Season Recap

Well it was nothing to write home about but another ski season in Vermont has come and gone for most of us (Killington and Jay Peak are still hanging on at the moment). Its easy to write this one off as a bad season but lets look at the positive things that come out of low snow year in Vermont.

-Skills are developed: The saying always goes if you can ski in Vermont you can ski anywhere. A year like this makes that even more accurate. If you were able to ski anything on the mountain this year then you are down right good. The ice, while not always enjoyable, surely tests your skills.

-Freestyle  Skiing/Riding Booms: While there is always a core group of park skiers and riders low snow years means many other people like myself will spend time in the park otherwise normally spent in the woods or bumps.  The added influx of people in the park gives resorts incentive to invest more money and time in it for the next season!

-3 inches will never be taken for granted:  On a big snow year we get complacent and forget how much fun just a few inches of new snow can be.  My best days this year were on 3-4 inches of new snow and I now will never forget how great such little snow can make it.

-Excitement for next season will be higher: Since the majority of people did not ski nearly as much this season the excitement will be even higher next fall. Like anything half the fun of ski season is the stoke and excitement leading up to it, I already can not wait for movie premier season to kick off!

Possibly Our Biggest Powder Day?

Photo: Killington Resort 4-10-12

In a season where we have not seen even half of our normal snow fall, this April storm could easily be the biggest powder day of the year for some. Killington and Jay Peak are both open with extensive trail selection as compared to last week. Killington reports 18" while Jay Peak got hit with 16". Put the golf clubs away and go out for one last hurrah!!!