Ruts and Chuckles in the powdha on Needles Eye

Ruts and Chuckles in the powdha on Needles Eye

Those who made the trek to the Killington Resort this morning were rewarded with almost 2 feet of fresh powder. The mountains of Killington were nicely blanketed in a high density snow with a consistency midway between "Sierra Cement" and "Champagne Powder". The snow density was great for copious face shots this morning, but also will have some staying power as it mixes with Killington base.

We started on a trail this morning with only 1 track on it at 9:00 AM. (The track was made by the Liftie who was waiting for us at the bottom with a big grin on his face...) A consistent 2 feet of snow with drifts signifcantly higher got our legs working as we bounced down the trail. It was a precursor for the rest of the morning.

After our first run in untracked, we entered a more usual pattern. The Stash was awash in fresh snow everywhere. It was so deep in places that some of the norrmal terrain features were hidden from view. After the Stash, we did Dreammaker, which was excellent from top to bottom. Ruts augered into the middle of Dreammaker, doing a double eject in the process. After a short 5 minute search for his skis in the snow, we were back on our way bounding down the trail.

We meandered all across the resort. Everything we were in was just great. For one of our last runs, we found ourselves at the top of Northstar. By now it was cut up into a mogul field... but we did it anyway. Lots of fun making our way through 2 to 3 foot bumps of soft snow.

Overnight I would expect that the resort will be doing a lot of grooming to stabilize the base. It should be a great weekend of skiing and riding in new soft snow.

Let it snow!