Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:12:19 -0400Killngton Vermont News, Views and Informationhttp://www.killingtonblog.comTue, 29 Apr 2008 10:09:25 -0400The last couple of days at Killington have been rather damp with moderate rain being experienced acrhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200804/text/20080429.txtWed, 23 Apr 2008 18:08:43 -0400That was fast. What happened to winter??? Last week, seven days ago to be precise, there was 11 inhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200804/text/20080423.txtSun, 20 Apr 2008 12:34:49 -0400Under blue skies intermixed with wispy clouds and unseasonably warm temperatures, the 2007/2008 ski http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200804/text/20080420.txtFri, 18 Apr 2008 10:53:58 -0400When I woke up this morning, the sun was shining brightly and the temperature outside the inn was a http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200804/text/20080418.txtThu, 17 Apr 2008 13:44:47 -0400The ski season at Killington is not quite over yet, as the resort does not officially close until thhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200804/text/20080417.txtSun, 13 Apr 2008 03:27:15 -0400It 3:30 AM. The restaurant staff has all headed home. Inn guests are off to bed. Mary is sound ashttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200804/text/20080413.txtWed, 9 Apr 2008 13:22:17 -0400With Killington closing off terrain at the end of the season, one of there more interesting construchttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200804/text/20080409.txtTue, 8 Apr 2008 23:35:34 -0400Spring skiing and riding has finally arrived at Killington. The last few days have been great with http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200804/text/20080408.txtFri, 4 Apr 2008 15:30:28 -0400Snow....drizzle....Snow....ice....Snow....sleet....heavy fog....Snow.... Pick your poison; it was alhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200804/text/20080404.txtThu, 3 Apr 2008 17:00:49 -0400The business gods played a cruel joke on me today. While I was sitting in a conference room at a mehttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200804/text/20080403.txtTue, 1 Apr 2008 11:52:49 -0400Being April Fools day, I toyed briefly with the idea of writing some pithy fabrication for todays pohttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200804/text/20080401.txtSun, 30 Mar 2008 15:14:55 -0400With 100 percent sunshine, new snow last Friday, warm temperatures, and early spring attendance, vishttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080330.txtFri, 28 Mar 2008 15:19:46 -0400While some people did practice runs on the bumps course set up on Outer Limits for this weekends Beahttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080328.txtWed, 26 Mar 2008 16:19:07 -0400When my alarm went off this morning at 8:00, it did not look very promising. A low and very dark clhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080326.txtTue, 25 Mar 2008 17:44:16 -0400----- Extra ----- Updated at 5:20 PM - Late this afternoon the Killington Resort announced that thehttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080325.txtMon, 24 Mar 2008 16:03:15 -0400Mary and I took a couple of hours away from the inn this morning to play on the mountain. As the temhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080324.txtSun, 23 Mar 2008 16:21:51 -0400Easter weekend at Killington brought 2 full days of bright sunshine for skiers and riders on the mouhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080323.txtFri, 21 Mar 2008 17:15:20 -04006 inches of champagne powder fell last night around the inn. At 6:30 AM the temperature was a balmyhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080321.txtThu, 20 Mar 2008 16:27:27 -0400In typical New England fashion, the Killington region has experienced every possible kind of weatherhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080320.txtTue, 18 Mar 2008 16:21:31 -0400In a note to season pass holders sent out this afternoon, followed by a press release, the Killingtohttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080318.txtMon, 17 Mar 2008 16:47:11 -0400Happy Saint Patrick's Day. And while the official color of the day is definitely green, the bright http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080317.txtSun, 16 Mar 2008 16:02:26 -0400The Chevy US Snowboarding Grand Prix at Bear Mountain, Killington, is wrapping up this afternoon. Uhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080316.txtFri, 14 Mar 2008 15:27:42 -0400While competitors took training runs, workers at the Killington Resort were busy putting the finishihttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080314.txtWed, 12 Mar 2008 15:25:29 -0400When Killington is bad...well we live here...If you read my blog often you know what a picture of Johttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080312.txtTue, 11 Mar 2008 18:20:04 -0400Today was a beautiful ski day at