Killington Resort

Killington sprawls across several peaks in central Vermont's Green Mountains and is the biggest ski resort in the eastern United States, a scale that earned it the nickname "The Beast of the East". It is famous for pushing the season to its limits: aggressive early-season snowmaking often makes it one of the first major resorts to open in the country, and careful spring management, centred on its Superstar trail, keeps it running long after most rivals have closed. The terrain spreads over multiple mountains with everything from gentle greens to steep bump runs, and it regularly hosts a women's World Cup ski race. Below the slopes, a long access road forms the heart of a busy après and nightlife scene.

Killington is where you go for the biggest, longest and liveliest skiing in the Northeast. Its scale means genuine variety across several linked mountains, its snowmaking and season management deliver dependable skiing when nature is fickle, and its nightlife is legendary by East Coast standards. For skiers within reach of the northeastern cities, it offers the closest thing to a full-scale mountain experience, and its early opening and late spring closing make it a fixture at both ends of the season.

New England's variable, often icy conditions are met head-on with some of the most aggressive snowmaking in the business, so Killington is reliably open and skiable when others struggle. Deep winter brings cold, firm eastern snow, natural storms softening the bumps and glades, while the standout is the shoulder seasons: it opens early on manufactured snow and stretches spring skiing on Superstar long after the surrounding hills go green.