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October 18, 2007 — It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – yet it’s only October here in Vail.
Overnight snow left us with the first real blanket of the white stuff this season, and more is on the way. WeatherReports.com is predicting more snow through today (Thursday), and a second, larger storm to leave snow Saturday night and Sunday. For a look at the 5-day forecast, click on the icon underneath the snow report on the left of this page.
The realvail snow report won’t deliver snow information for the respective ski resorts until after each resort has opened, but I can report that Vail got the best of the storm which, as I write, is still making its way through the Valley. Summit county was relatively clear Wednesday evening, Copper Mountain was getting the edge of the storm, and Vail was (and is) getting a full delivery of big fluffy flakes – not the wet, cakey stuff we’ve seen previously this season.
The higher elevations are getting even more snow, as heavy, consistent snow has been falling there since yesterday afternoon. We haven’t seen the peaks for quite a while now, but when we do they will come away frosty white.
The WeatherReports.com forecast calls for partly cloudy weather to prevail Friday, but the weekend ought to bring more precipitation in all its many forms. All this spells good news for Vail and Beaver Creek’s snowmaking crews, who can use low temperatures and a little help from Mother Nature to create a great base for opening day.
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Tom Boyd
Snow update
October 17, 2007 — Two snowstorms are making their way through the valley at the end of this week, and having just traveled from Denver to Vail, I can attest that Vail is getting more out of this first storm than any other I-70 corridor resort.
The snow started colliding with my windshield around Copper Mountain, and by the time I reached the top of Vail Pass it was absolutely pounding.
It gets a little wetter below 10,000, but there’s still enough to put four inches – according to the official RealVail tape measure – in my front yard as of 9 p.m. I’d guess there’s double that at PHQ atop the mountain.
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Why this is my favorite time of the year, Part II: The ski swap
October 12, 2007 — I have a no-brainer reason why I love October for this segment of "why this is my favorite time of year." No, it's not just because my birthday is coming up (ahem ... didya catch that one, everybody?) - it's because of the ski swap, when Dobson Ice Arena in Vail becomes a massive ski/snowboard shop full of new gear, old gear, and great deals.
So, without much ado, here's the skinny on the swap:
INFO: The swap begins with "Early Bird" shopping from 5-7 p.m. Oct. 26 (but you’ve got to pay $15 to be a part of the Early Bird special). General Admission is on that same day from 7-11 p.m. with a $5 entry fee. Saturday is also $5 and the swap is open from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. with a $5 entry fee. Scour for bargains for free after three, from 3 – 6 p.m. Saturday.
For more information on the ski swap click CLICK HERE.
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Dr. Gerner’s work lives on, literally
October 11, 2007 — About 15 years ago my dad was kayaking in Gore Creek, flipped over, and smashed his face into a water pipe which had fallen into the river. He was knocked unconscious, but was saved by the friends and fellow kayakers who pulled him to the bank and called an ambulance.
Looking at him today you’d never know he was once lying by the side of the creek with a perfect gash running from the bottom of his chin up to his nose. You’d never know it because Dr. Robert Gerner sewed him up perfectly. Not a smidgeon of a scar remains.
Dr. Gerner is gone now. He passed away Oct. 5 in a Denver hospital. Yet he was a surgeon, one who operated on my father and myself (ever had a pilonidal syst?), and therefore I can say that his work lives on – literally.
And since we are taking time to talk of the dearly departed (which is not typically the domain of realvail.com), my heart and spirit goes out to Celine Krueger and the Krueger family. If any of you are reading this, I’d just like to say that the cabin you built in the woods near my house (and near the old Krueger house) is still there, albeit a bit more mossy than it was in the days when it was my childhood stronghold. I have fond memories of that time in my life and I remember Celine, vividly, helping me through my first communion.
My condolences as well to David Viele and the whole Viele family, who recently lost another whom I remember shepharding me through childhood: Kathy Viele.
As this town approaches its 45th year, it’s inevitable that we must bear the passing of some who were a part of the founding generation. For many generations my relatives have embraced such partings with toasts full of strong emotion, tears, and hearty laughter as we remember old times. To everyone who has suffered a recent loss I have poured a cup here in my hands as I write this and, I raise it, so to speak … in a toast to all of you.
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