ʻO Vermont's Killington Resort he mau alakai māmā loa o kekahi wahi ma New England a me ka haina haʻaheo o ka wehe muaʻana a me ka paniʻana ma hope o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi'ē aʻe ma kēlā wahi. ʻAʻoleʻo ia wale nō ka inoa o ka mauna i kapaʻia "The Beast of the East."
ʻO ka palena o ka mākaʻikaʻi wiki kahi lōʻihi no nā malihini mai ka Tri-State a me nā mea'ē aʻe o New England, aia kahi mākeʻe ma hope o ka ski a me nāʻahaʻaina nui a me nāʻano pōloli i ka Hikina me kahi kūpono o Stowe . 90 mau minuke ma mua o ka'ākau.
Aia ma ka hema hema o Vermont, kahi kokoke i ka laina o I-91 a me 89-89 a kokoke i 4-1 / 2 mau hora mai New York City a i lalo o 3 mau hola mai Boston.
He lōʻihi kēia no ka hele lōʻihi o ka lā, akā, nui loaʻo Killington, wiwoʻole a me nā meaʻoluʻolu loa e makemakeʻoe e noho no ka hoʻokahi pō inā hiki iāʻoe, a ua lawa loa ka hana kokoke i ka nohoʻana a me nā hoaaloha no hoʻokahi pule. inā ua loaʻa iāʻoe ka manawa-hiki iāʻoe keʻoni maoli i kahi kiʻekiʻe'ē aʻe i kēlā lā i kēia lā.
Kūlana
Ma o nā helu, he mea kupaianaha ka mauna ski:ʻehiku kaukani (me ka lua o ka kiʻekiʻe ma Vermont), 3,000 kapuaʻi o ke kahawai paʻakikī, ka mauna kiʻekiʻe i hoʻokipaʻia i ka moku a me nā alakai he 212. Hiki i nā'ōkuhi 20 o Killington ke hoʻoneʻe i nā 38,000-plus skiers i ka mauna i kēlā me kēia hora, aʻoi aku kaʻoihana ski aʻoi akuʻo Pico Mountain. (Hint: inā e hoʻopauʻoe i ka hoʻonui ikiʻia e ka nui o ka Beast,ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kaʻoihana o Pico a me keʻano o kaʻoihanaʻoihana a waena.)
ʻO ka nui o nā mea a pau, he 1,977 mauʻeka holoʻokoʻa (kahi a me-f piste) a he 92 mau mile o nā ala hele, aʻo Pico he 468 mauʻeka o nā'āina kūpono a kokoke i 20 mau mile o nā ala. Hiki i nā Skiers ke hoʻohana i kā lākou mau pepa hāpai Killington ma Pico, akā,ʻaʻole i pili nā maunaʻelua i nā ala.
Heʻokoʻa ka'āina, a me nā alahele he nui, ua hāʻawi nui ka Beast i nā kumu iʻaʻano'ōmaʻomaʻo e like me Great Eastern (mai ka piko o Skye Peak ma o Superstar) a me Greatwestern Peak. kaʻoliʻoli open on Squeeze Play, he wahi nui e hoʻokomo ai i ka ski ski), a me kekahi mau pilikia koʻikoʻi no nā poʻeʻoihana kiʻekiʻe, e like me keʻano nui o nāʻanuʻu o Outer Limits a ma luna o Bear Mountain a me nā koa a me ka diamondʻeleʻele nui e holo i ka The Canyon.
ʻO nā papahana papahana (a me nā kapuaʻi hōʻailona) heʻeono mau māla'āina e piha i nā'ōpala, nā alala a me nāʻano kūlohelohe e pāʻani ai.
E lawe i nā pute
E hoʻolimalimaʻia ka uku o nā bīkini e like me ka meaʻona pono'ī: He $ 115 no ka lā ($ 89 no nā keiki), akā hiki iāʻoe ke ho'ōla ma ke kūʻaiʻana i ka pūnaewele ma mua a ke kipa iā Killington midweek. Hoʻomaka ka hoʻomaka i $ 899 no nā mākua i piha aku i ke 30 mau makahiki, me ka hoʻomaha no nā mea kahiko, nā makuka 19-19 mau makahiki, nā'ōpio ma 7-18, nā keiki 6 a ma lalo a me nā kamaliʻi'ōpio he 80 aʻoi aku. He maikaʻi nā kime ma Killington a me Pōhaku Pico.
Nā Meaʻai & Wai
ʻO ka Hale Hōkū o Preston a Grand Hotel a me ka Cafe nui loa heʻelua wale nō kōpana o nā lumi kai 13, e komo pū ana me kahi mau wahi likeʻole penei:
- ʻO ke kaʻaʻo ke kaʻa (kahi ma kahi lumi kīʻaha mua o ka holo kaʻaʻehā o Killington), he hanana 21 a me kaʻoihana e pono ai ka holo leʻaleʻa maʻamau;
- ʻO ka Ledgewood Yurt , weheʻia no kaʻaina awakea a me nāʻahaʻainaʻelima a me nā mea e hōʻea mai ana i nā kaʻa.
- ʻO ka mokuahi heʻe a me kaʻike ma hope o kaʻike ma Wobbly Barn .
ʻO kahi'ē aʻe kahi wela o ka Pickle Barrel Clubclub, Mogul's Sports Pub, Choices a me kahi kahua hale no nāʻahaʻaina noho, a me Domenic no ka'ōmole-pīpī.
