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  0001208736
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000812011
  VAIL RESORTS INC
  001-09614
  390 INTERLOCKEN CRESCENT
  SUITE 1000
  BROOMFIELD
  CO
  80021
  303-404-1800
  SCHNEIDER HILARY
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  245 Summer Street
  Boston
  MA
  02110
  2565
  589283.10
  37966630
  12/20/2023
  NYSE
  Common
  09/28/2021
  Stock Award
  Issuer
  N
  922
  09/28/2021
  Compensation
  Common
  10/03/2019
  Stock Award
  Issuer
  N
  743
  10/03/2019
  Compensation
  Common
  10/04/2018
  Stock Award
  Issuer
  N
  900
  10/04/2018
  Compensation
  Y
  Shares will sell out of the following account: Hilary Schneider & James Heerwagen JWROS
  12/20/2023
  /s/ Christian Nasser as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Hilary Schneider