Day 101 - Killington

AM session before the rain. Out 8:00 to 9:30, no break; sunny and windy to start with temps around 45°, then the clouds rolled in and the rain started at 9:30, so I left; 8 runs; 10,650 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #1's; soft, soft, soft; OL was divine - groomed flat with oodles of corn - I did 7; +15 on skis this morning, just 4 more to do!

PM session after the rain. Out 2:30 to 4:00, no break; cloudy and windy with temps around 45°; 7 runs; 9,500 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #1's; still super soft; OL was still divine - did 5 more, but this time from the SPE4.

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Day 100 - Killington

Out 10:30 to 1:15, no breaks; put the rain gear on, but it never rained; various levels of fogginess with temps in the forties and a little wind up high; 14 runs; 16,548 vertical; soft and wet; ran away and hid in the Canyon, so no real crowd; Downdraft was good again so I did 7; only rode 1 high speed lift all day and today's total vertical shows it.



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Day 99 - Killington

Out 10 to 1 with no break; light rain developing by 11 - temps in the low forties - cloud layer dropping all day - down to the top of Skye when I left; 16 runs, 21,098 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #1's; soft snow everywhere - a little sticky, but not too bad; nobody else out; Downdraft and Ovation were very, very good; late start today - the Sunrise Triple didn't run, so I had to drive to Bear.



Pictures taken last Saturday.

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Day 98 - Killington

Out 9:00 to noon, no break; another bluebird day - sunny and warm, but there was a little wind; 15 runs; 21,500 vertical; skied the Head i.SG RD's, groomers; a few people on the hill, but generally just ski right on; Dip Dip was very good, i.e. groomed; Ovation wasn't bad either, despite the 200 ft. ice fall on the lower face; skiing the SG skis has been fun; passed 1.5 million vertical feet skied this season; Killington's website giving out misinformation yet again - fail!



Picture taken last Sunday.

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Day 97 - Killington

Out 9:00 to 3:00 with lunch at the condo; sunny with temps in the lower thirties and no wind - another spectacular day; 24 runs, 33,498 vertical; skied the Head i.SG RD's and the Volkl Mantras; groomers - a little heavy snow on maybe the bottom ¼ of Bear by the end of the day; there were a few people out today; more than 100,000 vertical in the past 3 days; new high max speed for the season - see below; the Mantras really worked well in the heavy, soft snow; still lots of stuff closed - OL and Dip Dip for example; a little late to the hill this morning when Sunrise and the south side of Bear were closed till 9:30 for on-going grooming.



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Day 96 - Killington

Out 9:30 to 3:15 with a long lunch back at the condo; sunny with temps in the twenties and a little wind; 25 runs, 35,944 vertical; skied the Head i.SG RD's and the Volkl Mantras; groomers; not very many people out; first time this year on the Head i.SG RD's; also the first time this year I've gone 30k+ back to back; 2 different groomers outside the condo this morning?



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Day 95 - Killington

Out 11:00 to 4:00 with lunch in the Peak Lodge; sunny with temps in the twenties and a little wind; 24 runs; 33,648 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; groomers; very few people out today.

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Day 94 - Killington

Radvanyis Day 3. Out 8:00 to 12:00 with a coffee break in the KBL; sunny with temps rising into the thirties - a spectacular day except for the relentless wind; 14 runs; 16,276 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; some good groomers, but unfortunately they were not as soft as I was hoping for because the wind scoured any soft, loose snow into the trees; HUGE crowd; Old Superstar was very good; today's picture is of Trevor hitting one of the rails in the Woodward Peace Park on Dreamaker.



Added a few of me

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Day 93 - Killington

Radvanyis Day 2. Out 8:00 to 12:00 with a coffee break in the KBL; a little disappointed that we didn't get more than the 3" that fell overnight - last night's forecast and radar looked oh so promising, but c'est la vie; very windy today with temps rising into the twenties; 12 runs; 14,544 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; powder, packed powder; huge Saturday crowd; Escapade/Flume was pretty good.



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Day 92 - Killington

Out with the Radvanyis. Out 9:00 to 2:00 o'clock or so with a KBL coffee break; 3-4" this morning before the lifts opened and another 3-4" during the day - still snowing; temps in ther upper twenties and thankfully not as much wind as they were forecasting; 17 runs; 22,300 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; powder and packed powder, although some of the steeper stuff got a little scrapped off by the time I quit; lots of people.



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Day 91 - Killington

Another great day. Out 11:45 to 4:00 with lunch at the Peak Lodge; growing overcast with temps just above freezing and a stiff wind blowing in weather from the southwest; 19 runs; 28,750 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; corn, corn, corn; nobody out today - only rode the chair or box with someone else a few times; Outer Limits and Dip Dip were marvelous; did 8 on OL, but only 4 on Dip Dip - I just ran out of time.

