Vail Colorado

Vail tops the charts every year in ski publications for best Colorado ski resort. Vail is huge, with a great ski town at the base, and great lifts to get you up and out - into Vail's immense Back Bowls.

Vail has over 5,200 acres of skiing, bountiful snowfall, high blue sky and gorgeous Colorado sunshine. Vail has excellent kids ski lessons and adventure camps, plus events all season long in the European village and on the slopes. A ski vacation to Vail promises epic skiing on the Front and Backside, plus day trips to sister resorts Beaver Creek, Keystone and Breckenridge.

The après ski in Vail Village is the stuff movies are made of. In fact Vail Village and Lions Head base area have has undergone an extreme ski town makeover, bringing posh lodging, great new shops and restaurants, and more bars than your ski boots can carry you to. Lodging at Vail, take you pick of slopeside at Vail Cascades Resort, in town at the Lodge at Vail or Arabella, Four Seasons Vail or Vail Ritz Carlton are a few of the top places to stay and ski Vail.

Vail Stats:
5,289 acres
31 lifts, 193 trails,
3,450' vertical, 11,570' summit elevation

Vail Ski Reviews:
Hail, the new old Vail
Spring Skiing at Vail, Beaver Creek & Breckenridge
Vail is King in Spring
Aspen vs. Vail, Colorado's Best Ski Resorts Compared
Ski 6 of Colorado's Best Ski Resorts

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