Day 92 - Killington

Skis:	Atomic Race GS 12 and Rossignol Avenger 76 Ti
Weather:	31° - 34°, Overcast
Runs:	18
Trails:	Upper Bunny Buster, Mouse Trap, Lower Bunny Buster, Superstar, Upper Skylark, Lower Bittersweet, Upper Bittersweet, Lower High Road, Upper Great Northern, Lower Rime, Lower East Fall, Spillway, Cascade Runout, Cascade, Killink, Upper Rime, Reason, Upper East Fall, Upper Double Dipper, Ridge Run, Middle Great Northern, Highline
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00; skied alone and left at 12:30; Legs and knee are feeling a little better; TOD: Upper Skylark and Cascade

Great Northern

Day 91 - Killington

Skis:	Atomic Race GS 12 and Rossignol Avenger 76 Ti
Weather:	26° - 36°, Sunny
Runs:	19
Trails:	Killink, Lower East Fall, Spillway, Reason, Double Dipper, High Traverse, Cascade, Rime, Cascade Runout, Lower Great Northern, Upper Bunny Buster, Middle Chute, Lower Bunny Buster, Mouse Run, Mouse Trap, Lower Chute, Upper Chute, Great Bear, Lower Caper, The Triangle
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied alone and left at 1:00; A glorious, bluebird day; Conditions got better and better as the day wore on; TOD: All the Canyon... and most of Snowdon

Rime

Day 90 - Killington

Skis:	Atomic Race GS 12
Weather:	19° - 27°, Cloudy With Intermittant Light Snow
Runs:	18
Trails:	Upper Bunny Buster, Mouse Trap, Lower Bunny Buster, Superstar, Upper Skylark, Lower Bittersweet, Upper Bittersweet, Gateway, Upper Great Eastern, Upper Skyburst, The Northway, Lower Cruise Control, Upper Great Northern, Lower Rime, Upper Rime, Reason, East Fall, Spillway, Cascade Runout, Cascade, Mouse Run, Highline, Lower Great Northern, Chute
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied alone and left at 12:00; Very few people on the hill today; Another 3f day perfect for my GS skis; My left knee felt a little better this morning - at least for the first few runs; TOD: Superstar

Day 89 - Killington

Skis:	Atomic Race GS 12
Weather:	13° - 22°, Sunny Moderate Wind
Runs:	14
Trails:	Upper Bunny Buster, Mouse Trap, Lower Bunny Buster, Upper Great Northern, Double Dipper, Spillway, High Traverse, Cascade, Reason, Lower Rime, Lower East Fall, Upper Rime, Cascade Runout
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied with Tom and left at 12:00; Gorgeous day - The Canyon was really good again; TOD: Double Dipper

Day 88 - Pico

Skis:	Rossignol 9S
Weather:	25°, Sunny
Runs:	4
Trails:	Fool's Gold, Giant Killer, Upper and Mid Pike, Poma Line, Gold Rush
Comments:	On the hill at 2:15 and left at 3:30; Last day Pico was open this year; TOD:

Day 87 - Killington

Skis:	Atomic Race GS 12
Weather:	14° - 19°, Partly Cloudy with Brisk Wind
Runs:	13
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Caper, Upper Great Northern, Double Dipper, Spillway, Reason, East Fall, Cascade Runout, Mouse Run, Mouse Trap, Lower Bunny Buster, Highline, Upper Chute, Middle Great Northern
Comments:	On the hill at 8:00, skied alone and left at 11:00; Another nice day - the cold weather has kept the snow pretty nice; A couple of days on my GS skis and my knee feels better - go figure; TOD: Double Dipper

Day 86 - Killington

Skis:	Atomic Race GS 12
Weather:	19° - 25°, Mostly Cloudy With Intermittant Light Snow
Runs:	17
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Swirl, Easy Street, Caper, Upper Great Northern, Downdraft, Spillway, Double Dipper, Reason, Lower Rime, Lower East Fall, Upper Rime, Upper East Fall, Middle Great Northern, Middle Chute, Lower Bunny Buster, Superstar, Upper Bittersweet, Upper High Road, Low Road, Upper Chute, Mouse Trap, Lower Chute, Upper Mouse Run, Highline, Upper Bunny Buster
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied alone and left at 12:50; Another spectacular day; My legs felt a little better today, albeit with medication; Conditions are so nice, I think I'm going to ski tomorrow despite my leg weariness and need for rest; TOD: Double Dipper - groomed to perfection

