KILLINGTON, Vt. -
Depending on where you live in Vermont you might remember seeing some snow flurries earlier this week. At Killington they thought, "why not just make it ski season?"
It officially opened ski season this weekend to its season and express pass holders in an appreciation weekend. More than 400 took advantage and today we took a trip up the mountain with them to see what it was like.
You couldn't tell from the bottom of the ski slopes that there was a place at the top where skiing and snowboarding was possible. There were just patches of snow and a thick cloud cover the gondolas disappeared into as they carried excited pass holders up the mountain.
After exiting the gondola and following a boardwalk for a few hundred feet Anthony Accurso found his powdered heaven. An inch or two of it natural most manmade.
"We really didn't anticipate being out here this early but fortunately we were prepared," Accurso said.
In fact few could have anticipated just how early. The earliest in 15 years according to Director of Marketing Rob Megnin. But it also took some work.
"We fired up Friday afternoon and we just kept going and in the morning this is what we were here with," Megnin said.
It was just one slope that was open but it was still hard for some to believe they were strapping on their skis for at least while.
"We have leaves to rake. It's October!" Accurso said.
The slope was only open for the weekend but crews will work to save the snow that's already on the mountain. It was much needed for Killington after a less than stellar season last year.
