Everyone smiles at Christmas time.

Everyone smiles at Christmas time.

Today is a big transition day at Killington. Many Christmas guests who were in town over the holiday weekend are now heading off. In their place, others are now aiming their cars towards the mountain; due to arrive in Killington later this afternoon and evening for a few days on the slopes. The week between Christmas and New Years is underway in the mountains.

Right on time, Mother Nature threw eastern ski resorts a curveball. Last night the mountain was saturated with a combination of sleet and freezing r@!n. Today, temperatures are momentarily climbing behind the storm, with fog hanging low across the mountains. The good news is that little immediate damage has been done to the snow pack. Of course, storm systems do not leave the Northeast quietly in winter, so it may get interesting as we hit the storms back side the next couple of days.

Light snow and much colder temperatures are due in the area on Monday and Tuesday. The cold temperatures will be both a plus and minus. On the down side, wet surfaces will firm up beyond the "packed powder" state. But the silver lining is that snow flurries will turn the countryside a dazzling white again. And on the slopes, the resorts snow making systems should be back on with a vengeance, resurfacing the ski area to provide holiday visitors with a nice ski product.

It should be an interesting week....let it snow!