Helping to keep Vail beautiful:

 

We are proud of the Antlers longstanding leadership in environmental consciousness. This gorgeous valley is our home, and our staff appreciates the important role business must play in reducing waste and pollution. They revel in creating ideas and programs that have proven distinctly successful.

In 1988, we "adopted" a two-mile stretch of Interstate 70 up on Vail Pass. Twice a year, our entire staff ventures up the pass to clear the roadsides of litter, then returns for a festive picnic lunch and an afternoon off. Obviously nobody minds a free lunch and a little paid time off. But the real satisfaction comes from knowing it's a little cleaner world for our efforts.


Staff cleans up Vail Pass.

A few years later, we converted 70 wood-burning fireplaces to cleaner, gas logs at a cost of $70,000. This accomplishment is one that literally fills our lungs with pride every single day of the year - wood smoke was a major part of Vail's air pollution. Likewise, our water wise policies (for example, we allow our guests to participate by limiting the frequency of towel changes) and the efficient equipment in our units and central laundry help conserve the mountain purity of our rivers and streams.

We are active participants with  Vail's Green star  program , the Eagle Valley Alliance and the Town of Vail recycling program. Recycling is not a profitable venture in a small and relatively remote area, to say the least. Curbside pickup is expensive, the operators of the recycling center simply cannot afford to do it for everybody. So when the Antlers van and Antlers employees arrive to shuttle recyclables to the collection point, it's a service to the community and environment.

And, several years ago, the Town of Vail selected The Antlers, from among two dozen entries in the business category, as the inaugural recipient of the Mauri Nottingham Award. This environmental award was especially meaningful because of Mauri Nottingham's incredible hard work and selfless championing of the environment. He started the local recycling program and is singularly responsible for its success.

680 W Lionshead Place  |  Vail, Colorado (CO) 81657 United States
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