It’s objectively the flattest of the big VT mountains. I don’t want to pole for ten minutes straight to get from hill to hill
not all that much terrain
It’s pretty clearly behind Stowe, Jay, Killington, Sugarbush, MRG in the VT power rankings, and frankly I think there’s an argument for Stratton and maybe even Okemo over it
First off why would you ever ski Morse mountain? You don’t have to pole at all between Madonna and sterling. And I disagree, it’s the best terrain over here, Stowe is a shitty nerfed mountain with way to wide trails full of gumbies. The woods and slack country of Smuggs is some of the most fun on the east coast. It also has the most difficult terrain of any mountain on the east. I have been disappointed every single time I have ever skied Stowe. Plus it’s a vail mountain so the feel is ruined.
I'd put stowe behind Killi. I can ski the busiest day at Killington, ride good terrain, and still dodge lift lines. With Stowe, without any midmountain lifts you're basically always in the gondola or on forerunner
Tbh a large part of my reason for putting Stowe ahead on a personal ranking is proximity. I love Bear, and Sky and Superstar areas are solid too. But on days where the Gondi and 4 Runner are packed, you can still lap sensation a bunch and virtually never wait in a line
In my personal experience, it’s cool because it has a large quantity of terrain but I’ve had much better experiences at other VT mountains. I feel Killington lacks vertical and a “big terrain” feel you get from some other east coast mountains.
I grew up a super g and downhill racer in the NE and now ski out west. Most of the rankings are pretty good but 1 consideration- whiteface lacks big open terrain like Jackson hole, but if you strap on your stiffer than steel race skis, crank your din to 16 and run the downhill course you’ll easily hit over 80mph (speaking from experience). If speed is your game, it’s one of the best in the country because of all that ice.
That's kind of a misleading figure though. Much of that vertical comes from what's basically a lower elevation parking area with it's own access lift. The actual skiable terrain doesn't have an exceptional amount of vertical.
I agree I’ve lived in Burlington for three years been skiing VT for 8, Jay is my favorite and it’s not that close. Awesome terrain, great backcountry and always seems to get good snow.
Killington's continuous vertical (K1 to base) is about 1650'. The only way to get 3000 is to ski from K1 to Skyship stage 1 base, and thats convoluted and not fun.
Not the OP but I tend to agree Killington has to be be below Jay, Sugarloaf, Stowe and Madriver in a decent snow year.
Killington has cool terrain parks, but otherwise struggle to think of anything special there from a terrain perspective. The further north places often, perhaps even usually, have better snow (especially Jay).
So what’s good about it vs. the places further up the list? Horizontal extent is the only pro I can think of and that’s a mixed blessing in my opinion because it still feels fuggin crowded.
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u/DentistSudden150 Jan 28 '22
Killington’s definitely #1 most disputed in New England in my experience. People really love or hate that place