Sure, the ticket would have only been $25, but I still had 4 Ski VT passes to use!
The day started very early in the pouring rain just outside of Providence. It hammered down on us all the way up until we were about 7 miles from Killington and Pico. You could literally stand on one side of the 'line' and get soaked, and on the other you'd just be standing in huge flakes.
SO WEIRD!
We got to a nearly empty parking lot at 9:30am, got our tickets and got on the slope. I got to try our my new boots- Technica Mach 1 series. They were fantastic, leaps and bounds better than my old atomics. Thanks to those of you who pushed for me to get new boots vs liners for my beat up clod hoppers.
So, empty parking lot, empty lodge, empty mountain. They got about 3-4" of snow up top, which was an awesome refresh for the mountain. The bottom had sunshine and warm temps in the high 30's. Mid mountain had some cooler air, the top 1/3 was in a snow storm all day.
We skied as many trees and glades as we could find. Some bush wacking was required. We ended up in trouble a couple of times because the mountain doesn't have the steepest pitch for the deep snow still in the trees.
The snow was a little crusty on top, but after a run of 'breaking it in,' the tracks were awesome.
Mike (Shock) is a tall dude, he ended up stuck in this up past his knees as we tried to make our own path through some trees:
Pretty good day. Best runs were in the trees and on the far skiers right of the mountain (east and west glade?). Loads of soft, rhythmical bumps.
We also saw lots of NYers and NJers with jeans and sun glasses. I watched one dude purposely run into an active water bar (after I advised that he not do that), ice his skis, try to turn, and promptly face plant in the snow.
The day was great, but I felt the mountain was alright, but really lacked the steepness that I hoped we'd find there.
The day started very early in the pouring rain just outside of Providence. It hammered down on us all the way up until we were about 7 miles from Killington and Pico. You could literally stand on one side of the 'line' and get soaked, and on the other you'd just be standing in huge flakes.
SO WEIRD!
We got to a nearly empty parking lot at 9:30am, got our tickets and got on the slope. I got to try our my new boots- Technica Mach 1 series. They were fantastic, leaps and bounds better than my old atomics. Thanks to those of you who pushed for me to get new boots vs liners for my beat up clod hoppers.
So, empty parking lot, empty lodge, empty mountain. They got about 3-4" of snow up top, which was an awesome refresh for the mountain. The bottom had sunshine and warm temps in the high 30's. Mid mountain had some cooler air, the top 1/3 was in a snow storm all day.
We skied as many trees and glades as we could find. Some bush wacking was required. We ended up in trouble a couple of times because the mountain doesn't have the steepest pitch for the deep snow still in the trees.
The snow was a little crusty on top, but after a run of 'breaking it in,' the tracks were awesome.
Mike (Shock) is a tall dude, he ended up stuck in this up past his knees as we tried to make our own path through some trees:
Pretty good day. Best runs were in the trees and on the far skiers right of the mountain (east and west glade?). Loads of soft, rhythmical bumps.
We also saw lots of NYers and NJers with jeans and sun glasses. I watched one dude purposely run into an active water bar (after I advised that he not do that), ice his skis, try to turn, and promptly face plant in the snow.
The day was great, but I felt the mountain was alright, but really lacked the steepness that I hoped we'd find there.
