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Killington Mountain Resort & Ski Area is a ski resort in Rutland County, Vermont, United States, near the town of Killington. It is the largest ski area in the eastern U.S., and has the largest vertical drop in New England at 3,050 feet (930 meters).
The town of Killington was chartered on July 7, 1761, by a New Hampshire grant. In 1800, it was renamed Sherburne [4] after landholder Colonel Benjamin Sherburne. [5] The town voted to revert to its original name of Killington on March 2, 1999; which was approved by the Vermont General Assembly and became effective July 1, 1999. [6]
The course has hosted the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup since 2016, replacing Aspen, Colorado, as the early season U.S. venue for women's slalom and giant slalom events. [1] This was the first World Cup event in the northeast since 1991 at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire; and the first in Vermont since 1978 at Stratton Mountain. [2]
Killington Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Killington, Rutland County, Vermont, United States, comprising residential development associated with Killington Ski Resort. As of the 2020 census , Killington Village had a population of 861, [ 2 ] out of 1,407 people in the entire town.
Pico Mountain Ski Resort is a ski area located in Killington, Vermont, United States.Established in 1937, it was one of the first commercial ski resorts in the state. [1] The base of the resort is located on the northwest side of Pico Peak on U.S. Route 4 approximately 9 miles (14 kilometers) northeast of Rutland, Vermont, and 3 mi (5 km) north of Killington Peak.
Killington Peak is the second highest summit in the Green Mountains and in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is located east of Rutland in south-central Vermont. Killington Peak is a stop on the Long Trail, which here shares its route with the Appalachian Trail. Traveling southbound on the Trail, it is the last 4,000-foot (1,200 m) peak close to ...
Sherburne Pass, is a mountain pass in the Green Mountains of Vermont, between 3,957-foot (1,206 m) Pico Peak to the south and 2,782-foot (848 m) Deer Leap Mountain to the north. The height of land of the pass is located in the town of Killington , while its western ascent begins in the town of Mendon .
Killington, Devon, a hamlet in Devon, England; Killington, Vermont, a town in Rutland County, Vermont, USA Killington Peak, a mountain in Killington, Vermont; Killington Ski Resort, a ski resort on Killington Peak; Other uses: Dylan Killington, a fictional character on the American television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip