Vail Valley Travel Guide
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If Aspen is Colorado's Hollywood East, then her rival Vail is Wall Street West. So popular is this ski resort with the monied East Coast crowd that locals sometimes refer to particularly crowded weeks as "212" weeks, in reference to the area code of their visitors. The attraction for vacationers from all over is the thin, aspen-cloaked Vail Valley, a narrow corridor slit by Interstate 70 and bounded by the rugged Gore Range to the north and east and the tabled Sawatch escarpments to the south. Through it all runs the sparkling Eagle River.
Vail Valley Hotels
Vail and Beaver Creek are purpose-built resorts, so you won't find any quaint historic Victorians converted into bed-and-breakfasts here as you will in...read more
Vail Valley Restaurants
Unlike the nearby Summit County ski resorts, which pride themselves on standard "mining fare" like surf and turf, Vail has a distinctly European dining...read more
Fodor's Choice
Things To Do in Vail Valley
Explore the best sights, entertainment, and shopping with our top choices and insider tips.
Travel Deals in Vail Valley
- Colorado 4-Star Ski Resort, 50% Off BookIt.com
- Last Minute: Beaver Creek Ski Resort (Reg. $399) Beaver Creek Lodge
- Car Rentals across Colorado CarRentals.com
- 3-Star Denver Tech Center Hotel — $39 Hotwire.com
Vail Valley Experiences
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Rental equipment is available at all ski areas and at ski shops around resorts or in nearby towns. It's often more expensive to rent at the resort... Read more
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In the United States the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) has devised a progressive teaching system that is used at most ski schools... Read more
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With some lift ticket prices increasing every year, the best advice is to shop around. Single-day, adult, holiday-weekend passes cost the most... Read more
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Ski areas mark and rate trails and slopes—Easy (green circle), Intermediate (blue square), Advanced (black diamond), and Expert (double... Read more
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The Slopes: Vail is as real and challenging a ski mountain as you'll find anywhere in the western United States, with the steeps and back bowls... Read more
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Although downhill skiing has long been the classic winter activity, snowboarding—once the bastion of teenage "riders" in baggy pants—is... Read more
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Cruises
The world's premier river cruise company, Viking River Cruises, is poised to invoke its inner Viking as Read more
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Travel Tip of the Day
Discounts on golf are often available for resort guests and for those who book tee times on the web, as Read more
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Arriving:· Forums Trip Reports
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This was my 6th annual trip to Steamboat. Read more
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Granby, well it was a typical hunting or fishing town and never ventured cept to travel thru it to the Rocky Mtn national park and other places .. but we did stay at Inn at Silver Creek as a hub to visi Read more
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We will be in Denver from 5/20 until 5/24, staying downtown at the Residence Inn on Champa St. Read more
