White creamy goodness all around Killington

White creamy goodness all around Killington

Killington Got Snow!

Alright... contain yourself. We don't want to get Mother Nature or Ullr upset by wild displays of irrational exuberance.

The warm air pattern which has held sway with local weather for the last week at Killington broke last night with a cascade of 3 to 6 inches of heavy wet snow falling around the region. Although the weather service had been predicting that the heaviest snow would fall on the eastern side of the Green Mountains, anecdotal evidence from people coming to Killington from Rutland and points west indicated that snow totals were probably slightly higher on the western facing slopes. But again, we are talking small differences.

The weather pattern in Killington the last few weeks has been fairly predictable. For the last 5 weeks we have had a period of snow, followed by a warm up. It started in late October with the warm up reaching the high 60's and low 70s. Each week since, the warm up had dropped 10 degrees into the 60's, 50's, 40's, before this week when highs reached the upper 30's on Monday. You can see that winter is approaching..Is the cold air here to stay is anyones guess, but if the pattern holds true one would guess that it will. And of course that would mean that winter is establishing itself in Killington.

This weekend at Killington you can enjoy the Killington Holiday Festival produced by the Killington Chamber of Commerce at the Killington Grand Hotel. Mary is up decorating the Birch Ridge Inn Christmas Tree at the Grand this morning as part of the "Festival of Trees". The Festival runs Friday and Saturday and is great for "children of all ages".

With some luck, we will be starting to get out on the mountain for some skiing in the next few days. It has been a couple of weeks since I got my new ski boots from Surefoot. I was beginning to think that I had jinxed the season, as snow conditions at the area have not improved since I got the boots. But,last nights snow fall has belayed my fears. It's time to get on the mountain and get into a winter schedule.

Where ever you may be....Let it snow!!!