The Town of Vail is a Home Rule Municipality located in Eagle County, Colorado. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,589. The town was established in 1966 at the base of Vail Ski Resort, which opened in December 1962. The town is famous for its skiing and other winter sports in addition to being a year round destination for outdoor activities.
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The Town of Vail is a Home Rule Municipality located in Eagle County, Colorado. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,589. The town was established in 1966 at the base of Vail Ski Resort, which opened in December 1962. The town is famous for its skiing and other winter sports in addition to being a year round destination for outdoor activities.
History
The town of Vail incorporated in 1966, four years after the opening of Vail Ski Resort. The ski area was founded by Pete Seibert and Earl Eaton in 1962, between the town of Eagle and Vail Pass. The pass was named after Charles Vail, the highway engineer that routed U.S. Highway 6 through the valley in 1940.
Seibert, a New England native, served in the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division during World War II, which trained at Camp Hale, just southeast of Vail. He was seriously wounded in Italy and was told he would never ski again.
Geography
Vail is located at (39.635757, -106.362984)GR: 1. Its average elevation is 8150 feet (2484 m) above sea level.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.5 square miles (11.8 km²), with no lakes (there is, however, at least one pond). Gore Creek flows from east to west through the center of town.
Mount of the Holy Cross is visible from the top of Vail mountain near the top of the Eagle Bahn Gondola.
Vail is surrounded by the White River National Forest.
Vail Mountain
Vail Mountain has a maximum elevation of 12,250' (3526 m) and low of 8,120' (2475 m), a vertical drop of 3450' (1051 m). It has skiable, 33 lifts, 193 marked trails on three faces: the front side, the back bowls, and Blue Sky Basin. The seven back bowls are Sun Down Bowl, Sun Up Bowl, Teacup Bowl, China Bowl, Siberia Bowl, Inner Mongolia Bowl, and Outer Mongolia Bowl. Vail was ranked as the top ski resort in SKI Magazine's reader's poll for the 2006-07 season.
Demographics
As of the censusGR: 2 of 2000, there were 4,531 people, 2,165 households, and 762 families residing in the town. The population density was 999.0 people per square mile (385.3/km²). There were 5,389 housing units at an average density of 1,188.1/sq mi (458.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 94.13% White, 0.29% African American, 0.49% Native American, 1.66% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 1.43% from other races, and 1.92% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.20% of the population.
There were 2,165 households out of which 11.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.0% were married couples living together, 3.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 64.8% were non-families. 33.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.62.
