Building the glazier on Superstar

Building the glazier on Superstar

It has been a few weeks since Mary and I had a chance to get out and ski in sunshine. For much of the winter, except those really cold days, the top of Killington Peak is covered in the Killington cloud. Not so today. It was sunny, bright, and beautiful!

The resort has done a fantastic job coping with Mother Natures temper tantrums this winter. Overall, ski surfaces were firm, flat and fast. Areas with recent snow making, with the exception of Superstar, had some small surface features. I would not call them bumps, but the trails with recent snow making were also not totally flat. Superstar is another story.

Major snow making efforts are being made to grow the Superstar Glacier to support late season skiing and riding. Huge snow whales are developing under the snow guns. On the sides of the whales, soft snow is rapidly accumulating. Clearly the snow makers are trying to position some of the towers to build snow whales that are both tall in stature and wide in girth.

Blue skies, wide groomers, and snow making dominated Killington today. Click again to resume rotation.

Across the mountain, trails off Snowdon were generally soft and consistent. Snow making was taking place down most of Great Northern. The Snowdon Quad was not running today, so we did not get a look at Chute. But Mouse Run, Mouse Trap and Bunny Buster skied well.

Across the top of the resort, the traverse down Bear Trax to Bear Claw was well groomed and consistent. Bear Claw was showing a few icy patches. Sky Burst was flat and fast with some beach sand developing along the lower stretches.

Cruise Control and Needles Eye were in excellent shape. Beware of skiers right as the areas farthest from snow making are shoiwng some thin cover. Panic Button into Needles Eye was chunky in spots but had no issues setting an edge. The ROTD for us was Sky Lark. Skier traffic had pulverised any grooming artifacts into a reasonably soft consistent surface. It turned into one of the days few do-overs.

The resort is continuing their efforts to assure us all a long ski season in Killington. Now if Mother Nature would give us a little help, we would all be grateful.

Let it snow.