Vail Mountain is open for the Season! After what seemed like an interminable off-season to us locals we all awoke this morning to the realization that the 2011-2012 ski season on Vail Mountain is off and running! For the last several weeks VR (Vail Resorts) has been gleefully touting the great snow making weather (real cold and gray) and waiting breathlessly for several promised blizzards that have come and gone without much flakery.
Still, Vail mountain is enjoying one of it's better opening days today with a greatter portion of the mountain open than normal for a week before Thanksdgiving. It's a local joke around here that the first few weeks of the season usually find us skiing on lower Born Free to the tune of edges scraping on blue ice. It's no wonder this patch of sliding is nicknamed "The Ribbon of Death". This year, however, there are a number of intermediate slopes open to handle the eager ant the early - some even originating from the top of the mountain. Hopefully this weekend will see some more white stuff. Sometimes I feel like a farmer waiting for the monsoons this time of year.
You can get more detail on opening day on Vail Mountain as well as information on what's new this year (and there is always a lot new on Vail Mountiain!) at:
Come on up to the Vail Valley! This is one of the greatest places on earth!
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