Mountain Review: Killington, Vermont

An in-depth video review of Killington, a ski area located in southern Vermont. Filmed across three different trips in December 2019, January 2020, and February 2022.
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0:00 Intro
0:46 Mountain Review
9:37 Getting There and Lodging
10:21 Verdict
10:54 Score Breakdown and Rank
Overall Mountain Score: 61/100 - #1 of 7 in Vermont
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Snow: 6/10
Resiliency: 7/10
Size: 6/10
Terrain Diversity: 7/10
Challenge: 6/10
Lifts: 8/10
Crowd Flow: 5/10
Facilities: 7/10
Navigation: 4/10
Mountain Aesthetic: 5/10
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  • @PeakRankings
    @PeakRankings Жыл бұрын

    CORRECTION: We erroneously referred to Killington's vertical drop as the longest on the East Coast in this video. However, we should have *only* said it had the longest vert in New England. Whiteface, NY-with its 3,430-foot drop (3,166' of which is lift-serviced)-is actually longer!

  • @ethanhcomposer

    @ethanhcomposer

    Жыл бұрын

    I went to Whiteface in April 2021, conditions were slushy and/or icy throughout the whole mountain. I also thought essentially every lift was windy and uncomfortable aside from the gondola. I liked my time there, but only so much terrain was open.

  • @Enzo7503

    @Enzo7503

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ethanhcomposer Sounds like you almost got the full IceFace experience, try again next year when the gondola is on wind hold

  • @sc100ott

    @sc100ott

    Жыл бұрын

    Note that the 3166’ of “vertical” is a mere technicality. Nobody actually skis that in a single run. Functionally, it’s more like a 1700’ mountain, at best. Very few runs even do that much vert.

  • @Machria23

    @Machria23

    Жыл бұрын

    Killington has the longest RUN, not even close. That, is the most important number. The rest is non-sense.

  • @ec688

    @ec688

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Enzo7503 Ahhh I wouldn't trade IceFace for the world. Love that cold, lonely peak lmao.

  • @johnlake4923
    @johnlake49232 жыл бұрын

    This channel is amazing. As a southeastern skier I use your videos heavily in my decisions on where to go on my 2-3 ski trips per year, both where to take my you to family and where I go with my adult ski friends. The fact that you’ve been to a lot of different places makes your opinions a lot more valuable. The length and content are exactly what I’m looking for in a ski review video. Please keep doing what your doing!

  • @coreypotoniec8358
    @coreypotoniec8358 Жыл бұрын

    Spot on review, like ace, no comments. Great work. Hit all of the key points.

  • @kayakutah
    @kayakutah Жыл бұрын

    It's hard to rank high compared to the Rocky Mountain area, but I grew up back east skiing areas from New Jersey to Maine. Fun can be had, for sure. In 1970, on a bit of a whim, I went to Bozeman Montana for college. To say it was an epiphany is an understatement! It's always funny when people in the Rocky Mountains complain about ice. It's not ice unless you can read a newspaper through it and stuff we now call ice here, out east is just, "loud powder". Good reviews.

  • @bbsara0146

    @bbsara0146

    8 ай бұрын

    yea people in the west will call any kind of slightly crunch snow ice. and they will only ski in ideal conditions with the lightest possible powder

  • @collinparsons3363
    @collinparsons3363 Жыл бұрын

    This is my home mountain, so I'll comment on a few things. It is relatively easy to avoid lift lines on most days. Two lifts consistently have the worst lines, the K1 Gondola and Ramshead Express. I suggest hitting Ramshead before 9am on weekends. That's when the ski school starts, and also around when the K1 parking lots fill up, and they start parking everyone at Ramshead. 12-1 is another good time for Ramshead. It won't be ski-on, but maybe a 5 minute wait instead of 15. Forget about the afternoon. It will hold its line right up till closing because so many people park there and take runs before they leave for the day. For the K1, it has a single rider line that is often much faster than then regular line. But you will not ride with members of your party. The other lifts won't necessarily be ski-on, but will have much shorter waits than K1 and Ramshead. They also have an app that shows the wait times, which can be useful to avoid ending up at an overcrowded base area. I'm surprised you never mentioned the World Cup, but it happens every year on Thanksgiving Weekend. It's held on the Superstar trail and is always fun to watch. Beware of crowds though, and you'll have to park in a remote lot and take a shuttle bus in. While it has its flaws, Killington is my favorite resort in the east, and I'm glad to have it as my home mountain.

