Thu, 25 Dec 2025 18:54:18 -0500 Killngton Vermont News, Views and Information http://www.killingtonblog.com http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202110/text/20211013.txt Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:14:29 -0400 Twig season is imminent. Leaves are seeking Mother Earth to begin the cycle again. This will be the last weekend with any real fall foliage color in Killington. Plenty of color will remain for a few weeks on the western side of the Green Mountains and in southern Vermont if you have not yet gotten your fix. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202110/text/20211013.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202109/text/20210921.txt Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:24:51 -0400 Mother Nature has her own clock! Her clock does not need batteries. Her clock does not stop due to pandemic infections, nor political insurrections. Her clock does not care about stragegic retreats, nuclear deals, infrastructure bills, or budget reconcilliations. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202109/text/20210921.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202011/text/20201109.txt Mon, 9 Nov 2020 12:04:27 -0500 Synexis' patented microbial reduction system installed in public areas of the inn Killington, VT, November, 9, 2020: The Birch Ridge Inn at Killington has partnered with Synexis of Lenexa, KS, to deploy state of the art technology to assist with creating a clean environment for inn guests and staff. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202011/text/20201109.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202009/text/20200926.txt Sat, 26 Sep 2020 15:07:16 -0400 The change is taking place... Neither global warming, nor a global pandemic can stop it. Mother Nature always wins! All around the Birch Ridge Inn, and in Killington, fall foliage has popped over the last 5 days. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202009/text/20200926.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202009/text/20200911.txt Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:28:47 -0400 Before making any other comments... we must never forget this day and all the innocents that perished. May they rest in peace. May we all remember their sacrifice. May we come together as a country without once again experiencing or witnessing the unspeakable horror that occurred in 2001 on this day. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202009/text/20200911.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202007/text/20200716.txt Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:36:28 -0400 The spirit of the Killington Wine Festival lives on. In the extraordinary time we live in, renewing positive traditions can bring some comfort and balance to life. Not in an idyllic fashion or Quixiotic dream. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202007/text/20200716.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202006/text/20200620.txt Sat, 20 Jun 2020 13:32:57 -0400 After a period of great challenge, we are proud to announce that the Birch Ridge Inn is open again and receiving guests for dining and lodging. The first restaurant guests, who happened to be our one of our last restaurant guests in March, joined us for dinner on Thursday night. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202006/text/20200620.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202006/text/20200618.txt Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:14:09 -0400 June 18th, 2020 - Public notice from the Birch Ridge Inn at Killington. The Birch Ridge Inn has Re-Opened. Thursday June 18, 2020. On June 18th, 2020, in accordance with the guidelines put forth by the State of Vermont the Birch Ridge Inn at Killington has re-opened and is receiving guests for lodging and dinner services. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202006/text/20200618.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202003/text/20200315.txt Sun, 15 Mar 2020 18:20:46 -0400 March 15th, 2020 - Public notice from the Birch Ridge Inn at Killington. The Birch Ridge Inn has temporarily closed due to the Covid-19 Crisis. Sunday March 15, 2020. It is with much love and sadness for our staff, guests, and good friends, that we must announce that the Birch Ridge Inn at Killington will be closed until further notice as a result of Covid-19 crisis. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202003/text/20200315.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202003/text/20200313.txt Fri, 13 Mar 2020 16:30:22 -0400 March 13th, 2020 - Public notice from the Birch Ridge Inn at Killington. To all of our inn and restaurant guests, visitors to our bar, and staff... The innkeepers, Bill Vines and Mary Furlong, are monitoring the rapidly changing situation concerning the impacts of COVID-19 on the general public. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202003/text/20200313.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202001/text/20200116.txt Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:08:51 -0500 Just magical.... Thank you Mother Nature! Some times Mother Nature giveths. Some times Mother Nature takes it away..... Last weekend, Mother Nature took it away. After receiving about a foot of snow in Killington the first week of January, Mother Nature played a cruel joke on the area and caused the temperature to spike into the high 50's with liquid precipitation falling from a persistent gr. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202001/text/20200116.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202001/text/20200104.txt Sat, 4 Jan 2020 14:08:47 -0500 It's official! The total number of ornaments and bows on the 2019 Birch Ridge Inn Christmas tree is 427! Congratulations to Connie Barbash who came in closest with an entry of 423. Connie wins a Champagne dinner for 2 at the inn. