Superstar at Noon. Lift on wind hold due to blowing and drifting snow.

Superstar at Noon. Lift on wind hold due to blowing and drifting snow.

Presidents week visitors have faced a good but difficult couple of days at Killington. Good from the standpoint that Mother Nature is blessing the area with copious amounts of snow...difficult because the snow is blowing and drifting, resulting in many lift holds at the resort.

Over 7 inches of snow has fallen around the inn during the last 36 hours according to the snow stake. Quite possibly, more may have fallen, but heavy winds are blowing the snow away from flat surfaces (like the field the snow stake lives in) and moving it into great piles wherever it encounters an obstruction.

At the resort this morning, all of the lifts at Snow Shed and Superstar were closed due to the wind. The K1 lift and the Rams Head lift were operating. I would guess that the Snowdon Quad was operating as well, but because of blowing snow I could not see it from the K1 base lodge where I took this mornings picture of Superstar.

The weather service is predicting additional snow the next couple of days as the storm spins out of the area. The current forecast for tonight is for an additional 2 to 6 inches, with snow flurries continuing through most of the weekend. It should be a great weekend to ski and ride Killington!.......Let it snow!