Lift and Trails Report for Killington Peak – Wednesday, January 11th K-1 Express Gondola – OPEN – 9:00 – 16:00 Anarchy – OPEN (gladed trail) Bear Trax – GROOMING (trail with snowmaking) Blue Heaven – GROOMING (trail with snowmaking) Cascade […]
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Keeping it fresh with instructor Karen Dalury
By Karen D. Lorentz Karen Dalury was bit by the “ski bug” at an early age. Born and raised in Springfield, Mass., where she graduated from Cathedral High School in 1973, her dad had taught her to ski when she […]
Lifts and Trails Report – Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Lift and Trails Report for Killington Peak – Tuesday, January 10th K-1 Express Gondola – EXPECTED – 9:00 – 16:00 Anarchy – OPEN Bear Trax – GROOMING Blue Heaven – GROOMING Cascade – Headwall – OPEN Cascade – GROOMING Catwalk […]
Winter memories are made of this
By Karen D. Lorentz If there is any ski topic that perplexes me, it is the issue of comparing skiing today to the “good old days.” Most folks who skied in the 1950s and 1960s will tell you the “good […]
Pico opens Dec. 10
Kicks off 2017-17 winter season with community “food raiser” KILLINGTON—On Saturday, Dec. 10, Pico Mountain will open for the 2016-17 winter season with its fourth annual opening day Food Raiser, a special promotion providing discounted lift tickets in exchange for […]
Snowmaking Horsepower
The World Cup Expo Village at the base of Superstar is situated at 2,500 feet above sea level and nearby Killington Peak reaches to 4,241 feet — making it the second highest in the state. This elevation gives the resort an […]
Conditions favorable for World Cup weekend
Snowstorm drops 10+ inches days before World Cup at Killington KILLINGTON — Killington Resort has been blowing snow aggressively over the past month both to prepare the Superstar race trail for the Ladies Ski World Cup races, Nov. 26 and […]
World Cup A to Z
By Karen D. Lorentz Editor’s Note: This is part four in a series on Killington hosting the Audi FIS World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom and Slalom races on November 26-27, 2016. With less than two months to the first World […]
For sale: a piece of Suicide Six ski area history
WOODSTOCK—The Woodstock Inn & Resort is offering the community an opportunity to own a piece of Suicide Six history. The ski area has donated 60 chairs from the 38-year-old, recently dismantled Chair #1 to Woodstock Ski Runners (WSR) for fundraising. […]
Killington Resort prepares for World Cup’s return to east coast
VIP tickets go on sale July 5 KILLINGTON – Killington Resort announced Tuesday, June 28, that tickets for the 2016 Audi FIS Ski World Cup will go on sale in a week, starting Tuesday, July 5 at 8 a.m. Taking […]