Looking across the Roaring Brook Valley from the Birch Ridge Inn.

Looking across the Roaring Brook Valley from the Birch Ridge Inn.

And no..it's not an election...there will be no run off other then r@!nwater or snow melt in the spring.

The annual rite of passage from summer through fall into winter which we call Foliage Season is coming to a close in the Killington area. While there are a few hold outs among the forest, the vibrant fall colors of just 10 to 15 days ago are being rapidly replace with the dull gray of twigs against a darkening sky.

While it happens every year, the passing of Fall Foliage season is still bittersweet. From the first blush of spring to the onset of twig season, the Green Mountains are bursting with color. And now it is virtually all gone.

But, as they say, life goes on. The falling of the leaves in Killington means that the falling of snow is not far away. The purifying process of turning the country side white will rapidly erase the doldrums of twig season.....Let it snow!