Want to go skiing or snowboarding at Vail and Beaver Creek?

The fun begins on November 21 at Vail Resort and on November 26 at Beaver Creek. There are now more savings options than ever in the Vail Valley. The Epic Season Pass is only $579 until November 15 then it is coming off the market according to Vail Resorts. The only comparable pass after this date will be an Adult Full Pass, which costs about $1900; so buy your Epic Pass before the deadline, and you potentially could enjoy one hundred days at any Vail Resort for only $5.79 per day. With an Epic Pass purchase you can book your first trips lodging for 25% off the rack rate, and your second trips lodging will be 30% off the rack rate. Contact 888-284-4438 for more information about this special.

If you are not planning on buying an Epic Pass there are many other lodging, lift ticket, and equipment rental deals out there:

1| Beaver Creek West in Avon, CO is offering packages throughout the up coming season. These packages include Lodging, Lift Tickets, and Equipment Rentals for your whole group. They are offering packages for 2 or 3 people in a one bedroom, 4 or 5 people in a two bedroom, 6 or 7 people in a three bedroom, and 8 or 9 people in a four bedroom. The Rates on these packages offer deep discounts on the primary expenses incurred during a mountain vacation. Prices starting at $337.61 per person. For pricing and more information click here —> Beaver Creek West Packages!!!!

****NO MINIMUM NIGHT STAY****
2| Vail Cascade Resort & Spa, Vail’s only ski-in, ski-out AAA Four Diamond property is offering a $139-per-night guestroom available until Dec. 22. Stay three nights, and get one free. Contact: 1-800-420-2424; Contact Vail Cascade for more information.
3| For each paid adult fare, American Airlines’ deal is one free child’s ticket on flights to Vail-Beaver Creek. Valid Dec. 2-12 and Jan. 4-13. Contact: 1-800-404-3535; Contact Vail Resorts for more information.

4| “Baggage Bailout” – To help offset increasing airline fees, Vail Resorts is offering a ‘Baggage Bailout’ for skiers and snowboarders staying at Vail this winter. Guests will receive a $50 credit when they book at least a 4-day, 4-night ski or snowboard vacation by December. Contact Vail Resorts for more information

5| Westwind Lodge – Buy 4 get one free; purchase 4 nights lodging and a 4 day lift ticket and get one of each free, prices starting at $1125 per person. Valid from February 22 – March 14, 2009. Contact The Westwind for more information.

6| Arrabelle, Vail, CO, Winter Early Booking Special – Up to 50% off the rack rate. Starting at $236 per night. Minimum stay requirements may apply. Contact Vail Resorts reservations for more information.

Lodging destinations in the Vail Valley are cutting rates and minimum night requirements. Vail Resorts cut their minimum night stay over the busy season from 7 to 5 to promote reservations. Beaver Creek West in Avon, CO at the base of Beaver Creek has eliminated their minimum stay requirements completely so that they can accommodate a variety of travelers during the upcoming holiday time period: “We have eliminated the minimum night requirements to try to fill some reservation gaps during December and early January” – Beaver Creek West GM Mike Bennett states. Beaver Creek West is also offering Ski Packages throughout the season that include: Lodging, Lift Tickets, and Ski Rentals for a discounted price throughout the season. Skiers and Snowboarders of all abilities and places in the country can now come to Vail and Beaver Creek without the ridiculous expenditure associated with a normal trip to the Vail Valley. and The upcoming season will be a treasure for those who make it to the area because Beaver Creek and Vail will be less crowded and more affordable than EVER! With reduced and eliminated minimum night stays, people who can only make it for a short stay will still have lodging choices available during the busy times this season.

The new Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa is opening for the 2008-2009 ski season in Avon, CO on October 1, 2008. Located at the base of luxurious Beaver Creek Resort the Westin is offering lift access via a new Gondola in Riverfront Village. The new gondola makes access to Beaver Creek from Avon a no hassle affair. Just a 5 to 10 minute walk from many of Avon’s finest lodging choices such as Beaver Creek West, The Seasons at Avon, Falcon Point, The Comfort Inn, and The Sheraton Mountain Vista. Avon offers many restaurant and shopping choices, and is only 10 minutes from Vail, and the city meets the gates of Beaver Creek Resort. Riverfront Gondola @ Riverfront Village in Avon, CO connects Avon and Beaver Creek allowing guests in both places to enjoy all the same pleasures.

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!

Upscale, romantic, chic dining is no stranger to the Vail valley. Innovation, novelty, and invention, on the other hand, are a little bit more difficult to come by, as attempts at these in this area have historically amounted to examples of kitsch that serve instead to forward innocent designers from straying down the path. Take Avon’s boat building, for example. The poor boat building, which was originally designed to look like a ski, earned its name after construction by its rounded glass façade, round bulbous windows, and looming “nose” over one of the town’s busiest roundabouts. The original intent of the building might have fallen by the wayside except that it now houses Vin 48- a restaurant concept as novel as the boat building itself, but even more innovative and inventive with space use and wine tasting.

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