Lived there for 3 years. Absolutely best life style ever, did everything it took to stay there. The resort and guests can be very dry and don’t like truly hyped riders haha 😂 but the terrain is more than worth it.
Awesome! We were thinking of doing the commando run finishing on the minturn mile this past winter but ended up delaying. Definitely would need to train a little more.
@@akifahsauqiyafalahi7358 have a visit here once in winter, at gulmarg ski resort, which is biggest ski resort of Asia, Huge mountains and sking from 14000 feets altitude,
Another SUPER video.....using your vidoes to make a list of resorts to hit in 2022. Got the EPIC and IKON passes so I got a lot of snowboarding to do. Keep up the great work.
@@snowboardtraveler Telluride is top of my list (happy to hear you're posting a video), Taos, and going back to Keystone (from your video I missed so many good runs of the resort). West Coast - want to do Heavenly again and try Northstar and Alpine Meadows (again, your videos pointed out some great runs). I just purchased a board just for Glen Riding....any suggestions for the best glen run resorts? Thanks for all you both do!
Wonderful place to wanna be. Great location. I've been in Tahoe once and adored it. Snow quality different to european condition. I definately wanna join one time a colorado ski vacation. Favorite vail area. Compare to euro resorts, all US ADs dont show if have and how they located cross country slopes. In EU they listed how many alpine and nordic slopes (km, length) they have prepared. In USA not so usual to do cross country skiing? I hardly can find where to go for CC-Ski in USA. At least here on YT.
Hello We r planning to visit Colorado this December I have some questions dear… 1) is it safe to travel wd toddler in d month of December?? 2)epic pass includes all activities??in d resort or only ski experience?? 3) we wanted to explore ice castle,hot spring,ski ,tubing,snowmobile..all winter activities.. is it good to book wd epic??? 4)total we have 7 days of time? Which way is best? Airbnb or epic?? Please help me dear…🙏🙂🙂🙂
hi there, 1. check with your pediatrician because you will be at high elevation and small children might need to be monitored more for altitude sickness 2. epic pass only includes access to skiing, just like a regular lift ticket. but it does give you additional discounts if you book epic owned lodging or buy food at select epic restaurants. check epicpass.com for details 3. im not sure which of these epic offers. might depend which resort you are going to. such as, keystone has an ice castle for children to play on, on the top of the mountain, no additional charge if you have a pass to get on the lift to the top. tubing probably has a discount through the ski resort with epic. i'm thinking you will have to book hot spring and snowmobile separately as they are not usually offered by ski resorts. 4. I guess you are looking at epic which would be Breckenridge, Keystone, Vail and Beaver Creek. you could go to one or hop around to each. epic pass gives 20% discount for epic lodging so check their website pricing and compare with airbnb or non-epic hotels. they might all be similar in the end, I havent looked at pricing recently. Hope this helps.
Have a visit here once in winter in gulmarg Kashmir and Will enjoy deep powder snow and other activities as well, It's Asia,s biggest ski resort in Kashmir in India, Feel free to ask for any updates about here
Hi guys, that was a great video. I went to Vail about a month and a half ago and I’m heading iback again this coming weekend so I appreciate all the tips you guys had in the video. Keep up the great videos!! A+
Wow just what I was looking for!! Thanks so much guys for this Tour about Vail Mountain I’m going there this 2023, so much more excited about it after seeing this🏂👌🏽🙏
From a local, all buses in town are free. Just park on the side of the road and walk to a in town bus stop and it’ll take you to the vail bus stop, instead paying 50 for parking
Is it worth going to in mid April? Coming from Michigan so any snow is welcome seeing as we don’t get much good snow here anyway. The season is over here and I just want to extend the season a bit.
Great video, I'm also from gulmarg kashmir and belongs to our ski resort, which is biggest ski resort in Asia , Backcountry sking and snowboarding as well, powder everywhere, laps from 1400 fts altitude,
How often does vail get lots of snow? At whistler I was there a few days and it would snow like a foot every couple days. Is it consistent at vail too at the end of jan beginning of feb?
