Vail, United States Travel Blogs

Vail, Colorado...Two Visits (World)/US&C)
Oct 23, 2007 (3 photos)

... blast. My second trip (Dec 17-21, 2006) included our two children. We had a wonderful time staying at the Vail Marriott Mountain Resort. Surprisingly, there were few people there. And even fewer people were able to arrive later for Christmas because of ...

Chapter 5
Jan 2, 2009 (10 photos)

... cannot be covered in a week, less so in one day, we officially gave up Keystone (sorry) for a second visit to Vail, Colorado.   We woke up early to guarantee prime parking - mission accomplished.  Trouble was, we were in no condition ...

Vail, Colorado
Aug 1, 2008 (1 photos)

... years old. Similiar to our Deck Safety issues along the coastal regions of our country, these inland resorts call for our Industry's attention. Along our journey in Colorado we visted the ski towns of: Frisco Vail Breckenridge Steamboat Springs

New Years
Jan 2, 2009 (8 photos)

12/31/09-1/4/09      Yes, we know New Years was over a month ago, but here are a few pictures from our trip to Vail.  Unfortunately, it wasn't as crazy this year since the Steimles weren't around, but it was relaxing.

Chapter 3
Dec 30, 2008 (15 photos)

... long until my tired and battered body had enough.   We loosened our achy muscles by walking through the festively lit Vail Village.  With hot chocolate and apple cider in tow, we hopped (more like wobbled) from shop to shop, in search ...

Vail wedding
Jul 10, 2008 (20 photos)

... 07/13/08      Although sad to leave MN, we were fired-up to party with a boatload of Norwegians in Vail, CO for Amy's cousin, Terah's wedding.  Jorgen (the authentic Norwegian groom) looked like a pro as he wed Terah while on ...

Hiking from 10,000+ feet to 11,000+ feet
Jul 24, 2009 (35 photos)

We hiked up to the top of Vail pass. Very beautiful and tiring.  The hike took over 4 hours up and back in rarefied air. There were many different types of wild flowers along the trail.  At the top of the pass, a hummingbird visited the red ...

Back to Colorado for more skiing
Dec 27, 1995

Another great trip to colorado...This is the first time I remember driving on the highway when you couldn't see the asphalt because of the snow...There is much more of that to come in my life but I didn't know it at the time.

Colorado
Jun 19, 2008

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I Love Retirement!
Jan 10, 2006 (5 photos)

Retirement is treating me well! Jason and I have skied 5 of the last 6 days (buying my pass was totally worth it), we saw our friend in a play, celebrated by brother's birthday and I have even found time to relax. However, next week is when things will ...

Bill and I skied Vail, WOW what a day at Vail
Mar 29, 2008 (4 photos)

Bill and I skied Vail all day, What a great ski resort.  Mary and Chris took the boys inter tubing at  Copper Mountain.

CO powder
Mar 5, 2008 (40 photos)

... in the ditch.  speeding warning yesterday, spin out and losing track of work phone today, guess I'm and idiot but lucky. Vail was incredible.  Now I know why people who've skiied in CO whine about east coast skiing.  forget which trail to ...

Great week skiing comes to an end.
Feb 17, 1974

Feb 16 to 23, Spent a week in Vail ski resort, a guest of my sister and her family at their condominium which they owned with our cousin Elaine Hardie and her family who were also there for the week. Great snow, skiing, partying, dining.  All too ...

Very Vail...love all that snow!
Apr 14, 1986 (6 photos)

Hot fun in the summer time! ...Oh, wait, this wasn't summer...or hot...but it sure was fun! ;-) Feel free to comment or add any memories you may have... sorry I don't have any more pics.  Still looking though.

First night in Vail
Apr 8, 2008 (2 photos)

We arrived in Vail at 12:00 am.  Checked in and walked to the nearest bar which happens to be one of the most "happening" bars... (Garfinkels)... bar was packed, everyone was drunk already.  Had a few beers and a shot of Absolute Ruby Red.  ...

A pretty little ski town called Vail
Nov 27, 2008

... yet. Theres a group of 6/7 of us so hopefully we can find something cheap-ish. We definately wont be able to find something in vail and it will probably involve a daily bus ride to work. As far as job hunting goes, by the sounds of it a job shouldnt be ...

