Spring At Vail Resorts

Snowshoe fun at Vail.

The North America 2010/2011 ski and snowboard season is ending soon.

In the United States, Vail Ski Resorts at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Heavenly and Northstar-at-Tahoe, will have fun end-of-season ski events.

Closing dates are coming up at Keystone Resort (April 10); Beaver Creek Resort (April 17) and Vail, Breckenridge, Heavenly and Northstar-at-Tahoe (April 24).

For skiers looking for travel deals, a discounted Vail Resort Season Pass is now available for the 2011-2012 winter ski and snowboard season.

Here are some of the Spring 2011 ski events at Vail Resorts:

• Breckenridge Spring Fever, April 1-24. Fun concerts to spring events are happening in town and on the mountain. Highlights include: Live concerts; Breck Spring Beer Festival; EpicMixer singles and The Breck 5 Peaks competition.

• Taste of Vail, April 7-9.  Taste of Vail is a spring food and wine festival at several venues throughout the ski resort. Highlights: World-class restaurants; Wine from top wineries; Interactive seminars; Auction and dance; Colorado Lamb Cook Off; Après ski tasting and Mountaintop Picnic.

• Heavenly Spring Loaded 2011, April 9-23. This spring break skiing and riding celebration is known for its entertainment, après-ski parties and 24-hour nightlife. Highlights: Gunbarrel 25 hosted by skiing legend Glen Plake; Stateline Showdown amateur slopestyle competition finals; Heavenly’s pond-skimming championships and Cold War Kids concerts.

• Spring Back to Vail, April 15-24.  This end-of-the-season bash has free concerts, on-snow events and street parties.  Highlights: performances by Train, Grace Potter and The Nocturnals, The Greyboy Allstars, Shpongle, Stephen Marley and Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars and the World Pond Skimming Championships.

• Beaver Creek Vintage Ski Fest & Race, April 16. The ski race sees guests in vintage wool skiing attire and using old wood or metal skis to race on the Hay Meadow race course.  Prizes are awarded for Best Costume and winners in racing categories.

Here are more scenes of Vail:

Images courtesy of Vail Resorts.