Light snow compliments fall foliage on Killington Peak

Light snow compliments fall foliage on Killington Peak

As if right on cue to bid farewell to fall foliage visitors to Vermont on Columbus Day Weekend, Mother Nature deposited a gossamer coating of faerie dust on top of the mountain peaks of the Green Mountains. Guests woke up this morning to golden hued valleys accented with snow topped peaks.

At Killington, to give Mother Nature a boost (and claim some marketing cred), the resort pressurized their snow making system and made snow for the first time this season. At roughly 9:15 last night, the lights in the Great Room at the Birch Ridge Inn experienced a severe power dip; a telltale sign that the resort had hit the switch and turned over a bank of compressors to blow snow. (The only time the power dips regularly at the inn is when the resort makes snow. The correlation is virtually 100%.) Sure enough, when we woke up this morning, the Killington Resort was reporting snow making operations were underway.

With mild temperatures in the forecast for the next week, it will be a while before the resort can turn on their snowmaking system and leave it on. But the signs that winter is coming to the mountains are all around us. We should be skiing soon.

Where ever you may be keep it in the fairway, pack some hot hands, and start thinking about snow! It's time!