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Vail Village, Vail Ski Resort, 1983
Vail Village, Vail Ski Resort in 1983. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Vail Village, Vail Ski Resort in 1983
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Vail
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Vail.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Vail is a home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.
Sources for this chapter
BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Vail before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Vail
It operated a gondola lift and two ski lifts on the mountain owned by the United States Forest Service.
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SKIERS RETURN TO VAIL VILLAGE AT THE END OF THE DAY - NARA - 554289
SKIERS RETURN TO VAIL VILLAGE AT THE END OF THE DAY. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- SKIERS RETURN TO VAIL VILLAGE AT THE END OF THE DAY
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
1962
Winter becomes organised
Vail opened in December 1962 as a purpose-built ski mountain and village, rather than a mining settlement converted into a resort.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Vail is recorded at 39.640° N, 106.374° W. Its catalogue reference reaches 3,527 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
Sources for this chapter
Open ledger · AOD.US.VAIL.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.US.VAIL.V00
Ledger AOD.US.VAIL.V00
Vail Village, Vail Ski Resort, 1983
Vail Village, Vail Ski Resort in 1983. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Vail Village, Vail Ski Resort in 1983
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Vail now
Vail remains a purpose-built mountain town and international ski area, with its village, lifts and seasonal workforce forming one connected system.
THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
Sources for this chapter
Artefacts in order of appearance
Vail Village, Vail Ski Resort, 1983
AOD.US.VAIL.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
SKIERS RETURN TO VAIL VILLAGE AT THE END OF THE DAY - NARA - 554289
AOD.US.VAIL.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Vail, Colorado overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.