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Success: the Red Bull Slide In Tour was well attended
March 14, 2024
Photos by Victoria Gaither Killington welcomed back the Red Bull Slide-In Tour on Sunday, March 10. X Games gold medalist and snowboard-style king Zeb Powell returned to the slopes at Killington with another stacked roster of Red Bull athletes, including: Alex Caccamo, Jesse Augustinus, Brantley Mullins, Brooklinn Khoury, Luke Eich, Kelly Wakasa, and Jamad Finn. The schedule of…
Mini Shred Madness takes place Saturday at Killington
January 4, 2023
Saturday, Jan. 7 at 9 a.m.—KILLINGTON—Head to the Li'l Stash on Saturday, Jan. 7 and compete for prizes in a friendly and fun environment. Grom skiers and riders 13 years and under will get a feel for park riding and experience the rules and navigation of the park with the help of our Woodward Mountain…
Shiffrin, Moltzan make history in slalom
January 4, 2023
Staff report Two skiers with Vermont ties made history, Thursday, Dec. 29 in Semmering, Austria. Mikaela Shiffrin secured her 80th World Cup win and 50th slalom victory on Thursday while Paula Moltzan came in second place, earning her first podium in the discipline. It was the first time Americans finished first and second in a…
Gwen Allard elected to U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
January 4, 2023
By Karen D. Lorentz A highly revered pioneer in the world of ski education and adaptive skiing, Mendon resident Gwen Allard has been elected to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Class of 2022, which will be inducted in March at Big Sky, Montana. Allard’s career spans five decades of teaching skiing and…
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Gone but not forgotten: Early Rutland region ski areas
December 22, 2022
By Karen D. Lorentz Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series on the early “lost” ski areas that propelled several generations of skiers in the greater Rutland Region. Vermont skiing dates back to 1892 when the Woodstock Inn opened and winter guests took cross-country ski treks to the nearby country club. By…
Loaded Turkey Rail Jam kicks of winter season
November 23, 2022
Killington Resort kicked off the 2022/23 event season with the annual Loaded Turkey Rail Jam last Saturday, Nov. 19. The Woodward Park crew set up a few features at the bottom of Reason and over 80 and skiers and snowboarders hiked for hours in the beautiful sunny weather, vying for a turkey dinner with all…
Killington resort announces 2022-23 winter event schedule
November 2, 2022
Killington is ready for winter with a jam-packed event series kicking off with Alex Hackel’s Hike & Hang 2.0 on Nov. 12 and concluding with Green Up Day on May 6. “Being home to the longest season in the East allows us ample time to host over 50 events from opening day to closing day,”…
Chasing vertical: the conclusion A special guest report from Killington’s vertical leaderboard champion
June 15, 2022
By Larry Levack I arrived in town in September with only one goal in mind: To become a member of the prestigious 100 Day Club at Killington. However, shortly after opening day in early November, I happened upon the leaderboard competition and, as they say, the rest is history. I combined my insatiable appetite for…
Only at Killington: celebrate Memorial Day with a sport trifecta: Ski, bike and golf
May 25, 2022
By Polly Mikula Memorial Day weekend is known for many things (in addition to solemnly remembering those veterans that paid the ultimate price in service to our country). The three day weekend is the unofficial kick-off to summer so many will celebrate with barbecues, parades and parties. Others will spend the weekend in the garden,…
Killington’s Hannah Soar visits president, first lady
May 11, 2022
By Victoria Gaither Olympic mogul skier Hannah Soar is on a high after spending a week in Washington, D.C., visiting the president and first lady. Soar, along with 600 fellow Olympians and Paralympians from the Tokyo 2020 Summer and Beijing 2022 Winter games, traveled to Washington, D.C., and was welcomed by President Joe Biden and…
Killington Ambassador Manuel Herrero is crowned April’s vertical winner
May 11, 2022
By Brooke Geery Editor’s note: This is the seventh part of a series called “Chasing Vertical” where we chat with the skier or rider who wins the monthly vertical feet challenge at Killington Resort. Vertical feet are tallied on the Killington Resort app and a real time leaderboard is accessible to all. When the lifts…
Women in the Vermont ski biz, not as rare as elsewhere
April 13, 2022
By Karen D. Lorentz The history of owning and operating ski areas is one dominated by males. For a variety of reasons, including the era of ski-area development being a time when a “woman’s place was in the home,” women did not figure prominently in the founding and/or operation of U.S. ski areas. However, the…
Friendly: A solo journey with friends
April 6, 2022
By Sandra Dee Owens At some point in my life, I decided to go solo. I did not get divorced, or leave my friends, family, or home. I simply started minding my own business. While raising our daughters in my 20s and 30s, I had neighborhood girlfriends also raising children. We would frequently walk, hike,…
Local teen says skiing helps him overcome juvenile arthritis
April 6, 2022
By Victoria Gaither Arthritis is usually associated with older people, but a teenager in North Chittenden is on a mission to show another face of the debilitating condition. Dylan Aker, 16, has juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, which causes joint inflammation, pain, and stiffness. “For the first year, I was stiff in the morning. It would be…
After Olympic stumbles, Mikaela Shiffrin skis away with World Cup
March 25, 2022
By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Vermont-schooled Mikaela Shiffrin began the latest World Cup season by skiing through a snowstorm on Killington Mountain to win the only U.S. stop on the international women’s racing circuit. “I hope that everybody enjoyed watching,” the Alpine champion told a national television audience, “because that was about as much show as we have.”…
Multi-mountain and early bird passes offer variety, see skiing as a way of life
March 22, 2022
By Karen D. Lorentz The season-pass landscape has erupted with many options that can be perplexing to skiers and riders trying to decide which pass to take advantage of for an upcoming season. Multi-mountain passes have driven down the cost of skiing for people who ski or ride more than a few days each winter.…
Mattsson finishes 11th in Giant Slalom at NCAA Championships
March 16, 2022
Woodstock Union High School and Killington Mountain School alumna Ava Mattsson skied to an 11th-place finish in the women’s giant slalom at the 2022 NCAA Championships in Park City, Utah on Thursday morning, March 10. The Bridgewater native is now a senior at St. Lawrence University. It was her second trip to the NCAA Championships.…
Pittsfield native readies for paralympics
March 2, 2022
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.…
Groms impress at Mini Shred Madness
March 2, 2022
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…
