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.
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.
Glenwood Hot Springs Pool
Vail, CO · Day pass: adults and teens $42–$60, children $30–$38, ages 2 and under free; prices vary between peak and off-peak times.
Billed as the world's largest outdoor mineral hot springs pool, open since 1888 and fed by the Yampah spring: a 405-foot Grand Pool at 90–93°F and a 104°F therapy pool, plus the Yampah Mineral Baths included with admission.
Time needed
Half a day
Hours
Open daily 9:00 AM–9:00 PM
Tips
West of Vail along I-70. No reservation is needed. The Yampah Mineral Baths transition to adults only starting at 5:00 pm; hours may change seasonally. Parking is free.
Phone
(800) 537-7946Website
https://hotspringspool.comNeighborhood
Glenwood Springs
$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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