Vermont Business Magazine Just in time for the 2019/20 ski season, POWDR, an adventure lifestyle company, today announced the beginning of a Woodward movement across its mountain resorts, including Killington Vermont, which will reimagine the way snow sports enthusiasts experience on-mountain adventure. With something for everybody, from first-timers to pros, Woodward Mountain Parks will reinvent the ski and ride experience. The Killington park will focus on getting new skiers on the mountain.
With Woodward-designed learning, experiential and performance venues, Woodward Mountain Parks will create opportunities for guests to experience fun and intuitive on-mountain skiing and riding. The Woodward Mountain Park features and terrain designs will provide innovative ways to teach, learn, coach, and progress.
“Woodward Mountain Parks are all about creating more fun on the mountain for everyone,” says Wade Martin, POWDR co-president. “Woodward is a leader in designing innovative environments that make it naturally fun to learn and we are excited to bring that expertise to POWDR’s mountain resorts.”
Killington’s Woodward Mountain Park will promote easy and forward-focused skill development within the Start Park and Progression Parks zones, an organic terrain park experience through the Lil’ Stash and Stash, a creatively designed, unique, ever-evolving Peace Park, hikable jib features at Red’s Backyard, and freestyle terrain parks that progress from small to medium and large, including a modified 18’ halfpipe. Guests can choose their own pathway and set their own pace to building personal skill and adventure within every zone. To enable progression at every level, pending approvals, the Killington Woodward Mountain Park will encompass new terrain and infrastructure including:
- A 170 ft. covered carpet conveyor lift serving the new Woodward Mountain Park Start Park and Progression Park areas near the base of Ramshead
- A 460ft. covered carpet conveyor lift serving the new Woodward Mountain Park Start Park and Progression Park areas near the base of Ramshead
“Woodward’s mission to empower and inspire the next generation aligns with our vision to offer unique experiences in amazing places,” says Mike Solimano, president and general manager of Killington Resort and Pico Mountain. “Having Woodward Mountain Parks at Killington is a natural fit, and we’re excited to be at the forefront of this new evolution in terrain parks.”
Along with Killington, POWDR’s mountains include Copper Mountain Resort, CO; Mt Bachelor, OR; Eldora, CO; Boreal Mountain, CA; and the nation’s first all-in-one action sports and ski resort, Woodward Park City, UT.
Fun, new and engaging guest experiences offered within Woodward Mountain Parks starting this 2019/20 season include:
- Woodward Start Parks and Progression Parks, which are signature learning Woodward Mountain Park zones, will introduce a fresh and new sequential learning process where guests start out at base area learning zones with gradual slopes and friendly features and progress to gradually greater slopes and larger features as they learn and grow. Woodward Start Parks and Progression Parks will vastly improve the way guests learn to ski and ride by making it more fun and intuitive than ever.
- Woodward Peace Park, a signature experiential Woodward Mountain Park zone, will expand this winter to new locations including Woodward Park City, Mt. Bachelor and Copper Mountain, and Peace Park will return to Boreal and Killington, where it first debuted during the 2018/19 season. Produced in partnership with Danny Davis, Peace Park founder, Dew Tour Champion, X Games Gold Medalist, Grand Prix Winner, and U.S. Snowboard Olympian, Woodward Peace Park is a unique, ever-evolving terrain park designed to maximize creativity, organic flow and progression with a focus on fun. The Woodward Peace Park Championships, hosted at Boreal Mountain California in spring of 2019, will be featured in ESPN’s World of X show airing on ABC November 3, 2019 at 1pm ET / 3 pm PT. Watch the trailer.
- Red’s Backyard, a signature experiential Woodward Mountain Park zone, will debut a range of rail garden jib features that cater to all ability levels allowing guests to practice and progress on their own terms and at their own pace. Inspired by US Olympic gold medalist Red Gerard’s own DIY backyard terrain park, guests can find Red’s Backyard at Copper Mountain, Killington and Woodward Park City this season.
“We are extremely excited to partner around Woodward Mountain Park with world-renowned athletes, including Danny Davis and Red Gerard, who share our deep commitment to inspiring the next generation,” says Chris Gunnarson, SVP youth development for POWDR. “The Woodward Mountain Park experiences we are creating will be unlike anything else and will provide engaging, interconnected building blocks for guests to progress, learn, play and grow.”
As conditions permit, Woodward Mountain Parks will be open every day throughout the winter season. There is no extra fee to experience the Woodward Mountain Park; access is available with a regular lift ticket or season pass to the mountain. Stay tuned for more information and planned opening dates for Woodward Mountain Parks at WorldOfWoodward.com.
Source: PARK CITY, Utah, Oct. 1, 2019 – Powdr