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/202001/text/20200104.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201912/text/20191216.txt Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:46:10 -0500 Christmas is coming fast. With one less week between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the holiday season is on us quickly this year. Hope you have your shopping done! This weekend we got together with friends who participated in our annual Christmas Tree Monday. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201912/text/20191216.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201911/text/20191118.txt Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:59:27 -0500 The alarm went off at 7:45 this morning. The night before we had spent a couple of hours finding our ski kit. No matter how hard you try at the end of the last ski season to clean it and put it all away together, there are always items that escape. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201911/text/20191118.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201910/text/20191019.txt Sat, 19 Oct 2019 16:28:50 -0400 A big "Thank You!" to Green Mountain Power. The utility pole feeding power to the inn snapped on Friday morning at 2:30 AM as a result of a large tree falling across the lines. It was an interesting night. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201910/text/20191019.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201910/text/20191013.txt Sun, 13 Oct 2019 01:06:24 -0400 You could not have a better weekend in Killington to explore and enjoy the fall foliage. 3 spectacular blue bird days have brought wide smiles on all of the people who have travelled far and wide to visit with us in the middle of the Green Mountain state. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201910/text/20191013.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201909/text/20190921.txt Sat, 21 Sep 2019 16:49:16 -0400 Fall colors are developing strongly this season around Killington. As you travel around town, most of the trees on the mountains are engaged in the process that transforms them from green to fall brilliance. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201909/text/20190921.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201909/text/20190917.txt Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:46:01 -0400 We had the good fortune this morning to be able to get out on the golf course and play. Just 9 holes as we did not have a lot of time. The good people at the Killington Resort Golf Course let us go off the back nine as there were some early morning groups out on the front side. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201909/text/20190917.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201909/text/20190902.txt Mon, 2 Sep 2019 15:29:08 -0400 Todays wet weather aside, now that we are done with Labor Day weekend it is fair to say that signs of fall are all around us in Killington. The early "signal" trees in the area are begining to show faint signs of color. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201909/text/20190902.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201908/text/20190831.txt Sat, 31 Aug 2019 15:45:55 -0400 That was a quick summer....... It seems like summer was unusually short this year at Killington. In late October, we will have owned the property we call the Birch Ridge Inn for 22 years. Each summer over that time has been unique. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201908/text/20190831.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201906/text/20190626.txt Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:46:07 -0400 Sampling time is over. It's time to go public. The restaurant at the Birch Ridge Inn reopens to the general public this coming weekend. On Saturday June 29th, the dining room at the inn will re-open for dinner guests. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201906/text/20190626.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201906/text/20190623.txt Sun, 23 Jun 2019 13:40:15 -0400 Spring never lasts long enough! Coming off a busy winter, there is always work to be done around the inn. And that's a good thing. Simply put, if no one is using it, it's not going to break. And since the inn is a business, it is good when things get used. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201906/text/20190623.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201904/text/20190419.txt Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:16:01 -0400 Spring had a minor fake out earlier in the week. A minor spring snow stormed covered the ground around the inn with a 3 inch coating of heavy wet snow earlier in the week. Of course with temperatures soaring to the mid 60's at 1900 feet where the inn is located, it did not last long. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201904/text/20190419.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201904/text/20190414.txt Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:34:13 -0400 Although it has turned into a rather dreary late afternoon, with heavy rain pounding on the slate roof over my head in the office, Killington has had a great run this season. And with some luck, it looks like there are a few more days to have some fun on the snow. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201904/text/20190414.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201904/text/20190402.txt Tue, 2 Apr 2019 16:34:38 -0400 The weather over the weekend might have made the Gorton's fisherman in his yellow slicker happy but it was not great for a ski resort. Yet as if Killington has struck a Faustian bargain with the devil on April Fool's day, the snow cover remains all over the resort. