DEKD Killington

DEKD Killington is a climbing area in Vermont, set within the Rochester Ranger District of the Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests and along the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. The National Park Service manages the land here, and the area is fee-free, according to National Park Service records. The climbing here is all bouldering, with four routes spread across the area. The grades run from V0 to V3, with the hardest, Hyracotherium, at V3. Saddle back Arete is V1+ and Bite the bits is V2. Regular Boulder and Spring Sliding Boulder sit just 0.1 mile away, so the whole cluster is easy to fit into a single visit. Summer is the warmest stretch for a climb. Typical averages from the Rutland weather station, about 10 miles away, put July highs near 80°F with lows in the mid-50s, though that station sits roughly 900 feet lower than the boulders, so temperatures up high run cooler. The Appalachian and Kent Brook Trail hikes are both within a mile. Paddlers can head to the Ottauquechee River, about 3.7 miles away.