Pico Mountain Ski Trail Map - Layered Wood Wall Art
by Mountaincut
Big mountain terrain, small mountain charm, now on your wall. Mountaincut's Pico Mountain Ski Trail Map is a layered wooden wall art piece featuring hand-traced ski trails expertly laser cut from premium birch and/or walnut plywood, a handcrafted tribute to the Vermont original that opened on Thanksgiving Day in 1937 and has been quietly delivering some of the best skiing in the state ever since.
A Vermont Original, Captured in Wood
Set on the northwest side of Pico Peak on Route 4, nine miles northeast of Rutland and just up the road from Killington, Pico Mountain is one of the oldest commercial ski areas in Vermont. It opened on Thanksgiving morning in 1937 with a 1,200-foot rope tow powered by a Hudson motor car engine, and in 1940 it became home to the first T-bar lift in the United States. The Mead family founded it, and their daughter Andrea Mead-Lawrence went on to win two gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympics. Today Pico offers 468 acres of skiable terrain, 57 trails covering roughly 20 miles, and 7 lifts including two high-speed quads, with a 1,967-foot vertical drop from a summit of 3,967 feet, more vertical than 80% of New England ski areas. This handcrafted map captures every trail, every glade, and every pod on a mountain where all trails lead back to a single, friendly base.
Every Trail, Every Glade, Every Memory
Pico is a mountain of two halves, and both are excellent. The Golden Express serves the lower mountain, where wide, gentle trails like Panhandler, Fools Gold, and Prospector let new skiers build confidence and families ski together. The Bonanza learning area, with its own chairlift and rope tow, gives first-timers a calm place to start. Above, the Summit Express opens up the real Pico: Pike, over a mile long from summit to base, plus Forty Niner, Upper KA, and Sunset 71, all with sweeping Green Mountain views. Advanced skiers will find classically narrow New England steeps here, including the double blacks Upper Giant Killer and A Slope, both perennially steep and technical. Five black diamond glades off the Summit Express deliver serious tree skiing, and the ungroomed Summit Glades hold some of the best natural bumps in Vermont. The quieter Outpost Double, Pico's oldest lift, serves natural-snow terrain like Outlaw and Sidewinder. And the Little Pico pod hides some of the toughest terrain on the hill. With lower skier density than its neighbor, Pico's runs stay less skied out, and its powder tends to last.
Exceptional Craftsmanship, Made in the USA
All Mountaincut wooden trail maps are precision laser cut and etched, hand-stained, and finished in the United States using birch and/or walnut plywood. The two-layer construction creates a rich, dimensional look where the mountain's ridgeline, glades, and trail network stand out in beautiful relief. Hanging hardware comes preinstalled, so your new trail map will be on display in minutes.
Because each piece is crafted from real wood, no two maps are exactly alike, with natural variations in the grain and stain giving every piece its own character, just like a quiet powder morning on the Summit Express.
The Perfect Gift for Pico Devotees
Whether you learned to ski at Bonanza, raced with Pico's storied program, skied the full 2,000 vertical feet of Upper Pike to the base lodge without stopping, warmed up by the fireplace at the Last Run Lounge, or simply love that a mountain this good has stayed this uncrowded, this map is a lasting reminder of the ski area that has been a Vermont treasure since 1937. Now under local ownership alongside Killington, Pico Mountain deserves a place on your wall. Mountaincut products are made to order and most items ship within 2 to 3 days. Larger sizes (30" and above) may take 5 to 8 days before shipping.
Available in multiple sizes. Big mountain terrain, small mountain charm, on your wall every day of the year.