It really depends on the snow that year. This past season was pretty bad in Colorado so the entire terrain at Vail didn’t open until late Jan, but other years can be all open and great by mid Dec. The average snowfall for whistler is 450 inches and Vail is 350 inches so overall more up in BC. Both resorts seem relatively crowded so probably get skied off pretty quickly when it does snow.
Are you flying direct to Vail or to Denver and driving? Cheapest would be renting in Denver on the way but there are several shops in Vail that are convenient but slightly more expensive. Christy Sports has several locations and full packages around $55 or vailskibase in vail lionshead village claims to have the best prices.
@@pedrochinait3898 i am also going to Vail on Jan. 20th. We have been coming for close to 7 years and there is a really nice ski shop we rent from. Its name is Vaio Ski Base, it is very cheap too
@@snowboardtraveler flying to Denver and then taking a bus to Vail, but I think I’d have to pay extra to bring the snowboard along in the bus and it’d be a hassle to be carrying a snowboard around everywhere. Ended up renting at this spot called Ski Base in Vail, came out to about $50 a day including the helmet and equipment insurance! Thanks for the advice though, I’m excited!!! T-7 days!!
Hey, Just Heads up for everyone, epic pass doesn’t honor there refunds policy. They have hundreds of reviews on Yelp and a 1 star rating, and a ton of stories like mine. I Just found out the hard way, I broke my foot a week before my trip.. I sent they everything they kept requested including multiple doctors notes, x rays, and discharge diagnosis paperwork stating that I had broken bone in the foot. After struggling for weeks to get anywhere I started to look online and found this is a very common problem.
what type of terrain do you like to ride and what time of year? I'd probably lean toward Vail but if you want more double black terrain it would be park city. Vail terrain seems more accessible (minimal hike-to), easy to navigate, and back bowls are really unique experience. Park City is a combination of resorts so really spread out. Both places are probably about the same level of crowded, similar elevation, similar snowfall. Transportation is about the same, fly to Salt Lake and drive 40 minutes or fly to Vail and drive 40 minutes. For night life, Park City is an actual town and Vail is more a base village but both have great restaurants.
When you refer to terrain that doesn't last long after a fresh snow fall its called "tracked out". "The Back Bowls get tracked out quickly on powder days"
Same as 'tracked out': slang term for a slope of once fresh snow that has been ridden over repeatedly down to the solid, sometimes icy snow pack beneath.
@@snowboardtraveler Steamboat is actually pretty legit right now, they are getting at least consistent snow. but not the huge storms all resorts right now.
As a european I still can’t believe people are paying $230 a day for a mediocre skiresort. Here in the austian alps the top ski resorts are Kitzbühel and st. Anton an you pay +- €300 for the whole week. All most every lift has got heated Seats and snow covers en de pistes are maintaint every night. I feel sorry for you Guys in america. 😂
We did a Tahoe tour in Feb of Northstar, Squaw/alpine, Heavenly and Kirkwood. Squaw and Kirkwood were favorites and Northstar was decent. Not so much for heavenly.
Can’t tell you how much I appreciate the sharp & concise video... so over watching 20 minute vlogs to get less than the info that was in your video 🙏🏼
That’s what we were going for so glad it worked!
#Wasntinvited.
Excellent videos!! I have used them to plan for multiple trips! Much thanks! 🎉
Thanks!! Love to hear it! Where have you been?
Thanks for this review, maybe someday I’ll make it to Vail.
It's worth visiting at least once, and of course, more snow the better.
Thank you! I'll be going to Vail in February with a group of buddies and this is the exact info i was looking for! 👍😊
That’s a great time to go. Have an awesome trip!
Going in January, thank you for this!
Lived there for 3 years. Absolutely best life style ever, did everything it took to stay there. The resort and guests can be very dry and don’t like truly hyped riders haha 😂 but the terrain is more than worth it.
Sounds like an awesome time. Powder days there can be really fun. Did you explore any of the out-of-bounds terrain?
@@snowboardtraveler yes did the minturn mile a few times was so fun! Getting into touring this year!
