For Immediate ReleaseContact: Jason Denhart, Eagle Valley Land Trust

September 10, , 970-748-7654

Vail Resorts Echo Day donates 1,000 volunteer hours to local environmental projects with Eagle Valley Land Trust and Eagle River Watershed Council

On Saturday, September 8th, 250 Vail Resorts employees and their families converged along the Eagle River and at the Eagle River Preserve in Edwards for a day to give back to our community. Before they were through, 1,000 volunteer hours were donated to local environmental projects. The enthusiastic volunteers planted over 300 trees and built over a half-mile of new public nature trails. These projects were designed to benefit our local watershed and provide outdoor recreational opportunities for the people of our community.

Employees of both Vail Mountain and Beaver Creek Resort, through the Vail Resorts Echo program, partnered with the Eagle River Watershed Council (ERWC) and the Eagle Valley Land Trust (EVLT) for the third annual Vail Resorts Echo Dayheld last Saturday. Vail and Beaver Creek employees, friends and familiescompleted the Eagle River Restoration Project along the river, and expanded the hiking trails at the Eagle River Preserve, a publicly accessible, 72-acrepark in Edwards.

“The Land Trust and the Watershed Council are proud to have Vail Resorts Echo as our partner in environmental conservation and stewardship, especially on VR Echo Day,” said Scott Conklin, Projects Manager for the Eagle Valley Land Trust. “The Echo program strongly supports our organizational missions by providing financial assistance to our programs, volunteer hours for our projects and community leadership in environmental protection.”

Launched in August 2010, VR Echo Day is an annual, company-wide volunteer day for Vail Resorts employees and their families. Focused on projects that are meaningful in the local resort communities where the company operates, VR Echo Dayhostedseven events for employees and their families and friends last weekend. This year’s VR Echo Days took place on Tahoe’s North and South Shores, in Colorado’s Summit and Eagle Counties along with Colorado’s Front Range, where the corporation’s headquarters is located. Smaller projects took place in Jackson, WY and other VR Caribbean properties.

In Eagle County, it was gloriously sunny and warmon Saturday for the 250 volunteers who donated their time and energy. Everyone had a fun, productive day of work and camaraderie by joining forces with the local Watershed Council and Land Trust to complete these needed environmental projects for our community. At the conclusion of the successful 2012 VR Echo Day, volunteers were treated to lunch by Moe’s Original Barbeque.

To learn more about Vail Resorts Echo, the company’s corporate sustainability program, visit

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About Vail Resorts Echo

Through its extensive environmental programs and partnerships with local non-profits, Vail Resorts Echo focuses on forest and habitat restoration, resource conservation as well as initiatives that support healthy kids and communities where the Company operates resorts. To learn more about the Company's environmental stewardship programs, how to apply for a VR Echo grant or ways to volunteer, visit

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, Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort and Kirkwood Resort in the Lake Tahoe Basin of California and Nevada, and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. 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 consumer website is

About the Eagle River Watershed Council

The Eagle River Watershed Council (ERWC) preserves our quality of life by protecting the Eagle and Colorado Rivers in Eagle County. In doing so, ERWC enhances the high quality, natural, scenic and economic values that our rivers and tributaries provide our citizens, visitors and wildlife population. Learn more at

About the Eagle Valley Land Trust

At the Land Trust, we preserve the character of our community one acre at a time by conserving the special places that people love in Eagle County. By using conservation easements to protect and save our land, we preserve scenic views, precious landscapes, historic lands, open spaces, waterways and wildlife habitats for the benefit of the people of our community. Learn more at