Mary at the entrance to Bear Claw

Mary at the entrance to Bear Claw

Meetings, bloody Meetings.....they happen here in Killington too..

Today was a beautiful ski day at Killington. Temperatures were in the mid 20's. The sun was shining. There was a little wind, which made some of the lift rides a little cool. And the snow conditions are just plain great.

I had 45 minutes on skis this morning, before heading out to a 10:00 AM meeting. During that time, I was able to ski from Superstar to Bear Claw; a run thru the Stash; Bittersweet to Cruise Control; and a run home on Skyelark to the car parked in Bay 1 at KBL. In the middle of it all, there were 2 separate 9 minute top to bottom to top loops, taking advantage of the high speed Skye Peak Quad (what a great lift for a lot of skiing and riding).

Ski surfaces on my quick jaunt around the mountain were primarily groomed packed powder. Packed powder in New England can mean all kinds of things, but today it was really packed powder. For the most part, nice and soft. Very receptive to sweeping, carving turns.

Because of time constraints, I did not have much of a chance to explore around the mountain today...but I really did enjoy being able to be on the hill, even if it was only for a short time.

For those of you following local Killington politics, tonight(Monday) there will be a meeting at the Sherburne Elementary School at 7:00 PM hosted by the Killington Economic Development and Tourism Commission. The public meeting is an informational session to discuss the EDT's plan to have the town acquire a 38 acre piece of property on the Killington Road known as the "Fireside Lodge" property. The EDT eventually wants to use the property, once it is improved, as a site to hold events sponsored by the town of Killington. To move forward with the project, voters will be asked to approve a bond on town meeting day, March 2nd. In addition to tonight's meeting, there will be an officially warned town meeting on the subject to be held sometime in February before the vote in March.

.....let it snow!