Storm clouds move into Killington

Storm clouds move into Killington

Mother Nature is at it again. A messy winter storm is striking the area this Sunday. Unlike the champagne powder storm we had earlier in the week, this storm is sloppy...which is probably just what the mountain needs as they prepare to push open new terrain before the approaching holidays.

Although the logic may sound reversed, the Champagne Storm, albeit fun while it lasted, did not do much for the area to get new terrain open. If it happened in February when the resort is fully snow covered, we would have been celebrating a couple of powder days. But as it was, high winds with the storm earlier last week saw to it that north facing slopes were scoured down to grass. Hence trails like Superstar saw it's lower headwall suitable for grazing by sheep, not skiing or riding by humans.

Todays weather event, in contrast, with it's high water content, should lay down a coating across the whole resort that should be relatively impervious to the winds accompanying the storm. Assuming the mountain does not get an inordinate amount of r@!n mixed with the snow, the resort should be left with a good base to allow their snow making system to finish the job when temperatures drop on the storms backside.

Meanwhile, back at the inn, we have been working to get everything ready for the upcoming holidays. Mary has fine tuned this years Christmas tree in the Great Room. Most of the other decorations for the holiday have also been placed around the inn. I have installed a new Samsung Flat Screen TV in the Great Room, along with an Apple TV to access internet video. Other than taking down the behemoth 27 inch CRT, the main job has been figuring out the channel layout from Comcast, and reprogramming the Denon AV system to deal with the new devices. For those of you keeping score, we how have 6 remotes in the Great Room (TV, DVD, CD, VCR, AV System, Apple TV). Since I came out of the electronics industry, I find this situation ridiculous. I have started to investigate a universal remote to pull everything together... but in the meantime, we will muddle through.

Later this week, we will be back out on the mountain again... In the mean time.... Let it snow!