Photo courtesy of KMS Jeff Juneau KILLINGTON—Killington Mountain School’s Snowboard Program Director and Head Cross Team Coach Jeff Juneau was named USSA SkiCross Eastern Representative. In this role, Juneau will work to assess the needs of the sport in the interest of both athlete and sport-development. Juneau will serve as a liaison between the Eastern region and…

Map courtesy of mtbproject.com By Tony Accurso “Rembrant’s Brush” is a flowing trail at Pine Hill Park in Rutland. It sort of declines in elevation, enabling one to maintain speed with minimal pedaling. This trail suits all abilities, from beginner to expert, and contains small water bars, berms and dips, which allow a biker to “pop”…

Courtesy of KMS Graeme Price KILLINGTON — Killington Mountain School Alpine athlete, Graeme Price was recently named to the 2015-2016 British National Alpine Team, based on the strength of his results this past season. Graeme Price came to KMS from Argyll, Scotland. Price, along with two other new athletes to the team, will join the…

Matt Gnoza take over as the U.S Ski Team’s Head Mogul Coach KILLINGTON — Killington Mountain School’s Freestyle Program Director Glenn Eddy has been named the U.S. Ski Team’s Moguls C Team Head Coach. Eddy is a Killington program and KMS alum. He was one of the pioneers of Freestyle at Killington, and skied World Cup…

PARK CITY, Utah — The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) recently recognized accomplished athletes and leaders last week at the annual Chairman’s Awards Dinner during USSA Congress held in Park City, Utah. Chuck Hughes, who serves as Killington Mountain School’s Events Manager and as the KSC/KMS Development Program Director, was also recognized by the USSA…

Courtesy of MemorEvents Joey Roberts of Fletcher, Vt., celebrates his victory in the Modified division at Devil’s Bowl Speedway. Roberts takes Modified thriller; Masterson, Bradford, Gray take victories  WEST HAVEN – There wasn’t a full moon over Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday night, May 23, but the action was as crazy as if there had…

Courtesy of RRCC First Place gross was won by the Rutland Redevelopment Authority team at the 2014 Chamber Golf Classic. Friday, May 29 — KILLINGTON — The Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce 30th Annual Golf Classic fundraiser is scheduled for Friday, May 29, at Green Mountain National Golf Course in Killington. The day will include…

Question: John and Mike are playing in a tournament. On the 6th hole, John strokes his ball into an area which might cause the ball to be lost or out of bounds. He plays a provisional ball which comes to rest short of where his original ball came to rest. He walks forward and spots his…

KILLINGTON — Thursday Night Twilight League golfers at GMNGC are earning points this year toward the first Birch Ridge Cup. Loosely based on the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup, the Birch Ridge Cup will be awarded to the player with the highest point total at the end of the summer. The grand prize is a cocktail…

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By Tony Accurso Correction: In last week’s edition, May 21-27, in the article “Trail of the week: Noodle’s Revenge” we incorrectly attributed the flagging of the trail to Accurso; Jason Hayden actually did the flag work and deserves the credit. Noodles Revenge is a sweet flow trail in Pittsfield at the Green Mountain Trails. It’s…

By Polly Lynn Last year Killington embarked on the first of a five-year master plan to create world-class downhill mountain biking. Consulting firm Gravity Logic says Killington could see 50,000 bikers annual, if the master plan is followed to completion. The master plan includes not only trail design, but plans for marketing, instruction, and an…

Courtesy of KSC Chris Clarke president of Killington Ski Club (left), is joined by John Okolovich, KSC director (center) and Brian Krill of USSA (right) as they accept their Gold-certification. PARK CITY, UTAH – Killington Ski Club received the highest level of certification from the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) during their spring meetings.…

By Kate Troy Rutland;s Captain, Pete "Pepsi"Dayton breaks away from the Bennington defense to score the final try of his hat-trick By Maxx Steinmetz On a hot and humid Saturday morning, May 16, Rutland traveled down to play a friendly match against local rivals, Bennington Battle RFC. Throughout the short game, the sides remained evenly…

By Polly Lynn The former Aubuchon Hardware store will be the new site of an indoor golf facility Stonehedge builds new indoor facility By Robin Alberti RUTLAND—The owners of Stonehedge Golf Course in North Clarendon, a three par golf course and foot-golf course, are opening a new indoor virtual golf facility this summer in Rutland.…