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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000812011-21-000048
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210607
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210615
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210615

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Sullivan Gregory Jon
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001867146

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09614
		FILM NUMBER:		211019953

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		390 INTERLOCKEN CRESCENT, SUITE 1000
		CITY:			BROOMFIELD
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80021

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VAIL RESORTS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000812011
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990]
		IRS NUMBER:				510291762
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0731

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		390 INTERLOCKEN CRESCENT
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			BROOMFIELD
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80021
		BUSINESS PHONE:		303-404-1800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		390 INTERLOCKEN CRESCENT
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			BROOMFIELD
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80021
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        <footnote id="F1">On November 1, 2016, Reporting Person was granted 3,260 Share Appreciation Rights, which vested in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On September 27, 2017, Reporting Person was granted 2,202 Share Appreciation Rights, which vested in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">On September 27, 2018, Reporting Person was granted 216 Restricted Share Units, which vest in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date. On September 27, 2019, 72 shares vested of which 21 shares were withheld in order to satisfy the Reporting Person's obligations for payment of withholding and other taxes due in connection therewith and 51 shares were issued. On September 27, 2020, 72 shares vested of which 21 shares were withheld in order to satisfy the Reporting Person's obligations for payment of withholding and other taxes due in connection therewith and 51 shares were issued.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">On September 27, 2018, Reporting Person was granted 648 Restricted Share Units, which vest in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date. On September 27, 2019, 216 shares vested of which 63 shares were withheld in order to satisfy the Reporting Person's obligations for payment of withholding and other taxes due in connection therewith and 153 shares were issued. On September 27, 2020, 216 shares vested of which 63 shares were withheld in order to satisfy the Reporting Person's obligations for payment of withholding and other taxes due in connection therewith and 153 shares were issued.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">On September 27, 2018, Reporting Person was granted 1,792 Share Appreciation Rights, which vest in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">On September 25, 2019, Reporting Person was granted 291 Restricted Share Units, which vest in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date. On September 25, 2020, 97 shares vested of which 29 shares were withheld in order to satisfy the Reporting Person's obligations for payment of withholding and other taxes due in connection therewith and 68 shares were issued.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">On September 25, 2019, Reporting Person was granted 3,599 Share Appreciation Rights, which vest in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">On September 25, 2020, Reporting Person was granted 287 Restricted Share Units, which vest in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">On September 25, 2020, Reporting Person was granted 4,007 Share Appreciation Rights, which vest in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
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    <remarks>Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>Emily S. Barbara, Attorney-in-Fact for Gregory J. Sullivan</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-06-15</signatureDate>
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

            Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of David T. Shapiro and Emily Barbara and their assigns, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
            (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an executive officer of Vail Resorts, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 (or any analogous form), including amendments, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
            (2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4 and 5 (or any analogous form) and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
            (3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
            The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
            This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 (or any analogous form) with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 28th day of May, 2021.

                                    /s/ Gregory Sullivan
                                    Gregory Sullivan



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