![]() Epic Mountain Express provides shuttle service from Denver International Airport. Bustang and Greyhound bus lines service Vail. Getting to Vail: Vail is located along I-70, a two-hour drive from Denver. Swanky five-star hotels dot the village, offering amenities like ski valets and luxe spas, rooms with fireplaces and picture-postcard views. Its storefronts are home to fine restaurants, mountain-chic bars and designer boutiques. When the lifts close, mountainside glam awaits in Vail’s Bavarian-themed village with twinkling lights and heated cobblestone streets (no slush here). The hill spans more than 5000 acres and is truly a paradise of silky corduroy and spacious back bowls, including the legendary Blue Sky Basin. Vail oozes mountain luxury, with second-to-none slopes and a glitzy village to match. ![]() Rentals never fit as well as your own, and sore feet on the slopes are no fun.īlue Sky Basin in Vail has some of the best steep and deep you'll find in Colorado © Tomas Cohen / Vail Resorts Go for glitz at Vail If there’s one piece of your own gear to bring, it’s boots. That said, all resorts have rental gear, from basic to high performance, as do local ski shops like Christy Sports and Epic Mountain Gear.Įxperienced skiers and riders prefer their own gear, but for kids, beginners or anyone planning to ski just a day or two, it’s often easier to rent. Should I rent or bring my own equipment?īringing your own equipment is more practical now that most airlines have dropped oversized luggage fees and don’t require hard-shell cases. Pass insurance and installment plans can give you added security and convenience. The best prices are available from the end of the previous season to Labor Day. Most of Colorado’s resorts are operated by Vail or Aspen companies, and the various Epic and Ikon options often can be used at multiple resorts, but read the fine print for restrictions and blackout days. The more days you plan to ski or ride, the more sense a pack or pass will make, and with single-day tickets pushing $225 at some resorts, you’ll hit the tipping point fast. Should I buy a ski pass or lift ticket?Ĭolorado resorts offer daily lift tickets, season passes and multiday packs, usually valid for three to five days. Too much work to get out of runs, and if you don't hike the ridge it wouldn't be worth it IMHO.Get trusted guidance to the world's most breathtaking experiences delivered to your inbox weekly with our email newsletter. Cat tracks should now go uphill, and several here do. Great snow, some great terrain, but overall lacking in a consistent vert and steep pitch to keep you smiling from top to bottom, the smile fades the further down the hill you go (unless you drop into the Waterfall area, but then it fades quickly as you hike/skate out of a hole). ![]() The Waterfall area is below the rim and has some great features but again, you will be skating or hiking out. The glades below the rim can be fun if you keep your speed up, but considering they get the killer POW often you really have to work it, and there is no getting around the 'flat-tracks' to get you back to the lift. Not such a big deal for skiers but boarders are constantly skating to make it back to the lift. ![]() But after the first 600-800 vertical feet, it becomes quite shallow in pitch and there are tons of holes or "flat-tracks". The top of the entire mountain is a great playground with easy hikes to sick terrain, anything from steep glades to fun cornices to gnarly cliff hucks. ![]() Rode Wolfy (Wolf Creek Ski Area) w/ 24"+ and the snow was gorgeous: light, deep, and fun. ![]()
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