- Food and drink specials at Eagle’s Nest from 5 – 9 p.m.
- Free activities including bocce ball, bean bag toss and the slackline park
VAIL, Colo. – July 20, 2011 – The sounds of bluegrass will fill the air at Vail’s original mountaintop Friday Afternoon Club (FAC) July 22 with live music from Sloppy Mountain String Band. The local group is composed of accomplished bluegrass musicians from Colorado-based bands Laughing Bones and All Strung Out.
Festivities begin at 5 p.m. every Friday throughout the summer on Talon’s Deck. In addition to live music guests and locals alike can kick off the weekend with free activities, food and drink specials, and more all while enjoying amazing sunsets and the best views in the valley.
All performances are free and the Eagle Bahn Gondola is free to valid pass holders and children ages four and under. Children ages 5-12 years old also ride free when accompanied by a paid adult (limit three children per paid adult). After 4 p.m. lift tickets can be purchased for $15, which includes a $10 credit voucher valid for the purchase of on-mountain food and beverage at Talon’s Deck Grill and Bistro Fourteen, or Adventure Ridge activities. Or, grab a complimentary shuttle to Game Creek and use the voucher towards sunset appetizers and drinks on Game Creek Restaurant’s deck overlooking the Vail Valley. The last ride up the Eagle Bahn Gondola during evening operations is at 9 p.m.
The 2011 summer FAC band lineup includes:
- July 29 Bob Masters and Friends
- Aug. 5 The Sessh
- Aug. 12 Andrews McConathy & Friends
- Aug. 19 Sloppy Mountain String Band
- Aug. 26 Boulder Acoustic Society
- Sept. 2 Frogs Gone Fishin’
For more information about Vail Mountain and FAC visit
www.vail.com, or stop by the Mountain Information Center in Lionshead open daily from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. or call (970) SKI-VAIL (754-8245).
About Vail Resorts
Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. The Company's subsidiaries operate the mountain resort properties of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone mountain resorts in Colorado, and the Heavenly Ski Resort and Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada, and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Company's subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort property and hotel company, manages casually elegant properties across the United States and in the Caribbean. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com.