Snow covering the Birch Ridge Inn at Killington

Snow covering the Birch Ridge Inn at Killington

It is a start...

The Killington region received the first significant snow fall of the 2015-2016 ski season overnight. Snow started falling right around midnight. By 4 AM, upper level warm air had overspread the area changing the snow flakes to solid ice crystals, limiting further accumulation but raising the density of the overall snow pack. It should stick around for a while.

The Killington Resort is reporting 5 inches of new snow, which lines up nicely with the near 4 inches of snow that fell around the inn. Combined with the snow making operations that have been underway for the last couple of days, skiing and riding should be decent over the New Years holiday weekend.

While the advertiser fueled "Madison Avenue" hype of the storm by the Weather Channel did not materialize, all of us in ski country are still happy to be out moving snow around with shovels and snow blowers. 3 to 5 inches a day... that's all we ask for....

Where ever you may be, may your snow shovel be sharp, and your throw long. Think Snow!