  • @PeakRankings

    @PeakRankings

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for that info Collin!

  • @audreyarcher7156

    @audreyarcher7156

    Жыл бұрын

    Woop! Woop! Come and enjoy our beautiful Killington, VT. The skiing is great!

  • @ec688

    @ec688

    Жыл бұрын

    Just gonna say, had an amazing spring saturday up there and never had to wait more than 3-4 gondola carriages at k-1 from like 10am-4pm lol. Spent about an hour or two bouncing around to skye and bear but it was amazingly empty. About half the time was just walk up and into a carriage off the singles line.

  • @tilly6755

    @tilly6755

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ec688 I was there the same time as you and I never had to wait more than 30 seconds

  • @coastermaniac6669

    @coastermaniac6669

    10 ай бұрын

    My go to when lines get long is either the canyon quad, bear mountain quad or south ridge quad

  • @Cleetus1397
    @Cleetus1397 Жыл бұрын

    your channel has been my favorite to binge watch, but I don't know have you have so little subscribers with the quality of your content.

  • @Notso987
    @Notso987 Жыл бұрын

    We used to stay right up from the gondola. Outter limits was no joke, I was like 12 but can’t wait to see it again. Awesome mountain . Incredible memories, I snap in and I’m 10 years old again. God i love skiing!

  • @betawildofficalchannel
    @betawildofficalchannel11 ай бұрын

    I don't even use the information from these videos, I just use them to listen to! Great videos!

  • @jameszeng2666
    @jameszeng26662 жыл бұрын

    Killington is No.1 in east coast for very good reason… glad you guys agree with me

  • @troykeeling9752
    @troykeeling9752 Жыл бұрын

    I've skied it in September 93 and in June 28 in 97, on my thru hike. It use to be called Kmart, a while back. Looking forward to a good year.

  • @usablefiber
    @usablefiber3 ай бұрын

    You aren’t kidding about getting lost. On my sisters first day back on skis in years we split up, she took a wrong turn and she got stuck on outer limits as a beginner.

  • @andywang7978
    @andywang7978 Жыл бұрын

    The place I learned how to ski, meet new friends, and appreciate life! Killington!

  • @jaysenmedhurst7802
    @jaysenmedhurst78023 ай бұрын

    The family and I are heading here next week. We all love the videos! And the kids would really like to see some about smaller mountains in the East (for example, Jiminy Peak).

  • @FrostElement
    @FrostElement Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing. I just visited and will soon be posting ‘6 Peaks in 2 hrs’

  • @hawkboy000
    @hawkboy000 Жыл бұрын

    Was just here the past 3 days! Drove from Florida. Such a beautiful mountain. So many different routes to take.

  • @ItsMoStuff111
    @ItsMoStuff111 Жыл бұрын

    Killington is my by far my favorite ski resort know it by heart love it!❤😎⛷!! Also there are 3 gondolas it’s confusion because there is the K1 peak gondola and there’s the 2 section gondola the sky ship witch are connected but there can be one operating and one not like other 2 section lifts but killington considers them as different lifts named as skye ship part 1 and skye ship part 2.

  • @ethanhcomposer
    @ethanhcomposer2 жыл бұрын

    I definitely agree with you. I went this February, it is my favorite Vermont resort for the snow, but I think they could do a better job at the mountain aesthetic. I hope they can also expand by connecting Pico, but I'm not sure if that'll happen.

  • @TaTopePia
    @TaTopePia Жыл бұрын

    I'll have to give it another shot. I'm an East cost snowboarder, but growing up I stuck to local mountains/hills to keep it easy on the wallet, so if I did get there as a child I don't remember. When I went last season, Killington was soooo crowded and whatever snow cover there was was skied off by 11:00. There were so many beginner skiers from out of state/New England who had no idea what they were doing, stopping in the middle of trails, being on trails that were too difficult, and drinking way, way too much (seemed like they only came so they could get hammered). For a $140 ticket I was thoroughly displeased.

  • @ianlucht3121
    @ianlucht31217 ай бұрын

    I’d love to see you do some NH mountains. Such as Cannon, Loon, Waterville valley, and attitash.