Killington. Temperatures were in the high teens to upper 20's. Suhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080311.txtMon, 10 Mar 2008 17:17:20 -0400With the exception of an hour here, and hour there, it has been almost 3 weeks since Mary and I havehttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080310.txtSun, 9 Mar 2008 15:18:51 -0400Yesterdays dreary weather moved out of the area with a roar last night. R@*n and sleet gave way to http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080309.txtSat, 8 Mar 2008 15:00:13 -0500It is a wet, dreary, day at Killington. The weather has been the usual spring mix of r@*n, sleet, ahttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080308.txtThu, 6 Mar 2008 12:23:50 -0500Mary and I are still sidelined from skiing due to the after effects of last weeks flu. We are on thhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080306.txtTue, 4 Mar 2008 17:59:46 -0500In a ceremony fit for a skit out of Saturday Night Live, two town constables were called to approachhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080304.txtSat, 1 Mar 2008 14:09:43 -0500As I sit here at my desk, still suffering from the effects of the flu, I look outside my window in ahttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200803/text/20080301.txtThu, 28 Feb 2008 15:31:11 -0500The Vermont Council on Rural Development Killington Community Meeting jointly sponsored by the Killihttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080228.txtWed, 27 Feb 2008 16:32:32 -0500I have been out of action for the last 30 or so hours with what may be a case of the flu. Pretendinhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080227.txtMon, 25 Feb 2008 16:08:36 -0500In addition to great skiing and riding, the next 10 days in Killington should prove to be interestinhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080225.txtSat, 23 Feb 2008 14:45:16 -0500The whole point of coming to Killington is to have fun. Guests at the Birch Ridge Inn this week havhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080223.txtThu, 21 Feb 2008 19:46:03 -0500it is very hard to find a complaint about today. 100 percent sunshine set in a deep blue sky; Crisphttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080221.txtWed, 20 Feb 2008 17:05:53 -0500The Presidents holiday week vacation period is in full swing at Killington. And mother nature, althhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080220.txtMon, 18 Feb 2008 13:41:26 -0500Last night the Killington area experienced an early evening ice storm followed by several hours of rhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080218.txtSat, 16 Feb 2008 15:14:03 -0500The last holiday weekend of the winter season has begun at Killington in glorious fashion. In addithttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080216.txtFri, 15 Feb 2008 16:16:02 -0500Unfortunately, I have not been able to get out on the mountain this week. This morning, even though http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080215.txtThu, 14 Feb 2008 16:01:26 -0500Take one damp day with a combination of snow, sleet, and freezing r@*n, add in a temperature drop frhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080214.txtWed, 13 Feb 2008 21:31:28 -0500Another day of strange weather at Killington.. Snow, r@*n, freezing r@*n.. you name it we got it. Bhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080213.txtMon, 11 Feb 2008 20:59:53 -0500I was so psyched....After 2 great days last Thursday and Friday, working hard all weekend, getting ohttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080211.txtFri, 8 Feb 2008 16:43:27 -0500As happens from time to time on Fridays, this morning a couple of my old ski house mates came up earhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080208.txtThu, 7 Feb 2008 14:13:20 -0500There are no friends on a powder day, but sometimes you have to make exceptions. It started snowing http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080207.txtWed, 6 Feb 2008 12:14:34 -0500In a trend that started a couple of weeks ago, weird weather is continuing at Killington. Somehow, http://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080206.txtMon, 4 Feb 2008 16:27:28 -0500After skiing with some interesting weather for a couple of days last week, todays adventure on the mhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080204.txtFri, 1 Feb 2008 15:54:30 -0500I honestly don't know how they did it, but Killington's mountain operations team worked some kind ofhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200802/text/20080201.txtThu, 31 Jan 2008 17:18:37 -0500"eeeeaaaayyyyeeee thththththiiiiiiinkknknnknk mmmmmmmmmmymyyyyyyyyy ffffififififiiiiililllllliiininnhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200801/text/20080131.txtWed, 30 Jan 2008 15:58:14 -0500It has been a wild week at Killington and it is only Wednesday. Yesterday was a ski day for me. I mhttp://www.killingtonblog.com/display_graph.php?text=./month/200801/text/20080130.txt