| Downhill skiing. |
| The nightlife following a day of skiing. Killington
is known for the best in the East. |
| Average depth of snow on the mountain. 2. The
bottom of the mountain where the lodge is. Example: Base Lodge |
| The area where beginners are taught aka Snowshed. |
| Making turns while the edges of your skis or
snowboard are cutting into the snow. |
| When the edge of your ski or snowboard accidentally
digs into the snow. Usually resulting in a fall or a near fall.
(Happens to the best of them) |
| After riding over a small hill or mogul, your
skis or snowboard come off of the ground. |
| Making a long run at less than breakneck speed. |
| Large pieces of hard snow/ice that are on a normally
groomed trail making skiing more difficult. |
| A ski that a shop let’s use try for a day
before you buy. |
| The straightest and steepest line down any slope. |
| Skiing and jumping in the bumps or moguls. |
| The skier that sets the pace in a alpine downhill
race or freestyle competition. Also – the name of the
ski shop that sets the pace at Killington!! |
| A person who stops on the slopes to look at the
views. |
| Special trails for skiing through the trees. |
| Right foot forward on a snowboard |
| Granules look similar to rock salt, usually formed
after a powder snow thaws, re-freezes and crystallizes; or an
accumulation of sleet. Loose granular also may characterize
surface conditions produced by machine conditioning of frozen
granular or icy surfaces. |
| The area on top of the mountain where you are
just about to come down the slope usually at the start of a
black diamond. |
| Skiing that can only be reached by helicopter.
Not available at Killington Mountain. |
| The Killington Mountain School (grades 7-12)
where the luckiest kids in the world get to go to school. |
| The Killington Ski Club. Located near K-Base
lodge. |
| Wet, heavy snow. |
| The first run of the day. |
| Mounds of snow (aka - bumps) |
| In most cases, they are places that you should
not be, such as closed, ungroomed, and unpatrolled slopes. If
you are caught skiing or boarding on a closed trail, Skiing
Services will clip your ticket and ask you to leave. |
| Shaped skis. |
| See Snowplow |
| Light, ungroomed snow. |
| Skiing straight downhill, often in a full tuck.
(Not usually recommended). |
| Also referred to as wedge. It is one of the first
ways we learn to stop. It is when your ski tips are almost touching
forming a triangular shape (aka - Pizza). Also the piece of
machinery that clears the roads after a snowfall so we can get
to the mountain. |
| An area maintained by a resort which is full
of jumps and/or a halfpipe, rails, and other obstacles. |
| See snowplow. |
| United States Ski & Snowboard Association |
| A wipeout fall in which skis, poles, hat, goggles,
sunglasses, mittens, and anything else you may have on your
person ends up strewn along the mountain side. |
