SKI CONDITIONS · VAIL VALLEY & SAWATCH RANGE

Vail Ski Conditions

Current weather, snowfall forecast and measured snow depth for Vail Ski Resort near Vail, with links to the resort's official snow report, trail map and webcams, and the best nearby places to eat and stay.

Current conditions at Vail Ski Resort

Weather now 40°F

Slight Chance Rain Showers

SW wind 5 mph

Snow depth (nearby station) 0 in

No change in 24 hours · 0.3 in water content

Vail Mountain SNOTEL station, 1.5 mi away at 10,290 ft

Snowfall forecast 0.4 in

expected in the next 72 hours

0.0 in next 24 h · 0.5 in next 7 days

Weather and snowfall are the National Weather Service forecast for the area (forecast point: Vail, CO); conditions higher on the mountain can differ. Snow depth is measured at the nearest USDA NRCS SNOTEL station, not at the resort itself. Lift, trail and base-depth numbers are published by the resort — see the official links below.

Vail Ski Resort snow report, lift status, trail map & webcams

These links go to Vail Ski Resort's own pages (checked 2026-10-04). Resorts publish live lift and trail counts only on their own sites, so we link to the source rather than copy numbers that go stale.

Vail trail & lift map

  • Easiest (green)
  • Intermediate (blue)
  • Advanced / expert (black)
  • Extreme
  • Lift

224 mapped runs and 32 lifts. See the full Vail trail map → Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Vail 7-day weather forecast

Overnight
40°
Slight Chance Rain Showers
Columbus Day
62° / 38°
Mostly Sunny
Tuesday
57° / 35°
Chance Rain And Snow Showers
Wednesday
48° / 29°
Slight Chance T-storms
Thursday
48° / 24°
Chance Snow Showers then Mostly Sunny
Friday
55° / 27°
Sunny
Saturday
57° / 30°
Sunny

Vail snowfall forecast

Next 24 hoursNext 48 hoursNext 72 hoursNext 7 days
0.0"0.0" 0.4"0.5"

National Weather Service snowfall forecast for a forecast point at about 8,950 ft. Snowfall amounts are estimates and vary with elevation and storm track.

About Vail Ski Resort

Colorado's largest ski resort at 5,317 acres, known for the Back Bowls and 3,450 feet of vertical. The area reports 3,450 feet of vertical, 5,317 skiable acres, about 354 inches of snow in an average year.

Read the full Vail Ski Resort guide — stats, passes and write-up →

Restaurants near Vail Ski Resort

Sit-down restaurants close to the mountain (fast food excluded).

Lodging near Vail Ski Resort

Hotels, condos, lodges and inns close to the mountain.

  • Mill Creek Court Apartment · 0.1 mi away
    302 Gore Creek Drive
  • Vail Core Condos Apartment · 0.2 mi away
  • Creekside Apartment · 0.2 mi away
    223 Gore Creek Drive
  • The Galatyn Lodge Hotel · 0.2 mi away
    365 Vail Valley Drive
  • Gravity Haus Vail Hotel · 0.2 mi away
    352 East Meadow Drive, Vail
  • Rams-Horn Lodge Condominiums Apartment · 0.2 mi away
    416 Vail Valley Drive
  • Hotel Gasthof Hotel · 0.2 mi away
    231 Gore Creek Drive, Vail
  • Austria Haus Hotel · 0.2 mi away
    242 East Meadow Drive, Vail
  • Solaris Vail Apartment · 0.3 mi away
    141 East Meadow Drive
  • Mistral Apartment · 0.3 mi away
  • The Alphorn Apartment · 0.4 mi away
    121 West Meadow Drive
  • Four Seasons Hotel · 0.4 mi away
    1 Vail Road, Vail
  • Vail Gateway Apartment · 0.4 mi away
    12 Vail Road
  • Scorpio Condominiums Apartment · 0.5 mi away
    131 West Meadow Drive
  • Skaal Hus Apartment · 0.5 mi away
    141 West Meadow Drive
  • Evergreen Lodge Hotel · 0.6 mi away
    250 South Frontage Road West, Vail
  • Lionshead Arcade Apartment · 0.8 mi away
    531 East Lionshead Circle
  • Lions Square Tower Residences Apartment · 0.9 mi away
  • Lion Square North Apartment · 0.9 mi away
    635 Lionshead Place
  • The Hythe, a Luxury Collection Resort, Vail Hotel · 1.0 mi away
    715 West Lionshead Circle, Vail

Distances are straight-line miles from the mountain, not driving distance. Businesses are chosen by proximity and rotate daily; inclusion is not an endorsement. Some data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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