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Zipline Tours in Vail
Getting a vacation rental in Vail means more than just a ski adventure. Check out the great zip line tours Vail has to offer near your vacation rental.
There is only one place in Colorado where you can enjoy the pristine mountains, beautiful trees and raging rivers while zipping 30 miles per hour over a rugged canyon.
Zip Adventures has a very unique way of showing you jagged rock cliffs and views of the surrounding mountains. Soar like an eagle 100 to 200 feet above the floor of Alkali Canyon on our 6 zip lines ranging from 150 to 1000 feet in length. Marvel as the canyon walls drop out from under you, revealing the dramatic beauty of the canyon floor from a rarely seen perspective.
Our highly trained staff is dedicated to showing you our environment in a safe eco-friendly way and educating you on our flora, fauna, and wildlife. This ultimate adrenaline rush will definitely get your heart pumping.
Open May 1st
through
December 1st
The tour will take approximately 2-2 ½ hours and will involve some easy to moderate hiking.
Each group, of no more than 12, will be guided by two highly trained guides. Get your own group together for a team building exercise or join a group and get to know folks from other parts of the country and world.
We are located at the 4Eagle Ranch in Wolcott, CO.
Once at the 4Eagle your tour will begin with an informative, thorough briefing of the tour and your gear. Then we will board our Penzgauer 4 wheel drive for a short five minute drive to the canyon.
COST: $125.00 per person, which includes all safety gear, water, and snacks.
Tours can take up to 12 people per group.
Please remember…
- We are able to safely take people ranging in weight from 60 pounds up to 230 pounds.
- Children in the weight range are welcome provided they do not have a fear of extreme heights.
- This is not recommended for those uncomfortable of heights, or with heart, back, hip or knee problems, or pregnant women.
- You must be able to hike 3/4 mile on trails.
- Due to the steepness of the Canyon, please do not bring anything that might get dropped. We will not be able to recover it right away.
Free Hiking Protects the Environment with this Group
As a vacationer in the Vail area, you know you want to go there because of its charm, natural beauty, and wildlife. Many people calling Coast 2 Coast Vacation Rentals want a condo rental or vacation home with a great view of the mountains, woods, or streams. In an effort to make sure our vacationers are part of the solution instead of part of the problem when it comes to environmental protection, we strongly encourage you to check out this website http://www.whiteriverwild.org/p-get-involved-5.html and find out what you can do to help.
What you can do to help
Be a wilderness hero! Our cherished existing wilderness areas came about because local people organized to make them so. Now it’s our turn to advocate for a new generation of wilderness in our region – the Hidden Gems.
Get wired for wilderness. Join our email list – if you do just one thing now, do this, so that you receive timely alerts on events and opportunities for making a difference. (Sign up in the box at left.)
Take a hike. Discover why they’re called “hidden gems” – join one of the two dozen or so outings in our Hidden Gems Hike Series.
Do fieldwork. Volunteer for the Hidden Gems Inventory Corps – help us field-check the proposal in preparation for taking it to Congress.
Advocate. Let the Colorado members of Congress know that you support the Hidden Gems and that they should too!
Use your connections. Let us know if you have a personal connection to Reps. Salazar and Polis or Sens. Udall and Bennet, and if you are willing to put them to work for wilderness.
Flex your local muscle. Ask your city council members or town trustees to support the Hidden Gems proposal.
Help with events. We need volunteers to help with event planning, tabling, publicity and other tasks.
Speak out! Become an official spokesperson for the Hidden Gems.
Talk it up! Recruit others to support the campaign.
2009 Hidden Gems Hike Series
All hikes are free, but you need to register in advance by clicking the name of the hike or emailing the hike coordinator in the appropriate county or valley. All outings are limited to 15 participants.
Here is a schedule of hikes. Please visit the website for more information.
| Summit County hikes To sign up, please click the name of the hike you wish to attend.
Saturday, June 27 Help us ground-truth the trails in this addition to the existing Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Area, near Silverthorne. Enjoy abundant views of the Eagles Nest Wilderness Area and help collect baseline data. Sunday, July 19 Hike the incredible McCullough Gulch area and enjoy fantastic views of another proposed Hidden Gems area, Hoosier Ridge.
Saturday, Aug. 1
Saturday, Aug. 29 Teams will hike routes up Mumford, Cottonwood, Shane or Lonesome Gulches to help with volunteer inventory and fieldwork.
