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Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame

Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame, a museum in Colorado
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Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame, a museum in Colorado
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Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,498 m. Mount of the Holy Cross stands 4,271 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Branching Pattern, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Top of the Rockies passes 4.4 miles off.

About

The story

The Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame is a museum and hall of fame for notable figures in skiing and snowboarding, including athletes and sport builders. It has been in Vail, Colorado, at the Vail Transportation Center since 1992.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q16988496, matched on coordinates and name (35 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates39.64224, -106.37331

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Vail Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Ptarmigan Point: 2.9 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Lionshead: 4.2 mi
  • Davos Peak: 4.5 mi
Parks: 44
  • Ted Kindel Park: 0.1 mi
  • Roger Staub Park: 0.1 mi
  • Parker's Green: 0.1 mi
  • Pirateship Park: 0.2 mi
  • Willow Park: 0.2 mi
Artworks: 37
Gardens: 26
  • Rooftop Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Alpine House: 0.4 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 0.4 mi
  • South African Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Dryland Montane Gardens: 0.4 mi
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 16
Attractions: 15
  • Bridge Street: 0.1 mi
  • Imagination Station: 0.7 mi
  • Thunder Cat Cave: 1.7 mi
  • Forest Flyer: 1.7 mi
  • Holy Cross Adventure Course: 1.8 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • East Vail Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Booth Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Willow Creek Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Willow Creek falls: 12.6 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Williams Fork: 21.2 mi
  • Meadows Day Use Area: 21.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Radium Hot Springs: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount of the Holy CrossSSW 206°4,270.5 m13.4 mi
Mount JacksonSW 219°4,164 m13.9 mi
Mount PowellNNE 12°4,141 m8.3 mi
Mount SilverthorneE 85°4,072 m9.8 mi
East ThornE 86°4,065 m10.3 mi
Eagles NestN 8°4,057 m9.3 mi
Notch MountainSSW 202°4,030 m12.3 mi
Mount ValhallaE 81°4,017 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3919:5720:37
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2416:0216:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182129374654595750402618
Precip in2.02.01.82.42.01.21.81.72.01.82.01.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vail, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6528505354

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