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.
$12 per person for visits through December 31, 2026; a hiking permit is required in all seasons, and the permit includes parking.
Hanging Lake Trail
Vail, CO · $12 per person for visits through December 31, 2026; a hiking permit is required in all seasons, and the permit includes parking.
A 1.2-mile trail climbing about 1,200 feet through Glenwood Canyon to Hanging Lake, rated moderate to strenuous.
Time needed
About three hours
Hours
Year-round by timed permit; each permit covers a three-hour window
Tips
Access is from I-70 exit 125, which is eastbound only. Uber, taxis and rideshares may not drop off. No swimming, and no pets except service animals. Reservations cannot be cancelled or rescheduled within 48 hours of your departure day.
Phone
(970) 384-6309Neighborhood
Glenwood Canyon
$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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