Clean and simple lines were the order of the day.

Clean and simple lines were the order of the day.

What's a little snow between friends.

We at Killington have been watching jealously as feet of snow fell on our friends to the South for the last few months. Now it's our turn!

The snow stake at the Birch Ridge Inn currently is recording 23 inches of new snow on the ground from a storm which hit the area last night. (35 1/2 inches on the ground overall) It is still snowing. The National Weather Service is also predicting another large storm to hit the region tomorrow. What a shame!

I was in line at the Super Star Quad this morning for the 9:00 AM start. From 9:10 when I had skis down at the top of the chair, till around 10:45 it was fresh tracks every run. Todays snow was not champagne powder. It was not east coast crud either. It was somewhere in between. My powder skis had no problems planing up to the surface, but turning was not really required to check speed due to the snow consistency.

I found medium steep terrain the most enjoyable this morning. Trails fitting this category allowed for graceful turns with minimal arc and well controlled speed. A great example of this type of trail was lower Dream Maker. Just enough pitch to allow you to point the ski tips down hill, with overall speed being checked by knee deep powder.

After Bear Mountain got tracked up, we took a few runs over on Rams Head. Most of the ski traffic on Rams Head was traveling right under the quad, leaving significant amounts of untracked snow on Swirl and Timberline, 2 trails I hardly ever ski. After a few more runs off Snowdon, it was 12:30 and time to go back to the inn for a date with a snow blower.

I have been outside for around 5 hours moving snow around the inn. It's wonderful!

.....let it snow!