Day 67 - Mad River Glen

Skis:	K2 Apache Xplorer
Weather:	18° - 28°, Overcast, 4" New Snow Overnight
Runs:	9
Trails:	Falline, Paradise, Chute, Upper Glades, Lower Glades, Snail, ?
Comments:	On the hill at 9:15, skied with Tom and left at 2:00; Late start? I'm glad we elected to go to MRG after some snow - it made things skiable - still tough, but skiable; TOD: ?

Day 66 - Killington

Skis:	K2 Apache Xplorer
Weather:	10° - 16°, Light Snow, 6" Additional New Snow Since Yesterday At Noon
Runs:	9
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Swirl Woods, Swirl, Header, Squeeze Play, Caper, Caper Woods, Patsy's, Low Rider, Upper Chute, The Triangle, Middle Great Northern, Lower Bunny Buster, Upper Mouse Run, Middle Great Northern Woods
Comments:	On the hill at 8:00, skied with Susan and Jay, left at 11:00; Beautiful morning, everything was marvelous and Susan and Jay were great company; Tons of people, but we got there early, got in and got out without too much trouble; TOD: Squeeze Play

Squeeze Play

Day 65 - Killington

Skis:	K2 Apache Xplorer
Weather:	25°, Heavy Snow Accumulating to 5" at Noon
Runs:	12
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Swirl, Easy Street, Swirl Woods, Caper, Lower Chute, Frolic, Patsy's, Upper Chute, Upper Great Bear, Middle Great Norther, Lower Bunny Buster, Low Rider, Caper Woods
Comments:	On the hill at 8:00, skied alone and left at 11:15; Heavy accumulating snow; First run was 1-2" soft snow on top of groomed on Header - so I did Header directly under the return chair the whole way - 120 turns - sweet; TOD: Header

Day 64 - Killington

Skis:	Atomic Race GS 12
Weather:	14° - 34°, Sunny
Runs:	35
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Caper, Superstar, Upper Great Northern, Double Dipper, Cascade Runout, High Road, Panic Button, Needle's Eye, Bittersweet
Comments:	On the hill at 8:00, skied alone and left at 12:05; Today was all about vertical - just shy of 40,000' in 4 hours; 3 runs on Ramshead @ 1,073' each 3,219' + 1 run on K-1 @ 1,660' + 21 runs on Superstar @ 1,199' each 25,179' + 10 runs on Needle's Eye @ 971' each 9,710' for a total of 39,768'; I exerted quite of bit of effort today - I hope I still have the legs to enjoy the new snow were expecting for tomorrow; TOD: none - full on focus on vertical

Day 63 - Killington

Skis:	Atomic Race GS 12
Weather:	16° - 25°, Sunny
Runs:	21
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Caper, Upper Great Northern, Double Dipper, Spillway, Cascade Runout, Superstar, High Road, Panic Button, Needle's Eye, Cruise Control, Vertigo, Bittersweet
Comments:	On the hill at 8:00, skied alone and left at 12:00; Another bluebird day; 21 runs in 3 hours and 56 minutes with a coffee break - 23,800 vertical: 3 Ramshead (3 x 1,073'), 2 K-1 (2 x 1,650'), 6 Canyon (6 x 1,193'), 2 Superstar (2 x 1,199'), and 8 Needle's Eye (8 x 971'); TOD: Double Dipper again - not quite as nice as yesterday, but still pretty good

Day 62 - Killington

Skis:	Atomic Race GS 12
Weather:	2° - 12°, Sunny
Runs:	19
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Caper, Upper Great Northern, Double Dipper, Spillway, Cascade Runout, Upper Chute, Mouse Trap, Lower Bunny Buster, Superstar, High Road, Cruise Control, Panic Button, Needle's Eye, Vertigo, Bittersweet
Comments:	On the hill at 8:15, skied alone and left at 12:00; A little bit of a late start today. I thought the lifts opened at 9:00, but when I checked the website this morning it was 8:00; What a great day - bluebird skies, everything I like groomed to perfection, and very few people on the hill; TOD: Double Dipper - it was in the best shape I've seen it in a couple of years, groomed smooth and consistent with a firm base, add in great visability and WOW!

Day 61 - Killington

Skis:	Rossignol Avenger 76 Ti
Weather:	9°, Light Snow Ending Clearing to Partly Cloudy - 2" New Snow Overnight
Runs:	16
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Caper, Lower Chute, Upper Bunny Buster, Mouse Trap, Lower Bunny Buster, Upper Great Northern, Cascade, Spillway, High Traverse, Downdraft, Double Dipper, Reason, East Fall, Cascade Runout, Superstar, Skylark, Bittersweet, Vertigo, Panic Button, Needle's Eye, Cruise Control
Comments:	On the hill at 8:00, skied alone and left at 11:30; Really nice morning - a couple of inches of new snow on top of the courderoy; TOD: This was a tough call, but Mouse Trap

Day 60 - Killington

Skis:	Atomic Race GS 12's
Weather:	2° - 6°, Sunny and Windy
Runs:	13
Trails:	Northstar, Caper, Lower Chute, Killink, East Fall, Spillway, Double Dipper, Cascade Runout, Upper Great Northern, FIS, Downdraft, Reason, High Traverse, Upper Pipedream, Bear Trax, Wildfire, Bear Claw, Skyburst, Cruise Control, Vertigo, Bittersweet
Comments:	On the hill at 8:00, skied with Tom, we left a little early at 11:30 after Tom tweaked his groin; The wind made it very, very cold today; They went crazy grooming overnight. Lots of things that never get groomed got knocked down last night - Downdraft, Northstar, Great Bear, Vagabond; My GS skis are getting worked in nicely - they're still exceptionally sharp but not as grabby as right after I had them ground flat; I carried all the way across in front of KBL from Bittersweet today; TOD: East Fall

