New Year’s Eve in Vail will again include bus service adjustments and the presence of police and fire personnel to ensure a safe and fun atmosphere is provided for all residents and guests. Additional foot patrols in the pedestrian areas will be used to maintain a family-friendly environment during the holiday.  

Vail Transit and Core Transit will suspend inbound bus service at midnight. To accommodate late-night revelers returning home, outbound service will run uninterrupted throughout the evening, with the last Core Transit bus leaving the Vail Transportation Center at approximately 2 a.m. and the last Vail Transit bus leaving at 2:10 a.m.  

Also, between midnight and 2 a.m., service on Vail’s in-town route will be reduced due to anticipated crowds along Meadow Drive. Regular in-town service will resume at 6:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Visit https://ride.vail.gov for Vail Transit schedules and real-time bus information. Visit www.coretransit.org for regional transit information.  

For exceptional circumstances, vehicles entering after 3 p.m. may be left overnight in the Vail Village or Lionshead parking structures, compliments of the Town of Vail. Please do not drink and drive. Vehicles must be retrieved by 11 a.m. the next day. Parkers should see the booth attendant at exit to utilize this program. Note that overnight top-deck parking is not allowed at either structure due to snow removal operations.  

The town’s New Year’s Eve celebration includes fireworks at 6 p.m. which will be visible from all base areas, as well as from across I-70. Note that there will not be a torchlight ski down this year. Visit https://discovervail.com/events/ for more information and a viewing map.