RUTLAND—In only their second competition of the season, the Cobra gymnasts trusted their training and delivered their routines at the Vermont state championships April 10-11 in Essex. The 40-member team is divided into five different levels of the USA Gymnastics […]
Category: Sports
Major reset in Epic Pass prices a game changer
Reinforces strategy to boost skier market By Karen D. Lorentz Vail Resorts announced an epic decrease in the prices for its 2021-22 season pass products on March 24, a day later than anticipated due to the tragic shootings in Boulder […]
Red Bull slides in to Killington
By Brooke Geery The Red Bull Slide-in Tour stopped by The Beast of the East as part of a nine-day road trip through the center of Vermont, covering the entire vertical length of the state, up historic Route 100 on […]
The Peace Park on Ramshead offers something for everyone
By Brooke Geery Killington’s freestyle facilities have always been world-class. Snowboarder Magazine even awarded Woodward Killington Mountain Park with the prestigious Best Terrain Park in the East award for 2020. This year, under the watchful eye of Parks Supervisor Taylor […]
The Vermont Open Banked Slalom goes off without a hitch at Stratton Mountain Resort
By Brooke Geery Amid a season of Covid-19 restrictions, Stratton Resort managed to organize and safely hold a scaled-back version of the Vermont Open on March 13-14. The event, which normally includes slopestyle, halfpipe and other disciplines, was reimagined as […]
Meet Kyle Murphy, director of skier services at Okemo
By Karen D. Lorentz When your mom encourages you to take a year off to be a “ski bum” and recommends that you apply for a job at a western resort even though you live in New England, you’re either […]
Three generations riff on Okemo
By Karen D. Lorentz “So what do you think of Okemo?” I asked 8-year-old Josh on a chairlift ride after lunch at the main base area. “Awesome.” “Why?” “It’s huge,” he replied. As our chair passed by Hot Dog Hill, […]
2019 HomeLight World Cup Program
Shiffrin four-peats in Slalom, takes third in Giant Slalom
‘I just love racing in front of the crowd’ By Katy Savage Mikaela Shiffrin is clearly the superstar of Superstar. She won her fourth straight Slalom at the HomeLight Killington World Cup on Sunday, Dec. 1. The races were held […]
Killington hosts World Cup
Killington Cup welcomes the fastest women ski racers, will Shiffrin defend her Slalom title for the fourth year? By Polly Mikula There’s no question that Mikaela Shiffrin is at the top of her game — a true superstar in ski […]