700 South Frontage Road • Vail, CO 81657      |      Directions      |       Calendar of Events
970-479-2280      |      Fax 970-479-2281      |       sports@vailrec.com

At VRD, we thrive on good-natured competition, and we’ve had decades of proven experience conducting the best races, leagues, tournaments or drop-in nights. Our running series, named best running series by Colorado Magazine in 2005 and 2008, attracts the region’s finest athletes and has been used as a qualifier for the U.S. Mountain Running Team more often than any other location in the U.S. Our Wednesday night mountain bike series draws an average 200 racers ranging in age from eight to 60+. In spring, summer and fall, our playing fields are ideal backdrops for youth and adult leagues and sports camps. From softball to soccer, lacrosse to volleyball, Vail Recreation District strives to provide the highest quality instruction and most well-run competitions you’ll find.

Youth Sports Leagues    |         Registration      |    Call 479-2280 for Details
Leagues just aren't for the adults any more. Children throughout the valley can enjoy youth leagues including:

• High Country Hoops   |   Nov. 1 – Dec. 15 (No Play Thanksgiving Week)
  Grades: 1st – 2nd , Tuesdays   |   Grades: 3rd-5th , Thursdays
  Times: 4-5:30   |   Location: Homestake Peak School  |     Cost: $45
  Each session will consist or a 45 minute training session focusing on skill building and enhancing fundamentals including dribbling, shooting, passing and defense. This skill building session will be followed by game play.
  Online Registration   |    Registration Form
• Youth Volleyball   |   Nov. 2 – Dec. 14
  Grades: 3rd-5th on Mondays   |    Grades: 6th – 8th on Wednesdays (no play on 11/23)
  Times: 4:30-6:00 PM   |   Location: Homestake Peak School     |       Cost: $60
  Coaching: Professional Coaching provided by Vail Volleyball Club
  Grades 3rd through 5th: Volleyball FUNdamentals, lower net and small court, foot work and agility.
  Grades 6th through 8th: Ball Control Academy: These clinics for grades 6-8 are designed to maximize contacts and repetitions in a training environment for enthusiastic volleyball athletes. The professionally trained staff of coaches from the Vail Volleyball Club will emphasize a philosophy of contacts and repetition designed to strengthen skill development.
  Online Registration   |    Registration Form
• Spring Youth Soccer League  2012  |   Online Registration   |   FAQs     
• Mountain Bike Youth Series
• Co-ed Youth Futsal League       |        Registration Form    |   Online Registration                                         Turning soccer inside out. Short for futbol sala-loosely translated as indoor soccer-futsal is a teaching tool that develops players technical and tactical abilities by forcing them to maneuver and make decisions in a confined space.
  Each session will be spent, half the time working on enhancing skills and technique, and the 2nd half focusing on implementing those techniques in a game setting.
   
  Schedule:
  Mondays 1/9 - 2/13 Kindergarten 4-5:00 PM
  Tuesday 1/10-2/14 1st and 2nd Grade 4-5:30 PM
  Wednesday 1/11-2/15 3rd - 5ht Grade 4- 5:30 PM
  Thursday 1/12 - 2/16 6th - 8th grade 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
   
  Location: Homestake Peak School Auxiliary Gymnasium
  Cost: $50
  Enrollment: Limited to 24 Participants each session
  Register By: 12/24/11

Adult Leagues and Open Gym       |    Registration     |     More Information
The VRD organizes leagues year-round for a variety of sports including basketball, soccer, volleyball, flag football, 8v8 soccer, softball and ice hockey.

Open Gym

• Indoor Soccer Open Gym: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Red Sandstone Elementary School (Winter Only)
• Basketball Open Gym: 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays at Red Sandstone Elementary School
• Volleyball Open Gym: 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays at Red Sandstone Elementary School (Winter Only)

Winter Leagues

• Winter Co-ed Volleyball  | Schedule | Standings
  Days: Wednesdays, beginning 1/18/12
  Cost: $225 for VRD Taxpayers /  $250 for Non-VRD Taxpayers
  Location: All games take place at Red Sandstone Elementary School in Vail
  Register By: 12/23/2011
  Registration Form
  4 v 4 co-ed format with a regular season followed by playoffs. Both an A & B League are offered
• Adult Basketball   |   Schedule   |   Standings
  Days: Sundays, beginning 1/8/12
  Cost: $340 VRD Taxpayers / $390 for Non-VRD Taxpayers
  Location: Homestake Peak School in Eagle-Vail
  Register By: 12/18/2011
  Registration Form
  Both A & B Leagues offered. Each League consists of a regular season followed by playoffs
• Ice Hockey League: Year-round at Dobson Ice Arena
• Adult Co-Ed Indoor Soccer (Futsal)
  Days: Thursdays, beginning 1/12/12
  Cost: $225 for VRD Taxpayers  /  $250 for non-VRD Taxpayers
  Location: Homestake Peak School in Eagle-Vail
  Register by: December 23, 2011
  Registration Form
  5 v 5 futsal format including goalie. 2 females must be on the floor at all times. League consists of a regular season followed by playoffs. League is limited to 9 teams. Schedule & Standings

