December kicks off with Snow Daze. A dazzling array of outdoor concerts in Ford park complete with food and beverage vendors and porta potties. This event makes it easy for the adults and kids to enjoy the music. The teens can blend into the crowd pretending their parents aren’t around and the younger kids can overdose on burgers and sugar. The back drop to these festivities is Vail Mountain. The past couple of years big fluffy flakes decorated everyones hats and created the perfect scene in our mountain town. More Information
Dec 2-4 the Audi Birds of Prey World Cup Ski Race. It’s the winter event all the locals go crazy over. It’s our chance to see in person the worlds most amazing ski racers. The difference between winning and losing is tenths of a second! Seriously! The stands are packed with people, food and product vendors everywhere. If you want the royal treatment you can buy passes for the hospitality tent where they always have excellent food and champagne. There is also a tent to hang and warm up. The event is held in Beaver Creek and you can park in one of the lots in Beaver Creek if you get there early in the morning or several of the lots at the base of area. Free busses are available to get you into Beaver Creek and then special Race busses are available to take you up to the races. If you want you can also ski and snow shoe to the races which is an extra special way to get to the races. More Information
December 17 is Icing on the Lake in Avon. Avon is at the base of Beaver Creek and the Harry Nottingham park is across from the Avon Rec Center and Library. Icing on the Lake will have Ice skating, Dickens Carolers, Free snowmobile rides for the kids, Holiday crafts and Hot Cider and Chilli.
December 18-25 gives us Holidaze in Vail. Santa’s workshop moved from the North Pole to Vail! Keep the kids busy, not like it’s hard here with kids bands, a cappella performances, world class ice shows at Solaris. The best part of Solaris is the kids can watch the shows, the adults can have either a cup of coffee at Yetis or a glass of wine at Bol. More Information
The rest of the Ski Season the events pile up like snow on the mountain, believe us, total snowfall was over 500 inches last year. So no sleep for you when you are here, that’s ok, we have plenty of coffee shops.
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