Outer Limits being prepared for Bear Mountain Mogul Challenge this coming weekend.

Outer Limits being prepared for Bear Mountain Mogul Challenge this coming weekend.

Mary and I had a chance to get out on the mountain for a few runs this morning. Snow coverage on the mountain is great. The warm temperatures of the last couple of weeks have barely made a dent in the coverage at the resort. It should be a great spring to ski or ride Killington.

Early this morning, conditions started firm. I use the term "firm" not "solid" as although temperatures dipped below freezing last night, most of the trails we skied did not freeze up. The upper reaches of the trails were "tighter" than the lower sections, but even on the upper sections you were moving a lot of snow under your skis.

From K1 we traversed over to Bear Mountain. Our first run was down Bear Claw to Lower Wild Fire. Upper Bear Claw was flat and fast with great grooming. By the middle, section, the snow transitioned to a creamy consistency. By lower Wild Fire it was soft. But we were two of the first people down the trail, so we were skiing untracked corduroy the whole way.

We followed our route the next loop around, substituting the Stash for Bear Claw. We found similar conditions with the exception that skier traffic (what little there was) had already begun to create little snow piles (the precursors to bumps) on Lower Wild Fire. (It was that soft.) By this time, temperatures had warmed up above freezing. Skyeburst from top to bottom was nicely soft. Lower Skyeburst had a beach sand quality to it, which it usually develops in the spring. But as there was little skier traffic, this did not present much difficulty to negotiate.

Cruise Control, Skye Lark and Bitter Sweet were all nice groomed cruisers. Lower Skye Lark had been left bumped, which we bypassed today. For some reason this morning the Superstar Quad was not running, shortening our day on Skye Peak.

Off the K1, Cascade skied well. The upper section was flat and fast, with the lower headwall getting soft. East Fall and High Line were also groomed flat. The run out along Spillway was in good shape. Sometimes it can get really soft in the spring, but there were no signs of that this morning.

Overall it was a nice morning to ski. And living in the mountains, thats about all we can ask for.........let it snow!