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Killington Skiing
Killington, situated in the Green Mountain range in Vermont, is a sprawling ski resort, the largest in the Eastern United States, stretching over seven mountains with five base areas. The resort is famous for the most extensive snow-making facilities in the east, 2,000 snow cannons ensuring good snow coverage over 99 km, and this, together with the fact that Killington ski resort receives an average of 250”of snow per year, makes for an exceptionally long season, spanning from October to May and sometimes June.
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Ski Holidays In Killington – The Mountains
Killington has a base elevation of 325m – its’ 33 lifts taking skiers to the summit at 1293m, at a rate of over 50,000 passengers per hour. With six mountains connected and the seventh, Pico, just a ten minute bus ride away, skiers can choose from a diverse range of terrain, as Killington is home to 200 trails covering an area of 139km. Killington has beginners’ slopes on every mountain, Snowdon and Pico being particularly good, with many of the easy greens situated at the top of many of them, enabling novices to enjoy the fabulous views. Skiers in Killington can then progress to Rams Head, with a good combination of greens and blues, and most of the mountains offer long cruising runs for intermediates. Killington Peak, the highest mountain, is home to many double black diamonds to test more advanced skiers, and Bear Mountain boasts the steepest mogul run in New England. Snowboarders are well catered for in Killington with 3 half-pipes, 2 terrain parks and a boardercross course. Killington, being close to both Boston and New York, is a favourite with weekend skiers, meaning the slopes can get quite busy.
Skiing In Killington – The Apres-ski
Killington has one of the liveliest apres-ski scenes on the East coast with the resort being very popular with young skiers. This is reflected in the bar scene, with famous haunts such as The Wobbly Barn and the Pickle Barrel being packed most nights, especially when they play host to up-and-coming bands. Generally Killington is busy and bustling, with happy hours and dancing to be found all over the resort, as well as plenty of restaurants from the formal, requiring reservations, such as Hemingways, to family friendly places such as Caseys’ Caboose. Off the slopes visitors can try ice-skating and indoor rock-climbing, trips to the spa and excursions to neighbouring picturesque Vermont villages.
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