  • @kosycat1
    @kosycat1 Жыл бұрын

    I love steep terrain but i think my favorite run at killington is great eastern. Killington also gets some points for the vibes. I alway end up shredding with a new stranger any time i go there. I offen sleep in my car to save some money from loding ,and i've been able to crash at a few peoples places after shredding there. which is very appriciated. Espeasially because I drive up from baltimore for long trips. and im basically out there winggin it trying to just make it tothe next day. lol Teey will also let you park overnight at the skyship parking lot maximum of 2 days in a row,which is awesome you can wake up and get right on the gondola. but ive never stayed there overnight wneh they had it open top to bottom.

  • @tonyg3091
    @tonyg3091 Жыл бұрын

    I like the old fashion lifts. It is like skiing in Europe 30 years ago.

  • @horizon42q
    @horizon42q Жыл бұрын

    Cool, my home mountain.

  • @finaboykm
    @finaboykmАй бұрын

    I learned that if you can ski in NE,with that blue ice/ crud then you can ski anywhere. It made skiing In Colorado easy money/with real powder/excellent conditions-just close your mouth when crashing into powder-“ Winter Park”..

  • @seanbm39
    @seanbm396 ай бұрын

    I learned on killington, its a special mtn to me

  • @rickycameron4008
    @rickycameron4008 Жыл бұрын

    I'm Travelling from Scotland at the end of March 2023 to attend a wedding in Texas and then heading here for 5 days. looking forward to it. We've some bad snow conditions in Scotland and this looks like it's going to be fun no matter what happens I'm going to love being in New England

  • @CarletonGebhardt

    @CarletonGebhardt

    Жыл бұрын

    Lots of snow now!

  • @rickycameron4008

    @rickycameron4008

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CarletonGebhardt yes, I've been keeping an eye on the conditions through the app. I think I am going to enjoy my 5 days at Killington.

  • @bobbilsonbart6565

    @bobbilsonbart6565

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rickycameron4008 how did it go?

  • @rickycameron4008

    @rickycameron4008

    Жыл бұрын

    @Bob Bilsonbart I had the best time. Was there from Monday 27th to Thursday 30th. Beautiful conditions, great snow and even had a freshen up on Wed night. Only cloudy day was Tuesday every other was clear blue and sun. Killington, you were awesome.

  • @lakos450
    @lakos4502 жыл бұрын

    Killingtons always been my home mountain and I love it. As long as you know what you're doing crowds are easy to avoid and good terrain is everywhere. Deep spring skiing is also a huge plus. 61 score overall is reasonable but its at least 85+ if compared only to other east coast mountains

  • @michaelobrien2190
    @michaelobrien21902 жыл бұрын

    It would be interesting to show the rank compared to others. For example - what are the immediate 3 resorts that are better and the 3 that are worse? I would love to see two columns - column 1 are the top 10 overall, and if in the top 20, column 2 would be 11-20. If not in the top 20, the second column would have the reviewed resort in the middle with the 5 that are immediately above and the 4 that are below.

  • @PeakRankings

    @PeakRankings

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for that feedback! We can definitely add that in future videos

  • @chaddiek8285
    @chaddiek8285 Жыл бұрын

    Nice! do stratton!

  • @ICANTSKI11
    @ICANTSKI113 ай бұрын

    As a lifetime vt skier (not rlly bc I’m only 16😂) I’d agree with most of the ratings except navigation for its size for the east coast I’ve always found it to be amazing when it comes to crowd flow and navigation

  • @miteshkumar3183
    @miteshkumar31832 жыл бұрын

    About time.

  • @ovation1k
    @ovation1k2 жыл бұрын

    Tbh catwalk is a single black when the snow is good but when it isn’t and the small chutes in it become exposed then it becomes a double black

  • @thedukeofuke2641
    @thedukeofuke2641 Жыл бұрын

    please do burke and smugglers notch and obviously sugarbush

  • @rickmitchell6886

    @rickmitchell6886

    Жыл бұрын

    Smuggs…jewel of the East

  • @TheCreditShifu
    @TheCreditShifu Жыл бұрын

    Longest vertical drop in the East is whiteface NY. Maybe Killington is longest vertical drop in Vermont? Good video though.

  • @PeakRankings

    @PeakRankings

    Жыл бұрын

    You're 100% right on that point--we'll update the description with a clarification!

  • @luckmc2874
    @luckmc28742 жыл бұрын

    Will you do a review of Jay Peak mountain resort?

