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Michael Friedberg

Helping families move from the life they live to the life they dream about.

Real Estate Advisor · Former U.S. Ski Team World Cup Athlete
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Living room and kitchen at The Lion E307

The Lion E307

A fully furnished Vail retreat in Lionshead.

Three bedrooms, 3.5 baths and 1,904 square feet, steps from the Eagle Bahn Gondola, in a full-service building with its own clubhouse. Offered as a 1/8 ownership interest through Ancana, with 42 nights a year.

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How I help

A mountain home is a life decision and a financial one

Buying

Weekend place, ski home, or the move for good. I'll help you find the right town, the right property, and the right price.

Selling

Pricing grounded in real market data, marketing through The Agency's global network, and a clear plan from list to close.

Planning

Before real estate, I advised families and family offices on wealth transfer. I can help you think through how a property fits your family's long-term plan.

About

My roots in Vail go back to before I was born.

My parents met on Chair 4.

Skiing was the center of our family life. We were weekend warriors from Boulder, and I worked my way onto the U.S. Ski Team, skiing moguls on the World Cup.

Michael in the air at a World Cup mogul event in Winter Park
Glory days
Still skiing bumps
Michael, Rachel and the girls skiing together
Teaching one of the girls to ski
Nowadays
Michael carving a turn on groomed snow
Not skiing bumps

When I retired from skiing, I missed the structure and rigor of training. So I started racing bikes while working full time for Jeep Sports.

That hobby turned into ten years racing cross-country mountain bikes in the pro category, plus road and cyclocross. Discipline, process and work ethic are part of who I am.

Shouldering the bike up a cyclocross run-up
Cross season
Racing cyclocross under the lights
Under the lights
Michael racing a mountain bike through an aspen grove
Ten years in the pro field

I spent years as Program Director and Head Coach at Ski & Snowboard Club Vail, where kids I coached went on to the U.S. Ski Team and the Olympics. Today I coach SSCV’s Nordic Future Stars, and my favorite students are my own daughters.

Michael with both daughters on a family mountain bike ride
The whole crew
Skateboarding with my daughter on her balance bike
Dad still has pop
Michael and his daughter at Ski & Snowboard Club Vail
Future Star

Over the past two decades I’ve founded and helped grow companies in hospitality, fitness technology and the outdoor industry, and I’ve worked in finance on wealth transfer strategy. Through all of it, one thing has mattered most: relationships. I’m a connector, I’m discreet, and I’m in it for the long run.

Why Vail

People don’t buy homes here to be inside.

It’s first chair on a powder day. It’s a lunch ride before an afternoon of meetings, and a world-class trail that starts at your back door. Being outside every day is non-negotiable.

Ski touring as a family with the baby in a backpack carrier
Earning our turns
Michael skiing deep powder through the aspens
Powder day
Lunch ride with Rachel on singletrack
Lunch ride with Rachel
Michael ski touring with his daughter in a backpack carrier
Riding shotgun

For our family, it’s skiing together. Darwin was on alpine skis at a year and a half, and Andi is right behind her. My parents are 80 and still my favorite people to ski with. Three generations on one chairlift: those are the core memories we want for our girls.

Three generations of the Friedberg family on skis
Three generations
Riding the chairlift with the girls
Chairlift crew
Nordic skiing as a family with the baby in a carrier
Nordic day

That’s how I think about real estate here. The right home isn’t just about the right price. It’s about how you will live here: how far you are from the lift, the trailhead, the school, and the people you want to be with. I’ll help you find the place that fits the life you want to live.

We live in EagleVail and we’re building a home in Minturn, so I’m making the same choices for my own family.

The girls running on the lawn in Vail
Tag, you’re it
Michael, Rachel and their daughters walking through Vail Village in the fall
Fall in Vail Village
Family photo after Darwin's first bike race in Vail
Darwin’s 1st bike race
Guides
First Tracks: a parent's guide to getting kids on skis

First Tracks

A parent's guide to getting kids on skis, and keeping them there for life.

Everything I learned coaching future Olympians, and teaching my own daughters, in one guide. Videos, gear advice, the six-stage progression, and games that teach.

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