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Airports Near Vail
Denver 120mins
Vail / Eagle County 45mins
For more on skiing in Vail on peak dates, browse the pages with Vail ski holidays at Christmas, New Year, Half Term or Easter.
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Vail usa
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Vail USA.
Vail Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1962 the American ski resort Vail lies at 2475 metres altitude in the Colorado region of the American Rockies. With the highest lifts and ski slopes at 3526.5m Vail ski area is snow sure. Over ? snow cannons ensure artificial Vail snow making covers ?km of ski trails, which equates to around 7 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Vail (USA) is Denver at a distance of 193km or approximately 120 minutes driving time. Vail ski season runs from November to April.
SNO-man says
The largest single ski area in the USA with the most high-speed detachable quads on one mountain. Regarded by many as one of the world's top five all round ski resorts.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Vail USA
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Vail Resort & Holiday Info
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| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | $? - $? |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Nov 2012 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2013 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Vail Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | ?km |
| total length of Vail trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 6.4km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | N S |
| direction Vail ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 3526.5m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 2475m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 2475m |
| centre of Vail ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 1024m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 1051.6m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in Vail
Skiing Vail you'll enjoy 193 pistes and trails and that means approximately ?km of ski runs. Vail lifts number 31 with the capacity to uplift 54943 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the American ski resort of Vail is over 6.4km long.
Vail Ski Area
Vail ski area has ?% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, ?% intermediate, ?% advanced ski slopes and ?% for expert skiers - the most difficult Vail piste is the ?km ? run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Vail after dark.
Vail for skiing gets 5 stars out of 5 overall
Vail Apres Ski
The apres ski Vail scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
111 apres ski bars 80 restaurants 0 bowling 5 night club 0 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 0 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 0 saunas 0 hot tubs 0 solariums 0 masseurs 1 indoor ice skating 1 outdoor ice skating 1 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 0 sleigh rides 1 ballooning 0 horse riding 0 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 1 golf 0 fishing 1 museum 1 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Art Galleries, Ballooning, Bobsleigh Run (884m/96kph), Ice Hockey, Laser Tag, Ski Biking (including Children's Snowmobiling), Snowcat Tours, Snow Skating.
SNO-man says
With so much going on in Vail and the surrounding Vail Valley, you don't actually need to bother skiing or snowboarding if you don't want to; you can still be busy 24 hours a day. Indeed this is a very good destination choice if you have a non-skier or two in your party.
In the great outdoors, options include hot air ballooning (flights daily from Arrowhead), dog sledding or cross-country skiing. Snowcat tours and snowshoeing are also available along with back country ski tours and ski racing.
There's a nighttime activity centre, Adventure Ridge, at the 'Eagle's Nest' on Vail Mountain, accessed by the new gondola. Facilities there include an ice rink, sledding hill, ski-biking, and the start point of snowshoeing tours.
Off the snow the attractions are once again many. There are numerous spa centres and gym clubs in many of the resort's accommodations and most offer daily guest memberships. The Colorado Ski Museum and Ski Hall of Fame is particularly interesting.
Vail for apres ski gets 5 stars out of 5 overall
More Vail Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Vail resort - ski Vail by any other name
The American ski resort of Vail ski resort is also known as Vail Vail and has the following common misspellings:
Vail ski area has ski slopes which face N S
The direction which the various Vail ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Vail ski resort has ski slopes facing N S.
Vail for snow gets 5 stars out of 5 overall
Vail reviews, 4.8 star rating and resort and ski area information is collated by SNO man from staff experience and customer feedback.