Location: Vail
Top Things to do in Vail
Top 7 Ski & Snowboard Areas in Vail, Colorado (CO)
North America's biggest and most popular ski resort, Vail is an alpine village in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Long a favorite of serious skiers and jet setting celebrities, Vail now also draws a younger, hipper snowboarding crowd. Skiing is king at Vail Mountain and the Blue Sky Basin, but the area's vast splendor is perfect for hiking, biking, snowmobiling or scenery-gazing at any time of the year.
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1. Bob Sled Run
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
One of the only public bobsled runs in America is at Vail Mountain.
2. Vail Mountain Resort
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,249 reviews
Offering more than 5,289 acres of downhill and cross-country trails, Vail is considered one of the best all-around ski mountains in the world.
Reviewed By travelhacker22 - Miami, United States
Plan your trip well and you shouldn’t have to deal with lift lines and the skiing is unique. It’s all about the back bowls for me!
3. Chaos Canyon
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 7 reviews
An Adventure Zone or special area just for kids offering an ancient Indian Burial Ground, old fort, teepee village and three runs called Thunder Lane, Tornado Valley and Richochet.
4. Vail Nordic Center
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 30 reviews
When snow blankets the Vail Golf Club, it becomes the full-service Vail Nordic Center. Glide along 17 kilometers of daily-groomed skate and classic track, 13 kilometers of fat bike trails or snowshoe on 10 kilometers of scenic trails. The exceptional staff offers lessons and clinics on technique and tuning for adults and children, and a wide variety of rental equipment is available. The Nordic Center also serves as one-stop shopping for backcountry needs including clothing, backpacks and snowshoes. The Grill on the Gore restaurant in the Vail Golf & Nordic Clubhouse offers a signature soup and chili lunch, as well as snacks and hot drinks to warm up and recharge.
Reviewed By SteveKlayCO - Vail, United States
I need to give a big, no HUGE, shoutout to Dan Timm and the staff at the Vail Nordic Center today. Yesterday afternoon, I had a waking nightmare of a time on the trails. Half mile out my right binding exploded and I had to hike back to the clubhouse in shame. After snagging a pair of loaner skis and heading back out, my left pole shattered in half in almost the exact same spot. Thankfully third time was the charm and I was able to complete a lap around the course on all loaner gear but my only skis and poles were out of commission for who knows how long and I had dollar signs spinning around my head thinking about how much it would cost to replace it all. Well, after leaving it all in Dan's office that night and writing him a hopeful email wondering if either of my bindings or poles were under warranty, I came back to VNC today to BOTH. OF. THEM. REPLACED. AT. NO. CHARGE. Less than 24 hours later I was completely geared up again and my mind was officially blown. There's customer service and there's absolutely hitting it out of the park and Dan and his staff definitely fulfilled the latter. I mean, they were already the friendliest and most helpful crew in the Vail Valley before this, but now I can confidently say that they are at the top of the mountain. Happy to call this place my home track! Highly recommend you give them a visit if you have any interest in cross country skiing, snowshoeing or fat biking in the winter. They will not disappoint.
5. Vail / Beaver Creek Resort
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 386 reviews
One of the premier ski areas in the world, Vail and Beaver Creek offer excellent skiing and many other attractions.
Reviewed By ianwhiteiii
3rd year skiing in Vail and having another epic couple of days on the slopes. We skied most of the front of the mountains today and plan to hit the back bowls tomorrow. Weather was great, snow was awesome, and very few people so we never waited for lifts or felt crowded. Very pleased and will continue to come back. Sounds like Vail caught a bad wrap this past weekend when they got almost 3 feet of snow and half the mountain was closed resulting in extra long lift lines. Fortunately we skied mid week! Totally different.
6. Adventure Ridge
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 216 reviews
DISCOVER SUMMER AT VAIL Zip, fly, tour, tube: how will you discover Vail Mountain? With Adventure Courses, Ziplines, a Mountain Coaster and much more, the options are endless at Epic Discovery, the ultimate playground! Summer in the mountains is taking on a whole new feel with Vail's newest summer experience, Epic Discovery. Epic Discovery provides a unique, connected, on-mountain summer experience, immersing you in activities which provide big-time thrills, allowing you to challenge yourself physically, guiding you to explore and better understand your natural surroundings, and ultimately create lifelong memories. WINTER Play in the afternoon and well into the night at Adventure Ridge with ski bikes, kids snowmobile track, a slippery slope of rip-roaring tubing lanes and more. Located at the top of the Eagle Bahn Gondola, Adventure Ridge is snow park the size of a football stadium, complete with family food favorites like Bistro Fourteen. The Eagle Bahn Gondola runs from breakfast till night. Drink hot chocolate and watch the sun set over the bowls. Adventure Ridge, a family experience Like Nothing on Earth.
Reviewed By johnathanhogan - Fairhope, United States
We had a great experience snow tubing! The favorite activity of our vacation for the entire family. The family loved that we booked at 4:30 pm because it allowed everyone to watch the sunset over the mountains while tubing. Really cool experience. Concerning buying 3 runs or unlimited runs: -both options are WAYYYYY over priced, but you can save yourself some $$$ doing the 3 run option. Our family bought the unlimited option and only went down the hill 5 times total. It just gets tiring and cold at the altitude. I'm convinced that Vail is pricing snow tubing so high to cut down on demand and create a better experience for participants. It was really nice not waiting in lines, but as I said, you'll pay a premium price for a great experience.
