New tower mounted fan gun on lower Mouse Trap. Other snow guns circled for highlight.
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New tower mounted fan gun on lower Mouse Trap. Other snow guns circled for highlight.
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There is not other way to describe it....it is just a nasty twig season day in Killington. What by all rights according to the calendar should be a rip snorting snow storm is just a cold, driving, r@!n. The good news in this is the wind and r@!n are knocking the final leaf hold outs down to the ground. The bad news is that the leaves that are now sitting on the ground are a soaking wet mess. Yuck....

On the bright side, the Killington Resort seems undeterred in their quest to get the resort ready for skiing and riding. The new fan gun is installed at the base of Mousetrap and it is a monster. Even thru the torrential rains and other moisture in the air, it is clearly visible from the base of the mountain. The arc of its tower looks like it goes half way across Chute towards Great Northern. When it gets cold enough to fire it up, I am sure it will be an impressive sight to behold. And its placement on the mountain assures that every visitor to Killington will see it in action if the resort runs the fan gun during the day.

The other interesting thing about the picture of the junction of Mouse Trap, Chute, Great Northern and Lower Bunny Buster is that the resort has now stationed snow guns along the lower sections of the mountain. (I added circles around the guns in photoshop to help point them out.) Up until this point, the Killington Resort has only attempted to make snow on the upper elevations. Unfortunately the weather halted that earlier this week. But the base of snow that they made up top was still visible today thru the r@!n. It now looks like they are getting ready to make snow on the lower elevations when Mother Nature gives us all a break.

When the weather will turn cold again is anyones guess....but I hope it is soon! .....Let it snow!