  • @PeakRankings

    @PeakRankings

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep! In the coming months

  • @luckmc2874

    @luckmc2874

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PeakRankings Ok great! I have been there, although only in warm spring temps and it is amazing!

  • @chrispark7933
    @chrispark7933 Жыл бұрын

    Day trip mountains are small, Wachusett, crotched, ect. Weekend is loon, Okemos, mountain snow even. Killington is a week adventure just like Sunday river or jay peak. Even in that week your not knowing everything

  • @timothytao898
    @timothytao8982 жыл бұрын

    Was the release date (final day of skiing this season at Killington) on purpose?

  • @PeakRankings

    @PeakRankings

    2 жыл бұрын

    Let's just say it was a happy coincidence 😊

  • @shaunganley
    @shaunganley Жыл бұрын

    When you can pretty much figure out which trail every shot came from, you know you've been to a mountain a few times.

  • @paulrollinson7604
    @paulrollinson76043 ай бұрын

    Skied it 2/26/24..... got lost. Signage could be better. Conditions were decent for a bad snow year

  • @bbsara0146
    @bbsara01468 ай бұрын

    i feel like killington I never feel like I am actually skiing, 90% of my time is spent trying to get where I want to go. like I have to take 2 lifts, and traverse across the entire mountain every time I want to get somewhere

  • @stefan34983
    @stefan34983 Жыл бұрын

    Will there be a video for: Mont Ste Anne, Le Massif, Sugar Loaf, Jay Peak or Mont Tremblant ?

  • @PeakRankings

    @PeakRankings

    Жыл бұрын

    Jay Peak will have one! The others will likely be awhile.

  • @stefan34983

    @stefan34983

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PeakRankings Alright, thanks on the reply. Enjoyed the videos about Sunday River and Killiington.

  • @maxwellboccaccio8955
    @maxwellboccaccio8955 Жыл бұрын

    Please do a review of Stowe!

  • @PeakRankings

    @PeakRankings

    Жыл бұрын

    Not enough footage yet 😭will hopefully have one next season!

  • @maxwellboccaccio8955

    @maxwellboccaccio8955

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PeakRankings Great! Still love your channel!!

  • @pangalactictuber

    @pangalactictuber

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for holding off on a review until you have been there on a variety of days and conditions.

  • @Jacobvb11
    @Jacobvb11 Жыл бұрын

    How long are weekend lift lines for the parks?

  • @PeakRankings

    @PeakRankings

    Жыл бұрын

    The beginner-oriented parks are chiefly served by Ramshead, while the Stash and Dream Maker parks are served by the Skye Peak Express. Weekend lift lines for Ramshead are usually pretty bad; lines for Skye Peak are a bit more manageable, but also quite long during peak times.

  • @waltysalamander
    @waltysalamander2 жыл бұрын

    I kind of actually want to ski here even though I live on the West Coast and get to go to Mammoth and Rockies resorts even closer.

  • @ImOriginallyGreen

    @ImOriginallyGreen

    2 жыл бұрын

    Definitely the best in the east, but I’d only recommend going from the west coast if youre in the area for other reasons

  • @Bohdisattva326

    @Bohdisattva326

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s not a bad mountain but Honestly friends from colorado who have been there would not go back. Stick west if u can 😎

  • @waltysalamander

    @waltysalamander

    Жыл бұрын

    @@darrinsiberia Yeah, red or white? I like white chili because you can get pretty creative with it even though it’s not technically real chili.

  • @waltysalamander

    @waltysalamander

    Жыл бұрын

    Just kidding. I’ll probably go to Chile someday. What’s there?

  • @ProjectRaijin
    @ProjectRaijin Жыл бұрын

    Great video looks like a beautiful mountain but nothing there is remotely worth a black diamond rating at least by Rockies standards, still gotta visit to see where snowboarding began

  • @anthonyricciuti6969

    @anthonyricciuti6969

    Жыл бұрын

    All of the double blacks off the front would be black in the Rockies. It’s the gopro affect those trails have 40-45 degree pitches

  • @krisjones2115
    @krisjones2115 Жыл бұрын

    Can you review Jay Peak?

  • @PeakRankings

    @PeakRankings

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, will come soon!

  • @krisjones2115

    @krisjones2115

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PeakRankings looking at going there next season

  • @CynicalWolverine
    @CynicalWolverine Жыл бұрын

    Killington could also be considered the biggest ice rink on the East Coast too.

