Day 36 - Killington

Out 8:30 to 2:30 with coffee in KBL and lunch in the bar at Snowshed; mostly clear with temps rising toward freezing and a little wind; 32 runs; 40,754 vertical; skied the SkiLogic Customs; groomers; not too many people - never a lift line at SPE4 or NE4; Canyon chair closed; skis performed well again, even with a day old tune.

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Day 35 - Killington

Out 8:00 to 2:30 with coffee in KBL and lunch in the bar at Snowshed; mostly overcast with temps in the twenties and the tinyest bit of wind; 32 runs; 40,733 vertical; skied the SkiLogic Customs; groomers; not too many people out today; Upper Bear Claw was very good early; these skis performed well again today.

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Day 34 - Killington

Out 8:15 to 2:00 with coffee in KBL and lunch in the bar at Snowshed; mostly clear with temps in the twenties and a strong breeze; 24 runs, 32,685 vertical; skied the SkiLogic Customs; groomers; huge crowd; feeling ok - skiing ok; first time on these skis since I broke my arm in November 2017; I'm not sure what my gripe was about these skis, because today they skied beautifully.

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Day 33 - Killington

Out 8:00 to 1:00 with coffee in KBL; clear, warm and very windy; 24 runs, 31,726 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #1's; groomers of various firmness's and a little snowmaking on Upper Skyeburst; huge crowd; East Fall and High Road were very good; got home and the Sunrise Triple was turning - maybe next weekend for ski-in/ski-out!

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Day 32 - Killington

Out 8:00 to 2:30 with lunch in the bar at Snowshed; mostly clear with temps rising toward freezing and a whole bunch of wind; 26 runs; 31,726 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; firm groomers; tons of people; skied with Bud and Tommy.

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Day 31 - Killington

Out 8:00 to 3:00 with coffee at Bear and lunch in the bar at Snowshed; temps around 20° with increasing winds and clouds; 29 runs; 34,166 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; firm groomers; tons of people; skied with Bud and Tom; Bear opened today; spent way too much time waiting for Tommy this morning.

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Day 30 - Killington

Out 11:00 to 2:30 with coffee in the Ski Club building; clear, cold and very windy - below 0° overnight, at or just above 0° today - winds 25 mph + all day; 13 runs; 16,869 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; firm, wind-blown groomers; very few people out; wind holds on several lifts; out late after one final morning of auto service in Rutland; I'll get my vertical, just not on days like today.

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Day 29 - Killington

Out 9:15 to 3:00 with coffee at the Ski Club and lunch in the Peak Lodge; cold, dark and blustery today after 2" overnight - flurries all day - temps in the low-twenties, but the wind made it feel much colder; 25 runs; 29,862 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; groomers mostly; big crowd today - maybe everybody was getting this week's skiing in before it turns much colder tonight; High Road was very nice - did 4; didn't ski particularly well today, but then again I didn't put much effort into it either.

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Day 28 - Killington

Out 11:30 to 4:00 with lunch in the Peak Lodge; snowing with temps steady around 20° and an increasing east wind - 4" of new snow by 4:00 PM; 22 runs; 26,800 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; new snow on firm groomers; good crowd, but never a lift line; nice day; out late after spending this AM in Rutland at the garage; 62.5% ahead of last year's vertical total on this date.

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Day 27 - Killington

Out 9:15 to 2:00 with a long coffee break in the Ski Club building; clear and cold with temps never much above 10° and quite a bit of wind up high; 22 runs; 25,235 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; firm groomers with chunks; today's snowmaking mostly directed at resurfacing on things like Chute, Bunny, Highline and East Fall; did most parts of the mountain that were open, including my first runs of the year on Needle's Eye; tore up the skis pretty badly today cutting too close to walkway at the corner of KBL.

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Day 26 - Killiington

Out 9:00 to 4:00 with lunch in the Ski Club building; windy with an increasing overcast, intermittent snow and temps rising toward 30°; 30 runs; 29,062 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; various levels of firmness; skiing well; these skis rock.