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201904/text/20190402.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201903/text/20190329.txt Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:31:43 -0400 Today was a surprise! When I got up this morning with the intention to ski the 4th day in a row this week, I was not impressed when I looked outside. Heavy clouds were in the air over the inn. A light r@!n was falling. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201903/text/20190329.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201903/text/20190327.txt Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:31:43 -0400 What a fantastic ski day! 100% bright blue ski. Winter surfaces, Spring temperatures.... it does not get any better until it does.... The crewe started today punctually at 9:00 AM. Today on the slopes for the gang was an important day, and Mother Nature cooperated in all her glory. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201903/text/20190327.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201903/text/20190320.txt Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:31:43 -0400 Lots to talk about in my first post in a while. To start out.... it has been a VERY busy winter. Mother Nature has looked down fondly at the Killington Resort. The improvements made by the resort in the summer of 2018 are paying huge dividends in improving the on snow experience people are having across the resort. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201903/text/20190320.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201901/text/20190129.txt Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:09:05 -0500 Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, Mother Nature is at it again. The Weather Channel Hyped "Polar Vortex" is hitting Killington with at least a glancing blow this week. Temperatures have been in the single digits and low teens. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201901/text/20190129.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201901/text/20190125.txt Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:22:25 -0500 What happened to January. It has been a pretty wild ride... Between the wait a minute weather.... is it hot is it cold, is it snowy, is it icing, is it r@Ining (I refuse to type that word in the winter), Mother Nature had kept us off balance. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201901/text/20190125.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201901/text/20190107.txt Mon, 7 Jan 2019 17:20:08 -0500 The holiday season is coming to a close. Around the inn, Christmas decorations are slowly being put away; being replaced with Mary's collection of snowmen. By weeks end, they will be scattered around the inn dancing their odes to Ullr to encourage copious snow around the inn. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201901/text/20190107.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201812/text/20181223.txt Sun, 23 Dec 2018 17:51:42 -0500 Christmas week is here. After an unprecedented stretch of fantastic early season ski conditions, right on schedule Mother Nature threw us a curve ball late last week. We have not even skipped a beat! So much natural snow fell in November and December that over an inch of r@!n could not wash away all of the snow on the ground. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201812/text/20181223.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201812/text/20181210.txt Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:48:32 -0500 Where has 2018 gone! Two weeks to Christmas.... 3 weeks to 2019... Even in the Green Mountains of Vermont it has been a race.... But now comes the "Fun" part or the year. The 2018 Birch Ridge Inn Christmas Tree is officially on display. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201812/text/20181210.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201811/text/20181128.txt Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:28:02 -0500 Bring it on! It has now been snowing for 3 straight days. Starting late Monday, the Killington region has been blanketed with well north of a foot of fresh snow. The snow is of the heavy wet variety. Sierra Cement versus Champagne Powder. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201811/text/20181128.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201811/text/20181118.txt Sun, 18 Nov 2018 18:32:39 -0500 The Killington Resort is "Fast and Fearless". This week is what it is all about. Killington once again will take center stage in the ski racing world with the Killington Cup; a highly favored spot on the Audi FIS Ski World Cup Tour for female ski racers. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201811/text/20181118.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201811/text/20181113.txt Tue, 13 Nov 2018 15:41:33 -0500 In what is a good omen for the Thanksgiving Holiday period and the World Cup at Killington, heavy snow blanketed the area last night into the morning hours. 3 inches of heavy, wet, snow fell around the inn, bringing the total at the Birch Ridge Inn snow stake to just under 6 inches. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201811/text/20181113.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201810/text/20181018.txt Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:29:04 -0400 The Birch Ridge Inn; waning fall colors backed up with a skim coat of snow! Thursday. October 18, 2018. The season is flipping. Overnight the area was hit with the first snow storm of the upcoming winter. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201810/text/20181018.