Beautiful Sunday out on the mountain.

Beautiful Sunday out on the mountain.

Very rarely do we go out on the mountain on weekends. We used to be weekenders on the mountain all the time, but since starting the inn 14 years ago, we spend most weekends at the inn meeting and greeting inn guests. But when I got up this morning to bright blue skies and temperatures cracking the 40 degree mark, there was no doubt that instead of taking a walk around the block, we needed to take a few runs on the mountain.

With temperatures above freezing, most trails on the mountain were developing a nice spring cream. South facing trails were corning up slightly in the warm sun. North facing trails had skid patches where firm surfaces were exposed between little moguls of soft snow. No matter where we were, however, it was all good. With sun on our faces, and strategic lift decisions taken to have the wind at our back, it was just a nice day to be skiing at Killington.

And with feet of snow for base depth, and being only April 3rd, hopefully we will get quite a few more sunny spring days to enjoy playing on the mountain in the snow.