Lift tickets are priced by date and sold online and at the Vail Village and Lionshead ticket offices; Epic Pass holders ski on their pass.
City overview
Vail is a small resort town strung along I-70 in Colorado's Gore Valley, with Vail Mountain rising directly behind its pedestrian villages. Jewish life for a visitor centres on one institution: Chabad of Vail, the Jewish Community Center at 450 E Lionshead Circle in Lionshead Village, close to the Eagle Bahn Gondola. It holds Shabbat morning services with a Kiddush lunch, runs a Minyan Maker sign-up for weekday minyanim, and organises holiday programmes through the year. Kosher food in Vail comes mainly through Chabad, which stocks frozen kosher meat, poultry, hot dogs, sausages and cold cuts and runs a pre-order Shabbat menu delivered to hotels in the ski season, and through certified packaged products at City Market, which carries kosher breads, challah, grape juice, wine, pastries, cheeses and dairy. For a Shabbat-observant visitor, Lionshead is the practical base: about a dozen hotels and condominium buildings there are an estimated 5-to-10-minute walk from Chabad. Vail Village lies further east along the pedestrian core, while West Vail and East Vail depend on the town's free buses.
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Gondola tickets are priced by season and sold online and at the Lionshead and Vail Village ticket offices; children 12 and under ride free with each adult gondola-only ticket.
Free; a $20 per person donation is suggested.
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens
Vail, CO · Free; a $20 per person donation is suggested.
Alpine botanical gardens along Gore Creek in Ford Park. The Education Center runs exhibits and a weekly "Top 10 @ 10" tour of what is in bloom.
Hours
Gardens open daily from dawn to dusk; Education Center Monday–Friday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
Tips
Paths are uneven natural rock and slope downhill from the parking, so the walk back is uphill. The flattest entrances are Betty Ford Way, the Gore Creek path from Vail Village, or the Golden Peak/Manor Vail breezeway. Ford Park lot parking is $2 per hour with the first hour free, maximum $10 per transaction, during the summer paid season; event parking is $20 at entry during scheduled times.
Phone
(970) 476-0103Neighborhood
Golden Peak
Free; a $10 donation is appreciated.
Day pass: adults and teens $42–$60, children $30–$38, ages 2 and under free; prices vary between peak and off-peak times.
$12 per person for visits through December 31, 2026; a hiking permit is required in all seasons, and the permit includes parking.
$20 combination ticket with the Matchless Mine; discounts for students, seniors and military.
Activity providers
Two-hour self-guided ATV rentals from $274.54 per two-seat machine and side-by-side rentals from $327.54 per four-seat vehicle, including the driver's seat. A $20 per person grooming and trail maintenance fee is charged separately.
Kosher map of Vail, CO
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