Vail buses to transition to summer schedule after mountain’s closure on Sunday

Town of Vail buses will transition from the winter schedule to the summer schedule beginning Monday, April 22. The summer schedule — which coincides with free daytime parking at Vail’s parking structures — will run through mid-November and provides 30-minute, 40-minute or up to one-hour service on most outlying routes during peak times and one-to two-hour service on most outlying routes during non-peak times.

Returning this summer will be an extension of the in-town route to Ford Park via Vail Valley Drive starting Memorial Day weekend, which will operate daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. as well as added frequency on the East Vail, Golf Course and Sandstone routes. 

Vail’s summer bus schedule from April 22 to mid-November is as follows:

• The West Vail Green loop will depart from the Transportation Center every 40 minutes from 6 a.m. to midnight with an additional bus at 2 a.m. if requested. 
• The West Vail Red loop will depart from the Transportation Center every 40 minutes from 6:20 a.m. to 1:20 a.m. with an additional bus at 2 a.m. if requested. 
• An East Vail bus will depart from the Transportation Center every hour from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. with 30-minute service from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. with an additional bus at 2 a.m. if requested. 
• The Golf Course route will depart from the Transportation Center with the first bus at 7:40 a.m. and will continue hourly from 8:10 a.m. to 5:10 p.m., and then every two hours from 6:40 p.m. to 10:40 p.m.  An extra Golf Course route will run at 2 a.m. with the East Vail bus if requested.  
• The Sandstone loop will depart from the Transportation Center every hour from 6:40 a.m. to 7:40 p.m., then every two hours from 7:40 p.m. to 11:40 p.m. An extra Sandstone loop will run at 2 a.m. with the West Vail Red route if requested. 
• Express bus service will run between Lionshead and Ford Park via the Frontage Road during peak event days throughout the summer. For details, visit VailEventParking.com. 

In addition, Vail Transit will operate a hiker express again this summer to four trailhead bus stops in East Vail: Booth Falls, Falls at Vail, Columbine and Main Gore/Bighorn, as well as other stops along the way. Daily service will be provided from May 31 through Sept. 2 and then Fridays through Sundays from Sept. 6 through Oct. 13. The 30-minute service will run from 7:45 a.m. through 4:45 p.m.  

For a complete schedule and real-time bus information, visit Vail.Gov/Bus or call 970-477-3456.