Archive for Vail Family Fun
Celebrate New Years Eve at La Tour Restaurant in Vail, CO
Posted by: | CommentsCome and enjoy this exquisite extravaganza !
Award-winning Executive Chef Paul Ferzacca will be preparing a multi-course degustation dinner which can be accompanied with specially matched wines.
First Seating
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Four Courses
$95
Second Seating
6:15 pm – 7:45 pm
Five Courses
$175
Grand Seating
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Six Courses
$245.00
Vail Sports & Beaver Creek Sports Junior Trade Program
Posted by: | CommentsThe Trade-In/Trade-Up Program is Vail Sports and Beaver Creek Sports’ program to get our kids up on the slopes. We love to ski and we want all kids to have value-priced access to the slopes. The great staff at Vail Sports and Beaver Creek Sports is here to help!
*Receive a 50% credit towards your next year’s purchase of new or used equipment when your equipment is returned to us by May 31st of the following year.
We are offering used packages (skis, boots, and bindings) from $99.99. With a return discount of 50%, your final cost is $49.99.
We are also offering new equipment packages (skis, boots, and bindings) from $189.99. With a return discount of 50%, your final cost is $94.99.
This program is available from now through December 13th at Vail Sports in LionsHead Village in the Vail 21 Building as well as Beaver Creek Sports at The Westin Riverfront. For more information, please call Vail Sports at 970-476-3600 and Beaver Creek Sports at 970-748-3080 or visit www.vailsports.com and www.beavercreeksports.com.
What Level Skier are you?
Posted by: | CommentsThe first snow has fallen in the Vail Valley and Vail Resorts has just announced that Vail Mountain will open for skiing November 20th, so it is natural that our thoughts turn towards winter fun in the mountains. Every year I get out my gear, sharpen my edges and think “OK this year I am going to get in 40 days of skiing, work on my form and try to learn a new trick. Usually I am lucky if I get in six days of skiing and spend more time on the mountain than at the apres-ski bar.
If you are like me, you realize that you may need help and it may be time to turn to a professional to make you a better skier or snowboarder. Vail Resorts offers an exceptional ski & snowboard school (although they call it a “snowsport school-which I think sounds stupid) and this is a great way to sharpen the skills you already have. I am thinking of taking a lesson or two this winter and I am trying to decide what level skier I am.
There are 9 Levels:
Level 1. Never Evers- This is the easy one you have never been on skis and snowboard before. If you are a never ever get a lesson and whatever you do DO NOT let your boyfriend, husband or friend teach you, trust me, been there, done that and it ain’t pretty. Really just get a lesson and save your marriage!
Level 2. You have some confidence in your skiing ability although you are better at putting your skis and snowboard on than you are at actually using them. You can stop and maybe change direction on flat terrain.
Level 3 You can easily make turns and glide on beginner terrain. You have not ventured onto a green run yet but you think you are ready. You make wedge turns if you are a skier and you may be linking turns if you are a snowboarder.
Level 4. At level 4 the chairlift is no longer your hated enemy, you can confidently ski green runs and look down an intermediate face without breaking into a cold sweat.
Level 5. You can ride most blue and green runs confidently and can control your speed most of the time.
Level 6. You love the Blue runs and can ski or snowboard them whether they are groomed or moguled. You can link turns fairly quickly. If you are a skier, you are actually beginning to understand that poles really do have a use and if you are a snowboarder you are no longer skidding down steep faces and ruining it for everyone behind you.
Level 7. You are venturing into the black diamond runs, moguled runs and maybe even jumping into the trees once in a while. Skiers can ski parallel and snowboarders can carve turns.
Level 8. You ski or ride with confidence and your own flair. You would like to refine your technique and have an instructor show you the super-cool local stashes that you will never find on your own.
Level 9. Your pretty damn awesome and the reason why you want an instructor is so that you have someone who can keep up with you when you ski the steepest, gnarliest double-black diamond.
Once you can identify what level skier or snowboarder you are talk to an Vail resorts instructor for a half-day or a full-day lesson to make you be the skier you have always wanted to be. Have fun on the slopes.
