Killington, VT 5/5/13 Cinco de Mayo

Ski Day 31: As I mentioned earlier Killington is awesome.

I can't believe how cool it is that they blow a royal ton on Superstar and serve up skiing into May and June.



I think the Umbrella Bar is also cool.

When I saw a drawing of it, I didn't think much of it, but I hope they keep it permanently.



The snow on Superstar was deep and the bumps were HUGE.


Superstar


River on Skyelark




A 10 foot base



After lunch we hiked.



On the way, amazingly, out of the trees popped Sean Riley, the treemeister from Plattekill.

I couldn't believe it and I was speechless. So cool.

He had been doing laps on flat snow and recommended the stairway to heaven.





We found some incredible snow.





We skied until the snow ran out.


Sean Riley



Dinner at Akes Den in Waitsfield with a couple of maggots.



Can't beat it.

Very nice. Livin' the dream, Harv.

Excellent shots. Skiing in May is good luck. It looks wonderful.

Looks like a great day, Harv.  Too funny you ran into Sean coming out of the trees.  We love that guy.  Abby helped him out with some work in the woods at Platty this season.

Nice to see you had a great time.

Thanks all, the day was definitely a dream.  ML had used the phrase "rain groomed corn" in a previous TR, but I don't think I really understood until I skied it.  The quality of the corn snow improves dramatically if it sits.  The run on Cascade was one of my best ever.

Thanks to VT Freeheel for sending me that shot of me.  I can remember so precisely how I was feeling at that moment and the pic will help me remember it again this summer.

Hoping you are right about May skiing X - could always use some luck.

awesome trip report. The place was cool indeed for late April/early May.

great report! my last day was there in an awesome sunny warm day as well - great way to cap a season!