Robert Barker has been a Vail Valley resident for the past 48 years. Born and raised in Amherst, Massachusetts, he completed his college education in upstate New York and decided to spend "one winter season" in the Colorado Rockies. The Vail Valley has been home ever since.
Shortly after arriving in Vail, he joined the Vail Ski School and followed that with a year-round position in marketing and public relations for Vail Resorts.
In 1988, Robert joined Slifer and Company at their Bridge Street office in Vail Village. When Slifer Smith and Frampton assumed the sales of Cordillera communities in 1993, Robert relocated to the fledgling development and has consistently been named one of the Top Producing Brokers there during his tenure.
Over the past 10 years, since the Cordillera communities have matured, Robert has been specializing in selling and listing residential properties in the four Cordillera communities and also residential and commercial properties throughout the Vail Valley.
Robert and his wife, Karin, have two daughters, Bria, 37 and Erin, 34 in addition to two grandsons Declan and Anders. Although the girls now have their own pursuits in and outside of the Vail Valley they spend as much time together as possible enjoying all of the activities the Colorado Mountains have to offer.