We almost missed this one, but figured we’d post it in case anyone is interested:
The 9th Annual Killington Bridal Show is today, Sunday, September 27, 2009, at The Mountain Meadows Lodge. Put on by the Vermont Wedding Association, this yearly event features the area’s top wedding professionals. It’s a great chance to meet one-on-one with caterers, bakers, DJs, florists, photographers, jewelers and more.
You can get more information on their web site.
Killington made The Aspen 10‘s list of the top ski resorts for the advanced skier. They say:
Killington Ski Resort, located in Vermont, is a superb resort for the advanced skier. Almost half the terrain is devoted to difficult trails, including a Double-Black-Diamond rated area known as “The Outer Limits” with enough moguls to make even expert skiers achieve flight. Other terrain includes woodland, or glade, skiing and steep terrain. In all Killington has 12 Double Black Diamond trails and half again as many Black Diamond runs. In all, 200 trails connect seven mountains via 33 chairlifts. Killington has the longest skiing season in the Northeast U.S. (typically November through April), an average annual snowfall of 250 inches, and 70-percent snowmaking capacity. Lessons are available without advance reservation at the Perfect Turn Ski School.
What do you think? Is Killington a top resort for the advanced skier? In our opinion, maybe on the East Coast, but definitely not overall.
- The Top Ski Resorts for the Advanced Skier [The Aspen 10]
Killington Brewfest
UPDATE: Check out our new post for Killington Brewfest 2010 info.
The annual Killington Brewfest is this Saturday, October 3 from 1pm – 6pm at the Snowshed Lodge at Killington, VT and speaking from personal experience, it is an event not to be missed!
This year, the annual party features 25 breweries pouring over 60 different beers: ales, porters, wheats, lagers, stouts and seasonal creations. There will also be two live bands and food.
Tickets are $25 and include a 3oz souvenir tasting glass with twelve beer sampling tickets. If you want the souvenir pint glass, it will cost an extra $3 this year. Extra beer tickets are also available for $1 each. For those not drinking, tickets are $5.
Ticket sales end Thursday, October 1, unless it sells out before then, which it has been known to do. Unfortunately, you’ll have to navigate Killington’s horrible online ticket site to buy your tickets. I do everything online and I can say in this case, it would be much easier to call them and order tickets since their ecommerce site is so poorly designed and hard to navigate. Hopefully that is also on their list of things to upgrade.
If you’re in the Snowdaze Ski House, this is an open weekend at the house and everyone is invited to come up and stay there. It’s a great way to spend a fall weekend, meet some new people, BBQ and get out of the city. Email info [AT] snowdaze.com for more details.
The Killington Insider reports today that more bump runs are coming to Killington this season. Killington has long been a favorite destination for mogul skiers, and now there are even more reasons to visit.
Lower Vertigo will see the addition of a seeded mogul run and they’ll also be looking at options for more natural bumps on classic runs like Outer Limits, Superstar and Ovation.
- Seeded moguls coming to Killington [Killington Insider]
TechCrunch is reporting that Liftopia has raised another $1 million in venture capital.
Liftopia provides variable ski resort ticket pricing through its web site. Basically, they allow people to purchase reduced price lift tickets for off-peak days. They allow the resorts to change the price based on how much traffic they anticipate seeing on the slopes. Rather than just set prices for different time periods, they can actually change their prices on a day-to-day basis.
The good news for all of us is that Killington has signed on this year (Stowe too). That means there is yet another avenue for us to find discounted lift tickets.
Killington also recently announced their K50 discounted lift tickets. This deal allows you to buy up to four $50 lift tickets with some blackout days. Better hurry on this one though as the offer expires on October 15.
We want to welcome you to the Snowdaze Killington Blog!
In this blog, we plan to keep you updated on the latest happenings and news from around the Killington, VT area. Of course we’ll cover the ski and snow report and mountain updates, but we also plan to cover local news, bar and restaurant reviews, lodging, ski houses and much more.
Please let us know what you would like to see and be sure to send any tips our way as well. Hope to hear from you soon!
We almost missed this one, but figured we’d post it in case anyone is interested:
