Vail Activities: Winter Sports

Ski/Snowboard Avoid the Lines If you can get on the mountain a little earlier than everyone else you can stay ahead of the crowds and never wait in a line more than 5 minutes. Here are some suggested starting routes: Lionshead - Don't wait for the gondola, take the quad chair. Read More »

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Mountains in Eagle County, Colorado

Vail Mountain, 3 km (2 miles)
Ptarmigan Point, 3 km (2 miles)
The Spider, 9 km (6 miles)
Petty Mountain, 13 km (8 miles)
Shrine Mountain, 14 km (9 miles)
Slate Mountain, 15 km (9 miles)
Resolution Mountain, 17 km (11 miles)
Sheep Mountain, 30 km (18 miles)

Mountains in Summit County, Colorado

Mount Powell, 14 km (9 miles)
Palmer Knob, 22 km (13 miles)
The Saddle, 27 km (17 miles)
Flat Top, 27 km (17 miles)

Cliffs in Summit County, Colorado

Target Bluff, 26 km (16 miles)

Mountains in Grand County, Colorado

Williams Peak, 30 km (19 miles)
Sheephorn Mountain, 37 km (23 miles)
Junction Butte, 44 km (27 miles)
Red Mountain, 47 km (29 miles)
Wolford Mountain, 54 km (33 miles)
Mount Bross, 54 km (34 miles)
Slide Mountain, 58 km (36 miles)
Black Mountain, 58 km (36 miles)
Grouse Mountain, 59 km (37 miles)

Grand County, Colorado

Way Dam, 37 km (23 miles)
KRKM-FM (Kremmling), 42 km (26 miles)
Pheney Dam, 43 km (27 miles)
Sylvan Dam, 44 km (27 miles)
Jones Number 2 Dam, 48 km (30 miles)
Jones Number 3 Dam, 49 km (31 miles)
Rock Creek Dam, 51 km (32 miles)
Cottonwood Dam, 55 km (34 miles)
Musgrave Dam, 55 km (34 miles)
Huntington Dam, 56 km (35 miles)

Churches in Grand County, Colorado

Kremmling Community Church, 47 km (29 miles)

Eagle County, Colorado

Vail Ski Area, 3 km (2 miles)
Tigiwon Community House, 13 km (8 miles)

Gaps in Eagle County, Colorado

Two Elk Pass, 8 km (5 miles)
Tennessee Pass, 35 km (22 miles)

Lakes in Eagle County, Colorado

Upper Piney Lake, 10 km (6 miles)

Streams in Eagle County, Colorado

Wearyman Creek, 13 km (8 miles)
Whitney Creek, 24 km (15 miles)

Lakes in Summit County, Colorado

Surprise Lake, 20 km (12 miles)
Tipperary Lake, 20 km (13 miles)

Valleys in Eagle County, Colorado

Yoder Gulch, 22 km (14 miles)
Taylor Gulch, 29 km (18 miles)

Canals in Eagle County, Colorado

Wurts Ditch, 24 km (15 miles)

Gaps in Summit County, Colorado

Ute Pass, 30 km (19 miles)

Reservoirs in Grand County, Colorado

Ute Park Reservoir, 32 km (20 miles)
Ute Creek Reservoir, 32 km (20 miles)

Streams in Lake County, Colorado

West Tennessee Creek, 33 km (20 miles)

Lakes in Lake County, Colorado

Sylvan Lakes, 33 km (20 miles)

Grand County, Colorado

Trails End Ranch, 33 km (21 miles)
Sugarloaf Campground, 34 km (21 miles)

Streams in Grand County, Colorado

West Branch Ute Creek, 35 km (22 miles)
Sheep Creek, 39 km (24 miles)
Steelman Creek, 41 km (25 miles)
Upson Creek, 42 km (26 miles)
Timber Creek, 44 km (28 miles)
West Saint Louis Creek, 54 km (33 miles)

Schools in Grand County, Colorado

Willow View School, 37 km (23 miles)

Plains in Lake County, Colorado

Tennessee Park, 37 km (23 miles)

Lake County, Colorado

Wilkes Barre Tunnels, 38 km (23 miles)
Turquoise Chief Mine, 39 km (24 miles)
Tip Top Mine, 43 km (27 miles)
Wolcott Mine, 43 km (27 miles)
Waterloo Mine, 43 km (27 miles)
Tarshish Mine, 44 km (27 miles)
Star Mine, 44 km (27 miles)
Yankee Doodle Mine, 44 km (27 miles)
Saint Louis Mine, 44 km (27 miles)
Tenderfoot Shaft, 44 km (28 miles)
Thespian Mine, 45 km (28 miles)
Tucson Mine, 45 km (28 miles)
Star of the West Mine, 45 km (28 miles)
Seneca Mine, 45 km (28 miles)
Yak Tunnel, 45 km (28 miles)
Venier Mine, 46 km (28 miles)
Stevens Mine, 46 km (29 miles)
Sunday Mine, 46 km (29 miles)
Uintah Placer Mine, 48 km (30 miles)

