Found the exact same atmospheric conditions at Kmart today as I did last Fri: unstable airmass(es) meant generally cloudy and humid, but with a surprising amount of sunny breaks...and the occasional light passing sprinkle (nothing that got one any wetter than the sweat worked up by skiing tho, and it was actually kinda refreshing!). <BR> <BR> Conditions were soft spring bumps, natch, although in spots a little firmer than I expected considering the generally warmer temps (fewer people chopping it up may be a factor). The main difference was that while Fri had continuous snow and the chair was ski-on ski-off, today had us carrying our skis on the lift and walking across a large (approx 100') break in the snow just above the lower steep section. Had to get the skis on quick as the walking allows the blackflies to catch up! That was the only gap in the snow, though, and it's holding up pretty well in general, even on the long flat middle section. The headwall has snow almost to the top so the walk from the lift was more 'over to' than 'down to', the snow, and there's about another 100' to walk from the snow to the lift at the bottom. <BR> <BR> Unfortunately, on my last ride up I noticed a small hand-lettered sign in the window of the lift shack at the top which read "FYI, June 2 will be the last day of skiing and riding". There's no mention of this on the website (didn't check phone message) but looks like the fat lady may sing on Sunday (for lift served anyway...). If true, it's kind of a shame as it looks like they could last at least another week going by the 'walking required' threshold of years past, but sadly those parameters seemed to have changed of late (as witnessed by later openings in the fall- this was the first season in many many years that they didn't open in Oct, despite a couple of windows of opportunity). Oh well, considering the lousy snow year it's amazing we made it this far!
Killington VT 5/29/02
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