Day 66 - Sunday River

Out 9:00 to 2:30 with a couple of warm-up breaks; clear and cold to start - windier and cloudier later; 19 runs; 18,250 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; baby soft, packed powder; virtually nobody else out - thanks Polar Vortex; White Heat back on-line today - the day old snow on Shockwave kicked my butt; bought a set of Boot Gloves in response to all the Polar Vortex hype and my recent bout of frostbite - they really, really work well.

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Day 65 - Sunday River

Out 9:10 to 2:15 with coffee and lunch at Barker; 6" overnight; warmer today with brightening skies and a dying wind; 15 runs; 17,250 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; powder - crud later; first run freshies on Jibe was very good;

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Day 64 - Sunday River

Out 9:00 to 3:15 with coffee at Barker and a real good Rueben and fries at Sliders; cold and cloudy building to a light snow; 20 runs; 22,250 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; groomers;

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Day 63 - Sunday River

Out 9:00 to 2:15 with coffee at the Jordan Hotel and lunch at Barker Lodge; 3" last night - sunny and cold today with temps in the teens and little to no wind; 16 runs; 17,250 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; White Heat and Shock Wave are closed - lift problem.

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Day 62 - Killington

Out at 8:00 just to get the day; overcast with temps in the teens and little to no wind; 2 runs; 1,500 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma's #2;

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Day 61 - Killington

Out at 2:15 just to get the day; overcast with temps in the twenties and little to no wind; 2 runs; 1,500 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma's #2; big lines at Bear, otherwise I would have done a lap on OL under the guns - it looked good from the Bear Chair.

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Day 60 - Killington

Out 12:30 to 3:15 with a lunch break in KBL; our 2"+ of rain ended as 2"+ of snow last night and this morning - windy and overcast with snow showers and temps falling into the teens; 9 runs; 10,540 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma's #2; all things considered conditions weren't too bad; there were enough people for a good line on the Gondi;

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Day 59 - Killington

Hard rain. Out 10:00 to 2:30 with a coffee break at the Ski Club; rain all day - 1.25" maybe more since it started last night at 8:00; 12 runs; 14,200 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; various forms of wet snow, slush, and water - the best snow today was inside both tunnels I skied; maybe 2 or 3 dozen other people out; hated these skis again today; obviously stuck to the Bubble and K-1.

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Day 58 - Killington

Out 9:15 to 2:45 with coffee at KBL; overcast and windy with temps rising through the twenties; groomers mostly; 18 runs, 22,400; skied the Volkl Mantras; didn't particularly like my skis today; Vagabond and Lower East Fall were good; my 2nd and 3rd attempts at Double Dipper were better than my first.



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Day 57 - Killington

Shutout yesterday and delayed opening today. Out 10:15 to 2:00 today with coffee breaks at Bear and the Ski Club; clear and cold with strong, gusty winds; 15 runs; 16,750 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; soft groomers and lots of wind blown snow; Rime was divine; the Sunrise Triple never ran yesterday, so I was denied access to what limited terrain that was open given the extreme cold (-22°).



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Day 56 - Killington

MLK Weekend 2019, start of the 2019 Polar Vortex?. Out 8:00 to 2:30 with a coffee break at Snowshed and lunch at the condo; 12" overnight with 6" more during the day; warmer, 10°, and a lot less wind than forecast; 13 runs; 14,333 vertical; skied the Volkl Katanas; deep, light, dry pow - lots of bumps later in the day; big crowd right from opening bell; skied with Chris and Trev; 1st chair on SPE4; freshies or close on Bear Claw/Wildfire, Growler, The Stairs, and Interceptor - Upper Needles and Ovation were good, The Throne was not.



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Day 55 - Killington

Out 11:30 to 3:30 with a coffee break at the ski club; light snow accumulating a couple of inches with temps around 20° and a little bit of wind; 17 runs; 19,250 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; good snowmaking and soft groomers; good crowd, but not really much of a lift line; Dip Dip under the guns was very good - once again those long, overhead, tower guns were producing nice dry snow that didn't fall in big piles rather it spread out enough that it didn't develop moguls let alone any piles reminiscent of those school buses on Supe; Downdraft too - just mogulier.

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Day 54 - Killington

Out 10:00 to 4:00 with coffee at the Ski Club and lunch at the condo; below zero overnight temps never got above 10° despite brilliant sunshine most of the day - no wind; ; 20 runs; 26,850 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; groomers; finally snowmaking on Dip Dip - ought to be good under the guns tomorrow; saw an impressive young park rat arc Chute switch at 40 mph, although he did turn back around... to launch off the berm and over the rope where Chute cuts back to the Bunnel.

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Day 53 - Killington

Ski Bum fail. Out 9;15 to 4:00 with a loooong lunch break at the condo; cold with a high overcast and lots of wind; fairly heavy PM snow shower; 17 runs, 20,400 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; soft groomers; no one out except in the Ski Bum line; unbeknownst to me they added a second run to the Ski Bum Race today as a makeup for one of the cancelled races - I kept looping around expecting the line to go down, but it never did, so I just gave up; Cascade was divine this afternoon.