Looking down Double Dipper from the chair

Day 85 - Killington

Skis:	K2 Apache Xplorer
Weather:	21° - 28°, Partly Cloudy
Runs:	15
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Swirl, Easy Street, Timberline, Snowshed, Highlander, Superstar, Upper Great Northern, Double Dipper, Spillway, Cascade Runout, Upper Bunny Buster, Mouse Trap, Lower Chute, Mouse Run, Highline
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied alone and left at 12:00; Spectacular day - beautiful weather, great conditions, plenty of lifts running, and no people! TOD: Superstar

Day 84 - Loon

Skis:	Rossignol Avenger 76 Ti
Weather:	25° - 32°, Sunny
Runs:	20
Trails:	Ripsaw, et. al.
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied with the DiSaia's and left at 2:45; My legs are toast!; Great day. The DiSaia's really like the mountain; TOD: Cruiser

Day 83 - Killington

Skis:	Atomic Race GS 12
Weather:	28°, Overcast
Runs:	6
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, East Street, Upper Timberline, Caper, Lower Chute, Upper Bunny Buster, Mouse Run, Mouse Trap
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied alone and left at 10:00; Just a few runs for the sake of getting a day before I went snowmobiling with the DiSaia's and Sue; TOD: Mouse Run, yesterday's snow groomed into soft packed powder with 1" additional on top - really, really nice.

Day 82 - Killington

Skis:	Atomic Race GS 12 and K2 Apache Xplorer
Weather:	25°, Snow Accumulating to 3"
Runs:	17
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Swirl, Easy Street, Caper, Lower Chute, Upper Bunny Buster, Mouse Trap, Lower Bunny Buster, Upper Great Northern, Cascade, Spillway, Double Dipper, Reason, East Fall, Cascade Runout, Superstar, Skylark, Bittersweet, Skywalker, Bear Trax, Bear Claw, Lower Wildfire, Upper Wildfire, Superpipe, Skyburst, The Northway, Lower Cruise Control, Highlander
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied with Tom and the DiSaia's again and left at 2:45; The new snow helped a lot; Tony was kind enough to let Tom and I make a run on his brand new Rossignol S3's. They're a full rocker fat ski that looked really cool. They even skied pretty well, wierd, but pretty well. TOD: Lower Cruise Control

Day 81 - Stratton

Skis:	Volkl Racetiger SL
Weather:	25° - 35°, Sunny
Runs:	15
Trails:	Lower Downeaster, Sunriser Supertrail, Big D, Upper Tamarack, Grizzley Access, Chute, Grizzley Bear, Bear Bottom, Black Bear, Polar Bear, Lower Grizzley, Yodeler, Upper Liftline, Lower Liftline, Upper Kidderbrook, Lower Kidderbrook, Janeway Jct., Upper Slalom Glade, Interstate, Mike's Way, Upper Drifter, Lower Drifter, Upper Middlebrook
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied with Tom and the DiSaia's and left at 2:45; Really nice day, had a good time skiing with family; As expected Stratton was groomed flat and with the cold temps everything was rock hard - should of had my GS skis, since it didn't soften up as expected; My left knee is still killing me; TOD: Lower Drifter

Day 80 - Killington

Skis:	Rossignol Avenger 76 Ti
Weather:	50°, Sunny
Runs:	12
Trails:	Killink, Racer's Edge, Chop Chop, Cascade Runout, Upper Great Northern, Bear Trax, Solitude, Sasafrass, Bear Cub, Dreammaker, Bittersweet, Nivis Walk, Launch Pad, Old Superstar, High Road, Julio, Flume, Lower East Fall, Powerline, High Traverse, Downdraft, Anarchy
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied alone and left at 1:00; Mission accomplished! I completed skiing every trail on the Killington Trail Map this season. This was a much bigger feat than I anticipated. It took a serious effort this week to get it done; Another beautiful spring day; After seven days straight my legs are absolutely dead. They might be as tired and sore as they've ever been - tomorrow is definately a rest day. Lee, Tony, and Dan are coming up on Saturday, so I'll need to be ready to go again on Sunday; TOD: Downdraft - sun baked to perfection. A close second was Anarchy, not necessarily because of conditions, but rather because it completed the trail map.

