Ski Area Details
    Vail
    Location
    USA
    Colorado
    Rocky Mountains
    Western United States
    Status
    Open To Public

    Vail mountain ski resort is about 97 miles West of Denver Colorado in Eagle County on Highway I-70. Vail is the second largest single mountain ski resort in the United States with 5,289 acres of terrain, second only to Park City/Canyons which has over 7,300 acres. Although Vail attendance is high, the mountain is so large that it is possible to avoid lines at the lifts, which is sure to make ski vacations pleasant. Vail has three distinct mountain sections: Front-Side, the Back Bowls and Blue Sky Basin. Vail village was built with an Austrian style which gives it a unique look for a Colorado resort. The two main villages have mountain access, the larger and central "Vail Village" and "Lionshead". West Vail does not have mountain access.

    CONTACT

    Corporate Office Phone
    Ski School Phone
    Child Care Phone
    Lodging Phone
    Ski Shop / Rentals Phone
    Snow Phone
    Email Address

    MOUNTAIN STATS

    Summit Elevation
    11,570 ft
    Base Elevation
    8,120 ft
    Vertical Drop
    3,450 ft
    Annual Snowfall
    354 in
    Acreage
    5289
    Night Skiing
    No
    Corporate Owner
    Pass Network
    Symbol Trail Name Sort descending Mountain Area Difficulty Score Overall Rating
    38 6
    38
    Apres Vous 6
    Avanti 4
    Avanti Park
    Avanti Skills Zone
    Baccarat 4
    Bear Tree 4
    Ben's Face 4
    Berries 6
    Big Rock Park Blue Sky Basin 4
    Blue Ox 6
    Bolshoi Ballroom 6
    Bolshoi Ballroom #2
    Boomer 2
    Born Free 2
    Born Free (Lwr) Lionshead 3
    Born Free (Upr) 4
    Brisk Walk 2
    Bwana 6
    Bwana (Lower) Lionshead 4
    Bwana (Upper) 4
    Bwana Loop 2
    Bwana Park Lionshead 8
    Cady's Cafe 6
    Campbell's 6
    Cappuccino 4
    Cascade Way 2
    Cascade Way
    Chair 15 Lionshead 2
    Challenge 6
    Champagne Glade 6
    Chaos Canyon 4
    Cheetah 4
    Cheetah
    Cheetah Gully Lionshead 6
    Chicken Yard 6
    China Spur (to China Bowl) 4
    Choker Cut Off 4
    Chopstix 4
    Christmas 4
    CJ's Glade
    Cloud 9 4
    Cold Feet 2
    Columbine 4
    Compromise 4
    Cookshack 6
    Cow's Face 6
    Coyote Crossing 2
    Coyote Crossing Shortcut
    Cubs Way 2
    Dealer's Choice 4
    Deuces Wild 6
    Dragon's Teeth 6
    Eagle's Nest Ridge 2
    Emperor's Choice 6
    Encore 6
    Expresso 4
    Fall Line
    Faro 6
    Faro Lionshead 6
    First Step Golden Peak 6
    First Step 6
    Flap Jack
    Flap Jack-Lower Golden Peak 2
    Flap Jack-Upper Golden Peak 2
    Forever BackBowls 6
    Forever 6
    Frontside Chutes Vail Village 8
    Game Trail Lionshead 2
    Game Trail 2
    Gandy Dancer 6
    Gandy Dancer Golden Peak 6
    Genghis Kahn
    Genghis Khan 6
    Genghis Khan China Bowl 6
    Giant Steps
    Gitalong Road 2
    Gitalong Road Vail Village 2
    Golden Peak Half Pipe Golden Peak 8
    Golden Peak Race 6
    Golden Peak Terrain Park Golden Peak 8
    Gopher Hill 2
    Gopher Hill Golden Peak 2
    Gorky Park 6
    Gorky Park China Bowl 6
    Grand Junction Catwalk Golden Peak 2
    Grand Review Blue Sky Basin 4
    Grand Review 4
    GS Alley
