Bear Mountain Base Lodge during Mogul Challenge

Bear Mountain Base Lodge during Mogul Challenge

Killington's second ski season, Spring, is well underway with the running of this weekends Bear Mountain Mogul Challenge. This year was BMMC's 30th. 200 competitors took the field to challenge the freestyle bumps course set up on Outer Limits. To provide entertainment for onlookers, live music was provided Saturday afternoon from a stage beside the Bear Mountain Base Lodge. The band, Moe, was the headliner for the festivities.

From a skiing and riding standpoint, I took a few turns on the mountain on Saturday. Temperatures this weekend had plunged back to winter, with on slope conditions following suit. But Saturday was also dominated by bright sunshine. There were a lot of goggle tans in our restaurant on Saturday night.

Today, although it is actually a few degrees warmer, the mountain is covered with a high cloud layer. Inn guests arriving back from the mountain said that the lack of sun made today seem colder than yesterday, even though that is not the case based on the thermometer.

Skiing and riding is scheduled to continue at Killington through the month of April. You still have plenty of time to come to the mountains and take in some turns before putting the boards up for the season.........let it snow!