Added: 12/14/2005 |
Killington ski vacations -Vertical drop: 3050 feetGreat Vermont Skiing is just minutes away from the Trailside Lodge. It is by far the biggest and best skiing the East Coast has to offer. The Killington Ski Season begins before all others in Vermont and lasts well into Spring. Every year Killington is the last Vermont ski resort to close the lifts during Killington ski vacations!
Killington is 11 miles east of Rutland and 19 miles west of Woodstock, Vermont. The resort is 250 miles from New York City and 300 km (190 miles) from Montreal.
Killington Ski Season can offer for Killington ski vacations 200 trails, 31 lifts (31 including 2 heated express 8 passenger gondolas), 87 miles of skiing terrain, Vertical drop: 3050 feet, Summit elevation: 4241 feet, Skiable acres: 1,209, Total number of trails: 200 (30% beginner, 39% intermediate, 31% advanced).
More people ski Killington and have Killington ski vacations more than any other ski area in Vermont. For big action and varied terrain for all abilities, you also would choose Killington. There is also an excellent selection of Killington lodging available, choose from the listing of Killington area inns, resorts, lodges, hotels, home and slopeside condo and vacation home rentals.
Killington's hidden extreme gem is Bear Mountain's Devil's Fiddle, a double black diamond trail with rocks, cliffs, and its own natural terrain features, which will see increased snowmaking and operation of its own quad chair. In addition, new tree skiing will be added at Bear Mountain and denoted as designated tree skiing areas on the trail map. The Timberline terrain park at Rams Head will also receive upgrades, tripling in length and a quarter-pipe will be added.
As of Summer 2004, Killington ski resort has initiated a $2 million snowmaking system upgrade, which includes 15,000 feet of snowmaking pipe. Areas that have seen improvement are specifically, South Ridge and the lower mountain surrounding Killington, Rams Head and Snowshed base areas. When completed in its entirety, the upgrades will provide increased efficiency and effectiveness of the resort's snowmaking system, the most extensive system in North America.
For those who want to provide their own power on a journey through the woods, snowshoe tours, which leave daily in-season from Beattie`s Trailside Lodge, are a natural way to experience the green mountains. Guided tours are available, with trips through the wooded confines of the Green Mountain National Golf Course for the uninitiated. More aggressive hikes through Gifford Woods State Park are also available
Snowmobile tours through the Calvin Coolidge State Forest State Forest and Park System offer some of the most breathtaking Green Mountain views in the entire state. Miles of groomed and maintained trails twist and wind through forest land. Expert guides lead and fill in on all the particulars during the ride. Killington Snowmobile Tours offers guided meandering tours and a two-hour `radical ride` for the not-so-faint of heart.
The adventures just don`t end during Killington ski vacations, there is more to explore outdoors, whether X-C skiing, ice skating or taking a horse-drawn sleigh ride- and indoors with indoor rock climbing and ice skating when the temperatures drop.
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