The Other Side of the Mountain: Summer Unfolds in Vail

Large crowd gathered outdoors under a ski lift on a sunny day. Green mountains in the background, booths set up in front.

When the snow melts and Vail Mountain sheds its winter coat, something magical emerges: a summer season that’s just as breathtaking as its powder-filled counterpart. The air is warm and crisp, wildflowers bloom along sun-dappled trails, and the alpine glow stretches long into the evening. Summer in Vail isn’t just a season—it’s a state of mind.


GoPro Mountain Games: Where Adrenaline Meets Art

The buzz begins early in June, as the iconic GoPro Mountain Games return (June 5–8, 2025)This beloved event fills Vail Village with athletes, art, and adventure. Crowds gather to watch world-class competitors tackle kayaking rapids, scale rock walls, and leap with their dogs into splash pools in DockDog. The pulse of the village quickens, and for a few days, Vail becomes a festival of adrenaline, live music, and mountain culture.  Here is the GoPro Mountain Games Schedule


Vail Craft Beer Classic: Cheers to Mountain Life

The Vail Craft Beer Classic (June 13–14, 2025) taps into the high-country spirit with brews as bold as the scenery. Breweries from across the country gather to showcase their latest creations, pairing perfectly with blue skies and backyard-style games along Gore Creek. It's the kind of event where strangers quickly become friends, and each pint feels like a toast to mountain life.


Vail America Days: Fourth of July Festivities

Independence Day brings with it the timeless joy of Vail America Days. (July 4, 2025) Families spread picnic blankets across the grass while live music plays from the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater. The Salute to America Parade down Bridge Street is part tradition, part celebration, and wholly unforgettable. Fireworks echo across the peaks as the village glows with patriotic pride.


Bravo! Vail Music Festival: Music Beneath the Stars

By mid-summer, the Bravo! Vail Music Festival (June 26–August 7, 2025)fills the air with symphonies and chamber music, performed by world-renowned orchestras like The New York Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra. The outdoor amphitheater, nestled beneath the mountain’s gaze, becomes a sanctuary for sound—where concertgoers sip wine under starry skies.


Everyday Adventure: Vail’s Natural Beauty

But beyond the marquee events, Vail’s everyday summer beauty is what truly enchants. Scenic gondola rides, hiking and mountain biking, fly fishing on Gore Creek, and paddle boarding on Piney Lake are just the beginning. Trails wind through aspen groves, meadows sway with wildflowers and columbine, and moose sightings are never out of the question.


Something for Everyone in Vail

Whether you're an adventurer, a music lover, a foodie, or simply someone looking to slow down and soak up beauty—Vail is alive with rhythm and energy.


A New Legacy at THE SIXTY TWO™ Society

Just beyond the Village, where Bridge Street meets the base of  Gondola One, a new kind of legacy is being built. THE SIXTY TWO™  Society, opening Summer 2026, is crafting a year-round experience of refined hospitality, culinary excellence and curated community—rooted in the spirit of Vail. Because some places aren’t just visited—they’re felt.  Reach out to us for membership opportunities.


amy@thesixtytwovail.com | 📞 970.763.1962


Come experience summer the way it was meant to be. Welcome to Vail.