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Day 90 - Killington

Great day on the hill. Out 9:30 to 2:00 with lunch at the Peak Lodge; mostly sunny skies with temps just above freezing and a little wind; 21 runs, 28,000 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; firm groomers softening quickly in the sun; lots of people for a Wednesday; plenty of great choices today - Outer Limits, Double Dipper, Downdraft and Superstar were all groomed; Canyon Quad running mid-week and Dip Dip groomed - priceless; skier's left of Tower 4 on the lower pitch of Superstar was noteworthy - they did an excellent job grooming the side of the glacier there; Ovation still closed after last weekend's rain/freeze.

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Day 89 - Killington

Skied with Tad and Manford. Out for a couple of hours this AM; Clouds and sun with temps in the twenties and a little wind - another dusting of snow overnight; 11 runs; 13,800 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; firm groomers; trying to catch up on doing skis - I'm currently at +5 - I've done 2 pair each of the last 4 days and am hoping to continue the streak indefinitely.

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Day 88 - Killington

Chilly despite temps around twenty and a good deal of sun today - another dusting of snow overnight; 13 runs; 18,250 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; firm groomers; lots of runs still closed after this weekend's rain-freeze cycle.



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Day 87 - Killington

Out till it started raining - 11:00 o'clock; a little rain overnight, but just cloudy and windy this morning - temp around fifty; 9 runs; 12,600 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; soft, but much less sticky than yesterday; didn't ride the chair with anybody all morning; right knee is hurting.

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Day 86 - Killington

Officially the stickiest day ever. Out 1:45 to 4:15, no break; 2" of glue overnight; clearing skies today with temps in the forties and no wind; 9 runs; 13,000 vertical; skied the 2012 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; soft sticky snow everywhere - I almost had to walk down Sun Dog; the only lift lines were when the chair stopped, which it seemed to do a lot today; Bear Claw-Anti Venom-Wildfire all day; the pictures are the Sunrise Condo Association's groomer working outside the condo this evening.

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Day 85 - Killington

Out for a morning and an afternoon session; building overcast with temps around freezing and no wind; 15 runs; 19,600 vertical; started on the Rossignol Avenger 76 Ti's - I wanted to start on a putt putt ski this am given yesterday's incident with my right knee - everything was fine, so I changed to the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's for the afternoon; firming groomers; fair number of people this morning, but almost empty this afternoon; the last 3 on Stashway-BearClaw-Sunburst were very good - not sure if it was the snow or lack of people.

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Day 84 - Killington

Surprise snow! Only able to make a few runs after I tweaked my knee; 5-7" overnight when we only expected some snow showers - decreasing wind and snow all morning with a peak or two of sunshine as I departed; 6 runs; 7,000 vertical; powder and baby soft groomers with a frosting of new snow; skied the Line Supernatural 108's; a pretty good crowd as you'd expect with new snow overnight.



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Day 83 - Killington

Out with David and Melanie for the morning before they head home this afternoon; a couple of inches overnight - temps in the twenties with some light snow falling - not near as much wind as yesterday; 10 runs; 13,250 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; soft groomers; the picture is of David and Melanie at the end of 9:00 AM rush at Sunrise this morning.



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Day 82 - Killington

Just David and I this morning. Out 8:00 to 3:00 with an extremely long lunch break at the condo; very windy with a little snow overnight; overcast and very windy today with snow and freezing mist - most lifts didn't open because of the wind, SPE4 was running so we just stuck to Bear; 18 runs; 20,400 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras;



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Day 81 - Killington

Bluebird Day 2 with Dave and Mel. Out early, then quit when the crowd got to big; sunny and warm; 10 runs; 12,500 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; mostly firm groomers;



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Day 80 - Killington

Bluebird with David and Melanie Day 1. Out open to close, albeit with an extremely long lunch break at the condo; warm and sunny; 21 runs; 25,666 vertical; soft groomers; skied the Volkl Mantras.

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Day 79 - Killington

Out at noon and back in for more clothes at 1:15; in and out clouds with temps in the teens and the tinyest bit of wind; 14 runs; 16,500 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; 3f.

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Day 78 - Killington

Out 1:00 to 2:30 just to get the day; overcast with temps in the twenties and no wind; 7 runs; 7,500 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; rock hard, weekend beat down groomers.

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Day 77 - Killington

Out with Lee and Tony. Out 9:00 to 4:00 with coffee and lunch breaks; sunny with comfortable temps in the upper teens and no wind; groomers; 20 runs; 22,250 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; very nice day.

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