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Killington Resort to Offer the Most Open Terrain in the East for Thanksgiving Weekend

Press Release: Killington Resort
November 22, 2006
KILLINGTON, VT -- Killington Resort will offer the most open terrain in the East for opening day on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, with 16 trails served by seven lifts off Killington Peak and Snowdon Mountain.

Cold temperatures that have allowed snowmaking for the past 96 hours and Killington will kick off the 2006-07 ski and snowboard season at 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, offering six miles of groomed terrain covered with 18-24 inches of snow. In addition, Killington will open two early-season terrain parks to kick off the season on Reason and Upper Double Dipper, featuring numerous hits, rails and boxes.

Killington Resort, which features the most extensive snowmaking system in the world covering more than 50 miles of terrain, has been making snow since Friday evening. Continued cold temperatures will allow for terrain expansion into the Snowshed and Ramshead areas as conditions permit.

"We have been building deep bases on all 16 trails for the past four days and with temperatures remaining cold, we'll take advantage of every available opportunity to produce snow and open more terrain," said Dave Lacombe, snow surfaces manager for Killington Resort.

Killington will offer more difficult and most difficult terrain from the K-1 Lodge area for the Thanksgiving weekend. In addition, Learn-To-Ski/Ride and beginner lessons will be available at the Ramshead Lodge.

Killington Resort and Pico Mountain are American Skiing Company Resorts. Headquartered in Park City, Utah, American Skiing Company is one of the largest operators of ski, snowboard and golf resorts in the country. Other resorts include: Mount Snow in Vermont; Attitash in New Hampshire; Sunday River and Sugarloaf/USA in Maine; Steamboat in Colorado; and The Canyons in Utah. For more information, visit http://www.killington.com.

Source: Killington Resort