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What is RealVail?
RealVail is an online journal, updated daily, which provides information geared toward visitors and second homeowners who want to stay in touch with the Vail lifestyle.
Any skier or rider knows the best way to get quality information about a ski resort is to ride a lift with a local and ask a few questions. Imagine how pleased a visitor would be to find themselves riding up a chairlift with a group of veteran ski journalists who have lived in Vail a combined 48 years. Now imagine that same information available on one website: www.realvail.com.
Along with our daily ski blogs, which provide all the real beta on ski conditions, visitors to realvail.com can type any question they wish into our “Ask a local” interactive forum, and our panel of RealVail locals will provide prompt and honest answers.
RealVail offers reader-friendly stories including topical coverage of the snow sports industry, environmental issues, outdoor recreation, real estate, travel, dining, lodging, arts and entertainment and breaking news.
Our website also offers:
- Calendar of major events and attractions
- Local insight on where to stay, where to play and what to do
- Snow, weather and road reports
- Industry links to related topics
- Network of professional journalists offering invaluable perspectives through their stories and blogs
- Dining guide of area restaurants, including capsule reviews
If you have any questions for us and would like to contact us, please click here.
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Who is RealVail?
David O. WilliamsRealVail co-founder
Dave started his journalism career as sports editor of Vail Daily in 1991 and served as ski editor and city editor before launching the competing Daily Trail in 1998. Now a freelancer and regular columnist for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Williams’ work has appeared in The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Aspen Daily News, L.A. Weekly, Powder Magazine, Skiing Magazine, 5280 and United Hemispheres. Williams is a founding member of the Vail-based Millennium Society, which funds a number of local charities. He and his wife Kristin, a Battle Mountain High School graduate and true Vail local, live in West Vail with their three boys, Nick, Max and Rennick.
Read Dave's Blog: The O. Report
Tom BoydRealVail co-founder
Tom is a born and bred Vail local. He is a regular contributor to multiple publications around the Rocky Mountain West, including the Rocky Mountain News and 5280 Magazine, and he worked as a writer at the 2006 Torino Olympic Games after leaving his post as editor of the Vail Trail. His father, Steve, was recruited to ski patrol at Vail in 1963. His mother was town librarian at the Vail Public Library for 20 years, and his brother, Steve, and sister, Caitlin, both still live in the Valley with their families. Over the years Tom has seen the town change, but he's traveled the world and never found a place to match Vail, where he and his wife, Renee, now live. He has given back to the community by coaching soccer, organizing river cleanups, substitute teaching at the Vail Mountain School and serving on the Vail Mountain School alumni board.
RealVail co-founder
Kent was born and raised in Edwards, Colorado and now serves as RealVail’s tech guru and webmaster. With the ever-changing web environment, Kent guides the technical side of our operations. His past endeavors include rescuing a high-tech manufacturing company from near bankruptcy to producing a Hollywood horror film. But his family roots, friends and passion for mountain sports in the Vail Valley keep him firmly interested in the current events and goings-on of our mountain town. His parents, Ruth & Loy, are veteran Battle Mountain High teachers and continue to instruct at the CMC-Edwards campus. His brother Justin was one of the first to ride a snowboard on Vail Mountain and Kent's wife, Libby, son Peter, and daughter Lanie are avid snow enthusiasts. Kent's internet expertise and design savvy ensures that RealVail will continue to take advantage of the computer world’s rapid advancements. And every once in a while he even manages to leave his computer to get outside and enjoy the very things we write about on this website.
Dan Daviscontributor
Dan has been providing the Valley with fine photography since joining the Vail Trail staff in 1999. His work has appeared in Skiing Magazine, the Rocky Mountain News and 5280, among other publications. His works brings color and style to realvail.com.
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