Skiing is why you live in Vail, Colorado – time to buy your winter pass
Posted by: | CommentsSpecial Offer From American Express — The Official Card Of Vail Resorts. This is the time of year to plan for an active and fun winter season with Funafar.com. When the snow begins to fall, you want to be ready whether you live in the Vail Valley or visit for skiing or snowboarding. Receive a free 16 oz. stainless steel thermos when you buy or renew a Colorado or Epic Pass online with your American Express card — the Official Card of Vail Resorts. Quantities are limited, so don’t wait.
Find your way around with Nova Guides when you want to play on your Vail vacation
Posted by: | CommentsOh, yes. It’s summer, and you can still go rafting. Save the best till last, whether you are a novice or an expert. Rafting in Colorado is the way to go for sightseeing and excitement. Call Nova Guides for valley-wide rafting options. Trips are available on Class I to V rapids on the Colorado, Eagle, and Arkansas rivers. Transportation and equipment are included.
Vail Valley vacation planning Web site Funafar.com is the title sponsor for Avon Lakeside Cinema’s free movies at the big screen in Avon’s Nottingham Park. Bring the family, a picnic, and a blanket. Come early for your picnic or try a paddleboat ride. You’re ready for an evening of family fun. To celebrate summer, Funafar.com has offered $300 in prizes at each of the five movie nights. To win, logon to the Funafar.com Web site prior to the event, click on CALENDAR and go to the next movie night date (This Friday is August 21) to see the Pass Code. Bring that Pass Code to the event to win your prize when announcers ask for it. There will be a new Pass Code each week. For this week, the Pass Code is VACATION PLANNING. This week’s film is “Seabiscuit.” The feature movie will begin after the sun goes down, and early activities – Scavenger Hunt, local bands, and paddle boating – start at 8:15pm. This is the final Friday of Avon’s Lakeside cinema. Be there to win $300 in prize giveaways.
The Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum is located in Vail, Colorado in the Vail Transportation Center in Vail Village. The private, non-profit organization was established in 1976 and is funded primarily by members and special events. The view from its front door looks onto Vail Mountain and the ski slopes made famous by many of those recognized within the museum. Photographs, artifacts, equipment, and clothing are on display telling the story of 130 of skiing in Colorado. The intrepid 10th Mountain Division and its story are well represented here.
Lessons, Clinics, Events and More at the Vail Golf Club
Posted by: | CommentsThe Vail Golf Club offers lessons or clinics for all ages and skill levels. With beautiful summer weather and gorgeous views of the Gore Range, now is the perfect time to improve your skills or learn the game. Upcoming learning opportunities include:
Ladies’ Night Tonight, Social Golf Scramble, 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., Thursday, July 30
Vail Golf Club is offering a fun and social event for the ladies in the Valley. We will offer a free golf clinic, green fees, cart and food for $50. We will have a 6 p.m. shotgun start and you can either make your own foursome or we will pair you. The format is a scramble and following the event, the Happy Valley Grill will offer you a light meal included in your entry fee. Grab your girlfriends and have some fun on the golf course! This is limited to the first 36 women who sign up.
Art of Scoring, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 2
This week’s clinic will cover preparation, shot choice, pre-shot routine, execution, post-shot routine and evaluation of play. Cost is $100 with a class size of three to five. Sign up must be accompanied by a credit card number and you must give 48 hours notice if you will not be attending. The class will include light snacks and beverages.
Vail Junior Golf Camp- Final Session
10 a.m. to Noon, Aug. 4-6: Ages 6 to 17
This is the final session for the First Tee of Eagle County Junior Golf Program for golfers between the ages of 6 and 17. Cost is $85 per child, per session.
Ladies’ Clinic, 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 6
This week’s clinic will cover equipment and also include a guest-speaker from an athletic club to help with the physical aspect of the game. Weekly Ladies’ Clinics are limited to 16 women and offer a variety of instruction including short and long game, equipment needs and course management. Cost is $25 per person for a 75 minute lesson. Happy Valley Grill offers participants $3 glasses of wine following the clinic.
Coors Coaching Hour, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 6
This weekly program is limited to 25 people and includes unlimited range balls, two drink tickets and instruction from the Vail Golf Club professional staff. No sign up is required.
Senior Clinics, 11 to noon, Thursday, Aug. 12
This week’s clinic will include information on fitness and flexibility and their role in the golf swing. Senior Clinics offer those ages 50 and older bi-monthly instruction. Next class will be July 16. Cost is $20 per person. Happy Valley Grill offers lunch entrees at 30 percent off to participants following the clinic and the Vail Golf Club pro shop offers 20 percent off of all merchandise to participants the day of the clinic.
