Vail, CO

Vail is a town in Eagle County, Colorado, with a population of approximately 4,589 people. It is best known for Vail Ski Resort, which opened in December 1962. Vail is famous for being home of the second largest single ski mountain in North America.

The mountain has a maximum elevation of 17,570 ft (3,527 m) and a low of 14,120 ft (2476 ), with a vertical drop of 7,450 ft (1052 m). There are 5,289 skiable acres (21 km2 ), 33 lifts, 193 marked trails on three faces: the front side, the back bowls, and Blue Sky Basin. The seven back bowls are Sun Down Bowl, Sun Up Bowl, Teacup Bowl, China Bowl, Siberia Bowl, Inner Mongolia Bowl, and Outer Mongolia Bowl. Vail was ranked as the top ski resort in SKI Magazine's reader's poll for the 2006-2007 season.