After lunch we headed over to the Skye Peak & the Needle's Eye area. We skied Needle's Eye, Vertigo & Needle's Eye Liftline. These were some of the best runs of the day (in my opinion). There were no bare spots on Vertigo at all. Tons of snow on that run & the bumps were to die for. Unfortunately, no pics since I didn't bring the camera with me after lunch.
The run with the toughest bumps (for me anyway) was the upper part of Skye Hawk. Real steep with VW-sized bumps. Skye Lark & Bittersweet were very nice as well. We obviously skied Superstar a few times (especially the upper headwall) but since K's been grooming it every night, it did not have the gigantic spring bumps we've all become accustomed to on that trail. Skiers left under the chair on Superstar had some nice big bumps that were fun, however.
At the end of the day, we did another run on Big Dipper & then closed the day with Escapade to Flume. Fantastic final run. The bumps were great on Escapade & the snow was very nice on Flume although we did have to walk across grass on one part of Flume. I guess that's why it was roped off.
It was just too tempting to not duck the ropes on Flume, Lower Ovation & Lower Powerline. I told Dave that I'm a bad father because I'm teaching my 14-yr old son not to respect authority by ducking ropes on closed trails. The snow & terrain on those runs was just too good to pass up. Plus, this late in the season the danger is minimal to non-existent.
This was one of the best days of my season. It is so much fun to ski in nice weather with soft corn snow & big, soft bumps. Killington was a great choice today because of the outstanding terrain & the variety. I know Mt. Snow has put a good product out there for late season, Spring skiing. But it doesn't have the type of terrain variety that K has. It's easy to bash Powdr for how they've run Killington this year but that mountain still f*%#ing rocks in the Spring. I'm glad I got to hit it again in all its Spring glory.
Here's some final pics.
