By Alan Keays, VTDigger RUTLAND — Rutland city officials and business leaders are looking at ways to get money flowing downhill from the tens of thousands of people attending World Cup ski racing events at Killington Ski Resort this fall. “I think it’s important that we do this,” Sharon Davis, president of the city Board of Aldermen,…

By Evan Johnson KILLINGTON—Vermont ski and snowboard resorts have joined together to support the hosting of the Women’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup at Killington Resort. In spring 2017 the Vermont Ski Areas Association (VSAA) board of directors agreed to sponsor the Killington Resort-based event with a $50,000 sponsorship contribution. “The Vermont ski industry is…

By Polly Lynn Mikula This years Spartan Beast at The Beast (a.k.a. Killington Mountain) boasted a 14 mile course with 32 obstacles. The Ultra was two laps of that course, whereas the Sprint was a shortened experience of about 5 miles. Over 10,000 athletes competed in the weekend’s events. The placement of the “death march,”…

By Dave Young, courtesy of Killington Resort Some of the best skiers in the world met with fans at last year’s World Cup. By Karen D. Lorentz The newly formed Killington World Cup Committee (KWCC) is a fundraising arm of the Killington Mountain School that was formed to help sustain World Cup racing at Killington…

PITTSFIELD –Cyclists hoping for a spot in the 2018 Leadville Trail 100 MTB race in Colorado now have another opportunity to earn an entry: The top finishers of a local race in Pittsfield will earn an entry into next year’s long-distance bike ride. This year, the Peak Woodsplitter 6-Hour bike race Pittsfield, Vt. has joined…

More than 300 of the world’s top mountain bikers from 35 countries are set to converge on the Smithfield Regional Park at James Cook University for Mountain Bike Worlds Sept. 5-10, 2017, in Cairns, Australia. USA Cycling has announced the 44 athletes that will represent the United States at the 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World…

KILLINGTON—Killington Resort announced that tickets for the 2017 Audi FIS Ski World Cup will go on sale Thursday, Sept. 7 at 9 a.m. at www.killington.com. Taking place Nov. 25-26, the World Cup will once again bring the women’s Giant Slalom and Slalom races to Vermont and is expected to attract U.S. Ski Team superstar Mikaela…

Submitted Andrew Chmura By Angelo Lynn The last time Vermont was host to a major professional tennis tournament was a decade ago, in 2007. It was the Fed Cup semifinals and big stars like Venus Williams, Nadia Petrova and Elena Vesnina drew crowds of 4,500 for both days of the tournament at Topnotch Resort. The…

By Dave Hoffenberg For the first time in four years, we have a new champion. Congratulations to Killington Resort in winning their first ever title and for dethroning Clearly Moguls. They swept the best out of three series with a 1-0 game one win and 11-8 in game two. As reported last week, pitcher Matt…

Courtesy of PHS PROFESSOR  LUIS  VIVANCO Wednesday, Aug. 16, 7 p.m.—PAWLET— The Pawlett Historical Society (PHS) is pleased to present its August program, “Of  Wheelmen, the New Woman, and Good Roads: Bicycling in Vermont, 1880-1920,” to be presented by Luis Vivanco, a professor of anthropology at University of Vermont. The PHS event will be held Wednesday,…

Holly Reynolds of Copley Country Club had an uncharacteristically bad day on the golf course Wednesday, Aug. 9, shooting a 13-over par 84, yet was still able to capture her ninth Vermont women’s amateur title by a slim margin. Reynolds went into the last day of competition at the Country Club of Barre with an…

Vermont Foodbank takes up the fight against hunger with the annual Harpoon Point to Point ride on Sunday, Aug. 12. Since its inception in 2002, the Harpoon Point to Point has become the Vermont Foodbank’s largest fundraiser of the year, raising over $1.3 million to date. Riders can choose 100, 50 or 25 miles on the…

Sharks swimmers Nova Wang, Matt Titterton, Bailey Peters, Griffin Vanniel and Kyle Weirether competed in this past weekend’s swim meet. The Killington Swim Team had a successful and fun swim season with Head Coach Kim Peters, and assistants Bailey Peters, Matt Titterton, Kate Ganley, and Maddie Reed. The team had over 50 swimmers this season.…

By DJ Dave With Killington Resort already punching their ticket to the softball championship, that left four teams in the loser’s bracket to battle it out over three games to see who joins them. There was one common factor in those three games, and that was the McGrath’s Sushi team. First up, they faced the…

By Evan Johnson Dry weather meant fast times for mountain bikers competing in the Beast of the East Pro Mountain Bike Gravity Tour (Pro GRT) at the Killington Bike Park. Competitors battled it out Thursday, July 27 through Sunday, July 30 on the brand new Goat Skull trail at Ramshead Mountain. The race also served…