lower Superstar had some firm spots created by traffic which required one to stay alert. But I had fun on it and declared a do over before heading in for the day.

Cold temperatures and snow flurries the next several days should keep the mountain nice as we head into the Martin Luther King holiday weekend on Friday. Hope to see you on the hill!.....Let it snow.