Mary and Nina at the top of East Falls

Mary and Nina at the top of East Falls

We have been fairly lucky at Killington this year. With the exception of last weekends short cold snap, and some warm temperatures around the New Years, skiing and riding conditions at Killington have been great. And other than no sunshine, today was no exception.

We started today's festivities in the Stash. Being the only ones on the trail, I hit all the humps and bumps all the way down to the merge with Wildfire. With soft snow all along the trail, it was a lot of fun.

Snow making was taking place along Upper Wildfire to the junction with Anti-Venom. Lower Wildfire was groomed. Not having skied the last couple of days, I would guess that the resort had made some snow on lower Wildfire, as it was much softer than the last couple of weeks.

Bear Claw, OL, and Skye Burst were all groomed. Snowmaking was taking place on skiers right on OL. Heavy equipment was working to dismantle the features on lower Skye Burst. They will probably be a couple of more days before they are done. All of the rails and boxes have been moved over to lower Dream Maker, where work is underway to construct a new park.

Upper Dream Maker was not groomed. It was filled with soft bumps. Middle Dream Maker to Cruise Control was a flat groomed cruiser. Little snow bumps were developing on lower Cruise Control.

Needles Eye did not appear to be groomed overnight. It was set up with some nice, very small, bumps, other than Panic Button which had a slick spot or 2. You needed to pay some attention to your turns, which was a definite change from the high speed cruising of Sky Burst, Dream Maker and Cruise Control.

Bitter Sweet, Skye Lark and Superstar were all soft and care free. The lack of crowds allowed us to do sweeping side to side turns. If you did not know us, you might think that we knew how to ski!

On the Killington Peak side of the resort, today was the day to do the Canyon Triple Play. The Canyon Quad was running, eliminating the need to traverse back to the K1 Gondola. With the temperatures in the mid 20's and no wind, it was a perfect morning to ride the quad.

East Falls, Double Dipper and Down Draft were steep, smooth and soft. The run of the day was definitely Down Draft. It was beautifully soft from top to bottom, right straight thru the junction with Double Dipper. Just a beautiful, challenging run.

All and all, just a really nice day on the slopes.....Let it snow!