Vail, Colorado

Outdoor Recreation in Vail

Find hikes, parks, bike experiences and outdoor activities in Vail.

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Base Camp

Base Camp

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 ...

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Berrypicker Trail

Berrypicker Trail

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 E...

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Bighorn Park

Bighorn Park

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...

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booth lake trail

booth lake trail

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...

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Donovan Park

Donovan Park

Donovan Park is a Town of Vail community park in Cascade Village, west of Lionshead, set between the South Frontage Road and Gore Creek. It has a p...

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Ellefson Park

Ellefson Park is a small, quiet Town of Vail playground on Garmisch Drive in West Vail. It has swings, slides, big grassy fields and picnic tables,...

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Ford Park

Ford Park

Ford Park is one of Vail's two community parks, the spread of lawns, sports fields and gardens along Gore Creek just east of Vail Village. It holds...

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Gore Creek Campground

Gore Creek Campground is the closest campground to the town of Vail: a small Forest Service campground in the White River National Forest, set in t...

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Gore Valley Trail

The Gore Valley Trail is the path that ties Vail together. It runs the length of the valley along Gore Creek, through Lionshead and Vail Village, p...

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Gravity Haus - Vail

Gravity Haus - Vail

Gravity Haus Vail sits on Gore Creek at 352 East Meadow Drive in Vail Village, and the walk to Gondola One crosses the creek and runs through the v...

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Kind Bikes and Skis

Kind Bikes and Skis

Kind Bikes and Skis' West Vail shop, at 2271 North Frontage Road West next to Highline Vail, rents skis, snowboards and bikes and services both. It...

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Nature Discovery Center

The Nature Discovery Center is Walking Mountains Science Center's outpost at the top of the Eagle Bahn Gondola on Vail Mountain: a yurt beside the ...

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North Trail

The North Trail runs along the north side of the Vail valley, above West Vail and the North Frontage Road, and its best feature is the view: from t...

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Pirateship Park

Pirateship Park is the Town of Vail playground built around a life-size pirate ship, at the base of Gondola One in Vail Village. Children climb to ...

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Pitkin Creek Trail

The Pitkin Creek Trail climbs out of East Vail to Pitkin Lake, which sits below an arc of gray granite in the alpine tundra of the Eagles Nest Wild...

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Red Sandstone Park

Red Sandstone Park is a Town of Vail neighborhood park on the North Frontage Road whose playground looks like a pop-art painting: towering forts, c...

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Stephen's Park

Stephen's Park

Stephens Park is a Town of Vail park in the Intermountain neighborhood of West Vail, set along Gore Creek. It is one of only two town parks where d...

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Vail Bike Hub

Vail Bike Hub

Vail Bike Hub rents bikes from the base of Gondola One, on the west end of the Bridge Street Lodge next to Eye Pieces. The Gore Valley Trail passes...

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Vail Bike Tech

Vail Bike Tech

Vail Bike Tech is a locally owned rental and repair shop in the Lionshead Mall, a few steps from the Eagle Bahn Gondola, and it has been renting bi...

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Vail Mountain

Vail Mountain is the ski area that rises straight out of town. At 5,317 skiable acres, Vail calls it the largest ski resort in Colorado, and it run...

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Vail Nature Center

Vail Nature Center

The Vail Nature Center occupies a 1940s homestead on seven acres between a mountain meadow and the wooded bank of Gore Creek on Vail Valley Drive, ...

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Wheel Base

Wheel Base

Vail Wheel Base is the summer half of the rental shop at 610 West Lionshead Circle. When ski season ends, the operator behind Ski Base switches to ...

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Zeke M. Pierce Skatepark

The Zeke M. Pierce Skatepark is Vail's free concrete skatepark, set in the open atrium at the heart of the Lionshead Parking Structure. Built by Ca...

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