March 12, 2026
The alpine club landscape in Vail is mature and yet unfortunately largely static and predictable. Most established clubs operate at or beyond capacity, structured around dated facilities, tenure, and volume preservation as a mantra. THE SIXTY TWO™ Society Vail is not built on that model and counterculture to that repetition. We are not scaling amenities. We are engineering experiences, elevating the overall culinary landscape, and most importantly, we are playing offense not defense. Where others lead with square footage and locker room assignments, we lead with genuine hospitality, culinary entertainment authority, and recurring social engagement opportunities. Chef-driven programming, seasonal dining, winemaker and spirits events, and curated gatherings are not secondary offerings; they are the mechanism through which our membership community compounds. Understand, this is a locally owned and operated hospitality first and top tier culinary structure with all the traditional club amenities, plus 10X. Member-priority reservation dining, internal concierge coordination, Gorsuch ski valet services, complimentary transportation availability ease, and intentional structured social programming only create energy and retain value when access is curated. Our restrained membership scale is strategic, as growth without limits erodes intimacy, and intimacy is our vision. At the same time, the membership club market is shifting. Across the Valley, increasingly rigid membership structures are creating friction for families navigating generational transitions and tenure. We believe long-term social capital is built through family legacy continuity, not contraction. Flexibility, applied with judgment, preserves participation across seasons of life without compromising standards and that is our North Star at THE SIXTY TWO™ Society Vail . Emotional connection is not an aspirational language for me here; it is the operating objective. Members are to be known, remembered, and needs anticipated far in advance. Familiarity replaces anonymity, and extended family participation replaces passive access or strictness. The interior design environment reinforces this distinction…..refined yet inviting, elevated without pretense. This is not just another locker room with a liquor license a basket of granola bars and cooler of bottled water. It is a refined hospitality-driven alpine Society designed to convert proximity into participation and participation into social capital. Founder Membership is advancing toward capacity, and our momentum is clearly measurable. As availability narrows, the next chapter will naturally shift to another waitlist. Our model only works with a disciplined scale. Once capacity is reached, it will be protected. We are not following the old-school traditional legacy template. We are setting a new membership hierarchy standard at the base of Gondola One …..where hospitality, unparalleled food and beverage, sincere convivial connection, curate the holistic experience. This is a differentiated business model and membership momentum guarantees it. Rest assured, we have broken the mold and reinvented what the future holds at the top of Bridge Street. THE SIXTY TWO™ Society Vail For Additional Membership Information Please Contact: Amy Kaemmer Amy@thesixtytwovail.com 970.763.1962 Learn About The Society Member Family Access Schedule A Call With Concierge Schedule A Site Tour With Founder Brad Kaemmer Take A Virtual Tour Frequently Asked Questions Reimagined Social Events
March 3, 2026
In Vail, long membership waitlists have quietly become part of the alpine landscape…..however, there is a surgical cadence to how something like THE SIXTY TWO™ Society is coming together. The majority of the Valley’s most established clubs reached capacity many years ago, and access now requires significant patience often with no material end in sight. We are in a different phase of our business lifecycle, one where Founder Memberships are currently still available , steadily taking shape yet diminishing, as like-minded families commit to generational access. Unfortunately, many families find themselves waiting for a moment that never quite arrives on queue; at least for now. Our focus has been on assembling the right membership community from the onset. We continue shaping what will become one of the most thoughtfully built alpine clubs that is culinary forward and exclusive at the base of Gondola One. Our ethos thus far has been on assembling the membership thoughtfully and at the right pace. However, the scale of the Membership is ultimately fixed. Once capacity is reached, the next waitlist chapter will naturally begin. Member-priority dining, concierge coordination, ski valet services, transportation availability, and curated social gatherings are paramount; these services are only meaningful because access remains intentionally limited. “ Growth without intentional boundaries would compromise the overall member experience and we made the decision early on to protect the integrity of curated access.” The scale of the Membership Society is fixed. The hospitality is personal by design. If you have been considering a differentiated level of membership, whether for family continuity , ease during peak season, or simply having a place that feels consistent and known, this is the season to decide while participation remains open . The experience only works because the size is naturally protected. The opportunity is open. It will not remain that way indefinitely. Please reach out to learn more about our offering. THE SIXTY TWO™ Society Vail For Additional Membership Information Please Contact: Amy Kaemmer Amy@thesixtytwovail.com 970.763.1962 Learn About The Society Member Family Access Schedule A Call With Concierge Schedule A Site Tour With Founder Brad Kaemmer Take A Virtual Tour Frequently Asked Questions Reimagined Social Events
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