Home page for Birch Ridge Inn winter website

Home page for Birch Ridge Inn winter website

The leaves on the trees in Killington are just about done. Snow flurries have been spotted in the air. The Killington Resort is making snow on the upper elevations. The Birch Ridge Inn winter website was launched early this morning. We are getting ready for winter and the coming ski season in Killington.

Over the last few weeks I have been working on upgrading the website for the inn. It is a continuous process of incremental change punctuated with a major change in the spring to attract summer visitors, and a major change in late fall to attract winter guests. Much of the work is cosmetic; changing web colors and photo galleries for instance. But some of it can be very serious; like search engine analysis and optimization. A big part of the winter task is getting ski package information loaded into our online calculator. Fortunately, I was able to get that done a couple of weeks ago, before most of the fall foliage guests arrived in Killington. There are still a few tasks to complete over the next couple of days before the first pass of the winter site is totally complete. But the bulk of it is now online for guests to use to help plan their winter trips to Killington while staying at the Birch Ridge Inn.

While we are on the subject of winter, the resort has been trying to make snow on Killington peak the last couple of days. They have committed to open as soon as is practical this year, aiming for the middle of this month. Whether or not they succeed is almost irrelevant. It is just great to see people in Killington get all excited about being able to go skiing and riding again in our very near futures. If you want to follow the resort's progress on getting the ski slopes open, you can take a peak at their facebook page. It is loaded with pictures of todays snowmaking operations, and of the new president, Mike Solimano, hiking on Killington peak with rock skis over his shoulder.

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