POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Wendy Reiter and Julie B. Papangelis, 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 officer and/or director 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 ___ day of September, 2004.



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                                                     Martha D. Rehm