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201810/text/20181004.txt Thu, 4 Oct 2018 17:00:15 -0400 The Birch Ridge Inn; bathed in fall colors. Thursday. October 4, 2018. The Killington Resort from Superstar thru Snowdon, Thursday, October 4, 2018. Fall Foliage colors are starting to pop in and around Killington. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201810/text/20181004.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201809/text/20180921.txt Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:42:21 -0400 The race is on between the Killington Resort and Mother Nature. Dark foreboding clouds veiled all of the construction activity taking place at the resort today. From ski tunnels to new lifts to lift storage buildings, the resort is crawling with teams of workers moving about with equipment ranging from simple shovels to heavy equipment and helicopters. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201809/text/20180921.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201809/text/20180916.txt Sun, 16 Sep 2018 15:25:05 -0400 It is finally starting. We have been watching the trees around Killington to determine when the fall leaf peeping season might begin. Usually by this calendar date fall colors in the mountains are starting to emerge through the summer greenery of the mountains. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201809/text/20180916.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201809/text/20180914.txt Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:48:32 -0400 With an absolutely beautiful weather weekend on tap for the Green Mountains of Vermont, we welcome all of our guests who are visiting the area to participate in the Vermont Beast Race, the Vermont Ultra, and the Vermont Sprint as part of Spartan Weekend. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201809/text/20180914.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201809/text/20180909.txt Sun, 9 Sep 2018 16:58:59 -0400 Over 20 years we have met some very nice people who have gone from guests to friends. 2 very special people are Grace and Sal from Auburn. Every year Grace knits us new slippers to keep our feet warm as the seasons change. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201809/text/20180909.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201809/text/20180903.txt Mon, 3 Sep 2018 14:52:45 -0400 The Killington Resort from Superstar thru Snowdon, Monday September 3, 2018. We hope you are enjoying a beautiful Labor Day. And wherever you may be, where it is still summer in the northern hemisphere, don't forget your sun screen. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201809/text/20180903.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201808/text/20180829.txt Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:58:39 -0400 Hmm... that was a quick summer! As we continue our journey through life, it is amazing how time just flies bye. Living in the bubble we call Killington does shelter us from some of the chaos of the outside world. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201808/text/20180829.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201804/text/20180430.txt Mon, 30 Apr 2018 19:16:32 -0400 Our last inn guests for the 2017/2018 Birch Ridge Inn season checked out on Sunday morning. While there is plenty of snow on Killington for hardcore skiers and riders to enjoy, the casual snow sports enthusiast has packed their gear and started to change their outlook to summer activities. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201804/text/20180430.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201804/text/20180422.txt Sun, 22 Apr 2018 00:10:30 -0400 We usually do not go out on the mountain to ski on weekends. Weekends are prime time for businesses at Killington, so we spend our time appropriately tending to activities around the inn. Today was an exception. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201804/text/20180422.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201804/text/20180412.txt Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:42:23 -0400 Thank you to all of the guests who have joined us for dinner over the 2017-2018 season. Seasons come and go with regularity when you live in the mountains. Ski conditions have been holding up quite nicely at Killington, but it's time. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201804/text/20180412.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201803/text/20180329.txt Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:56:27 -0400 Today was another in a week of spring days on Killington. Warm enough to shed a layer of clothing, but with a deep overcast hiding the sun, snow surfaces remained soft and creamy. Temperatures last night did not go below freezing for probably the first time this winter season. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201803/text/20180329.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201803/text/20180326.txt Mon, 26 Mar 2018 01:19:54 -0400 Superlatives are not enough to describe skiing and riding at Killington today. 100 Percent open, 100 Percent Packed Powder, 100 Percent Sunshine. The majority of the resort today started out with either groomed, soft, packed powder corduroy, or magnificent bumps. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201803/text/20180326.txt http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201803/text/20180325.txt Sun, 25 Mar 2018 16:25:05 -0400 Spring will come. It is only a matter of time. Mid-winter ski conditions have dominated Killington in the last several weeks. With multiple feet of snow, and no recent freeze-thaw cycles, skiers and riders at Killington have been greeted with 100% open terrain on beautiful packed powder. http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/201803/text/20180325.txt