Back on the mountain again.

Back on the mountain again.

Conditions on the mountain this morning were worthy of a few runs. Temperatures at the peak were in the mid 20's. For the most part, the Killington cloud was blocking the sun, occasionally coughing up a snow flurry or two. All told, not to bad for early December.

Open terrain at Killington this morning included the North Ridge area, most of Snowdon, and parts of Rams Head. East Fall to the Canyon Quad was closed to allow some snow sculpting work to be completed at the junction with North Ridge. Highline looked beautiful, with a pristine layer of newly made snow, but the ropes were blocking it off, (probably) reserving it for weekend use.

The K1 Gondola, the North Ridge Triple, the Snowdon Triple, the Snowdon Poma and the Rams Head Quad were all loading to carry people up to their respective peaks. Snow Guns were active on Bunny Buster, and the Bunny Buster Run out (fairly wet), East Fall, Chute, and over on Skye Peak at the base of the Superstar Quad. I presume they were also making snow on Bittersweet and Sky Lark, but most of the time you could not see those trails from Snowdon because of cloud cover.

The resort has made an impressive amount of snow since the deluge earlier in the week. Overall conditions were mid winter on newly made snow. Most of the trails had not been heavily groomed, so the snow was very soft. it had not been compressed into a packed powder state. In may places, the resort appears to have decided that skier traffic would be enough to do the job today.

It looks like the mountain is in for more of the same conditions over the weekend, with the continued probability of snow squalls dropping some natural snow across the region. Look for ski conditions at the resort to continue to improve, and for the resort to expand terrain as well.

Happy Birthday Mom! Happy Birthday Jay! Let it snow!