Mary sculpting snow off of her car at Birch Ridge

Mary sculpting snow off of her car at Birch Ridge

Oh boy! What a day...

After yesterdays expedition out on the slopes, it was obvious that my aged boots were just a little too comfortable. Who knew we were going to get almost a foot of snow overnight!

Snow started falling last night plus or minus 8:00 PM. The forecast was calling for a strange mix. Oops... the weather channel was wrong again... Instead, when I go up this morning, I was staring down at 11 inches of snow at the inn's snow stake, and an early morning appointment with my friend Ray at Surefoot for a new pair of ski boots....so it goes

Surefoot does a great job with ski boots. I was down at the shop about 2 hours getting fitted and having custom orthotics made. The system Surefoot has at Killington includes a numerical control machine connected to a computerized foot measuring system which automatically machines the orthotics to the shape of your feet. It is all really interesting in a geeky sort of way. Combined with custom foam injected boot liners, the new boots are both comfortable and have a high performance fit.

New Ski Boots being injected with foam at Surefoot. Click to enlarge..

Back at the inn, the snow blower was fired up for the second time this year, although this time was much more serious than in late October. 11 inches of heavy snow results in around 2 and a half hours of snow blowing to clean up all of the walkways and driveways. Quite frankly...Its a Wonderful Thing!. Coming into the Thanksgiving Weekend, fresh snow on the ground is a present from Mother Nature, who was rather mean to us earlier in the year. There will be plenty of non-holiday pow storms where the "Gone Skiing" sign will be hung on the front door... Especially now that I have my new boots!

If you are traveling tonight, stay safe. And have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Let it snow!!!