Who's Driving You Up the Mountain

Most car services will tell you they know the mountains. We grew up on them.

This is the family behind every ride on our Vail limo service and every run down from Denver.

Skiing Runs in the Family

Our daughter Senna patrolled at Silver Mountain in Idaho. That work is hauling toboggans, getting hurt people off the hill in flat light, and reading the snow before it decides for you.

Our son Enzo won his first competition as a little kid at the Steadman Clinic Vail Cup, and he never really came off the mountain after that.

He grew up a bump skier, throwing off-axis flips before a lot of kids his age could ride a chairlift alone. He skied for Ski and Snowboard Club Vail and came up through the Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy, and he skied his freestyle mogul comps on Cookshack, the run under Chair 2 that was Vail's mogul course before the World Cup course moved over to Golden Peak. Today he drives for us. When Enzo loads your bags, the person behind the wheel has more vertical on this hill than most people will ski in a lifetime.

How I Ended Up Driving

I tried out for Vail Ski Patrol at 48. About a hundred people went out for it that season and they took around ten of us. I made the cut. Then on the last day of toboggan training I blew the knee out fixing a slow sign somebody had knocked over, not even in my skis. While I was getting back on my feet I took a job driving for a limo company in town. That detour is how Vail Powder Cars started. I came out of it knowing what it takes to read this mountain when the weather turns, and I have spent the thirty years since on I-70 in every condition Colorado has thrown at me. And after all these years doing it for a living, I still love to drive.

What That Means When You Book a Ride

When you call us for a pickup to Vail in January, you are not getting a driver who read about the place online. You are getting people who patrolled this mountain and competed on it,who have driven the road home in whiteouts, in chain-law crawls, in Friday ski traffic, and at 2 a.m. behind a flight that landed late. We know which stretch of Vail Pass ices first, which resort entrance jams up at the end of a ski day, and how to get you to the lift with time to spare. That did not come from a brochure. It came from a lifetime up here.

We know Beaver Creek too. We have spent many powder days on that mountain, and we run private rides to the resort all season.

Plenty of drivers up here are reading an address off a screen. Ask us how to get to Chair 5 and we will tell you it takes you to the top of the mountain, to the top of chair 4, 11, and 5 and over to Vail Ski Patrol Headquarters. That comes from decades of skiing this hill, not an app.

Why We Drive the Way We Do

Skiing, riding motorcycles, and driving are more alike than people think. In any speed sport you have to train yourself to look way ahead. It is natural to look down at your feet, or to stare at the bumper of the car in front of you. You cannot do that.

If you are looking at your ski tips, you are skiing blind. Whatever is happening down there is already over.

It is the same behind the wheel. Staring at the bumper in front of you is setting yourself up for failure. By the time something goes wrong down there, it is already too late to react. You have to keep your eyes well down the road, long before trouble ever gets to you.

Years of skiing and riding trained us to do that without thinking about it. That is what lets us drive you smoothly and safely in any weather. It is not a line on a website. It is muscle memory from sports where looking ahead is the whole game.

Common Questions

Who drives for Vail Powder Cars?

The Sink family. George Sink made Vail Ski Patrol at 48. Our daughter Senna served on ski patrol at Silver Mountain in Idaho. Our son Enzo, a competitive freestyle mogul skier who grew up skiing Vail, drives for the company today.

Does Vail Powder Cars actually know the Colorado mountains?

Yes. We have skied, patrolled, and competed in the Colorado high country, and have driven I-70 and Vail Pass for over thirty years in every weather condition the season brings.

Is Vail Powder Cars a local Vail company?

Yes. We have lived in the Vail Valley for over thirty years and run every booking ourselves out of Vail.

Why is a ride with Vail Powder Cars smooth and safe?

Decades of skiing and motorcycle riding and racing train your eyes to look down the road far ahead instead of fixating on the car in front of you. By the time trouble reaches the bumper ahead, it is too late to react. We drive the way we ski and ride, looking well down the road, and that is what keeps the ride smooth and safe in any condition.