Reason at Killington Ski Resort
Intermediate · 259 m long with 64 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 16° at its steepest, facing NE.
16°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
259 mlength
64 mvertical
1211 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Reason is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: classic.
How to get to Reason
Lifts that reach the top: North Ridge Quad (skiing novice terrain to get there); Canyon Quad (skiing novice terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 26 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 East Fall - Upper (intermediate)
- Ski Rime (intermediate)
- Ride North Ridge Quad
- Ski Reason (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Great Northern, East Fall - Upper, Big Dipper. Nearest lifts from the bottom: North Ridge Quad (2 min), Canyon Quad (3 min), Snowdon Triple (5 min).
See Reason 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.