Another powder day at Killington!

Another powder day at Killington!

You can't make this up!

All winter long we have been moaning about the fruits of Mother Nature... The last 2 weeks have certainly changed that tune!

Today was another in a series of Powder Days at Killington. 4 inches of beautiful, bright white, fluff draped the region overnight setting the table for another great day to be on the mountain. With temperatures in the low teens, the morning was set up for powder run after powder run all across the mountain.

From Bear Mountain, to Needles Eye to Sky Peak to Rams Head to Snowdon, to Killington Peak, everywhere we went this morning I was able to find untracked, or minimally tracked powder all across the mountain.

Mary and Nina in the powder at Killington Vermont, March 5, 2012 Click image to stop rotation. Click again to resume rotation.

The mountain did have some character builders to it, however. The groomed cruisers (Bear Claw, Lower Wildfire, Sky Burst, Cruise Control, Swirl, Easy Street, Caper) were all set up with powder depths ranging from a dusting to 4 inches. You could just rip down these trails with powder flying in all directions.

The bump runs, (Superstar, Outer Limits, Needles Eye, Royal Flush, Highline, Low Road, Interceptor) all presented their own challenges. A weekend worth of skiers and riders created bumps on these trails ranging from a small sitzmark to Volkswagen Beetles. The larger bumps, with clearly defined troughs, while totally covered in powder, were clearly visible, allowing one to take either aggressive, or evasive, action to cope with the bump. The smaller bumps were virtually invisible in the freshly fallen snow. Hitting them at speed was a work out for the legs, which was not a bad thing as they could continue to be strengthened in preparation for this summers golf season.

I do have a couple of black and blues from catching tree branches along the sides of some of the trails. The powder along most trail edges was shin to knee deep. It is a price one has to pay on occasion to get the good stuff.

We have another cool day on tap for tomorrow (Election Day in Killington --- Don't forget to vote!) which should keep the mountain in perfect mid winter shape. After that it looks like we have a bout of spring skiing on tap with bright sunshine and warm temperatures. Don't forget your sun screen!

Let it snow!