Bicycle Friendly Community

Vail, CO | Bronze Level

Community Highlights: If you own a mountain bike in Vail, odds are you'll never have to get into your car to get to a trail. Most trails on the edge of town connect to the in-town path system and make recreational mountain biking very accessible. Vail is a partner in the ECO Trails Bike to Work Day celebration every June and helps with aid stations for bike commuters. The city hosts numerous events each year that promote cycling such as the Teva Mountain Games, Triple ByPass Bicycle Tour, Courage Classic Bicycle Tour, Copper Triangle Bicycle Tour, and for the past 23 years, the Sonnenalp Casual Classic Bicycle Ride. The Vail Recreation District hosts the Vail Mountain and Beaver Creek Challenge Bike Series, a mountain bike racing series each summer. There is also the Vail Mountain Bike Camp for kids during the summer months. A focus of the towns recent environmental policy includes promoting, improving, and utilizing the pedestrian and bicycle paths to decrease vehicle miles traveled by 20 percent by 2020.