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Eagle County Airport closed for the summer for runway repairs
Apr 27, 2009 —
Eagle County Regional Airport, (EGE) located between Eagle and Gypsum and serving both the Vail and Roaring Fork (Aspen) valleys, is closed for commercial service April 15 through Aug. 31 for scheduled runway work.
When service resumes on Sept. 2, American Airlines will provide flights through the fall season into winter. The decision to close EGE through the...
Colorado backcountry guides still catching up to European counterparts
Feb 10, 2009 —
Tracing Grisha Kravtchenko’s lineage is like a quick spin through world geography. An indefatigably upbeat international mountain guide and ski instructor, Kravtchenko has a French mother and an American father, was raised in Chile and Switzerland, and has lived in South America and Europe. His current location is either Aspen Colorado or Chamonix, France,...
Ski lessons of love at Monarch Mountain
Feb 3, 2009 —
Skiing was not at the forefront of Luis Lopez’ mind when he struck up a conversation with a young Colorado girl at a coffee shop one fateful day in 2007. Lopez was the kind of guy who thought 55 degrees was “freezing,” who had only seen snow once, in Canada, and who spent most of his life in or near the small, tropical city of Tapachula in...
Vail Resorts offers up Vail, Beaver Creek vacation deals
Jan 27, 2009 —
The snow keeps coming at Vail and Beaver Creek. In the past two days, more than 15 inches has fallen at both resorts, and more than 30 inches has come down since Friday.
In celebration of the snow and Super Bowl Sunday, Vail Resorts recently announced a slew of new vacation deals.
Vail is offering 20 percent off a full day private lesson for adults and...
Kissing your sister: Beaver Creek enjoys love-fest with Austrian resort of Lech-Zurs
Nov 2, 2008 —
LECH-ZÜRS, Austria -- The first real sign you’re not in Colorado anymore -- and there are lots of little indicators such as self-sanitizing robo-commodes, smoke-choked après bars and conveyor belt-loaded chairlifts -- is the early 14th-century “pfarrkirche,” or parish church, that extends its onion-shaped dome up into the alpine sky high above...
Underground adventures a year-round attraction even in the high country
Sep 8, 2008 —
The chill in the air in the Vail Valley the last week or so and the dusting or two of snow on the high peaks serve as a stark reminder that ski season is just around the corner after only officially ending about two months ago (A-Basin shut down in early July).
While there’s still plenty of late-summer and early-fall weather left to get out on a river,...
Leisure Society urges Denverites to escape Democratic National Convention
Jul 13, 2008 —
With some right-wing pundits comparing Barack Obama to leisure-suit-era President Jimmy Carter, it seems appropriate a group calling itself the Society of Leisure Enthusiasts is urging people to get out of Denver during the Democratic National Convention next month.
Citing an expected record crush of...
Landlocked in the Vail Valley means always looking for a sand fix
Jun 1, 2008 —
Few things go together in life better than sand and kids.
There is no more relaxing family vacation than one spent encrusted in silica, its fine granules infiltrating every piece of gear and clothing you brought on your trip. I even think it’s good for the digestive tract of toddlers, in small doses, of course.
But the problem we have here in the...
Starting with snowboarding, Taos Ski Valley re-invents itself
Mar 21, 2008 —
It’s impossible to visit the town of Taos without encountering the legend of Ernie Blake. There are coffee table books, posters, and inevitable references to one of skiing’s most eccentric men who, in 1955, installed Taos Ski Valley’s first lift with the help of a mule and 16 men from the nearby Taos Pueblo – and without the help of...
Close calls, close friends: memories of growing up with the 10th Mountain Division Hut System
Feb 19, 2008 —
Somewhere through the fog of exhaustion I heard a thin voice of complaint. Behind me, once again, my overweight classmate Chris had stopped to catch his breath. I turned to look back and he dramatically collapsed into the snow.
“Oh my god, I’m so tired,” he said.
“C’mon man,” I said, trying to make my teenage voice sound as grown-up – and...
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