Vail
Resorts,
Inc.
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Resorts Contacts:
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 Hilary Schneider Named to
Vail Resorts Board of Directors
 BROOMFIELD,
Colo. – March 30, 2010–Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) today announced the appointment of Hilary
Schneider, executive vice president of Yahoo! Americas, to the Company's Board
of Directors effective immediately.
 
 In her
role as executive vice president of Yahoo! Americas, Ms. Schneider is
responsible for North, Central and South America business, including advertising
sales, partnerships and programming and reports directly to Chief Executive
Officer Carol Bartz. She joined Yahoo in 2006 when she previously led the
company’s U.S. region, Global Partner Solutions and Local Markets and Commerce
divisions.
 
 Prior to
Yahoo, Ms. Schneider held senior leadership roles at Knight Ridder, Inc., where
she was chief executive officer of Knight Ridder Digital before moving to
co-manage the company’s overall newspaper and online business. Before joining
Knight Ridder, Schneider served as president and chief executive officer of Red
Herring Communications, overseeing Red Herring Magazine,
www.RedHerring.com, and Red Herring’s events unit. She also held a number of
roles at Times Mirror, including president and chief executive officer of Times
Mirror Interactive and general manager of the Baltimore Sun. Ms. Schneider
holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brown University and a master’s in
business from Harvard Business School.
 
 Vail
Resorts Chief Executive Officer Rob Katz commented, "We could not be more
pleased to have someone with Hilary's experience and leadership join our board.
Hilary brings incredible expertise in how to use digital media to inform,
communicate and inspire, which is becoming a critical skill set to succeed in
travel and leisure. Hilary has a long and successful track record at
understanding how to deliver for customers and partners, something that is core
to everything that Vail Resorts stands for."
 
 Other
members of the eight-person Vail Resorts Board of Directors include: Chairman
Robert A. Katz, chief executive officer of Vail Resorts; Lead Director Roland A.
Hernandez, founding principal and chief executive officer of Hernandez Media
Ventures; Thomas D. Hyde, executive vice president and corporate secretary of
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Jeff Jones, senior executive vice president and chief
financial officer of Vail Resorts; Richard D. Kincaid, former president and
chief executive officer of Equity Office Properties Trust; John T. Redmond,
former president and chief executive officer of MGM Grand Resorts; and John F.
Sorte, president and chief executive officer of Morgan Joseph &
Co.
 
 About Vail
Resorts
 Vail
Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator
in the United States. The Company's subsidiaries operate the mountain resort
properties of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone mountain resorts in
Colorado, the Heavenly Ski Resort in the Lake Tahoe area of California and
Nevada, and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyo. The Company's
subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort hotel company, manages casually elegant
properties across the United States and in the Caribbean. Vail Resorts
Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction
subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded
on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN).  The Vail Resorts company
website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is
www.snow.com.