So Fast Passes the Time
Nov 2, 2005 (5 photos)

... Resorts, Inc in Lionshead. It is going to be awesome when finished and should prove to be significant component in helping keep Vail in their #1 Ski Heaven spot. I've spent quite a bit of time fooling around in this TravelPod web-site and am becoming ...

Our long day comes to an end - we make it to Vail
Jul 27, 2009 (1 photos)

From Grand Lake we drove through the middle of nowhere Colorado to meet up with my husband's parents in Vail. This was quite an experience as we saw some amazing scenery (storms over mountains, coal trains, rainbows, mining towns, and ranches).The most ...

Un aventura de invierno en Vail, CO
Nov 29, 2008 (2 photos)

... de mi llegada a Vail...tengo un pequeno anecdota q no puedo olvidar... Kevin me fue a recoger al Transportation Center en Vail.. y me llevo a su departamento.. me fue a recoger con su amigo Richie.. inmediatamente lo pude reconocer por su largo cabello y ...

Employed? Possibly.
Dec 1, 2008

... still working at the ski shop. Oh and another advantage of my job - for the next week theres sales on... every store in vail hooks up 35% discount. Loving life. Anyways hopefully the house gets sorted. We met 8 south africans who want to share a house ...

Girls Shop, Boys Ski
Dec 19, 2006 (3 photos)

... left early to start their ski day. We girls slept in. After a leisurely breakfast, DD and I took the nifty shuttle over to Vail Village and started shopping. DH text messaged me and said the skiing was great, hardly anyone on the mountain. (Oh, sure rub it ...

Snowy Day
Dec 20, 2006 (4 photos)

... We had a delectable dinner at Pepi's in the Antler's Room. It was very quiet. (Many people had not made it to Vail because of the horrible snow storm in Denver. The Denver Airport and roads were all closed.) The Antler's Room serves special meats, so ...

Ski Day: AKA Flail in Vail
Dec 21, 2006 (2 photos)

Today we all got up and headed out to ski: the kids to ski school, and DH and I to the slopes. It didn't seem quite as cold as yesterday thankfully, but it was still cloudy with a little snow now and then. I have to admit, I was a bit nervous. It had been ...

Another great day in Vail!
Apr 10, 2008

... for breakfast.  It was snowing really hard today.  I bought a baseball cap to wear.  Tamara and I headed into Vail Village and the boys went to Garfinkles again.  Tamara and I shopped.  Bought some cool stuff at Roxy snowboard shop ...

Winter Vacation in Vail
Dec 23, 2006

With the family, we headed to Vail, Colorado for Christmas! Vail was gorgeous, despite the massive snow everywhere! We enjoyed, skiing, snowshoeing, eating out, and shopping! The family was together, and that was the best part! Can't wait to go again ...

A little bit of this, that, and ...
Aug 15, 2007

... one spot since COLLEGE.  Even that involved a summerly move somewhere! I can't say that I have fallen in love with Vail over otherspots. I definatly feel that I have overcome more since being here and am a bit more secure even in an often frustrating ...

Vail
Jun 5, 2009

... the lure, but it was great to just get out there with the weather being so nice.  We then went into the Vail Mountain Resort Village for lunch, and by change the Teva Mountain games were there.  Competitions involved playboating, rock climbing, ...

vail
Jan 4, 2006

... . as i've mentioned in earlier posts, shelly and i are not big fans of huge resorts like the canyons, killington, heavenly or vail.  we love the mountains that are a little more compact and intimate, like park city, squaw, stratton and  ...

a house, a hill, a bus
Dec 10, 2008

we have a house!!! either thursday or friday we will move in. the place is 2200 US a month - 2 bedrooms + heated garage. Its about a 20 min bus ride from work - so itll be nice to get up a bit later than the 630am mornings we've been doing recently. ...

First full day in Vail
Apr 9, 2008 (1 photos)

... ; Kirk and Todd ran and got Starbucks for everyone.  Woke up and got ready to go out... AGAIN.  Took a shuttle to Vail Village and went to the street party.  It started snowing really hard.  Got pumbled by the snow!  Went into an " ...