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Vail Ski Resort, Vail, CO

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Vail Ski Resort

Vail Ski Resort is an outdoor activity in Vail, CO, part of the Denver & the Front Range guide. Cost: $50 or more.

Gondola One, Vail Village, off I-70 · Vail, CO

Why you should go…

Vail is the largest ski resort in Colorado, with 5,317 skiable acres, 278 trails and 32 lifts rising from an 8,120-foot base to an 11,570-foot summit. Beyond the front side you drop into nearly 3,000 acres of bowl skiing in the Back Bowls. The longest run, Riva Ridge, goes on for 4 miles. The resort opened in December 1962 and sits about 100 miles west of Denver on Interstate 70.

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