At the end of November, the North American Alpine Ski World Cup Tour kicks off on the East Coast in Vermont with the Giant Slalom and Slalom races at Killington Ski Resort. Men will take a week off before resuming competition with the first speed event of the season in Beaver Creek.
Killington will be home to the first two of the 17 World Cup races on American snow in the 2024-2025 winter season.
Located in the heart of the Green Mountains of Vermont, Killington Resort has earned the nickname "The Beast of the East." It is the largest ski area in the eastern United States.
Killington boasts 155 slopes and 21 lifts extending across six interconnected mountain peaks (Snowshed, Ramshead, Snowdon, Killington Peak, Skye Peak, and Bear Mountain), and a beginners' area in Sunrise Mountain. The primary mountain is Killington Peak (1,289 m), which has the second-highest summit in Vermont and the second-greatest vertical drop in the eastern United States (930 m), after Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington, New York (1,045 m).
Killington acquired Pico Mountain in 1996. It operates as an independent resort but shares the same lift tickets.
The Killington Cup Giant Slalom and Slalom will be held at the Superstar racecourse on Thanksgiving Weekend. It will be the eighth time Killington has hosted the Alpine Ski World Cup.
The Stifel Killington Cup has been a regular stop on the Women’s Alpine Ski World Cup Calendar since 2016. Killington replaced Aspen, Colorado, as the early-season U.S. venue for Women's Slalom and Giant Slalom events. The 2016 event was the first World Cup event in the northeast since 1991 at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire; and the first in Vermont since 1978 at Stratton Mountain.
Killington (USA)
Saturday, 30.11.2024
Technical Data Superstar Giant Slalom racecourse
Start Altitude: 1,128 m
Finish Altitude: 780 m
Vertical Drop: 348 m
10:00 LOC / 16 :00 CET 1st run
13:00 LOC / 19 :00 CET 2nd run
Sunday, 1.12.2024
Technical Data Superstar Slalom racecourse
Start Altitude: 980 m
Finish Altitude: 780 m
Vertical Drop: 200 m
10:00 LOC / 16 :00 CET 1st run
13:00 LOC / 19 :00 CET 2nd run
Last season Lara Gut-Behrami won the second Giant Slalom of the season in Killington. The Swiss skier climbed to the top of the podium after placing third in the first run and celebrated her 39th World Cup victory ahead of Alice Robinson (+0.62) and local favorite Mikaela Shiffrin (+0,81).
Like in her previous victory in Soelden Gut-Behrami was in a class of her own in the Superstar slope. After the first run, Robinson led by 0.06 seconds ahead of Sara Hector and 0.08 seconds ahead of Gut-Behrami. In the second run, Gut-Behrami was in top form and took the win ahead of the New Zealander.
In 2023 Mikaela Shiffrin won the Slalom in Killington for the sixth time. Six out of seven. This is the number of victories in seven participations of Mikaela Shiffrin in the Killington Slalom. After fifth place in 2022, the 29-year-old American skier won the Slalom in Killington with a lead of 0.33 seconds over Petra Vlhova and +1.37 ahead of Wendy Holdener.
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