At $579 for an adult and $279 per child this is the best skiing value available for Vail and Beaver Creek in years. Many of the Epic Passes have been printed and delivered by mail to the pass holders. You should have this pass even if you are only planning one holiday week in Eagle County.
With just a handful of days left in March and only two weeks of season in April, visitors are leaving, and those of us who are planted here are getting excited about summer, and the sports we take up in lieu of snow shredding: hiking, biking, fishing, boating, bird watching, and view seeking just to name a few. Some locals find that the relaxed, glowing days of summer are preferable to the snowy, bleak winter days where snow no longer means that school is closed or work is skipped. Colorado is definitely its own brand of heaven around this time, and “summer vacation” for many, is this time after the season, in April and May, before the golden days really set in.
Loading ...Spring in the Vail Valley is newly undeniable- the skies are friendly and daily temperatures crest above 32 Farenheight. Spring break must be just around the corner. With so many new riders out there, we made a little video showing you what you might expect from your first couple of days. Oh right, and its okay to laugh at us. For sure.
Thank you to Venture Sports, who totally set us up for a couple of awesome days with their amazing knowledge and friendly service, and to Bobby from Beaver Creek Ski School for teaching us everything we learned. We had a blast!
As it snows all textures out my window right now, I remember the following announcement that hit my inbox earlier today from Vail:
MORE THAN 24 FEET OF SNOW SEASON-TO-DATE AT VAIL
*Vail has received more snow since Dec. 1 than any other year in its history – 244 inches since Dec. 1, which is more snow than any other year in its history.
With more than 24 feet of snow so far this season, guests at Vail have been enjoying some of the best powder skiing conditions in recent memory. It’s not just the quantity of snowfall – it’s also the frequency and timing of the storms. The snowfall at Vail hit at the perfect time of the season, just before the December holidays and has continued to fall ever since.
In fact, it snowed 24 of the 31 days in January at Vail, the highest number of January snow days in seven years.
The 2008 Honda Sessions were rockin!! What fun to see all these pros competing for the $90,000 in combined prize money! The way it works is that each competitor gets as many runs as they can fit in 90 minutes, each going back to back against the person before them in order. In the end, only one run counts, so one perfect run is all you need to take home $35,000 first place bucks, ultimately claimed by Andreas Wiig (check him out in our slideshow as Mr. Pom-pom helmet, slide on his bum down the rail)