• NEW! Adult Co-ed Dodgeball powered by We Have Fun Now
  Days: Sundays, beginning 1/8/12
  Cost: $375 per team / $50 per free agent
  Location: Red Sandstone Elementary School
  Register by: December 23, 2011
  Registration Form
  League will consist of a regular season followed by a playoffs. Teams should have a minimum of 8 people, including 3 females. Food and drinks specials available post game at the Altitude Sports Club 
  
  Free Agents (those without a team) for all leagues are encouraged to call the office at 970-479-2280. If we have enough free agents we may be able to create a team or get your information to team captains who are in need of players.

Summer/Fall Leagues: 2011 Schedule

• Summer Softball League: Summer at the Ford Park Softball Fields

Monday Coed Schedule          |     Monday Coed Standings 
Tuesday Men's Schedule        |     Tuesday Men's Standings 
Wednesday Coed Schedule   |     Wednesday Coed Standings 
Thursday Men's Schedule       |     Thursday Men's Standings

• 8v8 Coed Adult Soccer: Summer and fall at Old Battle Mountain High School   |   Schedule 
• Fall Indoor Volleyball League: 6:15p.m. Wednesdays, October 19 - Decmber 14, 2011. Red Sandstone Elementary. Schedule | Current Standings

Information and registration is available by clicking here. 

La Sportiva Vail Mountain Trail Running Race Series   |  Registration  |  2011 Info   |   Photos
Named Colorado's "Best Race Series" by Colorado Runner Magazine in 2005 and 2008, the La Sportiva Vail Mountain Trail Running Race Series has become an iconic event, taking runners up trails and over mountain roads, through fields and forests and over streams in and around Vail for the past 13 years. The 2011 La Sportiva Mountain Trail Running Race Series offered runners approximately 52 miles of scenic racing, for a total elevation gain of 16,475 feet and more breathtaking views than we can count. Races take place May through early September.

Vail Beaver Creek Mountain Bike Series   |   2011 Information  |   Photos
The 2011 Vail Beaver Creek Mountain Bike Race Series returns for its 28th year to offer fun and exciting racing to mountain bikers of all ages and experience levels. Participants can compete in individual races or the entire series. The 2010 seven-race series brought together over 1,750 riders who competed for $5,200 in cash and $30,000 in prizes.

Vail Kids Adventure Race   |     Information  |    2011 Results   |    Video     |   Photos on Facebook     

Youth Summer Sports Camps    |   Ages 4 and Older     |   Registration     |   Information
Registration fills quickly for the VRD's youth summer sports camps. Camps provide children ages four and older with an opportunity to develop new skills and refine existing talent in baseball, basketball, sports training, lacrosse, soccer, volleyball and more.  Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Spring MTB Short Track Series
New for 2011, the VRD is introducing a new spring bike short track series as a way to launch newcomers into the sport of mountain bike racing. No points or prizes…just a fun way to get in shape after a long winter. Races will take place on a short, dirt loop and racers have 20 minutes to ride as many laps as possible. Kids' races will be 5 and 10 minutes in length. There will be parties after each race where we’ll celebrate with a raffle and free beer for adult participants.

Cyclocross Clinic Led by Jake Wells  |  2012 TBD  |  Registration   |    Itenirary
An exciting addition to the summer lineup for 2011, champion cyclocross and mountain bike racer, Jake Wells, taught the VRD's first ever Cyclocross Camp in August n Vail. The camp will return in late summer' or early fall 2012.  

Tournaments
The Ford Park and Vail Athletic Fields host some of the best sports competitions in the U.S. Home to the Vail Lacrosse Shootout, one of the country's largest lacrosse tournaments, the annual Kick-It! 3v3 Rocky Mountain Regional Finals Soccer tournament, the annual King of the Mountain Volleyball tournament, or the Vail Soccer Invitational, Vail is a crowdpleasing location for tournaments, championships and festivals during the spring, summer and fall. Other upcoming events in Summer 2011 include the Warrior Vail Colorado Lacrosse Tournament, the Vail Valley Rally, Vail Valley Series Softball and the Rocky Mountain Coed Classic Softball Tournament.

For information on individual tournaments, click the links above. For information on the Rocky Mountain Coed Classic Softball Tournament, contact David Baker at (303) 507-8400.

Vail Strides Free Running Club  |   5:30 p.m.  |  Thursdays  | Meet at Vista Bahn in Vail Village
Join the VRD for its free, weekly, summer running club taking place at 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays at the base of the Vista Bahn in Vail Village. The club is led by local runner Greg Decent and variety of other athletes and takes participants running on and around Vail's scenic recreation paths.