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, he exclaimed, “There’s a Rainbow Box.” “What’s that?” “It’s a wavy box.” It was a…

The Killington World Cup Foundation (KWCF) recently awarded 21 grants totaling $228,000 to Northeast region nonprofits in eight states through a competitive grant opportunity. Combined with matching funds and multi-year grant commitments, the KWCF’s effort will contribute more than $400,000 in resources to winter sports infrastructure in the region. These grants were made possible as…

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‘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 on a trail called Superstar. Shiffrin’s lead was sizable, too, at 2.29 seconds combined —…

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 racing. For the past three years, nearly 40,000 fans have traveled to see her race…

Sunday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m.—KILLINGTON— The Pickle Barrel Nightclub and Whistlepig Whiskey are excited to host the World Cup finale party featuring Sunday’s race day headliner, Twiddle, on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. The show will close out the weekend of festivities - which features world class ski racing and special musical guests…

by Katy Savage The 2018 Killington Cup drew an estimated 39,000 people to the area over Thanksgiving weekend, breaking an attendance record since the World Cup debuted at Killington Resort in 2016. It’s estimated 30,000 attended the event in 2016 and 34,000 in 2017. Last year, American favorite, Mikaela Shiffrin, who attended Burke Mountain Academy…

Don't miss the FREE outdoor concerts in the Festival Village area Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Friday, Recycled Percussion will perform at the Festival Village before the athlete bib presentation and fireworks, starting at 4 p.m. Saturday, DJ Logic will perform after the first run and Grace Potter will perform following the second run. Then on…

Race Schedule** Saturday, Nov. 30 7 a.m. Festival Village opens 9 a.m. Opening ceremony parade featuring VARA athletes 9:45 a.m. Giant Slalom run 1 1 p.m. Giant Slalom run 2 Award ceremony will immediately follow Sunday, Dec. 1 7 a.m. Festival Village opens 9 a.m. Opening ceremony parade featuring USSA Eastern Division athletes 9:45 a.m.…

The Festival Village will be at the base of Superstar, located at the K-1 base area at the top of Killington Road. The spectating area will have free spectating zones surrounding the race finish, two ticketed grandstands, ticketed VIP areas and credentialed media zones. Spectators will be able to see approximately 40-50%of the Slalom course…

Parking and transportation options are plentiful KILLINGTON— Attendance as well as parking is free for spectators at the Killington Cup this weekend. Guests staying at a property on Killington Road are encouraged to use the free shuttle and those staying in condominiums on East Mountain Road will have their own shuttle service available. Guests driving…

Shiffrin won the first Slalom race of the season, took second in Giant Slalom Giant Slalom Soelden, AUT Oct. 26, 2019 Alice Robinson Mikaela Shiffrin Tessa Worley Slalom Levi, FIN Nov. 23, 2019 Mikaela Shiffrin Wendy Holdener Katharina Truppe Shiffrin breaks another record Record breaking skier Mikaela Shiffrin has broken another record ahead of the…

KILLINGTON – Killington Resort on Thursday, Nov. 21, received a positive snow control announcement from FIS (Internal Ski Federation), the governing body of the Audi FIS Ski World Cup. “This is to inform you that the Women’s' Audi FIS Ski World Cup races in Killington (USA) are confirmed following the official snow control from today…

Staff report In an overtime game, Green Mountain Union High School’s fourth seeded boys soccer team in Chester defeated No. 7 Mill River 4-0 Saturday, Nov. 2 to take the D-III title at Hartford’s Maxwell Athletic Complex. This was Green Mountain’s boys’ soccer team’s first state title in the school’s history. “It was awesome,” Athletic…

The playoffs are underway and two teams are already out: the Karrtel and Sushi Rolls. The latter is a bit of a shock since they were the three seed and last year's runner-up. The Clear River Tavern is the first team to punch its ticket to the Championship. The Clear is returning for the first…