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Vail Ski Resort is a ski resort in the western United States, located near the town of Vail in Eagle County, Colorado. At 5,289 acres (8.3 sq mi; 21.4 km 2 ), it is the third-largest single-mountain ski resort in the U.S., behind Big Sky and Park City , [ 1 ] featuring seven bowls and intermediate gladed terrain in Blue Sky Basin .
Vail Resorts was founded as Vail Associates Ltd. by Pete Seibert and Earl Eaton in the early 1960s. Eaton, a lifelong resident, led Siebert (a former WWII 10th Mountain Division ski trooper) to the area in March 1957.
Vail is a home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.The population of the town was 4,835 in 2020. [2] Home to Vail Ski Resort, the largest ski mountain in Colorado, the town is known for its hotels, dining, and for the numerous events the city hosts annually, such as the Vail Film Festival, Vail Resorts Snow Days, and Bravo!
Despite offering a salary of $167,000, Steamboat Springs can’t find a head of human resources who can afford a place to live in the remote Colorado resort town.
Eagle County Regional Airport (IATA: EGE, ICAO: KEGE, FAA LID: EGE) is a public airport in Gypsum, Colorado, United States.The airport is also sometimes advertised as the Vail/Eagle Airport by airlines and other entities as it is located 4 miles (3.5 nmi; 6.4 km) from Eagle and 37 miles (32 nmi; 60 km) from Vail.
Name Nearest city Skiable area (acres) Top elevation (feet) Base elevation (feet) Vertical (feet) Runs Lifts Snowfall (in/year) Date Statistics Updated
The resort was built in 1962 at the base of Vail mountain, opening on December 15 with two chairlifts and one gondola; lift tickets were five dollars. [ 6 ] In seven years, Vail grew to become the most popular ski resort in Colorado.
Peak Resorts was a publicly traded company based in Wildwood, Missouri that operated ski resorts in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast portions of the United States. It was bought by Vail Resorts in 2019.