Killington Resort — Attraction in Killington

Killington, also known as the BEAST is huge with 22 lifts surrounding a valley (with no real backsides). As you enter there are a few options on where to start. Ramshead, with 1 lift (high speed), but 2 magic carpets, perfect for beginners. The lodge is okay and same with the food. The next is Snowshed, which connects to Ramshead by a short tunnel (that’s bad for your skis), which is great for beginners who are done practicing on magic carpets. There are 2 lifts, one high speed and one slow speed, which unfortunately go around the same rate. The next 2 options share a main parking lot, K-1 and Snowdon (the blue bubble). The main problems with this area are that it can get busy because of the central location and the Snowdon side doesn’t have a lodge. However, the K-1 did has a beautiful 3 floor new lodge which is a bit mazes on the lower floor, but spacious on the upper 2 with couches, a cafe, and an outdoor seating area (not amazing in the winter). It has a high speed lift, a gondola, and a slow speed triple, all starting in completely different sides of the lodge, involving a relatively long skate/walk. All cleaning staff is very kind, too.

On the mountain, card scanners work quickly, and unlike some other mountains don’t need you to scan the barcode. Sometimes, the gates break, but those issues are quickly resolved and there are multiple gates. The liftees also don’t clean lift chairs, often making you cold and wet, but they are very good at making sure to fill lifts. Snow making happens often at this mountain, all over the place with numerous pipes connecting them. If you’re a jumper, plenty of man made jumps, made daily after the first few runs, but very small and few real terrain parks. Ramshead stopped a lot, which often left you stuck there, forced to sue the tunnel. Plenty of lodging nearby and on mountain (especially towards the middle of the season). The lodge at the top is hard to get to, forcing you to go down a series lf snow and ramps from the gondola. They had a demo, and they gave free options from 5-10 popular companies, which were very nice. Also, in the lodge, there was no microwave to be found, resulting in eating cold pizza. Many good skiers on the mountain, too. Cellular reception was good in most places, but walkie talkies are recommended as a backup. Overall, Killington is a good mountain, with a few small things that could be fixed, just like...

Just wrapped up our first trip to " The Beast of the East" and all I can say is " wow!" We had heard that Killington is a great place to ski on the east coast and we were not disappointed. The place is massive and truly does offer skiing for all skill levels. Our first day featured lots of the corduroy we enjoy skiing on, and we had a fantastic time! I won't bother naming all the trails we enjoyed- there were simply too many and none disappointed.We found the wait times for the lifts to be very short and were able to get in a lot of runs as a result, that was nice! The lodges we visited ( the k1 Lodge, the Peak Lodge, and the Bear Mountain Lodge) were great- comfortable, clean, and offering the food and beverage options we like. Talked to many friendly people from all over the U.S. who, like us, seemed to be having a great time.

I would also like to commend the staff operating the Skypeak Express Quad, I witnessed them do a very professional job handling a really belligerent, probably intoxicated, individual on Thursday, January 2. The individual was irate over some issue with his lift pass and not listening to polite suggestions/ advice offered by the staff about what to do, instead he lost his temper and ended up using profanity and wanting to fight the staff. The staff member kept his cool and just stayed calm. It was an appalling scene, but the staff handled it really well and did everything right. I was impressed. These things can happen anywhere, in no way am i suggesting this is something that is specific to Killington. It in no way diminished our visit, just want to offer kudos. We left Killington very impressed with all aspects of our visit! We will absolutely be back. I am eager to return when the new lodge next to the K1 Gondola opens next season. Killington delivers, in all ways it offers a very outstanding...

First things first, service here is a hit or miss. Most of the lift operators, mountain guides, and welcome staff are simply wonderful. Within the lodges however, team members are not always amicable. My main point of contention was with food service staff.

I politely requested an order of fries and onion rings each and while the price is not listed on the menu, onion rings cost the same as fries:$5.75. The team member gave me an order of fries that barely topped the 3"x4"x1" paper tray. That's pretty outrageous but ski resorts have pretty high overheads so ¯(ツ)/¯. The onion rings order really got to me though. For $5.75 before tax, she gave me a half dozen onion rings. Not only did that not clear that tiny 1 inch high tray, it did not even cover the base. In essence, I paid a dollar per onion ring.

Now, if I had done nothing to address it, it would have been my fault. But I requested politely if she could add some more and she told me, "that's all I can do." All she can do is 6 onion rings?! That's simply outrageous.

I get that people don't go to Killington to eat their food but most will have to stop and eat something eventually. Ski resorts are about the comprehensive experience and Killington failed spectacularly on the service front.

Killington is a very good ski mountain however. Even after a night of rain, the mountain was still very ski-able. There were some trails closed due to the lack of snow cover or where too much ground was exposed but Killington did a great job of keeping the majority of the trails open. Not only that, but many of these trails had received some decent snowmaking.

Killington is a big mountain and even with many visitors, the lift lines are very short (pretty non-existent). The only lift that requires a wait is the K-1 Gondola but even then, it is about 10...