Killington

Killington is a town in Southern Vermont. It is home to Killington Ski Resort.

Get in
While some transportation is available directly to and from Killington, there are more transportation options available to and from the nearby city of Rutland, including Amtrak train service.

By car
Route 4 runs East-West through the town and Route 100 comes in from the North. It is about a 3-hour drive from Boston and a 4-hour drive from Montreal.

By bus
Round trip bus service is offered by New England Snow Bus from Boston and OVR from New York City on Saturdays during the ski season. There is a Greyhound bus stop at the Killington Chamber of Commerce as well.

By plane
Three flights a day are made to and from Boston Logan to nearby Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport. The closest major airport serving a number of other cities is Burlington International Airport, about 2 hours away by car.

Buy
As far as Vermont goes, Killington is a rather good place for shopping, particularly for anything related to outdoor sports. Many small stores can be found along Route 4 in the area surrounding the turn onto Killington Road. Killington Road itself offers incredible food and shopping, particularly for skiers, snowboarders, and cyclists. It is very difficult to go wrong by simply walking into any store on the road.

During the winter, the ski lodges tend to sell many souvenirs such as pins and signs. These may come at a slightly inflated price, but for people who enjoy physical reminders of their time in the area, they are well worth it.

For those on a budget, cheaper souvenirs can be found in most shops. Found on Killington Road, the Killington Market has an underrated gift shop and offers a larger and better-priced selection than the Killington Resort, along with good food and a small-town-country-store aesthetic. The employees are often skiing, snowboarding, and biking enthusiasts and may point you to other good places to visit if asked.

Souvenirs sold for cheaper than the resort’s prices can also be found at First Stop Ski and Board Shop, which also sells and rents skiing, snowboarding, and biking equipment, and Darkside Snowboards, which offers skateboarding and snowboarding equipment and a small skate park in the parking lot.

Sleep
There is lodging of all types on and off mountain. "Ski in Ski out" lodging means just that -- it enables you to generally, but not always, leave your parking worries behind. Many condo and vacation rentals that are in developments offer shuttle buses to the lifts.



Go next

 * Heading east one would soon find themselves in Woodstock, a village that could be described as the quintessential Vermont town. Many little shops line its Main St. with the green mountains as their backdrop.