Great Northern at Killington Ski Resort
Intermediate · 2790 m long with 405 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 18° at its steepest, facing N.
18°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
2790 mlength
405 mvertical
1261 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Great Northern is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: classic.
How to get to Great Northern
Lifts that reach the top: K-1 Express Gondola (skiing novice terrain to get there); Snowdon Triple (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); North Ridge Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Canyon Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); South Ridge Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 25 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Skyeship Express Gondola Stage 1
- Ride Skyeship Express Gondola Stage 2
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Great Eastern (easy)
- Ski Skyewalker (easy)
- Ski South Ridge Link (easy)
- Ski Escape (intermediate)
- Ski Pipe Dream (intermediate)
- Ride South Ridge Quad
- Ski Home Run (easy)
- Ski Great Northern (intermediate)
- Ski Killink (intermediate)
- Ski Great Northern (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Caper, Great Northern - Lower. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Canyon Quad (2 min), Snowdon Six (3 min), Snowdon Triple (3 min).
See Great Northern on the 3D mapAll runs at Killington Ski ResortMeasured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.