Awesome! We were thinking of doing the commando run finishing on the minturn mile this past winter but ended up delaying. Definitely would need to train a little more.
Wow. 3 years. We didn't stay even a day. Just morning.
@@akifahsauqiyafalahi7358 have a visit here once in winter, at gulmarg ski resort, which is biggest ski resort of Asia,
Huge mountains and sking from 14000 feets altitude,
Yeah definitely good luck trying your way back in village happen to us once on winter park 😂 was lost af😂
what a guide video!
Glad it was helpful!
cool place!
well done, y'all. fun and informative. keep it up!
Thanks! Looks like you're shredding sweet gnar up there in Banff.
Another SUPER video.....using your vidoes to make a list of resorts to hit in 2022. Got the EPIC and IKON passes so I got a lot of snowboarding to do. Keep up the great work.
Yeah you have a lot of options. Which places are top of the list? We enjoyed Big Sky and Telluride the most this year (videos in progress)
@@snowboardtraveler Telluride is top of my list (happy to hear you're posting a video), Taos, and going back to Keystone (from your video I missed so many good runs of the resort). West Coast - want to do Heavenly again and try Northstar and Alpine Meadows (again, your videos pointed out some great runs). I just purchased a board just for Glen Riding....any suggestions for the best glen run resorts? Thanks for all you both do!
I’m glad i live here
Nice! Hopefully some new snow fell over there.
This looks awesome! I have the epic season pass and mainly go to North Star but I REALLY want to go hear great vid
Vail will feel much larger than Northstar and definitely worth visiting
Great ski resort, I will add to my bucket list
Worth the trip at least once.
I cant believe how lucky I am to live there.
Hope you get out on the slopes a lot this season!
Wonderful place to wanna be. Great location. I've been in Tahoe once and adored it. Snow quality different to european condition. I definately wanna join one time a colorado ski vacation. Favorite vail area. Compare to euro resorts, all US ADs dont show if have and how they located cross country slopes. In EU they listed how many alpine and nordic slopes (km, length) they have prepared. In USA not so usual to do cross country skiing? I hardly can find where to go for CC-Ski in USA. At least here on YT.
There are some Nordic trails along the Vail golf course. I found one map with a google search but it’s not the main attraction there.
I really want to go to vail but this year I am going to ski at sun valley, sorry I don't like snowboarding
Sun Valley might get more snow this year anyway. I've never skied before but snowboarding is cooler
Are the hostels or bunk houses to stay while skiing Vail? I have the Epic Pass and will be skiing several resorts so hoping to keep costs down.
Please go to park city Utah next pleeeeeeeeaaaaassssseee
Haha, noted! Not sure we will make it to Utah this year, more Colorado ones for sure.
Hello
We r planning to visit Colorado this December
I have some questions dear…
1) is it safe to travel wd toddler in d month of December??
2)epic pass includes all activities??in d resort or only ski experience??
3) we wanted to explore ice castle,hot spring,ski ,tubing,snowmobile..all winter activities..
is it good to book wd epic???
4)total we have 7 days of time? Which way is best?
Airbnb or epic??
Please help me dear…🙏🙂🙂🙂
hi there,
1. check with your pediatrician because you will be at high elevation and small children might need to be monitored more for altitude sickness
2. epic pass only includes access to skiing, just like a regular lift ticket. but it does give you additional discounts if you book epic owned lodging or buy food at select epic restaurants. check epicpass.com for details
3. im not sure which of these epic offers. might depend which resort you are going to. such as, keystone has an ice castle for children to play on, on the top of the mountain, no additional charge if you have a pass to get on the lift to the top. tubing probably has a discount through the ski resort with epic. i'm thinking you will have to book hot spring and snowmobile separately as they are not usually offered by ski resorts.
4. I guess you are looking at epic which would be Breckenridge, Keystone, Vail and Beaver Creek. you could go to one or hop around to each. epic pass gives 20% discount for epic lodging so check their website pricing and compare with airbnb or non-epic hotels. they might all be similar in the end, I havent looked at pricing recently.
