By Katy Savage Growing up, Spencer Wood didn’t know he had a disability. Wood, a Pittsfield native, was diagnosed as a baby but his parents didn’t tell him until he was 10 and they didn’t let his disability get in his way. “We didn’t want it to be a crutch,” his mother Barb Wood said.…

By Brooke Geery Pico played host to the second edition of 2021/22 Mini Shred Madness last Saturday, Feb. 26. Despite warm temps in the leadup melting out much of the snow, the park crew was able to put together a special setup at the bottom of the Exhibition trail for the kids to enjoy, with…

15 skiers and riders honored for perfect record this season Killington Resort celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the 100 Day Club on Feb. 12, on its 100th day of the season. The 100 Day Club is a badge of honor for Killington Resort regulars. As part of the club, guests receive an exclusive hat, sticker,…

By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Vermont-schooled snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis has won her second gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. The Stratton Mountain School graduate first snagged gold at the women’s snowboard cross Wednesday, Feb. 9 —16 years after infamously stumbling in the homestretch of the 2006 inaugural race — the first domino in a line…

By Brooke Geery Burlington-based besties Mercedes Ortega and Hailey Ranconi brought their female-focused camp event, Park Affair, to Killington Resort on Saturday, Feb. 12. The goal of the event is to bring together anyone who identifies as a she/her in a supportive environment, where park riding skills can be learned, confidence gained and limits pushed,…

From Snowshed to Royal Flush, Killington’s ski trail names contain history, humor By Karen D. Lorentz From Snowshed to Royal Flush to Superstar, the naming of trails at Killington contains interesting histories and, at times, humorous stories. The most historic name is Snowshed. The Snowshed trail was named after the snowsheds built when logging occurred…

By Mark Bushnell/VT Digger If Fred Harris’ diary is any guide, it’s a miracle that skiing ever caught on. “[L]anded hard,” the Brattleboro native wrote one January day in 1904. “Tore the strap off the buckle part of my footgear. Hurt my back some. My skee [ski] went away and left me on another dump.…

By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin stood atop the Beijing 2022 Olympics giant slalom hill as a television announcer recalled how she won a gold medal in the same race at the last Winter Games. Seconds later, the 26-year-old fell cold on the steep, slippery course, wiping out for only the 14th time in…

The Fox U.S. Open of Mountain Biking has announced that the 2022 race festival will be returning to Killington Resort this Sept. 15-18. The Fox U.S. Open originated on the East Coast in 2003 and was last hosted at Killington Resort in 2018. Top professional racers from around the world are anticipated to compete for…

Sunday, Feb. 13 — RUTLAND — The creative minds behind Überwintern and Winterbike are at it again. Mountain Bike Vermont (MTBVT) has partnered with Pine Hill Partnership in Rutland to offer a day of fatbike stoke on cold-rolled single track this Super Bowl Sunday. Join them Sunday, Feb. 13 as fatbikers from around New England…

The Cobra gymnastics team in Rutland were among 176 gymnasts from seven Vermont gymnastics schools that participated in the annual Green Mountain Invitational in Williston Feb. 7-8. Shining stars from Cobra include Hazel Mabey, London Febbie, Bay Sparks, Sadie White, Amelia Gibbs and Maleah Jones as they compiled some of their personal best all-around scores…

By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Vermont skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle has scored Olympic silver in the Super-G at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Cochran-Siegle, 29, of Starksboro won his medal almost 50 years to the day his mother, Barbara Ann Cochran, snagged gold at the 1972 competition in Sapporo, Japan. Cochran-Siegle skied “a near perfect run,” according…

By Katy Savage Hannah Soar didn’t get a medal in her first Olympics on Feb. 6, but that didn’t matter to those who watched her grow up skiing. About 200 people got up before the sun on Sunday to cheer Soar on at Killington’s Snowshed Lodge for a 6 a.m. watch party. The room had…

By Katy Savage Hannah Soar heard it growing up. As she bumped down the moguls of the Outer Limits trail at Killington Resort as a child, other skiers told her, “You’re going to be an Olympian,” Soar remembers. Soar, a fearless child, just liked to be on snow and though she was talented, she wasn’t…

By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Two Vermont-trained gold medalists will join almost two dozen other athletes with ties to the Green Mountain State at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Mikaela Shiffrin, who learned alpine skiing at Burke Mountain Academy, and Jessie Diggins, who trains for cross-country in Stratton, are set to compete at the event Feb.…