Killington Ski Resort

Killington Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of Vermont in USA. The resort is in the town of Killington, VT. We recently ranked all of Vermont's ski resorts, so you can see where Killington stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!

Killington is a part of the Ikon Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one lift pass, and ski at all or most of the Ikon-sponsored slopes with it throughout the year, depending on the type of pass you bought.

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Killington Ski Resort Terrain Overview

Killington has a total of 155 ski trails, which are serviced by 22 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. The amount of skiable area in this park is huge, with a maximum of 1,526 acres available to skiers. This area is equivalent to 618 hectares, 2 square miles, or 6 square kilometers.

Killington's slopes see on average 212 inches (83 cm) of snowfall a year. That is almost 17 feet a year!

Killington Ski Resort Elevation

Killington Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 4,241 feet, or 1,293 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 1,165 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 3,076 feet (938 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

Killington's summit elevation is higher than average. There are a lot of ski slopes that are much higher than this one (some stretch to 12,000 feet!), but it is not small by any stretch of the imagination.

Killington Ski Resort Difficulty Level

Skiiable Area by Difficulty Level

Killington has 1,526 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Killington's difficulty level is higher than average, which is because 43% of its ski trails are rated as intermediate, and another 40% as expert.

Is Killington Ski Resort good for beginners?

Killington is above average in its difficulty level, so... probably not? It will depend on which trails you take since only 61% of its trails rated for either beginner or intermediate skill levels.

Killington Ski Resort Location

Killington Ski Resort is located in the state of Vermont, USA. This ski area is nearby the town of Killington, VT.

Getting to Killington Ski Resort

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Killington Ski Resort), its coordinates of 43.67000, -72.78000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Killington, VT to get close.

By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.

A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Killington Ski Resort.

Name	Code	City	Distance
Portland International Jetport	PWM	Portland, ME	123 mi
Logan International Airport	BOS	Boston, MA	127 mi
Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport	YUL	Montréal, QC	133 mi

A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Killington.

Name	Code	City	Distance
Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport	RUT	Rutland, VT	13 mi
Lebanon Municipal Airport	LEB	Lebanon, NH	24 mi
Burlington International Airport	BTV	Burlington, VT	58 mi

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Killington Ski Resort, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.

Other Nearby Ski Resorts

Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Killington Ski Resort.

Name	Location	Summit	Difficulty Score™	Distance
Pico Mountain	Mendon, VT	3,967 ft	53%	14 mi
Okemo Mountain	Ludlow, VT	3,344 ft	52%	18 mi
Sugarbush	Warren, VT	4,083 ft	60%	31 mi
Bromley Mountain	Peru, VT	3,284 ft	42%	31 mi
Magic Mountain	Londonderry, VT	2,850 ft	52%	32 mi
Stratton Mountain	Winhall, VT	3,875 ft	45%	38 mi
Mount Sunapee	Newbury, NH	2,743 ft	44%	42 mi
Woods Valley	Bolton Landing, NY	1,400 ft	33%	45 mi
Mount Snow	Somerset, VT	3,600 ft	44%	49 mi
Ragged Mountain	Andover, NH	2,250 ft	42%	49 mi
Cochran Ski Area	Richmond, VT	950 ft	32%	51 mi
Bolton Valley	Richmond, VT	3,150 ft	40%	52 mi
Willard Mountain	Greenwich, NY	1,415 ft	35%	58 mi
Smuggler's Notch	Jeffersonville, VT	3,640 ft	59%	61 mi
West Mountain	Queensbury, NY	1,470 ft	30%	62 mi
Mad River Glen	Morrisville, VT	3,637 ft	59%	63 mi
Suicide Six	South Pomfret, VT	1,200 ft	36%	63 mi
Gore Mountain	North Creek, NY	3,600 ft	60%	63 mi
Cannon Mountain	Franconia, NH	4,080 ft	57%	64 mi
Stowe Mountain	West Halifax, VT	4,395 ft	57%	64 mi
Crotched Mountain	Bennington, NH	2,066 ft	41%	65 mi
Waterville Valley	Waterville Valley, NH	4,004 ft	49%	67 mi
Pats Peak	Henniker, NH	1,400 ft	32%	69 mi
Dartmouth Skiway	Concord, NH	1,943 ft	39%	69 mi
Whiteface Mountain	Wilmington, NY	4,650 ft	70%	73 mi
Burke Mountain	East Burke, VT	3,267 ft	60%	76 mi
Bretton Woods	Bretton Woods, NH	3,100 ft	52%	78 mi
Mt. Pisgah Recreation Center	Saranac Lake, NY	2,500 ft	38%	81 mi
Jiminy Peak	Hancock, MA	2,380 ft	44%	82 mi
Attitash	Bartlett, NH	2,350 ft	51%	83 mi
Wildcat Mountain	Gorham, NH	4,062 ft	55%	88 mi
Black Mountain	Jackson, NH	2,350 ft	43%	89 mi
Catamount	Hillsdale, NY	2,000 ft	35%	91 mi
Jay Peak	Jay, VT	3,968 ft	50%	91 mi
Wachusett Mountain	Princeton, MA	2,006 ft	40%	93 mi
Berkshire East	Charlemont, MA	1,840 ft	44%	95 mi
Four Seasons	Ravena, NY	550 ft	24%	97 mi
Mont Sutton	Sutton, QC	3,175 ft	41%	100 mi

Killington Ski Resort Mountain Stats

Killington Ski Resort Mountain Stats

Name	Statistic
Summit Elevation	4,241 ft
Base Elevation	1,165 ft
Vertical Drop	3,076 ft
Trails	155 (18% Beginner,  43% Intermediate,  40% Expert)
Lifts	22
Skiable Acres	1,526
Avg. Annual Snowfall	212 inches