If conditions permit, there are meandering green-trails from the highest peak, Killington, at 4,41 ft.: the 6.7-mile long Juggernaut (which does not have snowmaking, so may not be open, and inexplicably turns into Fall's View before resuming as Juggernaut) Great Eastern, and Great Northern (designated a slow-skiing zone). Beginners and never-evers will have relatively sparse pickings: the learning area at Snowshed, and two trails on Ram's Head, which is designated as the Family Center, and is where childcare is housed, both of which provide the most separation of beginner skiers from faster, more advanced skiers. Experts revel in its challenging double-black trails and mogul runs, like Outer Limits, known as the steepest lift-serviced bump run in New England. And with a season that extends from October and into June, it is also often the only place to ski in New England.Īs big as Killington is, it is best for black-diamond trail skiers and confident, independent intermediate skiers. End to end, Killington is the size of Manhattan. It is a New England version of Vail, and like Vail, extends literally for miles. People love the frenetic pace of Killington, its hip attitude, the choices and variety of trails, how much there is to do on and off the slopes. The trail map is so big, it opens like a map of the state (even without including Pico, now the seventh mountain). Suffice to say, you can ski a different mountain each day of the week or, putting it another way, you can 200 different trails, totaling 87 miles or 1,182 skiable acres. It is hard to fathom just how big this place is. Killington is the megalopolis of skiing in New England. Killington, VT: Where Altitude Comes With Hip Attitude

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