    Hairbag Alley Golden Peak 6
    Head First 6
    Head First Vail Village 6
    Headwall BackBowls 6
    Headwall 6
    Headwall Ridge
    Heavy Metal 6
    Heavy Metal Blue Sky Basin 6
    Highline 6
    Hornsilver 6
    Hornsilver Blue Sky Basin 6
    Hunky Dory Vail Village 4
    Hunky Dory 4
    In the Wuides Blue Sky Basin 4
    In The Wuides 6
    Inner Mongolia China Bowl 6
    Inner Mongolia Bowl 6
    Inner Mongolia Bowl 6
    Iron Mask 6
    Jade Glade 6
    Jade Glade China Bowl 6
    Jake's Ride
    Kangaroo Cornice 6
    Kangaroo Cornice Vail Village 6
    Kelly's Toll Road 4
    Kelly's Toll Road Blue Sky Basin 4
    Klickity Klack 6
    Klickity Klack Golden Peak 6
    Ledges 6
    Ledges Lionshead 4
    Lindsey's 6
    Lindsey's Vail Village 6
    Lion's Way Lionshead 2
    Lion's Way 2
    Lions Way (Lower) 2
    Lionshead Catwalk 2
    Little Ollie 6
    Little Ollie Blue Sky Basin 6
    Lodgepole 4
    Lodgepole Gulch
    Log Chute 6
    Log Chute Golden Peak 6
    Look Ma Vail Village 6
    Look Ma 6
    Lost Boy 2
    Lost Boy Lionshead 2
    Lost Boy Shortcut
    Lost Boy Shortcut Variant
    Lover's Leap 6
    Lovers Leap Blue Sky Basin 6
    Lower Avanti
    Lower Berries
    Lower Born Free
    Lower Bwana
    Lower Cady's Cafe
    Lower Ledges
    Lower Northface Catwalk
    Lower Northstar
    Lower Pickeroon
    Lower Preserve
    Lower Prima
    Lower Riva Ridge
    Lower Safari
    Lower Simba
    Lower Skid Road
    Lower Wildcard
    Marmot Valley 6
    Mid Vail Express 4
    Mid-Vail Express Vail Village 4
    Middle Avanti
    Middle Berries
    Middle Ledges
    Middle Riva Ridge
    Middle Simba
    Mill Creek Road 2
    Milt's Face BackBowls 6
    Milt's face 6
    Minnie Ha Ha #1
    Minnie Ha Ha #2
    Minnie Ha Ha #3
    Minnie Haha Lionshead 2
    Minnie HaHa 2
    Minnie's Lionshead 6
    Minnie's 6
    Montane Glade 6
    Montane Glade Blue Sky Basin 4
    Morning Side Ridge 6
    Morning Thunder China Bowl 6
    Morning Thunder 6
    Morningside Ridge BackBowls 6
    Mudslide Vail Village 8
    N. Rim
    Never 6
    Never BackBowls 6
    None Lionshead 6
    North Rim Golden Peak 6
    North Rim 6
    Northface Catwalk 2
    Northface Catwalk 4
    Northface Catwalk - Lower Golden Peak 4
    Northface Catwalk - Upper Golden Peak 2
    Northstar 6
    Northwoods 4
    Northwoods Golden Peak 4
    O.S. 6
    Old 9 Line 6
    Orient Express 6
    Outer Mongolia China Bowl 6
    Outer Mongolia Bowl 6
    Ouzo 6
    Ouzo Glade
    Ouzo's Glade 6
    Over Yonder 6
    Overeasy 2
    Pepi's Face 6
    Pickeroon 4
    Pika 2
    Pony Express
    Poppyfields
    Poppyfields E. 4
    Poppyfields W. 4
    Post Road 2
    Powerline Glade 6
    Practice Parkway 2
    Preserve Alternative
    Pride 4
    Pride Park Lionshead 8
    Prima 8
    Prima Cornice 8
    Pronto 8
    Ptarmigan Ridge 6
    Ramshorn 4
    Ramshorn Alternative
    Ranger Racoon's Escape 4
    Rasputin's Revenge 6
    Rasputins China Bowl 6
    Red Square 6
    Red Zinger
    Red Zinger 6
    Resolution 6
    Ricky's Ridge 6
    Riva (Lower) Vail Village 6
    Riva (Upper) Vail Village 6
    Riva Catwalk 4
    Riva Glade 6
    Riva Ridge 4
    Rngr Racoon Golden Peak 4
    Roger's Run 6
    Ruder's Run 4
