Killington Resort

Three prominent young snowboarders are blazing new trails for groups that have been historically underrepresented in winter sports. “The idea for me would be to make the mountains more colorful over the next few years,” said Zeb Powell, the Vermont-based snowboarder who in 2019 became the first Black snowboarder to ever win gold at the X Games. A 2019-2020 study…

A trailblazing X Games gold medalist is working to get more underrepresented groups to start taking part in snowboarding.

A half-dozen Vermont ski resorts have opened and more are expected to this week with snow-making helping to cover particular trails and protocols to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Jay Peak Resort opened Friday and Bromley Mountain on Sunday. Mount Snow Resort, Okemo Mountain Resort and Stowe Mountain Resort opened last week. This week, Sugarbush, Bolton Valley and Smugglers’…

Killington, the largest ski resort on the east coast, opened Friday as a trial run for season passholders to see how things will operate during the pandemic.

Friday’s opening of the largest ski resort on the East Coast, Vermont’s Killington Resort, offered a glimpse of what industry operations will look like during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Everybody out here has these real positive vibes going on,” said Dante DiBiase, a Killington season pass holder who was enjoying opening day. This weekend is just for season pass holders...

Mike Solimano, President of Killington Resort, talks about a food giveaway pairing local families and area farms and other vendors struggling to sell their goods.

Vermont’s Killington Resort offered employees care packages Tuesday, during a stressful time when the destination’s ski lifts aren’t running–to help slow the spread of COVID-19. The resort is paying employees for this week, said Killington President Mike Solimano, even after the mountain pressed pause Saturday night. Still, many across the hospitality sector are bracing for lost wages. “We know...

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Killington Resort in Vermont is stepping up to the plate and giving away food as a way to help employees out.

A skier who lost control and crashed into a tree at the Killington Ski Resort in Vermont on Saturday has died, state police say. The 48-year-old man was travelling fast down an intermediate trail when he collided with the tree around 3 p.m., according to Vermont State Police. He was not wearing a helmet at the time. The victim, identified…

A power outage at Vermont’s largest ski area left skiers and snowboarders stuck on a lift for just over an hour. A spokeswoman for the Killington Resort says a falling tree caused an outage around 9:35 a.m. Saturday and stopped all lifts. Most started running again shortly after, but it took about an hour and 10 minutes to get the…

Athletes from around the globe are in Vermont for this weekend’s Women’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup races at Killington Resort—and 40,000 fans or more are expected to descend on Rutland County for the festivities. The racers will compete for points on the World Cup tour, and also for one-of-a-kind trophies crafted by the team at a company famous for...

The first place trophies weigh about eight pounds each and take about a half hour to make.

Vermont’s skiing and riding industry say the past week has demonstrated the strong capabilities of resorts to recover from challenging weather conditions. Less than a week ago, mountains grappled with widespread melting from heavy rain and warmer-than-normal temperatures, which arrived just before the major Christmas vacation week. Despite that, resorts have said they bounced back quickly, thanks to upgrades in...

After some challenging weather conditions in Vermont recently, technology is helping the ski industry recover.

Vermont’s Killington Resort is about to host many of the planet’s fastest female skiers, for the Audi FIS Ski World Cup races, the weekend after Thanksgiving.

The 2018-2019 ski season is getting underway with the first resorts opening in Vermont and Maine.

Vermont’s Kelly Brush Foundation is partnering with Killington Resort to make safety improvements before this weekend’s World Cup ski races.