Sky Peak, covered in snow, bathed in brilliant sunshine.

Sky Peak, covered in snow, bathed in brilliant sunshine.

Bright sunshine, moderate temperatures, a light breeze, perfectly groomed corduroy... the recipe for a brilliant ski day at Killington

The Killington grooming team has been out in full force all week working the surfaces on the trails of Killington. Even though it has been a light snow year, by historical standards, the Killington resort is covered nicely with multiple inches of machine groomed granular snow over a stable base. With todays bright sunshine and moderate temperatures, the conditions were set up just right for a nice day of cruising in the snow on the trails of Killington.

We started our day throwing ourselves down Sky Burst towards the Bear Mountain Base Lodge. Corduroy ruled the day, setting up our group to do sweeping side to side carving turns down the trail.

Snow scenes from around Killington Vermont, February 9, 2012 Click image to stop rotation. Click again to resume rotation.

From Sky Burst, we then headed toward Outer Limits. The resort made snow on Outer Limits over the weekend, which they had groomed flat last evening. The groomed section is relatively narrow, probably 50-60 feet wide. When combined with OL's pitch, you had to pay attention to your turns to not go over the side of the trail. But the snow had a soft top layer which supported any carving turn our group could throw at it.

Loops on Wild Fire, Bear Claw, Dream Maker, Cruise Control, Bitter Sweet, High Road, and Sky Lark completed the circuit on Sky Peak and Bear Mountain. All featured groomed granular terrain. In a few high traffic areas you could find hard pack on the surface, but not in major quantities.

From there it was a ride up the K1 for some loops through the canyon. East Fall was similar to the terrain we enjoyed at Bear Mountain, with the exception that it was still in the shadows. The sun has not quite risen high enough in the late winter sky to light up the Killington Basin side of the resort. Several casual cruises down Great Northern, Bunny Buster, Mouse Trap, and Lower Chute completed our ski morning.

If you feel like working on your goggle tan, head up to Killington. With miles of snow, and warm February sunshine, you can't go wrong. Let it snow!