    S. Look Ma 6
    S. Rim
    Safari 4
    Seldom 6
    Shangri-La 6
    Shangri-La Glade 6
    Showboat 6
    Showboat
    Silk Road 4
    Simba 4
    Simba (Lower) 6
    Simba (Upper) 4
    Skid Road 4
    Skree Field 6
    Sleepytime Road 4
    Slifer Express
    Snag Park 4
    Sourdough 2
    South Rim 6
    Spruce Face 4
    Steep & Deep 6
    Steep and Deep Blue Sky Basin 6
    Straight Shot 6
    Sun Down Catwalk BackBowls 6
    Sun Up Catwalk 6
    Sun Up Catwalk
    Sundown Catwalk 6
    Sweet N Sour 6
    Swingsville 2
    Tea Cup Glades BackBowls 6
    The Divide 6
    The Meadows 2
    The Narrows Vail Village 8
    The Preserve 2
    The Preserve 2
    The Pump House Mountain Village 8
    The Skipper 6
    The Slot 6
    The Slot
    The Star
    The Woods 4
    Timberline Catwalk 2
    Tin Pants 2
    Tourist Trap 6
    Trans Montane 2
    Upper Avanti
    Upper Berries
    Upper Born Free
    Upper Born Free
    Upper Cady's Cafe
    Upper Ledges
    Upper Northstar
    Upper Pickeroon
    Upper Preserve
    Upper Prima
    Upper Riva Ridge
    Upper Safari
    Upper Safari Alternative
    Upper Simba
    Upper Wildcard #1
    Upper Wildcard #2
    Vail Viliage Catwalk 2
    WFO BackBowls 6
    WFO
    Whippersnapper 4
    Whippersnapper Second Choice
    Whiskey Jack 4
    Whistle Pig 4
    Widge's
    Widge's Ridge 6
    Wildcard 6
    Windisch Way 2
    Windows 6
    Windows Pines
    Windows Road 6
    Windows Road Alternative
    Wow 6
    Yonder 6
    Yonder
    Yonder Gully 6
    Zot 6
    Symbol Lift Name Sort descending Overall Rating Type
    Avanti Express Lift #2
    6 Person Detachable Chair
    Black Forest #27
    J-bar
    Born Free Express #8
    Quad Detachable Chair
    Cascade Village #20
    Quad Detachable Chair
    Eagle Bahn Gondola #19
    12 Person Gondola
    Eagle's Nest Carpet #18
    Moving Carpet
    Eagle's Nest Carpet #35
    Moving Carpet
    Earl's Express #38
    Quad Detachable Chair
    Game Creek Express #7
    Quad Detachable Chair
    Golden Peak #29
    T-bar
    Golden Peak Carpet #25
    Moving Carpet
    Golden Peak Carpet #33
    Moving Carpet
    Gopher Hill #12
    Triple Chair
    High Noon Express #5
    Quad Detachable Chair
    Highline Express #10
    Quad Detachable Chair
    Lionshead Carpet #18
    Moving Carpet
    Little Eagle #15
    Triple Chair
    Mongolia Lift #22
    J-bar
    Mountain Top Express #4
    6 Person Detachable Chair
    Northwoods Express #11
    Quad Detachable Chair
    One
    8 Person Gondola
    Orient Express Lift #21
    Quad Detachable Chair
    Pete's Express #39
    Quad Detachable Chair
    Pride Express Lift #26
    Quad Detachable Chair
    Riva Bahn Express #6
    Quad Detachable Chair
    SkyLine Express #37
    Quad Detachable Chair
    Sourdough Express #14
    Quad Detachable Chair
    Sun Up Express #9
    Quad Detachable Chair
    Tea Cup Express #36
    Quad Detachable Chair
    Wapiti #24
    J-bar
    Wildwood Express #3
    Quad Detachable Chair
    Overall Rating

    Average: 4 (2 votes)

    Apres Ski

    Average: 3 (2 votes)

    Crowds

    Average: 1 (2 votes)

    Family Friendly

    Average: 4 (2 votes)

    Snow Conditions

    Average: 5 (2 votes)

    Vail