2018–2019 VAIL MOUNTAIN RESOURCE GUIDE 970.SKI.VAIL (754.8245) | vail.com 970.SKI.VAIL (754.8245) | vail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS We’ve committed to a STATS & FACTS ZERO NET FOOTPRINT by 2030 ABOUT VAIL MOUNTAIN ..................................2 SKI & SNOWBOARD SCHOOL .........................16 • Zero net emissions • Zero waste to landfill DATES AND HOURS: History ..........................................................2 Private Instruction ........................................18 • Zero net operating impact 2018–2019 Season: Fri., Nov. 16, 2018– Stats & Facts .................................................3 Adult Group Lessons ....................................18 to forests and habitat Learn more about our EpicPromise to our communities, Sun., Apr. 21, 2019 Signature Programs ......................................19 our mountains, and our future at EpicPromise.com. MOUNTAIN INFORMATION CENTER (MIC) ...5 Children & Teen Lessons ..............................20 Hours of Operations: (MST) 9:00am to 3:30pm Important Phone Numbers ..........................5 Children & Teen Rentals ...............................22 (hours extended over the course of the season) Guest Services ..............................................5 Vail Small World Play School ........................22 ON-MOUNTAIN CULINARY EXPERIENCES ....6 Adaptive Products ........................................23 ELEVATIONS The 10th .........................................................8 Nordic Products ...........................................23 Peak Elevation: 11,570 ft / 3,527 m Game Creek Restaurant ...............................10 Vail Nordic Group Activities .........................25 Base Elevation: 8,120 ft / 2,454 m Bistro Fourteen .............................................12 ...........................................28 ADVENTURE RIDGE • Lionshead: 8,120 ft / 2,475 m EVENTS ...............................................................14 EPIC DISCOVERY ...............................................30 • Vail Village: 8,200 ft / 2,500 m • Golden Peak: 8,217 ft / 2,505 m Vertical Rise: 3,450 ft / 1,052 m • Eagle’s Nest: 10,350 ft / 3,155 m • Mid-Vail: 10,250 ft / 3,125 m • Patrol Headquarters: 11,250 ft / 3,429 m ABOUT VAIL MOUNTAIN • Belle’s Camp: 11,480 ft / 3,499 m SNOW THE LEGACY OF VAIL: EVER WONDER HOW VAIL Five Star Grooming is more than just Snowmaking: 461 acres / 187 ha Vail was born from a dream and built with a vision. TRAILS GOT THEIR NAMES? a commitment, it means 30% more Average Annual Snowfall: 354 in / 899 cm The same pioneering spirit with which we were New this winter, as you’re skiing around Vail, learn grooming in the Legendary Back Bowls founded and purposefully designed continues to about why trails got their name. One you’ll find is Riva along with consistent grooming on propel us forward. Like our founders and the Ridge. One of Vail’s first trails was named after a ridge Vail’s Signature Groomed Runs. With ACREAGE 10th Mountain Division that came before us, Vail in the Italian Apennines by Vail’s founders, veterans the largest network of groomed runs, Total Skiable Area: 5,289 acres is always innovating. of the 10th Mountain Division, who fought a decisive we connect you to Vail’s legendary Front Side: 1,627 acres There’s something about being in Vail that can’t be battle there during World War II. The glade was the terrain from the Front Side to the Back Bowls: 3,017 acres put into words. Something that makes us surrender first officially designated as such on the mountain. Back Bowls to Blue Sky Basin. You’ll Blue Sky Basin: 645 acres to being fully present. Something that disconnects us be skiing the best corduroy on the from our everyday, while reconnecting us with family, VAIL TODAY: mountain’s most iconic terrain. friends and parts of ourselves long forgotten. An TRAIL CLASSIFICATION energy that reminds us of what we live for, what we Under blue skies more than 300 days each year, Vail is 53% Expert / Advanced work for and what it’s like to forget everything but the the world’s premier mountain resort. The year-round 29% Intermediate moment we’re in. Vail puts us back in touch with our alpine experience is exceptional, from the vast terrain 18% Beginner sense of awe and fills us with appreciation for being and natural grandeur of the surrounding Gore and Conventional Trails: 195 amazed, for being a part of something majestic and Sawatch Ranges to world-class events, shops and Longest Run: Riva Ridge (4 mi / 6.4 km) for just simply being. In Vail, a childlike sense of joy spas, and the abundant culinary options and luxurious and wonder turns even the simplest moments into accommodations that line the pedestrian-friendly streets treasured memories. Vail is like nothing on earth. of Vail and Lionshead Villages. Vail is where