Mary, Chuckles, Gary and the Bagel on Upper Dream Maker in the snow.

Mary, Chuckles, Gary and the Bagel on Upper Dream Maker in the snow.

Go Speed Racer.....Go Speed Racer....Go Speed Racer Goooooooo.

For some reason I could not get that cartoon song out of my head this morning. In plus or minus 2 hours and 30 minutes we did 15 top to bottom runs; comfortably landing in the K1 base lodge before noon to call it a day on the hill. We did more skiing this morning than we did on whole weekends in the early 1990's, courtesy of all the high speed lifts the resort now operates (even though we think some of them are sloow).

At Bear Mountain we did runs through the Stash, Outer Limits (a do over with 2 very quick laps) Bear Claw, Wild Fire and Sky Burst. At Sky Peak our excursion took us down Dream Maker (another do over), Cruise Control, Needles Eye, Vertigo, Bitter Sweet, Sky Lark and Super Star. We finished up on Killington Peak on Cascade, Double Dipper, East Fall, Rime, Reason, Ridge Run, Great Northern, and High Line.

Conditions today were faaaaaaasssssstttt. Most trails featured a 2-3 inch layer of machine groomed loose granular over a firm base. With light crowds, the mountain was totally set up for speed.

Hard to pick a run of the day. Outer Limits and Upper Dream Maker and Super Star were very good. All allowed edge to edge carving turns, with few hints of skidding or ice.

Vertigo was the most technical run. It has not been groomed in several days. The surface was developing nice 12-18 inch bumps. With light snow falling all morning, any slick spots on Vertigo were covered up, yielding a trail where if you paid attention to your lines you were rewarded with an exhilarating run.

The worst run of the day was Cascade. At 10:30 AM the trail was basically dark with very poor visibility due to low clouds and light snow. Compounded with a rock hard surface full of skids down the lower compound fall line...well suffice to say we did not do that over again. It was interesting, as Double Dipper and East Fall also in the Canyon area of Killington Peak were both very good... But Cascade...not so much.

The weather forecast for Killington this weekend is calling for unseasonably cool temperatures (20's) with on and off snow flurries. If you plan on winter conditions, the beast will reward you with a great weekend of skiing or riding....Let it snow!

News Flash: While we were out skiing this morning, the inn received a call from the Resort notifying us that the resort plans to continue operating for Skiing and Riding through Sunday May 1st, assuming weather conditions permit. Based upon this weeks observations, and the amount of snow pack on the mountain, unless something abnormal takes place, weather conditions should permit another full month of skiing and riding at Killington. Enjoy!