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Unveiling the New Owners’ Plans for Killington & Pico, VT: Here To Stay, Primed To Grow

Facing a standing-room-only crowd of over 700 on October 9, Mike Solimano, President and CEO of Killington and Pico Ski Resorts presented the annual season update to an attentive crowd of locals and second homeowners. A month earlier, the stunning news that Killington and Pico had been sold to a group of local private investors had broken and anticipation for […]
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Killington Resort, VT, to Replace Superstar Quad With 6-Passenger Lift

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Killington, VT (October 22, 2024) – Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard destination in Eastern North America, announces the forthcoming replacement of the Superstar Express chairlift during the summer of 2025. The current high-speed quad will be replaced with a Doppelmayr UNI-G six-person chairlift. The new chair will be the first from that manufacturer for the resort. Related: […]
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[PHOTOS] Time to Get Excited: Killington Resort, VT, Tests New Snow Guns in Anticipation of 2024-25 Season

Chilly temperatures on Tuesday, October 15, enabled the snowmaking team at Killington Resort, Vermont, to turn on the snow guns for the first time for the 2024-25 winter season. The team completed a “long duration system test”, firing about a dozen of its new HKD Phazer guns on ‘Upper Superstar.’ The HKD Phazer is designed to operate in tight spaces […]
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[VIDEO] Killington Resort, VT, to Invest $7-Million on 1,000 New Snowguns

KILLINGTON, Vt. (October 10, 2024) – Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest mountain resort in Eastern North America, announces a massive investment in new energy-efficient snowguns totaling 1,000 new pieces of equipment over the next two seasons. For the 2024 season, Killington and Pico will add 36 HKD Snowmakers Phazer portable snowmaking guns, install 454 HKD Impulse and Phazer R5 tower guns, and four […]
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New Killington Resort, VT, Ownership Group to Invest $30 Million in On-Mountain Capital Improvements 

Sale to local owners closed without debt  Killington, VT (September 30, 2024) – Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard destination in Eastern North America, announces the closure of its sale to local, independent ownership on September 27. The new ownership group, led by Phill Gross and Michael Ferri, is committed to reinvesting all profits into capital improvements for the […]
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Tickets for the World Cup at Killington, VT, to Go on Sale

Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard destination in Eastern North America, announced today that tickets for the 2024 Stifel Killington Cup will be available for purchase starting September 17 at 10:00 a.m. ET at killington.com. Taking place November 29-December 1, the Audi FIS Ski World Cup will once again bring women’s giant slalom and slalom races to Vermont. […]
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Killington Resort, VT, Has Been Sold From POWDR to a Group of Local Passholders

Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest mountain resort in Eastern North America today announced Killington Resort & Pico Mountain are being sold from POWDR to a passionate group of local passholders.  This landmark purchase represents a commitment to keeping Killington and Pico in the hands of those who know and love it, with plans to increase capital investment while preserving the […]
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