Day 79 - Killington

Skis:	Rossignol Avenger 76 Ti
Weather:	35° - 45°, Sunny
Runs:	18
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Easy Street, Highlander, Southridge Link, Lower Pipedream, Bear Cub, Upper Skylark, Lower Bittersweet, Upper Great Northern, Blue Heaven, The Jug, Killink, High Traverse, The Jug Handle, Upper Bittersweet, Upper Bunny Buster, Mouse Trap, Lower Bunny Buster, Escape, Bear Trax, Upper Bear Claw, Lower Wildfire, Ridgeview, Devil's Fiddle, Devil's Den, Growler, Space Walk, Upper Wildfire, Middle Superstar, Lower Ovation, Catwalk, Double Dipper, Cascade Runout
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied alone, left at 2:00; Beautiful day - sunny and warm but the snow didn't get too wet; Crowded again for a Thursday; Lots of trails roped until the sun softened them up; I only have a few more trails left to get this year! TOD:

Day 78 - Killington

Skis:	Atomic Race GS 12 and K2 Apache Xplorer
Weather:	31° - 36°, Light Snow, Then A Little Rain, Then Just Overcast
Runs:	15
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Caper, High Road, Great Eastern, Thimble, Northbrook Crossover, Carpenter's Run, Home Stretch, Lower Juggernaut, Upper Needle's Eye, Stitchline, Touchdown, Valley Plunge, Skywalker, Bear Trax, Roundabout, Bear Cub, Juggernaut Too, Sundog, Rendezvous, Bear View, Upper Skyburst, Lower Wildfire, Needle's Eye, Upper Skylark, Middle Superstar, Lower Ovation, Upper Great Northern, Escapade, Flume
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied alone and left at 2:00 with a 1/2 hour lunch at Bear; Today was all about doing trails I haven't skied this year - quite a list, don't you think? Very little rain today, despite the forcast. Tomorrow should be good; TOD: The Thimble

Day 77 - Killington

Skis:	Atomic Race GS 12 and Rossignol 9S
Weather:	20° - 35°, Sunny
Runs:	12
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Caper, Highlander, Gateway, Bear Trax, OL Express, Centerpiece, Skywalker, Devil's Fiddle, Devil's Den, Growler, Outer Limits, Upper Skylark, Middle Superstar, Lower Ovation
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied alone and left at 11:45 - no coffee break; Great day, conditions softened nicely without getting wet; TOD: Devil's Den

Devil's Den

Day 76 - Killington

Skis:	Volkl Racetiger SL
Weather:	25°, Overcast
Runs:	14
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Caper, Upper Great Northern, Upper Escapade, Home Run, Double Dipper, Spillway, Reason, East Fall, Cascade Runout, Superstar Headwall, Somewhere, Bittersweet, Skye Bits, Vertigo Headwall, The Stairs, Upper Skylark, Nowhere, Ovation
Comments:	On the hill at 8:00, skied alone and left at 12:00; Very nice day - lots of good groomers like Dip Dip and Vertigo and some of the 'unusual' tree runs; TOD: Double Dipper - groomed to perfection

Day 75 - Killington

Skis:	Atomic Race GS
Weather:	30°, Snow Accumulating to 4"
Runs:	15
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Easy Street, Swirl, Timberline, Caper, Northstar, Frolic, Vagabond, Upper Chute, Mouse Trap, Lower Mouse Run, Upper Royal Flush, Middle Great Northern, Highline, Upper Mouse Run, Conclusion, Killink, Lower East Fall, Spillway, Double Dipper, Downdraft, High Traverse, Cascade, Cascade Runout
Comments:	On the hill at 8:00, skied with Tom, Susan, and Jay, left at 12:00; Suprise snow made it a really nice day; Totally wrong skis today - K2's would have made it an epic day; TOD: Northstar - groomed with 3-4" of fresh snow minimal tracks - NICE!