Thursday, Sept. 3 Hike Quandary Peak, one of Colorado’s spectacular Fourteeners!
Vail/Eagle River Valley hikes
To sign up, please click the name of the hike you wish to attend.
Saturday, May 30 Sunday, June 14 Bull Gulch Saturday, June 27 Sunday, July 12 A relatively easy hike up Squaw Creek Trail below Bellyache Mountain. Squaw Creek is just outside of the existing Holy Cross Wilderness Area. Sunday, July 19 This hike climbs Mt. Thomas, a 12,000 foot peak on the east end of the Red Tables. Wednesday, July 22 Saturday, July 25
Sunday, Aug. 9 A bushwack up the wild flanks of Adam Mountain with the goal of summiting at over 11,000 feet.
Saturday, Aug. 22 A further exploration of the 64,000 acre proposed wilderness area on Red Table Mountain, one of the centerpieces of the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign.
Roaring Fork Valley hikes To sign up, please click the name of the hike you wish to attend. Saturday, June 6 Saturday, June 13 Saturday, June 20 Sunday, June 28 Friday-Saturday, June 26-27 Sunday, July 5 Tuesday, July 7 Sunday, July 12 Sunday, July 19 Saturday, July 25 Sunday, Aug. 2 Saturday, Aug. 8 Saturday, Aug. 22 |
Bears in Vail Need Ski Vacationers to Follow the Law
Vail is more than a vacation home for millions of skiers every year, it is also home to the natives, bears. When you come to Vail and stay in one of the rental homes please be aware that there are restrictions on the placement of trash outside the home as well as other food sources. Bears have lost their lives in pursuit of food at people’s homes, and the town of Vail has new ordinances that are preventing this conflict between man and bear.
Vail households with curbside trash are required to have wildlife-resistant trash containers under provisions of an ordinance approved in 2006. The regulations were enacted following incidents in which two bears were euthanized after repeated disturbances in the West Vail and East Vail neighborhoods. The requirements have been effective in reducing the number of bear encounters. For example, in 2008 there was a 42 percent reduction in bear calls compared to the previous three years with just 51 reports in 2008, compared to as many as 141 in 2005.
In requiring residential property owners to use wildlife-resistant containers, the ordinance specifically calls for use of certified plastic containers with a latching lid mechanism. The two trash removal companies that service Vail can handle orders from residential customers. Vail Honeywagon and Waste
Management both offer a 95-gallon container manufactured by BearSaver. Call Vail Honeywagon at 476-3511 or Waste Management at 926-3396 for more information.
In addition, a supply of certified containers manufactured by Solid Waste Systems is being sold locally at Ace Hardware in West Vail and through Vail Honeywagon and Waste Management. The containers are available in two sizes for household use, a 95-gallon container and a 64-gallon container. Residents should verify any container purchased independently is certified through the Vail Police Department.
Once the containers are in use, the town’s ordinance requires owners to add the street address and unit number on the top or side of the can with lettering no smaller than two inches in height. A black permanent marker works best.
The ordinance also gives authorities the ability to require wildlife-proof metal containers or enclosures for households that do not otherwise have access to a secured storage area. The requirement would be imposed if the current storage arrangement becomes accessible to bears and other wildlife.
In addition, the ordinance retains the “dawn to dusk” provision which prohibits placing trash outside for pick up other than from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the scheduled trash collection day. It also prohibits intentional or unintentional feeding of wildlife at any time through the mishandling of pet food, bird feeders and garbage. First-time offenders are subject to a municipal court summons.
Another provision of the ordinance addresses the use of garbage bags and other containers used during curbside collection. All edible refuse is required to be placed in a wildlife-resistant container. Non-edible household waste is exempt from wildlife-resistant containers. Multi-family residences using centralized containers are required to have a wildlife-proof container or a wildlife-resistant enclosure for all refuse edible by wildlife, while construction sites are required to have a wildlife-proof container. In addition, commercial establishments and restaurants are required to have wildlife-proof containers or secure edible refuse in a wildlife-resistant enclosure. Compactors are also acceptable.
The last thing any skier wants is to ruin the beauty and natural environment they came to appreciate. As a guest in Vail, please make sure you follow the rules and keep the furry neighbors safe.
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