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Day 25 - Killington

Out 9:15 to 3:45 with a quickish lunch in the Ski Club building; mostly clear with temps never above the mid-teens and a little bit of wind; 31 runs; 28,223 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; lots of skiing today - I made big laps down East Fall while waiting to race on Reason; 3 snowguns on the top of Lower East Fall made the entry delightful.

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Day 24 - Killington

Race Camp Day 3. Out 9:00 to 3:30 with lunch in the Ski Club building; mostly sunny and cold with temps around 10° at the top and a rising wind; 24 runs; 20,638 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; ice and firm groomers; skied pretty well given the conditions; Rick Svenser, "Don't squat over your skis on the ice. Get them out from underneath you where you can get them up on edge.";

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Day 23 - Killington

Race Camp Day 2. Out 9:00 to 3:30 in the pouring rain; 18 runs, 19,047 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; soft wet snow everywhere; this morning we did quite a few runs through a cool course down the remnants of the terrain park on Reason; all my classmates wimped out this afternoon, so I did 7 Gondi runs by myself; Lower East Fall was stellar; Cascade was real good too - it was just too bumpy for a redo.

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Day 22 - Killington

Race Camp Day 1. Out 9:00 to 3:00 with a long lunch reviewing video in KBL; temps rising well above freezing with rain starting in earnest around 11:00 - poor visibility; 22 runs; 19,779 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; soft, sticky snow everywhere; in John Pierce's group again this year with Roger, Andy, Ken, Bob, Cathy, Tim and Val

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Day 21 - Killington

Out 12:30 to 2:30 with David; a few clouds, temps in the twenties and a little wind; 11 runs; 12,231vertical; skied the 2012 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; groomers of varying firmness's; got to do the Superstar pod for the first time this year.

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Day 20 - Killington

Out 9:00 to 3:00 with lunch in the Peak Lodge; snowing with no wind and temps warming into the twenties - 3" on my car in the Vale at the end of the day; 28 runs; 32,473 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; packed powder and soft groomers; lots of people; good day even though I didn't ski particularly well.

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Day 19 - Killington

Out 9:00 to 3:00 with lunch in the Peak Lodge; 2" overnight and snowing all morning - 4" total; this morning's snow gave way to a windy and cold afternoon as the temps dropped to 12° at the Peak by 2:30; 26 runs; 31,357 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; pow and packed pow all day; the Mantras skied very well again today; fell for the first time this season - I had sweat into my googles and couldn't see a god damn thing when I slipped on the icy bumps on the very top of Cascade Headwall; freshies on Header again this AM; freshies on Upper Chute too when they opened the Snowdon 6 late again and I was lucky enough to be like the fifth or sixth person up the lift when it opened; skied Conclusion for the first time this season too - dinged my skis a little in the process.



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Day 18 - Killington

Out 9:00 to 2:30 with lunch in the Peak Lodge; temps in the twenties - most of the day spent in the K Cloud, but a little wind later moved the bottom of the cloud layer up the hill significantly; 29 runs; 32,776 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; packed pow and carvable groomers; other then the PSIA folks, not too many people out again today; skiing well; feeling good.

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Day 17 - Killington

Out 9:00 to 2:15 with a coffee break in the Peak Lodge; another 4" overnight; clear with temps in the teens to start; NW wind really picked up as the day wore on; 23 runs; 25,853 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; powder, packed powder, and soft groomers; other than the PSIA Pro Jam groups, not many folks on the hill; the Mantras skied very well today; freshies on Header this morning; left of the rope on Upper Bunny was pretty good too - pictures below.



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Day 16 - Killington

Out 9:00 to 2:30 with lunch in the Peak Lodge; 4" of new snow overnight; snowing and windy with temps in the low twenties; 24 runs, 27,723 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; wind blown pow and mainly soft groomers - all wind exposed ridges were scoured clean; fairly light crowd given the new snow and proximity to the big World Cup weekend; my right calf and Achilles were a little tight today; skied lots of stuff for the first time this season - FIS, Upper Ridge Run, Vagabond, Frolic; Full House; have hopefully fixed the fit issues with the Nordica Doberman Pro 130's from 2017; first day of the year with Max Speed < 40 mph.

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