  • @paultindall1235
    @paultindall1235 Жыл бұрын

    I know I’d want to ride the steeps to stay entertained if I went, but all those clips look so icy and rocky. Literally looks like ski damage or injury waiting to happen.

  • @Kaitydid74
    @Kaitydid74 Жыл бұрын

    Jay peak sometime?

  • @PeakRankings

    @PeakRankings

    Жыл бұрын

    Sooner than you think.

  • @DramaPancake
    @DramaPancake3 ай бұрын

    DONT BASH KILLINGTON KILLINGTON IS LIFE

  • @kingjulian420

    @kingjulian420

    3 ай бұрын

    do you know what a 'review' is?

  • @LifeProducersofNewJerseyLLC
    @LifeProducersofNewJerseyLLC Жыл бұрын

    Killington is the most overrated ski area in the east. You may want to cover in depth the fact that most of the mountain is not open early and late. This may seem normal but take away that long gondola trail and related trails, the ski area then is only operation at the top. Even then, it is not uncommon to have the ski lifts close to high winds. Yet they want a full ticket price, and which is one of the most expensive lift tickets in the east, makes you feel like you are getting ripped off. I remember this happening once to me where they closed down much of the mountain lifts to save money, so I drove down the road to Okemo and Okemo was all open, and I was able to ski the whole ski area, and for less of a lift ticked price than Killington. Killington is a rip off.

  • @Kaitydid74
    @Kaitydid74 Жыл бұрын

    Sugarloaf

  • @rixar139
    @rixar13913 күн бұрын

    ☘ Irish Honey Badger - 💘 - Works for me.

  • @rixar139

    @rixar139

    13 күн бұрын

    ☘ Irish Honey Badger - Yikes, I used to skip school often and hitch hike to ski. 😎

  • @francescomeola
    @francescomeola2 жыл бұрын

    Best mountain in the East and it's not even close.

  • @francescomeola

    @francescomeola

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ImOriginallyGreen Been to whiteface and Tremblant. Killington is still better imo

  • @francescomeola

    @francescomeola

    2 жыл бұрын

    especially better if you're coming from the Tri-state area

  • @luckmc2874

    @luckmc2874

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@francescomeola What about jay? The runs off the face ridge look amazing!

  • @Machria23
    @Machria23 Жыл бұрын

    What??? Hold on, lets go over your “ratings” which are absolute NONSENSE. Killingtons “resiliency” is a 10, period, not arguable. 6? Thats a joke. I’ve been skiing K and everywhere else on the planet for 53 years now. I have my complaints about killington, resiliency is NOT one of them. I have never seen another mountain recover better, or faster. Last year for example, I skied a Monday in very poor conditions, they had very little snow, everything was boiler plate ice. Solid ice! Tuesday was worse, it poured out all day, on top of the ice, it was 45 degrees out. Overnight and into Wednesday morning it dropped to 7 degrees. I assumed it will be nothing but ice, i mean, how could it not be right? To my surprise, first tracks at 9am Wed morning felt like it had snowed 6 or 8” overnight. It didn’t snow a bit, the overnight crew ran all night long and crushed up the ice with the groomers, then smoothed it all out to corduroy and blew some snow on top of it. CRAZY! I have never seen anything like that. Diversity: Killington has by far the most diverse terrain on the east coast, again, not even close. REAL double blacks, some double blacks IN THE WOODS, AND TIGHT WOODS (ever ski Growler? straight down, tight trees, GIANT moguls!). K has the longest green/blue run in the east, by far. K has tons of blacks, tons of blues, tons of park stuff, and tons of green learning areas. Lots of tree runs, and best of all, TONS of ungroomed mogul runs for both Blue and Blacks which is rare. Not many resorts have blue mogul runs.

  • @jimyoung7926

    @jimyoung7926

    Жыл бұрын

    Bunny buster is a great blue that has moguls. It's actually pretty fun on a snowboard!

  • @CoolKidHalter
    @CoolKidHalter2 жыл бұрын

    Review summary: Killington is KKKKKSSSSHHHHHKKKK.....the resort offers terrain paKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSHHHHHHCCCCHH...the snowmaking infrastruKKKKKKKKSSSSSSHHHCCCHHHH!!......... Ice coast skiing in a nutshell.

  • @kayakutah

    @kayakutah

    Жыл бұрын

    Hah! Took me a minute to get that!