 Vail
is the largest ski resort in the United States means
there really is no place like Vail. Most resorts are
lucky to have one bowl. Vail has seven bowls stretching
over six miles—and that only represents one-third
of our total terrain. Then there’s the Front
Side, boasting 127 trails and four terrain parks,
offering every variety of trail you could imagine.
Explore Blue Sky Basin’s 645 acres located two
miles from civilization, offering incredible solitude
and backcountry adventure. We even have a mountaintop
activity center, not to mention a world-class ski
school program and fine dining at Game Creek Restaurant.
All that, plus incredible dry fluffy powder and the
most groomed terrain on the planet under an average
of 300 days of sunshine a year. Vail—There’s
No Comparison.
A
visit to Vail Colorado is a visit to the history of
skiing. Back in World War II, when the U.S. Army's
10th Mountain Division trained in the Colorado high
country, they had no idea these grounds would one
day become a popular winter recreation paradise. Where
soldiers were once taught to watch for snipers and
enemy ski patrols, modern-day skiers and snowboarders
today now enjoy the excitement of the rugged mountainous
wilderness of the area surrounding Vail Colorado,
Leadville, Beaver Creek and Aspen.
 The
Front Side is the most commonly skied area, with well
over a hundred trails and the most high-speed quads
on any one mountain in the country. The Back Bowls
area stretches across six miles of black diamond powder
skiing. Finally, the recently opened Blue Sky Basin
features 600 more acres of backcountry slopes, more
than two miles from the nearest building.
Experience
the 10th Mountain experience by taking one of the
most unique Vail ski vacations, the 10th Mountain
Division Hut to Hut Tour. These Vail ski vacations
usually last three days. Although there are a variety
of routes, one of the most popular goes from Vail
to Aspen. This Vail vacation not only lets you practice
your backcountry skills. You get to stay at the same
huts that were used by the 10th Mountain Division.
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