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Day 52 - Killington

Short day - fell asleep at lunch and didn't wake up till 3:00. Out 10 to 12, then came home for lunch; overcast with temps around 20° and a little bit of wind; 7 runs; 7,777 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; groomers; lots of people but zero line; first time on the Fischer's since I had them ground with a 0° base bevel - since I couldn't turn 'em I just railroaded Bearly 5 times in a row.

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Day 51 - Montage

Very bad day on the hill. Out 9:00 to 9:30; high overcast with temps in the upper twenties and no wind; 2½ runs, 1,400 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; Switch looked to have good cover; got run off into the rocks and trees by a totally unaware, 8 year old park rat - bruised my elbow and butt, but destroyed my race skis and a pair of poles.

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Day 50 - Killington

Out just to get the day; very cold and sunny with strong winds; -7° last night; 2 runs; 1,959 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; Sun Dog and Bear Cub were groomed; line at SPE4 - none on the Bear Chair, but every chair was full.

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Day 49 - Killington

Cold. Out 1:15 to 3:15 with a coffee break at the ski club; clear, cold and windy; 2" last night; temps overnight were below 0° and only warmed into the single digits - the sun and the Bubble helped a little; 11 runs; 12,250 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; packed powder; nobody out, but those that were stuck mostly to the Gondi; Sat AM update: I think I got a little frostbite on the big toe on my right foot.

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Day 48 - Killington

More snow. Out 9:00 to 4:20 with coffee at KBL and a long lunch at the condo; K is reporting 9", but I think only half that fell overnight with the rest falling yesterday during the day; light snow and fog all day with temps around twenty and lots of wind; 20 runs; 24,100 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; powder, packed powder and new snow on groomers; people but never a line; with all the wind the flatter woods down low in the Basin were loaded with snow, think Squeeze Play; OL had lots of snow first thing, but the coral encrusted bumps underneath made it a little tricky; the bumps on Upper Needle's Eye caught a lot of snow too.



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Day 47 - Killington

Out 9:00 to 3:00 with an early lunch break at the condo and coffee at the ski club; 5" overnight with snow continuing all day; temps falling into the twenties; the wind really kicked-up after sun up, then died when the fog rolled in after noon; 14 runs; 16,500 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; powder and packed powder mostly - this afternoon's crud did have some scratchy spots; people, but no line; bad start to my morning, Sunrise Triple was delayed so I drove down to Bear without my pass;

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Day 46 - Killington

Quit early with a headache. Out at 1:30 for an hour or so; 2" overnight; temps around freezing with the cloud layer half way down Bear; 6 runs; 8,100 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; all the runs on Bear were pretty beat up by the time I got out - OL was still real fun, just a lot bumpier.

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Day 45 - Killington

Epic snowmaking day on Outer Limits. Out 11:00 to 3:15 with a quick trip back to the condo for my pass and a coffee break at the ski club; cold with a growing overcast and breeze; single digit temps overnight only rose into the teens; 15 runs; 19,250 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; dry, fluffy snowmaking from the long armed, overhead, fixed, tower guns on OL - perfectly smooth and flat to start, a few small bumps by the end of the day - did 8; not much of a crowd but everyone who was here was on OL.

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Day 44 - Killington

Out just to get the day; 2 runs; 1,959 vertical; skied the 2012 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; zero line at the SPE4 at 1:00.

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Day 43 - Killington

Out just to get the day; 4 runs; 3,200 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; Sun Dog and Bear Cub were groomed; no real lift line at the SPE4 at noon on Saturday.



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Day 42 - Killington

Out 9:30 to 2:30 with coffee at the ski club and a bite to eat at Bear; sunny and very windy with temps rising into the thirties; 21 runs; 23,600 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; groomers; big crowd, but with all the lifts running you could always find a lift with no line.

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Day 41 - Killington

Out 9:30 to 4:00 with lunch at the Long Trail Pub down at Snowshed; 3" of snow overnight with on-and-off snow showers all day; light winds with temps around 30° and a slowly rising cloud layer; 25 runs; 28,300 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; new snow on groomers, it doesn't get any better than that; lots of people out; Bear Cub (the old Falls Brook) was very nice first thing; gouged the shit out of my skis on Highline again; love these skis; you really have to look closely to tell the picture below is not of a snowboard track.



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Day 40 - Killington

Ski Bum cancelled. Out 9:00 to 12:45 with a coffee break in the KSC Building; clear and cold with very little wind; temps started out at 10° and only rose into the teens despite all the sun; 17 runs; 18,300 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; 3f; large crowd for mid-week, but only K-1 had any real line; Cascade and Superstar Headwall closed?

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Day 39 - Killington

Surprisingly good today. Out 1:30 to 4:00 after yet another delayed opening - apparently start times are now aspirational; 2" of snow last night, then ½" of sleet and freezing rain followed by 4 or 5 hours of steady rain; cloudy and windy today with temps falling through the thirties - snow flurries when I quit; 13 runs; 16,500 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; conditions were actually pretty good - soft, smooth and firming; absolutely empty today - other than when it was actually raining I'm not sure I ever recall this few people out; third rain or mainly rain event in a row.

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