Kahi & Gear
Loaʻa nā mākaʻikaʻi a me ka papa hauʻawa i ka mauna ma ka Snowshed Lodge, ka Bear Mountain Lodge, ka Ramshead Lodge a me ka K-1 Lodge. ʻO ka uku o nā mākua he $ 55 no ka lā, $ 40 no nā papahana 18 makahiki a ma lalo (e hoʻonui i $ 5 no ka hoʻonuiʻana i nā mea hana "hana"). He $ 15 keu ka laikini i nā lālā.
Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻolimalimaʻia mai ka hale kūʻaiʻo Killington Sports e pili ana i ke kuahiwi, aia ma ke kihi o Killington Road a me ke alanui 4, aiʻole nā mea kālepa Black Dog Sports, Peak Performance Ski Shop a me nā Sports Basin.
Nā Haʻawina & Clinics
Hāʻawiʻia ka papaʻauʻau waʻaʻo Killington Snow e hāʻawi ai i ka papa'auahi alpine a me nordic a me ka aʻo papa hauʻiwa no nā keiki a me nā mākua. Hoʻomaka nā polokalamu kumu i $ 150 i ka hola a hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia i nā pono kūpono e like me ka mālamaʻana i kouʻano ola,ʻoihana mogul a me nā hakakā a aʻo paha i ka ski skies i ka maluhia.
Hoʻonohonohoʻia nā papahana āpau e ka papa hana a me ka uku $ 75 no ka hola. Hoʻokumu pūʻo Killington i nā kahua hoʻolālā no nā wāhine, nā mogul skiers, nā mākaʻi telemark, nā mea mākaʻikaʻi a me nā mea hoʻoholo.
Hoʻomaha a me nā papa hana papahanaʻana i nā meaʻokoʻa a me nā hana hoʻomaha
Hele mākaʻikaʻi iā Vermont me nā poʻeʻoihana kiʻiʻole? Hiki ke hāʻawi nui akuʻo Killington iā lākou e hana ma mua o ka inu pia ma loko o ka hale noho aiʻole e mālama i kahi ahi i loko o ka pā hale.
- ʻO ka Killington K-1 gondolaʻaʻole wale no nā mea hoʻokele: E hiki nō iāʻoe ke holo i nā kaʻa kaʻa i kaʻaha he 4,241 kapuaʻi no kaʻaiʻana me ka nānā ma Peak Lodge. ʻO ka holoʻana o Gondola i kahiʻoihana laulā kaulana.
- Hoʻokumuʻo Killington's Beast Mountain Coaster i kēlā me kēia makahiki, nā poʻe hololioʻehā 4,800 kapuaʻi i lalo i ka huina o nā huli, nā'ūkoki a me nā kuamoʻo.
- Hāʻawiʻia nā huakaʻi e ka milikini, ka snowmobile a me ka hau hau.
- ʻO ka Killington Tubing Park he mau alahele he nui a hāpai i ka lawelaweʻana, no laila hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa ka helu nui o nā haʻuki hula i kāu manawa 90-minute mīkini.
ʻO ka hana nui a Killington ka mea nui ke kumu o ka nohoʻana o ka mauna mai ka mahina oʻOkakopa a hiki i ka lā 1ʻo Iune,ʻoiai ma ke alo o New England. Akā hoʻomaha iki ka hana i ka wā e heheʻe ai ka hau. Ma waho aʻe o ka Beast Coaster, nā hana hana mahana i Killington,ʻo ia ka golf, kahi papa kaʻa pahika he 29 mau alahele aʻoi aku ma kahi o 30 mau mile ((most) hauhi haʻahaʻa aʻoi aku ma mua oʻumikūmālua hanana ma ka Hale Hoʻokumuʻo Snowshed, me kahi ka laina, ka papa ke kaula, ka hale kiaʻi, ka trampoline a me ka paʻi 5,000-kapuaʻi-nui.
ʻO ka hala o ka lā he $ 69 no nā mākua a he $ 39 no nā keiki, akā hiki iāʻoe ke ho'ōla ma ke kūʻai muaʻana; E hoʻohui hou i kahi $ 10 inā makemakeʻoe e holo i ka holo i ke killington peak.
E hoʻolulu
ʻO kahi lā ma kahi pali a ma ka pīkole pīkole e hoʻopuka iāʻoe,ʻo ia wale nō kekahi o nā kumu he nui e noʻonoʻoʻoe e noho i ka pō i Killington ma mua o ka hoʻopiliʻana i ka kaʻa no ka home. He nui nāʻano noho o nā hale noho, mai ka posh Killington Grand Resort Hotel a me ka haleʻo Killington Mountain Lodge i nā hale a me nā hale.
ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi o ka nohoʻana ma ka Hōkele Nui,ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻokomoʻana i ka paila hula i ka wā mālie, kahi pōkole e holo ai i ka papa hoʻolālā a me ke kālepa kauwela ma nā kauwela a me nā mea lawelawe i piha i ka lumi papa. aʻelua mau wela wela-kūpono no ka hoʻomahaʻana i nā māmā hiku o ka hiku e like me ka huluʻana o nā hulu kiona mai ka lewa.
Nui nā hale kaʻa, motels, B & B, AirBnBs a me nā hale hoʻomaha ma kahi kokoke koke, e like me nā mea nui e like me Mountain Mountain Resort, ka Mountain Sports Inn a me ka Mountain Inn; hiki ke hoʻopaʻaʻia nā mea a pau ma ka pūnaewele a iʻole ma o ka Kūlana Kū'ē Killington Central ma 800-621-6867.