About Vail Mountain

Vail Mountain is the #1 ski resort in North America, and for good reason!

Vail caters to every type and ability of skier/rider. With 5,289 skiable acres, Vail boasts three distinct skiing acres: the Front-Side, the legendary Back Bowls, and Blue Sky Basin. Each section of the mountain has its own features and fortes including terrain parks, wide-open bowls, family skiing areas, beginner and learning terrain, and advanced/expert skiing areas.

We've put together a variety of tips, tools and links to help you understand and navigate this amazing mountain as best as possible. If there is something we left out, feel free to email us with any questions!

CHECK OUT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS:

What's Open Today
Snow & Weather Report
Grooming Map
Mountain Cams (check out the cams in the summer too)

TRAIL MAPS

For help navigating the moutain, make sure to check out the downloadable trail map before you hit the hill and check out the mountain maps page for more helpful maps.

MEDIA GALLERY

Vail Resorts provides a comprehenive and exciting array of media galleries to get you pumped for the winter season.

MOUNTAIN INFORMATION CENTER

Let the friendly and knowledge staff at the Mountain Information Center help you experience Vail at its best. They can help you with anything from lessons at the Snowsports School to on-mountain dining to great family fun. Regarless of the inquiry, these amazing people will help point you in the right direction.

EXPLORE MOUNTAIN DINING

Vail is known for its skiing, but also for its amazing high-altitude dining. Vail serves natural, hormone-free meats and poultry as well as organic dairy products in all seven of the casual on-mountain restaurants. Vail has made some recent improvements to its burger as well as to the dining menu, adding tasty and affordable options for everyone.

MOUNTAIN SAFETY

With such an abundance of skiing and riding terrain, Vail strives to provide one of the safest skiing and riding resorts in the world. Vail has consistently been recognized as a leader in safety on the slopes. Through education and enforcement, Vail makes the safety of its guests and its employees a top priority daily.

Vail uses Henry, the Vail Ski Patrol Avalanche Dog, and Pork Chop, the Vail Mountain Safety Pig, to help educate skiers and riders about safety on the mountain.

ENVIRONMENT

Vail continues to set the bar for environmental stewadship in the skiing and travel industries with their ongoing efforts to offset and reduce energy usage. Vail received the second annual Gold Leader award from the State of Colorado's Environmental Leadership Program in 2008 and continues to create, test, and implement new environmental programs.