Vail

Pros: Tons of trails and terrain---especially for the more experienced skiiers.
Cons: Limited beginner terrain. High prices. Charges for parking.

If "bigger is better", then Vail must be just about the best ski resort you can experience in the United States. The place is huge: it spans almost 7 miles, end to end, as Interstate 70 runs through the Vail Valley, and the ski resort's ...

Pros: They've become more reasonable for their customers
Cons: parking is expensive, window purchases of lift tickets are still gouging

I’ve never cared much for shallow, materialistic people. These are people who think that the world revolves around them. These are people who think it is better to look good than to feel good. These are people who have their heads stuck so far in the...

Pros: Large terrain with more than adequate variety of runs. Pleasant town
Cons: Not too many challenges for expert skiers. Very expensive

About myself I was a former ski instructor, 40-50 days of skiing a year; now I am happy with just 1 week -10 days a year but I hope you would still allow me to be your e-guide to Vail. What is special about Vail? Size is truly what ...

Pros: Terrain, Dining, Snow, Nightlife
Cons: Can be a little pricey

As a child growing up in Colorado, each summer my family would drive west to California to see my grandparents. Oftentimes my parents would elect to take the scenic route of Interstate 70 through the mountains instead of the drab landscape of Interstate...

Pros: varied terrain, fun for kids, good for non-skiers, challenging mountain
Cons: expensive, fair food

Here's the straight skinny on Vail: It's huge, it's varied, and it's a terrific choice for an all-around holiday. My heart belongs to Mammoth, but Vail, I think, has a more global appeal, and caters to all levels in a way that most ski resorts do...

Pros: more terrian for skiers and boarders
Cons: cost $$

Finding unbroken powder at 2:30pm on a high season weekend is not supposed to happen. Welcome to Vail's Blue Sky Basin, 520 acres of new terrain that allows skiers the chance to get those "first tracks" even as the sun is on the wane.
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Pros: Fantastic snow, tons of terrain
Cons: expensive, not as varied as WinterPark

I just returned (Dec 2000) from Vail and had a wonderful time...here's my advice:

1) Hit the internet for cheap lodging deals. I found a week at a condominium for 7 nights for $400 people (slept 4 people). Incredible steal. Best places to...

Pros: great mountain, great night life
Cons: expensive! lots of hype and rich posers

The saying around Vail is that the winter brings you there, but it's the summer that keeps you there. I spent a ski season living, working and partying in Vail, and for better or for worse, I resisted staying for the summer. If I did, I have a feeling...

Pros: Great Slopes
Cons: Costs a little bit

Vail has a lot of slopes with different levels of difficulty. There are many lifts to get you up the mountain quickly and efficiently. That way you are skiing, and not standing in line. A lift ticket at the slopes cost about $55 in season. At...

Pros: Beauty, continuous events all year, easy accessibility, gracious and helpful tourist workers, extremely scenic
Cons: Fairly expensive during winter events, crowded during ski season

I must agree with one thought presented by Mr. Fietz. Vail, CO has the beautiful, rich and well to do people in full bloom. That's where I stop agreeing with Dave.
We, my wife , son and I have been to Vail on many occasions, only during the...

Pros: Great downhill mountain biking
Cons: A bit expensive, trails not well marked

Although I've never had the opportunity to go skiing at Vail, I did get the chance to spend a day mountain biking down the slopes. I can't compare the quality of the terrain with other mountain biking areas because this was the first time I'd ever done...

Pros: other things to do besides ski, back bowls, snowboard park
Cons: flights often get cancelled due to the snow

Vail is the largest ski mountain in the United States and in my opinion, the most beautiful as well. Vail offers 174 trails and 29 chairlifts, including 10 high-speed quad lifts and Eagle Bahn, the 12 passenger gondala. Vail also offers skiers and...

Pros: Everything is perfect
Cons: Quality costs and you pay for it in Vail

I have been going to Vail for 22 years and every time I wander to another resort and come back, I wonder why I ever left. It is not just the size of the mountain, the awesome beauty of the Gore range, the powdery snow and the fun of racing to the back...

Pros: the never ending bowls
Cons: prices and some of the snooty clientel

Yeah, Vail is full of those snooty, fur boot wearing tourists that would rather look good than ski good, but you have to look past this.(Don't worry, most of them don't ski anyway, so you won't deal with them on the mountain.) If you do, you will...

Pros: offers a lot more than skiing
Cons: Bring your credit card

If you are looking for a good ski resort with everything, Vail is it. But you have to be willing to pay a price for a good trip to this mammoth resort. Lift tickets are now around $58 for a one day adult ticket. Hamburgers are around $7-8 at the...