2010/2011 Winter Season Dates:
Vail: November 19, 2010 - April 24, 2011
Vail. Like Nothing on Earth.
The home of the 2015 Alpine World Championships, and held universally as North America’s top ski resort, Vail is an extraordinary winter vacation destination. Spanning 7 miles / 11 km are the seven legendary Back Bowls of Vail; blanketed last year with more than 7 metres of powder snow.
Warmed by sunshine three hundred days a year and with more groomed terrain than anywhere on the planet, families reconnect and celebrate from year-to-year and generation-to-generation.
On incredible Vail Mountain, the vast expanses of our back bowls will challenge your passion for our great sport. The fun doesn’t stop when the lifts close. Eagle’s Nest at the top of the Eagle Bahn Gondola is the place for night time expression. Take the free gondola ride to Adventure Ridge and try exciting ski-biking, adventurous snowshoe tours, tubing, or relax at our family friendly Bistro Fourteen Restaurant. For fine dining, try our elegant Game Creek Restaurant—a European-style chalet nestled in one of Vail’s famed back bowls. Game Creek’s superb continental cuisine, extensive wine list and first class service is the perfect end to an incredible day on Vail mountain.
Whatever your adventure, you’ll find Vail an experience like nothing on earth.
Mountain Statistics:
- Base Elevation: 8,120 ft / 2,476 m
- Summit Elevation: 11,570 ft / 3,527 m
- Vertical Rise: 3,450 ft / 1,052 m
- Snowmaking: 461 acres / 187 ha
- Average Annual Snowfall: 350 in / 889 cm
- Total Skiable Area: 5,289 acres / 2,141 ha
- Front Side: 1,627 acres / 658 ha
- Back Bowls: 3,017 acres / 1,221 ha
- Blue Sky Basin: 645 acres / 261 ha
- Expert /Advanced Terrain: 53%
- Intermediate Terrain: 29%
- Beginner Terrain: 18%
- Total Number of Lifts: 31
- Gondolas: 1
- High-Speed Quads: 17
- Fixed-Grip Quads: 1
- Triple Chairs: 2
- Double Chairs: 1
- Surface Lifts: 3
- Magic Carpets: 6
- Uphill Capacity Per Hour: 54,963
- Terrain Parks: 3 >