Killington Snow Dance Winner Kara McQueeney under the Christmas Tree at the Birch Ridge Inn.

Killington Snow Dance Winner Kara McQueeney under the Christmas Tree at the Birch Ridge Inn.

A couple of weeks ago, the Birch Ridge Inn and the Killington Resort ran a "Snow Dance" promotion. The winner received a 2 night stay at the inn, 2 adult 2 day ski tickets, dinner at the Look Out, and tickets to the Bad Fish concert at the Pickle Barrel. Friday night, the winner, Kara McQueeney, checked in to the inn to spend the weekend at Killington. Early Saturday morning, before sunrise, it started snowing. Light snow/snow flurries fell all day. By late in the day, it started to accumulate and cover most surfaces. The Killington Road was even closed for a while due to snow, something that is almost unheard of in these parts. (Cars were careening out of control in a few places due to icing as the snow got packed onto the road surface by traffic.)

Go figure.....

At the inn, the Snow Stake registered a respectable 4 1/2 inches. Given that the ground is not frozen, I was quite surprised when I took the picture this morning. Even though we are due to have cold temperatures the next few days, I expect the reading to go down as the snow melts from the bottom up. But it great to see snow on the ground all around Killington again.

Maybe we should run another contest?

Kara's video can be found on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=576616219799&oid=34949209400 (log in required).

......let it snow!