From Left - Bagel, Chuckles, Ben, Kenny, and Ruts on the top of Superstar.

From Left - Bagel, Chuckles, Ben, Kenny, and Ruts on the top of Superstar.

I do not mean to be impolite, but if you were skiing Killington today and you did not look and feel like a hero on the snow, please call the Killington Ski School at 800-923-9444 and take a lesson. With bright sunshine, and every trail basically a groomed cruiser, it was hard not to look and feel good on the slopes.

With few exceptions, every trail we skied on today was groomed flat with a deeply tilled loose surface. Most trails featured a firm base with 2 to 4 inches of soft snow on top. Conditions were set up perfectly for high speed cruising with wide carving turns.

By definition, the Stash, Wild Fire, Bear Claw, Sky Burst, and Dream Maker were just great. Conditions were so consistent, and early morning crowds were so light, I don't think I made 5 turns from top to bottom on Wildfire. The only trail that was sketchy was Outer Limits. It was rock hard with noticeable ice at the pinch point midway down the trail at the start of the Bumps course. OL was definitely not a do over, but every other trail at Bear Mountain was certainly worthy, if high speed cruising was your thing.

Moving left across the resort, we found the exact same well groomed conditions on Cruise Control, Bitter Sweet, Sky Lark, Superstar and High Road. Superstar was very soft on the lower headwall on skiers left under the lift line. Upper Ovation was very firm with a powdery covering left over from skier and rider traffic. The rocket ride element of it persuaded us to not do lower Ovation. Looking at it from the opposite side of the resort on the top of Highline, it seemed like we made the right choice.

Continuing our leftward migration, East Falls was great. Cascade, which we did not get too, looked quite nice based on observing several groups of skiers and riders. Double Dipper was firm. Rime and Reason at North Ridge were simple cruisers. Ridge Run (formerly West Glade) had 2 to 3 foot icy bumps along the top 400 yards, before reaching the groomed parts along Great Northern.

On Snowdon, the grooming trend continued, including on Great Bear and North Star. Great Bear still had corduroy visible at 11:30. North Star was skiing firm with a smattering of loose snow covering a very firm base. By the time we had reached North Star we had spent our day basically heading straight down on every trail, so the firm surface was barely noticed.

We finished up on Highline in full sunshine. I followed Ruts down skiers left near the racing fence by the trees. The snow was beautifully soft packed powder; just right as a finish to our ski day.

If you can't have 6 inches of fresh powder, or play in the bumps, groomed hero snow is not a bad alternative. Match it with bright sunshine and mild temperatures... not bad... not bad at all....There will be a lot of rosy cheeks in the Great Room tonight.... Spring is coming. Time to break out the sun screen!

....Let it snow!