Thankfully for powder hounds, Burke Mountain stuck to their scheduled first day of operation. Even though two feet of snow was added to Burke’s slopes this past week and skiers have been coming down with that rare illness known as powderitis, Burke held true to their first day. Massive powder reports from the more well known mountains and Burke’s perception as being off the beaten path and not a major mountain combined to make for an amazing powder day without much competition. Powder hounds killed it in Burke’s glades all day while most skiers were bumping elbows in long lines to fight over a few left over well hidden scraps at ski resorts along the spine of the Green Mountains.

Today was simply sensational. Boot deep untracked was found on every single run right through closing time with the first few runs featuring untracked snow almost top to bottom before the main trails and glades started getting chewed up. By noon time, the main routes and trails had a fairly choppy and bumpy packed snow but the glades and trees skied extremely well all day.

The mountain was approximately ninety percent open with only Fox’s Folly, Big Dipper, Birches, and The Jungle missing from the trail report. Some glades were somewhat questionable for official opening due to thin base and snow snakes but I am sure glad Burke gave skiers the benefit of the doubt and allowed us to choose for ourselves if the base damage was worth it. The core shot I sustained surely was!

This was an amazingly impressive opening day for Burke. Employees and managers were quick to react to long lines full of frustrated people as pass holders queued up with day ticket seekers, eager to make first chair. Kudos to Burke for a brilliant first day of operation and stellar service.

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