In 2008, Vail closed Minnie's Lift ... as well as the China Bowl complex and Blue Sky Basin. Now that lift is back and better than ever: Renamed the Sun Up Express (#9), this Leitner-Poma lift ...
But that was only a primer for where I wanted to be: The Back Bowls and Blue Sky Basin. I met up with John Plack, Director of Communications for Vail Mountain, Beaver Creek Resort, Breckenridge ...