vail snow daze

Vail Snow Daze, being promoted as the country's biggest early season mountain bash, is December 3-9 with various events in Vail Village.

The 2007 Dummy Gelunde World Championships looks like a winner... "The 'sport' of Dummy Gelunde involves teams of three creating snowriding dummies attached to a pair of skis or a snowboard and launching them down an on-snow course in hopes of victory". What's not to love about that?

The headline music event is Ludacris & The Roots on December 8. Tickets are on sale for $40 ($50 after November 30) you can get them in town at the Marketplace, the Bottle & Cork in Edwards. Tickets can also be found at the official website, vailsnowdaze.com

vail oktoberfest

It's the late summer/early fall when you start to feel the twinge in the air and ponder that new board or skis you just checked out in the gear magazines. Oh yeah and put on leather shorts and drink beer. It's Oktoberfest and this year's Oktoberfest is September 7-9 in Lionshead and the 14-16 in Vail Village.

Who wouldn't miss events like Yodeling Demonstrations and the Brat Eating Contest? Well probably not you if it's the classic sunny day that Oktoberfest is known for.

You can download a detailed schedule of events from the Oktoberfest site and if you are coming up from the Front Range there are lodging specials for Oktoberfest if you call 1-800-653-4523.