Then
again, I guess it's unusual to even have snow on the ground before
Christmas, which is sort of baffling when you think about it, but the
weather is crazy. We had a decent storm a couple of weeks back and
there was enough to get decent coverage on our local hill. Killington
has been open for at least a month, but the smaller hills generally
open around the holidays. Our local spot (which looks just like this pic... yeah right) is actually run by the Inn
and on this opening day, many momentous things were happening. First
off, all Inn employees got to ski free with their families. Secondly,
the lodge was open and all the food was free. And finally, it was the
first day of their impressive new quad chair. Say no more, we were
going. A had band practice so it was just N and I, but we made the
most of it.
Truth
be told, conditions weren't that great. The coverage wasn't as good
as it could be, and only one run was open, the easiest one. Also, it
was raining pretty much the whole time, but we didn't care. In fact
it was a blast. It's just nice to get on skis once again and if
anything it's good to ease into things your first day back. We skied
for about an hour and then went and chowed down in the lodge. They
had killer lodge food and brownie sundaes. Then it was time to get
back on the slopes. At some point I was ready to hit the lodge and
warm up and dry out, but was ready to ski to the end. As always, he
skis until the lift closes, and then we headed home.
All
in all a great day of skiing. That night was the solstice festival
across the street, but we were pretty tired albeit stoked to have
gotten a killer day of skiing in. Now that I think about it, we don't
ski much on weekends and tend to ski mid-week for numerous reasons
that I won't get into.
Now
we're supposed to get slammed with another snowstorm so we might do
some more skiing in the coming week. We'll see how that goes.
Until
then, thanks for reading, and thanks to Heather Burke for the pic.
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