The Vail Daily

On busy days at Vail when parking lots and garages fill up, skiers may park along the frontage roads but only in designated areas where signs specifically say parking is allowed. There are bus stops for free shuttles to the base areas. (John LaConte, Vail Daily)

Fresh snow, Mountain Games collide to create Vail鈥檚 busiest day of 2022

February 28, 2022 at 9:54 a.m.

Vail reported fresh snow on five straight mornings from Tuesday through Saturday, Feb. 22-26, and cars filled the parking structures and spilled onto the Frontage Road more often than not.

A skier at Eagle Point in Utah. Eagle Point is one of several Utah ski areas on the Indy Pass; the Indy Pass just signed its first Colorado resort.

Indy Pass co-op signs its first Colorado ski area

February 12, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

Doug Fish is joining together independently owned ski areas in a cooperative agreement that sidesteps the need for a $1,000 ski pass and a large ski resort corporation. Fish --...

The tubing hill on Vail Mountain will be closed for the 2021-22 season.

Vail Mountain closes tubing hill for season to focus on “core mountain experience”

February 10, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

A decade ago, there were lift-served tubing hills in Beaver Creek, Minturn and Vail. The Meadow Mountain tubing hill in Minturn was the first to go, closing following the 2012...

Tickets for the 28th Annual Vail Jazz Festival go on sale this Tuesday.

Vail Jazz Festival announces 2022 lineup

February 6, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

Vail Jazz has just announced the headlining acts of the 28th Annual Vail Jazz Festival, which will take place this summer from June 30 through Labor Day weekend. Tickets go...

Oliver Padgett, front, and Rob Messic prepare the Upper Beaver Creek Express lift on Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, in Bachelor Gulch in Beaver Creek.

Vail Resorts offers $13M to settle class action wage and labor lawsuits

August 29, 2025 at 1:01 p.m.

The California lawsuits are similar in many ways to a putative -- or proposed -- class action lawsuit filed in Colorado District Court back in Dec. of 2020. Both allege...

A view from Pete鈥檚 Express lift this week in Blue Sky Basin at Vail.

Vail opens Pete鈥檚 Express in Blue Sky Basin

January 18, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

Friday鈥檚 opening of Pete鈥檚 Express (No. 39) means Blue Sky Basin is now fully accessible via chairlifts at Vail.

A massive crowd forms at the bottom of Blue Sky Basin in Vail on its first day of opening for the 2021-22 season on Jan. 9. (John LaConte, Vail Daily)

As Vail Resorts petition hits 40,000 signatures, author asks Epic Pass holders to cancel “auto-renew”

January 17, 2022 at 10:25 a.m.

As the change.org petition to 鈥淗old Vail Resorts accountable鈥� for alleged ski area mismanagement this season reached 40,000 signatures Sunday, an update from page manager Jeremy Rubingh was posted with...

Vail Resorts reports skier visits are down for start of the season

January 15, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

Vail Resorts reported Friday that its skier visits at its North American resorts from the beginning of the season through Jan. 2 are down 1.7% from the prior year, and...

Snow-covered slopes of McCoy Park in Beaver Creek, CO

Beaver Creek to open brand new McCoy Park terrain Monday

January 9, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

Beaver Creek Resort will unveil the brand new 250-acre McCoy Park expansion at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 10. Featuring 17 new trails serviced by two quad lifts, McCoy Park offers...

The bar inside Minturn Saloon. (Provided by Minturn Saloon)

Minturn Saloon sold to Vail-area locals

December 22, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

The Minturn Saloon officially has new owners, according to a press release sent Friday afternoon.

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