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Vail Mountain

Voted #1 Ski Resort 2006/07

by Ski Magazine

2007 Dates and Hours of Operation

Opening Day - November 17, 2006

Closing Day - April 22, 2007

Hours of Operations: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (MST)

Mountain Facts & Stats

Base Elevation: 8,120 ft./2,475 m
Summit Elevation: 11,570 ft./3,527 m
Vertical Rise: 3,450 ft./1,052 m
Total Skiable Area: 5,289 acres/2,141 hec

Front Side: 1,627 acres/658 hec

Back Bowls: 3,017 acres/1,221 hec

Blue Sky Basin: 645 acres/261 hec
Conventional Trails: 193
Bowls: 3,379 acres/1,368 hec
Longest Run: Riva - 4 miles/6.4 km

Number of Lifts: 33
- Gondola: 1
- High-speed Quads: 14
- Fixed-grip Quads: 7
- Triple chair: 3
- Double chair 5
- Surface lifts: 5

- Magic Carpets: 5
Total Uphill Capacity Per Hour: 53,381

Terrain Parks:

4 total (Fly Zone, Flight School, Aviator, and Sky Way)

Pipes: 1 Superpipe, length 450 feet, walls 18 feet/ 2 half pipes with 13-foot walls

Tabletops: At least 14 throughout all parks

Rails/ Boxes: More than 30 plus 12 unique hand-carved rails.

Snowmaking: 390 acres/158 hec
Average Annual Snowfall: 348 inches/881 cm

Monthly Snowfall Averages (measured at the top of the mountain and based upon historical totals)

November: 58 inches

December: 59 inches

January: 64 inches

February: 57 inches

March: 63 inches

April: 40 inches

Trail Classification Total (Total Mountain Acreage):

Front Side, Back Bowls, Blue Sky Basin
Expert/Advanced: 53%
Intermediate: 29%
Beginner: 18%

Front Side:

1,678 acres, Expert 40%, Intermediate 32%, Beginner 28%

Back Bowls:

2,966 acres, Expert 87%, Intermediate 47%, Beginner 0%

Blue Sky Basin:

645 acres, Expert 53%, Intermediate 47%, Beginner 0%

Climate

(Temperatures in Fahrenheit)

Daytime low temperatures in the teens with averages in the 20's and 30's, below 30 degrees at night.  In summer, average temperatures are 75 degrees daytime, 45 degrees nighttime Vail sees more than 300 days of sunshine per year.