Vail Oktoberfest celebrates decades of oom-pah fun in the Vail Valley

Vail Oktoberfest celebrates decades of oom-pah fun in the Vail Valley

Oktoberfest celebrations have been a part of the fabric of Vail for decades, which is no surprise when you consider its roots with such ski pioneers as Pepi Gramshammer from Innsbruck, Austria, Ricky Andenmatten from Zermatt, Switzerland and restaurateurs like Austrians Hermann Staufer and Pepi Langegger, who started The Lancelot and other Vail dining establishments. Helmut Fricker, an iconic entertainer from Germany who has played the accordion…