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North America » United States » Vermont » Killington October 15th 2010

Gday again after a break. Too lousy to pay the $15 fee in the last hotel - so its catch up time. We have continued to have excellent weather for the past two days but that is ending as we type. Bucketing down outside and we could even get snow tonight. Not too bad tho considering we are staying in a substantial ski resort area - even if it is a little early. The Autumnal show has been magnificent although the higher you get, the more the trees are bare. Even had a chairlift ride up WildCat Mountain. Good fun. Hard to know what photos to attach - so there is a bit of a flood with us in them....... (ego is still healthy!) We have stopped for lunch - or "just to poke 'round"according to ... read more
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North America » United States » Vermont » Killington April 3rd 2010

I have skied so so much here it has been awesome! Luckily I blagged some great skis and some ok boots so that was a welcome change to standard rental gear! (However...I will most definatly invest in my own gear soon...) The weather has been interesting...snow, sun, rain, ice storms, fog, -10 and +34...absolutely crazy weather! The snow did hold though so there was plenty of skiing to be had, just limited terrain at the end of the second week. Killingotn is a great resort...no mountains as such, just big hills! Apparently it has the biggest vertical drop in terms of top to the bottom of the resort which I could definalty realise as we raced all the way down and my ears were popping by the end of it! Speaking of racing down...I kind of ... read more




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