Forerunner Ski Shop — Local services in Killington

I was visiting Killington last season and "mis-placed" my skis at the hill. I was suddenly in the market for a new set of skis. A few staff at Killington recommended that I visit Brian at Forerunner. I'm glad I did.

I stopped by Forerunner and met Brian and staff. They asked alot of questions about my skiing style, terrain, height/weight, budget, etc... and recommended a few sets of skis. They encouraged me to demo a few sets of skis before making a purchase decison, to ensure the skis were a match. They provided an option to credit the very fairly priced demo/rental charge against the purchase price of skis if I decided to buy. I demo'd a few sets of skis and decided on a set and purchased. I love the skis (Black Crows Vertis) and the pricing was fair.

I spent a a few hours over a few days at the shop, discussing ski selection, getting set up with demos, picking up and returning demos, and making my purchase. During this time, I witnessed Brian and staff asking lots of questions and genuinely listening to the customers, and making equipment recommendations based on their customers' responses. These guys are pros. I highly...

EASY PEDESTRIAN ACCES, ANSWERS THE PHONE, INFORMATIVE, KNOWLEDGEABLE, PASSIONATE, SKILLFUL, FAMILY OWNED

I walked down the street to get here from Killington Mtn. Lodge while on a College Club trip.

I called ahead to get some information regarding a third party Ski boot insole fitting.

The shop is two stories with retail below and rental upstairs (I did not go upstairs). Plenty of quality equipment, clothing and accessories at reasonable prices. I spotted a few sales too!

Brain selected a third party insole, fitted it to my foot, adjusted my Full Tilt Boot cables and heal pieces, heat molded my linear all in about a half hour. All of this was done during a great conversation about equipment, boot technology, local mountain knowledge, and industry / ski trip stories.

In regards to my comfort in my boots, I came in having a numb / tingling pain in foot when riding on a pair of boots I bought 3 months prior. The next day I rode was worse than before I got fitted. The following weekend I left for Utah and rode 8 days straight open to close and my feet...

Good experience. Glad they were open late the night we arrived (11pm) - really saved us time and improved comfort in the morning.

Some suggested areas of improvement: Maybe because it was a late time, one employee was mistaken on advice for snow goggles. They said you can't have 100% uv protection, which is incorrect. They must have confused it with polarization? Decreased my confidence that they had knowledge about the products. They also did not tell me the goggle I got was more for teens / a smaller frame, when I should have gotten a larger frame and said it was a requirement. The front door said 20% of all items but it was confusing what counted as an item, and they only took off 17% (not a big deal, probably just a cultural difference of the town/looser calculation standard...