Activities Directory

The playground Vail families call the Onion is Sunbird Park, a free Town of Vail park at 555 East Lionshead Circle, near the Arrabelle at Vail Square. Its three giant bird's-nest

A bronze Albert Einstein sits on a park bench in front of the Sitzmark at 183 Gore Creek Drive, in the middle of Vail Village, with room left beside him for you. The sculpture,

Artful Sol is a contemporary abstract gallery at 183 Gore Creek Drive, suite 6, beside the International Bridge in Vail Village. Paintings share the space with sculpture

Base Camp is Venture Sports' shop in Vail Village, downstairs in the Gondola Haus (the old Vista Bahn Building) at the top of Bridge Street, right beside Gondola One. Rent

Berry Picker is the classic hike up the front of Vail Mountain: about 3.1 miles one way from the Lionshead base to Eagle's Nest at the top of the Eagle Bahn Gondola, climbing

Betty Ford Alpine Gardens grows more than 3,000 species of high-altitude plants at 8,200 feet, which the gardens say makes it the highest botanical garden in North America.

Bighorn Park is East Vail's neighborhood park and one of only two Town of Vail parks where dogs may run off leash under voice control; the other is Stephens Park in West

Guided mountain bike descent of Vail Mountain — quality bikes and helmets included, ages 4 to 100 welcome.

The Booth Lake Trail, Forest Service trail #2011, leaves the top of Booth Falls Road in East Vail and climbs the Booth Creek valley into the Eagles Nest Wilderness. Along