Vail Resorts Invests $80 Million in Resort Improvements
Vail Resorts Invests $80 Million in Resort Improvements
Vail Resorts is investing around $80 million dollars across Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly Resorts for the 2010-11 ski and snowboard season. Additionally, RockResorts is celebrating several new property openings.
Vail Mountain’s High Noon Express Lift (Chair 5) is currently being replaced with a new high-speed quad lift that will continue to serve the legendary Sun Up and Sun Down Bowls, cutting ride time nearly in half from 11 minutes to six with an uphill capacity of 2,400 people per hour. A new 14,750-square-foot restaurant is underway at Heavenly Mountain Resort, conveniently located at the top of the Heavenly Gondola.
Vail Resorts will be opening two new real estate properties this summer and fall, including One Ski Hill Place, A RockResort property, featuring studio to four-bedroom wholly-owned units situated at the base of Peak 8 in Breckenridge, and the Ritz-Carlton Residences, Vail, a limited collection of whole and club residences located within walking distance to shopping, restaurants, Gore Creek and the Eagle Bahn Gondola in Lionshead.
Vail and Beaver Creek have been selected to host the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships. This will be the third FIS World Championships for the resorts, which previously hosted the 1989 and 1999 Championships.
To make sure as many skiers as possible can enjoy these offering, Vail continues to offer its “Best for Less” deals. With the Ski Free Stay Free, you pay for three nights lodging and two days of skiing and receive one extra night and day of skiing free, a savings of almost 30 percent.
Vail Resorts is giving travelers a free night of lodging on the season’s most popular holidays -- Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, President’s Day and Easter Sunday -- in the company’s managed ski resort condos and townhomes or the nine elegant RockResort properties in Vail, Aspen, Keystone, Beaver Creek, Santa Fe, St. Lucia and Jackson Hole. Book by Oct. 31, 2010. The package is restricted and the guest must stay five consecutive nights to receive the holiday night free.
The Epic Pass is back for its third winter season, providing unlimited, unrestricted access to Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Heavenly and Arapahoe Basin for just $619. Or, try the new Epic 7-Pack for seven days at all the same world-class resorts for $469. When you purchase your lift tickets to Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone or Heavenly in advance through one of the Vail Resorts Official Ticket Outlets or by calling a Vail Resorts reservation center, you are guaranteed the best price on lift tickets.
Vail is offering what it calls Ultimate Four, a premium group lesson program for children ages 3 to 12 years with only four children per instructor. Lunch for Less, an on-mountain meal, is offered at all five mountain resorts for $9.95 including an entrée, side and drink every day.
