Opening days across Colorado have been nothing short of extraordinary. When Vail opens on Friday, it promises to be just as incredible.
With nearly a foot of new snow over the weekend at mid-mountain and snowmaking conditions prime for lower elevations, Vail Mountain operations crews plan to open more lifts and terrain than initially anticipated with approximately 1,150 acres of skiable terrain on opening day, Friday, Nov. 19.
"The recent storms have been a huge help to our snowmaking and grooming crews who have been hard at work to provide our guests with the best opening day and early-season terrain offering we've seen in the last few years," said Chris Jarnot, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Vail Mountain. "We're looking forward to getting the 2010-2011 season started and will provide additional updates over the next few days."
Beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 19, guests to Vail will be able to access the mountain from both the Vail Village and Lionshead base areas through the Vista Bahn Express Lift (#16), the Born Free Express Lift (#8) and the Eagle Bahn Gondola (#19). Skiers and riders will also have access to the following lifts and portions of terrain in these areas:
"This opening scenario is probably better than we even dare to hope for and it doesn't happen very often," said Chris Jarnot, chief operating officer of Vail Mountain. "We've been blessed with some of the best early-season snow we've ever had, and our crews have worked incredibly hard to prepare as much terrain and as many lifts as possible. I know everyone in town and certainly everyone at Vail Resorts is excited to kick off Vail's winter season on Friday."
Additional lifts and terrain will open as conditions permit. For more information on Vail Mountain, contact the Mountain Activities & Information Center at (970) SKI-VAIL (754-8425)