Hope this helps.
Have a visit here once in winter in gulmarg Kashmir and Will enjoy deep powder snow and other activities as well,
It's Asia,s biggest ski resort in Kashmir in India,
Feel free to ask for any updates about here
Are the smiling emojis you added onto the trail map specific spots to check out?
Yeah, we like those areas.
@@snowboardtraveler noted 😉
Also, thanks for this video it’s super informative and helpful for planning where to ride
Hi guys, that was a great video. I went to Vail about a month and a half ago and I’m heading iback again this coming weekend so I appreciate all the tips you guys had in the video. Keep up the great videos!! A+
should be a good weekend for it! ❄️
Great snow this weekend!!!
Wow just what I was looking for!! Thanks so much guys for this Tour about Vail Mountain
I’m going there this 2023, so much more excited about it after seeing this🏂👌🏽🙏
Have a great trip! Hopefully we get a ton of snow this year.
From a local, all buses in town are free. Just park on the side of the road and walk to a in town bus stop and it’ll take you to the vail bus stop, instead paying 50 for parking
How far do you usually walk? We’ve heard about the free lots but never tried them thinking they were too far away.
Is it worth going to in mid April? Coming from Michigan so any snow is welcome seeing as we don’t get much good snow here anyway. The season is over here and I just want to extend the season a bit.
Yes, I like late season the best. All the terrain is open and nice and sunny. Usually some storms come through as well.
Great video,
I'm also from gulmarg kashmir and belongs to our ski resort, which is biggest ski resort in Asia ,
Backcountry sking and snowboarding as well, powder everywhere, laps from 1400 fts altitude,
Hopefully we can visit sometime soon!
@@snowboardtraveler you are always welcome,
You can contact at
manzoordeadar@gmail.com
What does ski’d off mean
It means tracked out or no more fresh snow, rough and possibly icy spots.
@@snowboardtraveler thanks
someday i wanna go these slopes.
Worth the trip! We always have fun at Vail.
@@snowboardtraveler I must go the vail after the world go back to normal...I hope it will be come soon.
How often does vail get lots of snow? At whistler I was there a few days and it would snow like a foot every couple days. Is it consistent at vail too at the end of jan beginning of feb?
It really depends on the snow that year. This past season was pretty bad in Colorado so the entire terrain at Vail didn’t open until late Jan, but other years can be all open and great by mid Dec. The average snowfall for whistler is 450 inches and Vail is 350 inches so overall more up in BC. Both resorts seem relatively crowded so probably get skied off pretty quickly when it does snow.
Going to Vail on the 20th of January. Do you guys have any recommendations for cheap equipment rental places?
Also, awesome video!
Are you flying direct to Vail or to Denver and driving? Cheapest would be renting in Denver on the way but there are several shops in Vail that are convenient but slightly more expensive. Christy Sports has several locations and full packages around $55 or vailskibase in vail lionshead village claims to have the best prices.
@@pedrochinait3898 i am also going to Vail on Jan. 20th. We have been coming for close to 7 years and there is a really nice ski shop we rent from. Its name is Vaio Ski Base, it is very cheap too
@@snowboardtraveler flying to Denver and then taking a bus to Vail, but I think I’d have to pay extra to bring the snowboard along in the bus and it’d be a hassle to be carrying a snowboard around everywhere. Ended up renting at this spot called Ski Base in Vail, came out to about $50 a day including the helmet and equipment insurance! Thanks for the advice though, I’m excited!!! T-7 days!!
@@mougsy6894 Ended up renting at Ski Base, came out to cheaper than other places! Thanks for the suggestion!!
Hey, Just Heads up for everyone, epic pass doesn’t honor there refunds policy. They have hundreds of reviews on Yelp and a 1 star rating, and a ton of stories like mine. I Just found out the hard way, I broke my foot a week before my trip.. I sent they everything they kept requested including multiple doctors notes, x rays, and discharge diagnosis paperwork stating that I had broken bone in the foot. After struggling for weeks to get anywhere I started to look online and found this is a very common problem.
