Vail Mountain, the largest ski resort in the United States, received nine inches of fresh snow overnight providing skiers and snowboarders some of the first powder turns of the season. With the arrival of new snow guests can look for more terrain to open soon.
The snow arrived just in time as the resort prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 as well as the entire week leading up to it with Snow Daze taking place Dec. 10-16, 2012, including concerts from The Shins on Thursday, Michael Franti and Spearhead on Friday and headliner act Wilco on Saturday. To purchase tickets visit www.vail.com.
In addition to Snow Daze, guests can reserve tickets for the world premiere of Roger Cotton Brown’s film, “Vail, the Rise of America’s Iconic Ski Resort,” on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 and join in a live, public celebration of Vail’s 50th anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. in Mountain Plaza. For more information on 50th anniversary events, visit www.vail.com/50th.
For more information about Vail Mountain visit www.vail.com, or stop by the Mountain Information Center, open daily from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. beginning Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, or call (970) SKI-VAIL (754-8245).