Vail
The Vail Resorts flagship above the town of Vail, famous for the wide open Back Bowls and some of the most skied acres in the country.
Current snow · Nov 3
1 in on the ground
Resort has not posted a snow report yet.
On the ground at Vail Mountain SNOTEL: 1 in
Expected next 4 days: 0.5 to 0.9 in (NWS forecast)
On the ground at Vail Mountain SNOTEL: 1 in
Expected next 4 days: 0.5 to 0.9 in (NWS forecast)
Town
Vail, Colorado
Pass
Epic Pass
Base elevation
8,120 ft
Summit elevation
11,570 ft
Vertical drop
3,450 ft
Location
Current snow checked November 3, 2026. New snow, base, and season figures are resort reported. On the ground is the nearest SNOTEL station reading. Expected snowfall comes from the National Weather Service.
How the scoreboard covers Vail
- Resort reported numbers. New snow, base depth, and season totals for Vail come from the hill itself: Official snow report. When the hill has not posted, the scoreboard says so instead of guessing.
- Snow quality check. Inches are only half the story, so the scoreboard checks snow water and depth at the Vail Mountain SNOTEL station (842:CO:SNTL).
- Expected snowfall. The Thursday outlook uses National Weather Service forecast data for this hill's location, and the Monday edition checks what actually fell against it.
Vail in the editions
No editions have mentioned Vail yet, and that is about to change by design: every Monday verdict and Thursday outlook carries the full 34 hill scoreboard, this hill included, in the same size row as every other. The first live edition ships with the first real snow of the season. See the editions archive.
Get the scoreboard
Two short emails a week in ski season: the Thursday outlook and the Monday verdict. All 34 hills. Free.