Snow guns operating on lower Superstar headwall

Snow guns operating on lower Superstar headwall

Signs of terrain expansion at the Killington Resort are all over the place, if you notice where to look. Now that the mountain has made a beautiful recovery from the early week nasty weather, snow guns have been directed to new trails all across the resort.

Much of the activity is clearly visible off Sky Peak. Snow guns have started to build up the base on lower Superstar. Snow guns were visible off of Cruise Control heading towards the Skyship Stage 2(which was being run today but not loading) at the base of Needles Eye. Even cross connect trails from Killington Peak to Sky Peak were under the gun; clearly a sign that the resort is getting ready to break out of it's early season footprint.

We spent a short time out on the mountain today...think of it as going out for a jog, only with ski boots on your feet. We parked right at the Snowdon Quad and skied out of the car. From the quad, I took Mary down Upper Royal Flush for the first run. Skiers right hugging the trees had copious amounts of snow. Mary, on her new skis, was not impressed by the thin cover sign at the top and the wind blown grass sections in the middle of the trail. The good thing about it was it forced her to play in some of the soft bumps with me down the right line. I tried to convince her it was a good way to get her quads working... but I don't think she bought it.

From there we headed across the resort over to Superstar for multiple laps off the Superstar chair. I don't need to bore you with the details... the whole area off the Superstar chair was skiing very nice, as it was on Tuesday when I wrote about it. The only difference between today and Tuesday was that the top of Bittersweet was open for skiing and riding. On Tuesday the resort had Bittersweet closed to make snow in it.

After a half of dozen loops (it was really meant to be a short day on the hill) we headed back down the access road for a break at the newly opened Liquid Art Coffeehouse. Beth (Weinberg) Sarandrea has opened the establishment with her husband Jimi. (Many might know Beth from the Lookout Bar where she still covers a couple of shifts as an evening bartender.) The building on the corner of the Killington Road at Miller Brook Road (across from the Killington Market) has been complete renovated. The walls are decorated with murals and lots of pictures/artwork from Beth. It is designed to be a coffee house, although instead of an espresso drink we opted for a couple of huge hot chocolates. Stopping at Liquid Art was just a nice little peaceful pick me up on our way from the mountain before heading back to work at the inn....well worth the stop.

The weather the next few days at Killington calls for continued snow showers. White from the sky is just perfect as we head into the holiday season.... Let it snow!