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The Stairs at Killington Ski Resort

Advanced · 565 m long with 182 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 27° at its steepest, facing NE.

27°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
565 mlength
182 mvertical
965 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Tree skiing (gladed).

How to get to The Stairs

Lifts that reach the top: Needle's Eye Express Quad (skiing expert terrain to get there); Skye Peak Express Quad (skiing expert terrain to get there); Skyeship Express Gondola Stage 2 (skiing expert terrain to get there); Superstar Express Six (skiing expert terrain to get there); South Ridge Quad (skiing expert terrain to get there); Canyon Quad (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Skyeship Express Gondola Stage 1
  2. Ride Skyeship Express Gondola Stage 2
  3. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  4. Ski Skyelark - Upper (intermediate)
  5. Ski Launch Pad (intermediate)
  6. Ski Great Eastern (easy)
  7. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  8. Ski Vertigo - Headwall (expert)
  9. Ski The Stairs (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins High Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Needle's Eye Express Quad (2 min), Northbrook Quad (2 min), Skyeship Express Gondola Stage 2 (2 min).

See The Stairs 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.