Park County, Colorado

Upper Clipper Mine, 41 km (26 miles)
Upper Baltic Shaft, 41 km (26 miles)
Venture Mine, 42 km (26 miles)
Vienna Mine, 42 km (26 miles)
Weber Shaft Mine, 43 km (27 miles)
Venus Mine, 46 km (29 miles)
Welch Sawmill, 50 km (31 miles)
Volz Homestead, 50 km (31 miles)
Watseka Mine, 51 km (32 miles)
Teter Ranch, 52 km (33 miles)
Troy Mine, 53 km (33 miles)
Tedco Claims Mine, 54 km (33 miles)

Ridges in Park County, Colorado

Windy Ridge, 43 km (27 miles)
White Ridge, 50 km (31 miles)

Valleys in Lake County, Colorado

Stray Horse Gulch, 44 km (27 miles)
Whites Gulch, 46 km (28 miles)

Pitkin County, Colorado

Washburn Mine, 44 km (27 miles)
Saint Marys Mine, 44 km (27 miles)
Seventy-six Mine, 46 km (28 miles)
Vining Shaft, 46 km (29 miles)
Webster Tunnel Mine, 46 km (29 miles)
Stone Number Five Mine, 46 km (29 miles)

Summit County, Colorado

Sarisfield Mine, 45 km (28 miles)
Whale Lode Mine, 48 km (30 miles)

Clear Creek County, Colorado

Treasure Vault Mine, 46 km (29 miles)
Urad Mine, 48 km (30 miles)
Sussex Mine, 48 km (30 miles)
West Geneva Iron Deposit Mine, 48 km (30 miles)
Scotia Mine, 48 km (30 miles)
Wyoming Mine, 48 km (30 miles)
W and M Mine, 50 km (31 miles)
Santiago Mine, 51 km (31 miles)
Waldorf Mine, 51 km (32 miles)
Tobin Group Mine, 51 km (32 miles)
West Terrible Mine, 53 km (33 miles)
Union Mine, 53 km (33 miles)
Terrible Mine, 53 km (33 miles)
Winters Mine, 54 km (33 miles)
Turpin Mine, 54 km (34 miles)

Valleys in Clear Creek County, Colorado

Stevens Gulch, 48 km (30 miles)

Gaps in Clear Creek County, Colorado

Vasquez Pass, 49 km (30 miles)

Streams in Clear Creek County, Colorado

Woods Creek, 49 km (31 miles)

Routt County, Colorado

Volcano, 49 km (31 miles)

Valleys in Park County, Colorado

Volz Gulch, 51 km (32 miles)
Sawmill Gulch, 52 km (32 miles)

Streams in Routt County, Colorado

West Branch Red Dirt Creek, 52 km (32 miles)
Sunnyside Creek, 53 km (33 miles)

Reservoirs in Routt County, Colorado

Waller Reservoir, 52 km (32 miles)

Canals in Park County, Colorado

Westerman Ditch, 54 km (33 miles)

Interesting Places on the Map

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Arroyo Jose, an intermittent stream in Departamento del Cesar, Colombia
Big Brush Creek, a stream in Hale County, Alabama
Bog Tank, a water tank in Apache County, Arizona
Bounds in Wayne County, Missouri
Chalab-e Sofla in Ostan-e Kermanshah, Iran
Chestnyy in Bryanskaya Oblast', Russia
Chimimbya, a stream in Zambia
Dadiasi in Ghana
DamakN.P.15 in DamakN.P., Jhapa, Mechi Zone, Eastern Region, Nepal
Dapingpu in Guangdong Sheng, China
Desa Glontor in Central Java, Indonesia
Golo Oda in Oromiya Kilil, Ethiopia
Gomeh Darreh in Ostan-e Kordestan, Iran
Gongeia in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Grassy Island, an island in Obion County, Tennessee
Junzhai in Sichuan Sheng, China

Kolinjadiya East in North Western Province, Sri Lanka
La Cour Diament in Departement de l'Artibonite, Haiti
Little Sarsfield Lake, a lake in Ontario
Lyles Hill Brook, a stream in Nova Scotia
Mozaffari in Ostan-e Fars, Iran
Nunavakanuk Lake, a lake in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska
Ozero Bol'shoye Ale, a lake in Pskovskaya Oblast', Russia
Pristan' Tol'yatti in Samarskaya Oblast', Russia
Quebrada Rastrojito, a stream in Estado Bolivar, Venezuela
Quimba in Provincia do Uige, Angola
Salawat in Balochistan, Pakistan
Sohu-ch'on in Hamgyong-namdo, North Korea
Svartaskard, a pass in Westfjords, Iceland
Tafudart, a grazing area in Western Sahara
Tappehha-ye Robat, a hill in Iran

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