outdoor LIFTS pursuits meet village sophistication. Offering more than Total Number Of Lifts: 32 DID YOU KNOW? 5,200 acres of developed ski and snowboard terrain Gondolas: 2 including seven legendary Back Bowls in winter, and High-Speed Six-Passenger Chairlifts: 3 • Vail was named after Charles Vail, the Chief flourishing with new summer activities after the debut High-Speed Quad Chairlifts: 14 Engineer of the Colorado Highway Department, of Epic Discovery in 2016, the options for year-round Fixed-Grip Quad Chairlifts: 1 who cut a highway over the pass and into the valley. adventure are endless. Coupled with the vision inherent Fixed-Grip Triple Chairlifts: 2 • In preparation for WWII, the 10th Mountain in the spirit of Vail’s founders, and an unbreakable Surface Lifts: 3 Division, a division of the US Army trained on what commitment to excellence in all aspects of guest service Conveyors: 7 is now Vail Mountain, and then called “No Name and operations, Vail is like nothing on earth. Total Uphill Capacity: 63,244 People Per Hour Mountain”. They still train on Vail Mountain today. • In 1957, 10th Mountain soldiers and Vail founders, Pete Seibert and Earl Eaton, took their first hike up No Name Mountain and peered out over the LEGACY DAYS: FEBRUARY 15–18, 2019 1. RELOAD CARD vast expanses to see what today has become EPICDAY LIFT TICKET To celebrate the history of Vail and the innovations made, It is even easier to get to the mountain. 2. SAVE MONEY Vail’s legendary Back Bowls and Blue Sky Basin. LIFT TICKET 3. GO DIRECTLY TO THE LIFT celebrations will ensue February 15–18, 2019. Re-live the Purchase your lift ticket online at Add more days online before midnight to save money • When the ski resort opened in 1962, Vail had four and head straight to the lift. first hike of our founders, join in a celebratory ski down, vail.com/epicday, even as you are RELOAD ONLINE SAVE & SKIP TICKET LINE houses and one telephone; the resort had five town parades and more as the community comes together walking to the lifts, and you are VAIL.COM/EPICDAY PRINT NAME lifts and a gondola stretching from the base to to embrace the Legacy of Vail. guaranteed the lowest price. TICKET NUMBER: the bowls on the backside. ACTIVATION CODE: 2 3 TERRAIN PARKS MOUNTAIN INFORMATION CENTER (MIC) Golden Peak Terrain Park 970.SKI.VAIL (754.8245) Accessible from the Riva Bahn Express (#6), this park caters to all ability levels with the highest density of features, both snow and metal. It showcases our 22’ superpipe, a mini pipe, large slope-style course THINK OF IT AS YOUR OWN PERSONAL ASSISTANT and it is the home of the Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships. Vail’s Mountain Information Center is your resource for reservations and recommendations on the hot spots Avanti Park and best-kept secrets in town. Open daily, 8:00am–4:30pm during the winter season. The office is located in the Arrabelle at Vail Square in Lionshead—just look for the blue awning. Vail’s most beginner-friendly park offers an assortment of features designed for progression. With mostly small boxes, rails and jumps, it is a great place to experience freestyle terrain for the first time. Located under Chair WE ARE YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR: 2 below the steep face of Avanti. • Vail/Beaver Creek Adult, Private & Children’s • Game Creek Club Member Foot Ski and Snowboard School Reservations & Passenger Tickets (Lunch Only) EPICMIX Information • Restaurant Reservations Track more than your days and vertical feet with the Photos • Adventure Ridge Winter & Epic Discovery • Specialty Snowsports programs including: Information (and reservations for ski biking only) free EpicMix app. • Look for EpicMix photographers at multiple Focused Learning System, Master Camps, How-To: on-mountain locations and get FREE photos taken • Mountain Money gift certificates DEVO, BEAVO and Her Turn • Login with your pass # and create your EpicMix with friends and family. • All Product Sales and Service information • Lost & Found Pick-Up, Drop-Off and Shipping account. • Photos automatically delivered to the app. (lift tickets, season passes, Ski & Snowboard School, on-mountain dining) • Place your pass in a pocket without your phone to • Share socially via Facebook and Twitter. ensure accurate scans. • For $50, purchase the hi-res version of your • Enjoy your day on the mountain! All EpicMix info photos from all-season at epicmix.com. IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS FULL LIST ON PAGE 31 is delivered to the app automatically. Stats Vail Lost & Found, Located in Vail Square at the ‘MIC’ ....................................970.754.3059 Maps & Lift Lines: • Effortlessly and automatically delivered to the app. Beaver Creek General Information ....................................................970.845.9090