EAT Magazine Vogue Entertaining & Travel Colorado Golf Magazine DiRoNa Award Recipient Hemispheres Magazine Wine Spectator Award of Excellence Mangia Art Culinaire Ski Magazine Wine Spectator Award of Excellence Wine Spectator Hempispheres Magazine Winter 2004 "Vail is a skier’s dream come true. Just take a look at the numbers. Touted as the largest single-mountain ski resort in North America, Vail boasts 5,289 acres of terrain (including the famed Back Bowls and Blue Sky Basin), an 11,570-foot summit with a 3,450- foot vertical drop, 33 lifts, a 12-person gondola, 1,000 ski instructors, and an average annual snowfall of nearly 30 feet. Better yet, take a look at skiers’ faces. They’re smiling as they come off the hill. (You will be, too.) ° It all began 42 years ago this month, when, inspired by a stintwith the U.S. Army’s pioneering 10th Mountain Division ski troopers at nearby Camp Hale, the late Pete Seibert realized a dream of his own. He and partner Earl Eaton opened the resort with three lifts and eight instructors." Download a PDF of the full article (110k)