Charter Sports – Marriott’s Streamside at Vail

Very conveniently located on second floor in marriott Streamside. Reasonable prices and helpful staff.

Buddies and I have rented skis from Charter Sports for approx the last 8 years. Total cost, approx $ 3K. We renedt at the location at Sheraton in Avon. This year the service was very bad. The gal that helped us didnt have a clue. I told her i would like a K2 Richter of ~ 178 size. She brought out an Atomic 170, I said again I prefer the K2 Richter, she went back to the skiis again and came back with an Atomic. Her English was not that great, and given the ridiculous slow pace she worked at, i thought to myself «let me just take an Atomic 178 and get out of here»…So after a painful wait as she tried to adjust bindings, we pay and take off to mountain (only to then realize she gave me 170cm). Unbelievable.
Futher, my buddy was charged too much and had to get a credit upon return of his equipment. Finally, the boots smelled foul.

Great deal on all day bike and gondola packages, only $ 50 per person. Gondola tickets cost $ 22 by themselves. I would recommend upgrading your gondola lift pass for $ 5 to receive a $ 15 lunch voucher for the restaurant at the top of the mountain. I’m not much of a bike rider so the bike seats started to hurt after a while. This is a great deal for people who want a full day of mountain biking or cross country biking. I wish I was in better shape and better at mountain biking because it would have been awesome.

Great prices and products! They have a brochure that lists their pricing system but it’s not entirely realistic, in a good way. We wanted to get a four hour full suspension and then ride over to the gondola and get a lift ticket but the guy at Charter had ESP and asked if we were gonna get a lift ticket, and so we got the bundled price and that automatically have us a full day bike rental. Definitely worth it because we made three runs. Most bikes have a single front gear and then nine or so on the back so it’s good. My disc brakes began to scrape against the brake and then gears weren’t shifted the best so I asked for a tuneup and they just gave me another one that worked great. As for the gondola it’s also easy. You can put two bikes in each slot in the gondola and then ride in another car unhindered. Opt for the $ 15 food coupon for $ 5 at the gondola ticket window and you can use that at the restaurant at the top of the gondola. For the runs all of them are great. I’d bring some water bottles and fill them up