Day 4 - Killington

30k in the rain - again. Out 9:00 to 2:30 with 45 minutes in the Ski Club Building for lunch; overcast and 40° in the parking lot - rain started by 11:00 - the wind really picked up by 1:00; skied the Volkl Mantras; 26 runs; 30,756 vertical; deep granular that actually got better as the rain soaked in; all the locals out early before the rain - nearly empty by noon; they closed the mountain at 2:30 - just as well, I was soaked and ready to quit; skiing well; stuck mostly to the Bubble, except to ride the Box once to ski Upper Downdraft and Lower East Fall.

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Day 3 - Killington

Out 9:00 to 3:30 with coffee and lunch breaks at the Ski Club; overcast and very windy with temps rising through the twenties; 28 runs; 23,734 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; very good conditions - loved the rock hard groomers in Northridge and the skied-in snowmaking on Middle and Lower Chute; lots of people; small (2-5 minute) lift lines most of the day; Snowdon 6 down again till 11:00, then it was swamped so I headed up to Northridge for a couple of hours; just like yesterday, consecutive rides the Snowdon Triple stopped in almost the exact same spot; skiing pretty well; disappointed that the Snowdon 6 was down so much this trip - I estimate that riding the Snowdon Triple instead cost me 11 or 12 runs.



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Day 2 - Killington

Out 9:00 to 3:45 with a 45 minutes lunch in the KSC Building; temps in the teens and low twenties some clouds and a little bit of wind - the intermittent clouds this morning gave way to brilliant sunshine by the end of the day; 26 runs; 25,233 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; not crowded by any means today but lots more people than yesterday; the groomers on Snowdon chunked up early, then either got skied in nicely (Upper Bunny) or mercilessly polished (Mouse Trap) - by the time I got to Northridge things had firmed, but they still skied well; the 6-Pack Bubble did't run today (snowmaking on Lower Chute) so I was relegated to the Snowdon Triple and today's vertical total shows the difference riding high-speed makes; skied okay; with Lower Chute closed, Lower Bunny was a herbitorium; stopped in exactly the same place on the Snowdon Triple on two consecutive rides.

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Day 1 - Killington

Typical 2020 - steady rain the entire drive up. Out 9:00 to 3:00 with a 45 minute break back at the car for lunch; raining and 42° to start - first wet snowflakes at 10:00 - full on snow by 11:00 - thick coating of wet snow followed by a little more drier snow as temps fell into the twenties; 28 runs; 31,436 vertical; skied the Nordica Enforcer 88's; soft, rain soaked groomers firmed considerably as the day went on; nobody else out till it started to snow; never rode the lift with another person; never waited in a lift line; everything but my gloves stayed dry; skied every open trail segment today; skied okay for day one; good start to the season despite the rain.



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