As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2004
                                                     Registration No. 333-112602
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549
                             _______________________

                         Post-effective Amendment No. 1
                                       to
                                    FORM S-3
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                             _______________________

                               VAIL RESORTS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



                                                               
            Delaware                         7990                    51-0291762
(State or other jurisdiction of  (Primary Standard Industrial    (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)  Classification Code Number)   Identification Number)



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                                Post Office Box 7
                              Vail, Colorado 81658
                                 (970) 845-2500
   (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                    registrant's principal executive offices)
                             _______________________

                              Martha D. Rehm, Esq.
                    Senior Vice President and General Counsel
                               Vail Resorts, Inc.
                                Post Office Box 7
                              Vail, Colorado 81658
                                 (970) 845-2500
            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)
                             _______________________
                                    Copy to:
                              James J. Clark, Esq.
                             Luis R. Penalver, Esq.
                           Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
                                 80 Pine Street
                            New York, New York 10005
                                 (212) 701-3000
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     Approximate date of commencement of proposed  issuance of the securities to
the public: Not Applicable.

     If the only  securities  being  registered  on this Form are being  offered
pursuant to dividend or interest  reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. / /

     If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities  Act"),  other than securities offered only in
connection  with dividend or interest  reinvestment  plans,  check the following
box. / /

     If this Form is filed to  register  additional  securities  for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list  the  Securities  Act  registration  statement  number  of the  earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. / /

     If this Form is a  post-effective  amendment  filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the  Securities  Act,  check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration  statement number of the earlier effective  registration  statement
for the same offering. / /

     If delivery of the  prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. / /



DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES On February 9, 2004, Vail Resorts, Inc. ("Vail") filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-112602) and filed a 424(b) prospectus on April 1, 2004 (collectively, the "Registration Statement"), to register 1,500,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"). 1,325,000 shares of Common Stock have been sold under the Registration Statement. Vail hereby deregisters the remaining unsold 175,000 shares of Common Stock covered by the Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 6th day of April, 2004. VAIL RESORTS, INC. By: /s/ JEFFREY W. JONES ----------------------------------- Name: Jeffrey W. Jones Title: Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /S/ADAM M. ARON Chairman of the Board, April 6, 2004 - --------------------------- Chief Executive Officer and Adam M. Aron Director (Principal Executive Officer) /S/JEFFREY W. JONES Senior Vice President and April 6, 2004 - --------------------------- Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey W. Jones (Principal Financial Officer) /S/FRANK BIONDI* Director April 6, 2004 - --------------------------- Frank Biondi /S/JOHN J. HANNAN* Director April 6, 2004 - --------------------------- John J. Hannan /S/JOHN R. HAUGE* Director April 6, 2004 - --------------------------- John R. Hauge /S/ROLAND A. HERNANDEZ* Director April 6, 2004 - --------------------------- Roland A. Hernandez /S/ROBERT A. KATZ* Director April 6, 2004 - --------------------------- Robert A. Katz /S/THOMAS H. LEE* Director April 6, 2004 - --------------------------- Thomas H. Lee /S/WILLIAM L. MACK* Director April 6, 2004 - --------------------------- William L. Mack /S/JOE R. MICHELETTO* Director April 6, 2004 - --------------------------- Joe R. Micheletto /S/JOHN F. SORTE* Director April 6, 2004 - --------------------------- John F. Sorte

Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /S/WILLIAM P. STIRITZ* Director April 6, 2004 - --------------------------- William P. Stiritz /S/JAMES S. TISCH* Director April 6, 2004 - --------------------------- James S. Tisch /S/JEFFREY W. JONES Attorney-in-Fact April 6, 2004 - --------------------------- Jeffrey W. Jones * By Attorney-in-Fact