League play, including senior, men’s and ladies’ is underway and takes place Wednesdays throughout the summer. The Sundowner League has been canceled for the season.
Dobson Ice Arena is year-round skating fun in Lionshead
Posted by: | CommentsDobson Ice Arena is one of the largest multi-purpose ice facilities on Colorado’s Western Slope. Big enough to host concerts, it is open year-round for hockey, figure skating and broomball. It offers a variety of public-skate times, classes, leagues and competitions, from Story Time Skate in conjunction with the Vail Library, to the Vail Invitational Skating Championships, to mixed-martial arts competitions.
Public Skating | All Ages | Public Skate Times
For the recreational skater, Dobson Ice Arena hosts open skating sessions for all ages and abilities. The arena also offers a wide array of hockey options for youth and adults, beginners to seasoned adult players. Skate rentals are $3 and admission is $2 for ages four and younger, $5 for ages five through 12 and $6 for ages 13 and older. Season passes are available.
Private Lessons | All Ages
Trained professionals are available for private instruction at the ice arena. Students are responsible for ice time fees. Instructor fees vary.
Youth Skating | 4 and older | Information
Dobson hosts a variety of youth skating opportunities for those ages four and older. From its Learn to Skate program to its more advanced instruction for both figure skating and ice hockey, children will enjoy the on-ice and off-ice action that Dobson has to offer.
Bob Johnson Hockey School – July 19-25, 2009 | Registration Form | Schedule
Dobson Arena also administers a youth hockey camp every July. This camp is great for all ages. Now in its 24th year, Bob Johnson Hockey School has become as annual reason to vacation in Vail in the summer. The camp focuses on the fundamentals of hockey and offers three hours of on ice instruction with another hour off the ice. Coaches include Mark Johnson, current coach of the 2010 Women’s Olympic team and also a player on the 1980 Olympic Team who pulled off the Miracle on Ice.
ShowTime Skating | 4 and older | Information
ShowTime Skating is perfect for skaters seeking to apply their skills in a show format, similar to dance recital classes. Classes include rehearsal time, costumes, choreography and skate rentals. There are two sessions each year with performances during the Fourth of July weekend and during the Christmas holiday season. Past performances have included High School Musical on Ice and The Society of Super Heroes on Ice.
Adult Leagues | 18 Years and Older | Schedule | Standings
Dobson hosts four, seasonal adult leagues throughout year with each season consisting of eight to 10 games. All players must be USA Hockey registered. Those interested in playing but are not on a team should e-mail Dobson or call 479-2271 to be placed on a team.
Groups/Corporate Events
Dobson plays host to corporate events, concerts and various groups throughout the year. Events that have been hosted include concerts featuring The Frey, Ziggy Marley, Big Head Todd and the Monstors and Leftover Salmon to name a few; events such as the Lippizaner Stallions and E.A.G.L.E.S State Gymnastics Championships; and groups such as the Future Business Leaders of America. Contact Dobson by e-mail or call 970-479-2271 to schedule your next group or corporate event. 14697123706}–>
Directions
Dobson is located on the in-town bus route on West Meadow Drive across from the Vail Library. Call 479-2270 for information.
Vail Skatepark in LionsHead
Posted by: | CommentsDrop in (literally) at the Vail Skatepark, located on the top level of the LionsHead parking structure. It’s free and open to the public, summer through fall, dawn to dusk. Youth, ages seven to 14, can join skateboard clinics from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays throughout the summer. Private lessons also are available. Helmets are required. Knee pads and wrist guards are recommended.
Skateboard Clinics | Ages 7 – 14
Learn to skateboard at the Vail Skatepark with instructors who will teach everything from basic skills and etiquette to perfecting a boardslide or kickflip. Skateboarding classes take place from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays, June 16 through Aug. 18. Cost per clinic is $25 or $20 for Vail Recreation District and Eagle County residents. Purchase five sessions and costs are $20 and $15 respectively. Skateboards and helmets required, wrist guards and knee pads recommended.
Lionshead Parking Structure • Vail, CO 81657 | 970-479-2292 | Fax 970-479-2835
