Date(s) Skied: 1/5-6/08
Resort or Ski Area: killington
Conditions: powder, pp, hero snow
saturday, 20's mostly cloudy with occasional teases of sun. mtn essentially 100% open. too many trails & not enough time. groomed trails like skye lark & bitter were in excellent shape but the main course was lower ovation. absolutely perfect mm snow. many laps here since this trail is rarely that good. middle o had great bumps & snow on the treeline. still able to find some snow in the somewhere/skye bits trees. upper dreammaker was surprisingly icey while upper needles & thimble had soft snow. vertigo headwall icey but from sunoco rd down excellent. lower v excellent staircases. fiddle on nat snow surprisingly good. rocks easily avoidable. bear trees sweet. upper wildfire had perfect mm snow which bumped beautifully by day's end. the light & dipper woods were excellent while the toilet bowl was pretty sketchy. roundabout as good as it gets. upper breakaway great but lower had more ice than we cared for. snowden trees excellent. closed out on a now bumped lower ovation.
sunday, maybe an or two of new snow. mid 30's very foggy. skied the 8-11 shift. absolute hero snow if you could see it. disappointed that they had mowed down the previous day's excellent bumps on upper wildfire. stop the brutal grooming! cream in the bear woods. upper needles soft bumps > lower vertigo a bit manlier but but still excellent bumps. couple laps on ovation. lower now had huge, well spaced bumps on perfect snow. closed out the morning with a couple laps in the snowden trees which ruled.
fabulous weekend. but really bummed that just when we get the mtn back into mint condition we're getting hit w/ an early january thaw. conditions should be great this week w/ soft snow & bumps abounding, but it won't pretty when the cold air returns. booyah!
Resort or Ski Area: killington
Conditions: powder, pp, hero snow
saturday, 20's mostly cloudy with occasional teases of sun. mtn essentially 100% open. too many trails & not enough time. groomed trails like skye lark & bitter were in excellent shape but the main course was lower ovation. absolutely perfect mm snow. many laps here since this trail is rarely that good. middle o had great bumps & snow on the treeline. still able to find some snow in the somewhere/skye bits trees. upper dreammaker was surprisingly icey while upper needles & thimble had soft snow. vertigo headwall icey but from sunoco rd down excellent. lower v excellent staircases. fiddle on nat snow surprisingly good. rocks easily avoidable. bear trees sweet. upper wildfire had perfect mm snow which bumped beautifully by day's end. the light & dipper woods were excellent while the toilet bowl was pretty sketchy. roundabout as good as it gets. upper breakaway great but lower had more ice than we cared for. snowden trees excellent. closed out on a now bumped lower ovation.
sunday, maybe an or two of new snow. mid 30's very foggy. skied the 8-11 shift. absolute hero snow if you could see it. disappointed that they had mowed down the previous day's excellent bumps on upper wildfire. stop the brutal grooming! cream in the bear woods. upper needles soft bumps > lower vertigo a bit manlier but but still excellent bumps. couple laps on ovation. lower now had huge, well spaced bumps on perfect snow. closed out the morning with a couple laps in the snowden trees which ruled.
fabulous weekend. but really bummed that just when we get the mtn back into mint condition we're getting hit w/ an early january thaw. conditions should be great this week w/ soft snow & bumps abounding, but it won't pretty when the cold air returns. booyah!