Day 74 - Killington

Skis:	Volkl Racetiger SL
Weather:	28°, Rain Overnight, Then Snow Accumulating to 2"
Runs:	13
Trails:	Lower Great Northern, Header, Swirl, Easy Street, Upper Timberline, Caper, Mouse Run, Mouse Trap, Lower Bunny Buster, Killink, Lwer East Fall, Spillway, Rime, Reason, Upper East Fall, High Traverse, Cascade, Middle Great Northern, Lower Chute
Comments:	On the hill at 8:00, left at 11:45; Skied with the Arnold's - Susan, Jay, Joel, and Jenn, and a little bit with Dave and Mel; My legs were very stiff after 5 days off - I started to feel better by the time I after I was left; Wet snow, rain, grooming and a little cold weather = an ice skating rink - my Volkl's were fine, but GS skis tomorrow; TOD: Reason

Day 73 - Pico

Skis:	Rossignol Avenger 76 Ti
Weather:	44°, Hard Rain
Runs:	4
Trails:	Fool's Gold, Forty Niner, Lower Pike
Comments:	On the hill at 8:00, skied alone and left at 8:50; I could see sheets of rain whipping down the hill as I skied down Fool's Gold toward the Summit Quad on my first run; Nobody else was out on the hill; As usual in the rain, conditions were great; TOD: Forty Niner

Day 72 - Middlebury College Snow Bowl

Skis:	K2 Apache Xplorer
Weather:	38°, Overcast
Runs:	13
Trails:	Allen, Ross, Proctor, et. al.
Comments:	On the hill at 8:30, skied with Tom and left at 12:00; Nice GS hill; TOD: Allen

Day 71 - Smuggler's Notch

Skis:	Atomic Race GS 12
Weather:	8° - 28°, Sunny and Windy
Runs:	11
Trails:	Chilcoat, Catwalk, FIS, Link, Rumrunner, Black Snake, Snake Bite, Practice Slope, Smuggler's Alley, Bootlegger
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied with Tom and left at 3:00; I forgot how big the mountain is here, but they need more lifts; Nice conditions; Ran a small public course maybe 5-6 times; TOD: FIS

Tom in front of Mt. Mansfield

Day 70 - Bolton Valley

Skis:	Volkl Racetiger SL
Weather:	-6° to 11°, Sunny
Runs:	25
Trails:	Alta Vista, Sherman's Pass, Beech Seal, SPL Lane, Vermont 200, Cobrass, Crobrass Run, Sprig O' Pine, Bear Run, Five Corners, Timberline Lane, Intro, Showtime, Tattle Tale, Brandywind, Wood's Hole, Villager, Spellbinder
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied with Tom and left at 3:30; I had never skied here before; It took a little while to find this mountain's sweet spot but eventually we ended up having a great day; Absolutely nobody else on the mountain but us; We skied some really nice groomers, but with a little snow you could probably ski some of the stuff that was questionable today and get a totally different vibe from the place; Video and pictures from today's action, uncovered a matching move with the inside leg on my left turns that results in a less than perfect carve - something to work on; TOD: Brandywine

Day 69 - Burke

Skis:	Rossignol Avenger 76 Ti
Weather:	18° - 28°, Snow Squalls Accumlating to 4"
Runs:	11
Trails:	Willowboughy, Sasquatch, Wilderness, Dixieland, Powderhorn, Cave Man, East Bowl, Bear Run, The Ledges, Arren's Way, Upper Fox's Folly, Deer Run, Lower Meadows Falls, Bunny Chute, Carter's Country
Comments:	On the hill at 9:15, skied with Tom and left at 2:45; Burke is a great mountain - nice blue cruisers, great glades, and nice race trail(s); TOD: Dixieland

Day 68 - Killington

Skis:	Various Atomic GS Skis
Weather:	14° - 23°, Sunny with Moderate Wind
Runs:	19
Trails:	Header, Swirl, Easy Street
Comments:	On the hill at 9:00, skied with Tom and left at 1:30; Atomic GS Day - 3 runs on each generation; GS 12's were the best; The ARC 24's were the best positive surprise - they ripped turns and went straight; The RS-G's were the biggest disappointment - I remember them as a much better ski; Ski of the Day: ARC 24's