I’m going on a ski trip next winter. I’m between vail and park city. Which one would you recommend?
what type of terrain do you like to ride and what time of year? I'd probably lean toward Vail but if you want more double black terrain it would be park city. Vail terrain seems more accessible (minimal hike-to), easy to navigate, and back bowls are really unique experience. Park City is a combination of resorts so really spread out. Both places are probably about the same level of crowded, similar elevation, similar snowfall. Transportation is about the same, fly to Salt Lake and drive 40 minutes or fly to Vail and drive 40 minutes. For night life, Park City is an actual town and Vail is more a base village but both have great restaurants.
@@snowboardtraveler thank you I think park city just because it is a town and has more to do when not skiing.
You guys should hit Montana or Wyoming Next! Definitely recommend them both!
Yeah we rode at Jackson hole and Big Sky this year. They make Vail look like a green run.
Any videos coming on those resorts soon?
We are working on editing the videos. Went to about 15 resorts this year and plan is to start posting them around September.
Are the back bowls open yet this year?
Not yet, it's been a low snow year so far. They usually open by mid Dec so maybe by next weekend if the snow continues this week.
Was there last week. Some of the bowls were open (Sun Up and part of Sun Down) but Blue Sky Basin, China Bowl and Siberia Bowl weren't open yet :(
Is this where they filmed Hateful Eight?
I think that movie was filmed near Telluride, CO
Dolan could take up snow boarding and five up computer games
Heck yeah, shred the gnar
When you refer to terrain that doesn't last long after a fresh snow fall its called "tracked out". "The Back Bowls get tracked out quickly on powder days"
We like to focus on finding those hidden powder stashes ❄️❄️❄️
Great video! What do you mean by a trail getting skied off?
Same as 'tracked out': slang term for a slope of once fresh snow that has been ridden over repeatedly down to the solid, sometimes icy snow pack beneath.
is this footage from this winter?
This was filmed early March 2020. Still need more snow this year to open all the terrain.
Do you wear snowboard bib or pants?
Pants with a jacket that has a snow skirt. Bibs intrigue us though, we want to try some out.
Champagne snow is trade marked by Steamboat, can't say that !
Haha, it’s champagne glade at Vail. Must only be a US trade mark as Kicking Horse in BC claims champagne powder capital of Canada.
@@snowboardtraveler hahaha. It’s hard to believe they could even get that trademark. Great video!
I’m sure they will try haha. All the CO resorts need more snow! It’s sugary chalk snow out there right now, like riding down a chalkboard.
@@snowboardtraveler Steamboat is actually pretty legit right now, they are getting at least consistent snow. but not the huge storms all resorts right now.
both are seriously side slipping. need to learn to carve.
As a european I still can’t believe people are paying $230 a day for a mediocre skiresort. Here in the austian alps the top ski resorts are Kitzbühel and st. Anton an you pay +- €300 for the whole week. All most every lift has got heated Seats and snow covers en de pistes are maintaint every night. I feel sorry for you Guys in america. 😂
Very true. Are there ever lift lines? We want to visit over there soon.
What makes you think avail is a mediocre ski resort??
over priced, over hyped, ski resort. if you want value visit ski cooper near leadville.
always wondered about Cooper. we might actually make it there this year.
50$ for parking. Fuuuuu youuuuu
We do not recommend paying $50 for parking, agreed yikes.
cringe
Can still be a fun mountain. Went to a few more challenging resorts this year.
Here’s an even shorter review for skiing Vail.
Don’t Fucking Do It.
😂 where do you like to go instead?
Haha that was a joke for the most part.
I’ve spent most of my time in the Sierras like Mammoth, June, and now I live in Tahoe.
We’re all about a good sense of humor here too! Tahoe is an awesome home base!
@@snowboardtraveler there’s 3 Vail Resorts here in Tahoe. Ever been to either of them?
We did a Tahoe tour in Feb of Northstar, Squaw/alpine, Heavenly and Kirkwood. Squaw and Kirkwood were favorites and Northstar was decent. Not so much for heavenly.