Day 59 - Killington

Skis:	Volkl Racetiger SL
Weather:	18°, Snow Accumulating to 2"
Runs:	18
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Swirl, Easy Street, Caper, Lower Chute, Upper Chute, Mouse Trap, Killink, East Fall, Spillway, Double Dipper, High Traverse, Cascade, Cascade Runout, Upper Bunny Buster
Comments:	On the hill at 8:00, skied alone and left at 12:30; The snow was crunchy, but not slick - just the way I like it; After skiing very little the last 13 days, my legs felt really good; TOD: Cascade

Day 58 - Seven Springs

Skis:	Rossignol Avenger 76 Ti
Weather:	38°, Partly Cloudy
Runs:	10
Trails:	Trail list
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied alone and left at 10:45

Day 57 - Seven Springs

Skis:	Volkl Racetiger SL
Weather:	25°, Intermittent Snow
Runs:	18
Trails:	Trail list
Comments:	On the hill at 9:15, skied with the DiSaia's and left at 1:45; Fun day.

Day 56 - Killington

Skis:	K2 Apache Xplorer
Weather:	20°, Overcast, Overnight 2" Snow, 1/4"Rain, then 3" Snow
Runs:	2
Trails:	Upper Bunny Buster, Mouse Trap, Lower Great Northern, Upper Mouse Run, Highline
Comments:	On the hill at 8:00, skied with Tom and left at 9:00; Only the Snowdon Quad was running, everything else was in the process of being de-iced; With the snow, rain, snow combination overnight the snow was very 'crusty'; With only the Snowdon Quad there was a lift line immediately, so we went in for coffee, then left; TOD:

Day 55 - Killington

Skis:	Rossignol Avenger 76 Ti
Weather:	29°, Partly Cloudy Increasing Winds
Runs:	12
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Easy Street, Caper, Upper Chute, Middle Chute, Lower Mouse Run, Killink, Lower East Fall, Spillway, Big Dipper, High Traverse, Cascade, Cascade Runout, Ovation, Superstar Headwall, Bittersweet, Double Dipper, Royal Flush
Comments:	On the hill at 8:00, skied with Susan and Jay, left at 11:30; Very crowded; Conditions are still marvelous; TOD: Header first thing

Day 54 - Killington

Skis:	Rossignol Avenger 76 Ti
Weather:	12° - 19°, Sunny with Moderate Winds
Runs:	18
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Snowshed, Yodeler, Highlander, Idler, Learn To Ski, Skyhawk, Upper Skylark, Upper High Road, Low Road, Lower High Road, Panic Button, Needle's Eye, Cruise Control, Bittersweet, Killink, Lower East Fall, Spillway, Upper Double Dipper, Big Dipper, High Traverse, Cascade, Reason, Upper East Fall, Double Dipper, Cascade Runout, Middle Great Northern
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied alone and left at 12:30; Lots of people today; Conditions are still stellar; TOD: Reason, Upper East Fall

Day 53 - Killington

Skis:	K2 Apache Xplorer
Weather:	15°, Sunny, Light Winds, 4" More Snow Overnight
Runs:	9
Trails:	Low Rider, Caper, Caper Woods, Patsy's, Lower Great Northern, Upper Great Northern, Blue Heaven, Launch Pad, Julio (sort of - see below), Flume, Swirl Woods, Easy Street, End Zone
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied alone and left at 12:30; Another great day; Low Rider, Patsy's and Swirl Woods were all incredable; Julio on the other hand kicked my butt - actually, I'm not sure I technically did Julio. At the top I followed tracks from previous skiers and believe I ended up left of Julio - by the time I got to what on Julio is the Rock Garden, I believe I was actually on Anarchy; TOD: Swirl Woods - just because

Day 52 - Killington

Skis:	K2 Apache Xplorer
Weather:	13°, Snow and Wind, 8" New Snow
Runs:	10
Trails:	Upper Bunny Buster, Lower Mouse Run, Low Rider, Caper, Lower Chute, Frolic, Patsy's, Woods Between Middle Chute and Middle Great Norther, Woods Between Middle Great Northern and Caper, Caper Woods
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied alone and left at 12:00; After this latest snow there are just stupid amounts of snow on the hill; Low Rider and Patsy's are filling in nicely; TOD: Snowdon Poma Line - skier's right popping in and out of a knee deep, wind blown drift for about 90% of the way down

Day 51 - Killington

Skis:	Rossignol Avenger 76 Ti
Weather:	6° - 9°, Snow Accumulating to 3"
Runs:	12
Trails:	Chute, Lower Bunny Buster, Cascade Headwall, Upper Great Northern, Double Dipper, Cascade Runout, Superstar, Skylark, Great Eastern, Upper Skyburst, Lower Wildfire, Outer Limits, Bittersweet, Low Rider, Caper, Caper Woods, Frolic, Patsy's, Lower Great Northern
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied with Tom and left at 12:15; Yet another spectacular day; TOD: Chute-Chute-Chute and Chute-Chute-Bunny first thing!