Killington Resort celebrated the last ride of its Superstar chairlift after 38 years of service before closing it down for good on Sunday.
The Vermont ski resort is replacing the chairlift with a new, 6-passenger a Doppelmayr UNI-G high-speed lift.
Because of the lift replacement project, the Audi FIS Ski World Cup skip Killington in 2025 and will instead take place at Copper Mountain, Colorado over Thanksgiving weekend 2025.
The race is expected to return to Killington Thanksgiving Weekend 2026.
Killington officials said that with the addition of the new lift, the lift maze will be reconfigured for easier load and the lift will spin clockwise, like the Snowdon Six Express.
Unlike the Snowdon Six, the new lift will not have a bubble both because of challenges with storage and because Superstar is a relatively quick ride. Though it is a six-person lift, Killington plans to run it at a speed such that the overall uphill capacity will remain the same.
The original Superstar lift, a first-generation detachable quad from the Yan Lift company, was built in 1987, making it one of New England’s oldest detachable chairlifts. Over the course of its lifetime, it was retrofit by Poma in 1997.
Superstar is the tenth longest aerial lift in Killington’s fleet of 17, with a rise of 1,199 vertical feet.
Killington skiers and riders closed down the Superstar lift in fashion with a bash celebrating the lift on Sunday (see below).
After saying goodbye to the Superstar lift on Sunday, workers began removing chairs from the lift on Monday.
Killington Road after Vale Road will be closed seven days a week for the foreseeable future. All traffic will be routed on Vale Road as work on Superstar begins.
