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Launch Pad at Killington Ski Resort

Intermediate · 1052 m long with 100 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 9° at its steepest, facing NE.

9°steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
1052 mlength
100 mvertical
1138 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Launch Pad is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Launch Pad

Lifts that reach the top: South Ridge Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there); Canyon Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there); North Ridge Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there); K-1 Express Gondola (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 24 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Skyeship Express Gondola Stage 1
  2. Ride Skyeship Express Gondola Stage 2
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski Great Eastern (easy)
  5. Ski Skyewalker (easy)
  6. Ski Bear Trax (easy)
  7. Ski Bear Cub (easy)
  8. Ride South Ridge Quad
  9. Ski Bear Trax (easy)
  10. Ski Launch Pad (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Great Eastern, Nowhere, Bittersweet. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Superstar Express Six (3 min), Needle's Eye Express Quad (4 min), Northbrook Quad (4 min).

See Launch Pad on the 3D mapAll runs at Killington Ski Resort
Measured 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.