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The Ultimate Guide to Vail Vail is the largest ski resort in North America famous for vast alpine skiing scenic splendor and a village buzzing with shopping, dining and entertainment. Over 30 lifts serve skiers of every level. Non-skiing activities include snowmobiling, snowshoeing, ice skating, sleigh rides and all of the activities at Adventure Ridge at the top of Vail's Gondola.
It used to be that Vail had an undeniable off-season -summer- during which the local populace rejoiced in their snow-free, tourist-free paradise. Not any longer. Summer in the hills is giving Old Man Winter a serious run for his tourism dollars. Maybe it's because the mountains come with Mother Nature's own cooling system: elevation. Or maybe someone finally figured, "If it's got ski trails, it's got hiking trails." And there is no law grounding a gondola when temps pass 32 degrees. Either way, these giants don't sleep summer away. In
Vail, June's daily temps range from 70 to a grab-a-fleece 48 degrees at night.
Summer room rates are half what you'll pay in the winter, and getting a place
last-minute usually isn't a problem. During the summer months in Vail, Golf is
the name of the game. Combine alpine scenery with challenging courses carved into
mountain valleys and you could stay on the links all day.
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Winter
vacationers love Vail's combination of skiing and riding, spread across over five
thousand acres encompassing three distinctly different ski experiences. The front
side of Vail Mountains has it all - gentle slopes for beginners, cruising trails
for intermediates, and steep mogul runs for advanced skiers and riders. In the
legendary Back Bowls, the place to play on power days, you can carve wide turns
on treeless slopes, weave through the trees in OS, or find solitude in Inner and
Outer Mongolia.