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Three more winter storms heading into Colorado

Three more winter storms heading into Colorado

Editor’s note: The first of three storm systems hit right on schedule Thursday night, depositing four inches of new snow at Beaver Creek and three new at Vail as of…

Vonn returns to racing action, taking 13th in Austrian downhill

Vonn returns to racing action, taking 13th in Austrian downhill

Vail’s Lindsey Vonn returned to ski-racing action on Sunday in a weather-delayed downhill at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, finishing a respectable 13th after nearly a year off the World Cup circuit battling…

Vail’s Vonn to return to World Cup action this weekend

Vail’s Vonn to return to World Cup action this weekend

Vail’s Lindsey Vonn, the greatest female ski racer of all time, will return to World Cup ski racing action this weekend in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, the U.S. Ski Team announced on…

Shiffrin takes another slalom win, builds overall lead to more than 300 points

Shiffrin takes another slalom win, builds overall lead to more than 300 points

Eagle-Vail’s Mikaela Shiffrin claimed her personal record seventh victory of the season on Sunday, powering her way to a World Cup slalom win in Maribor, Slovenia one day after finishing…

Celebrating 50 years of World Cup ski racing at Vail, Beaver Creek

Celebrating 50 years of World Cup ski racing at Vail, Beaver Creek

Thursday was the 50th anniversary of the kickoff of the World Cup of ski racing, launched on Jan. 5, 1967 by former U.S. Ski Team founder Bob Beattie and an…

New year kicking off with lots of fresh powder at Vail, Beaver Creek

New year kicking off with lots of fresh powder at Vail, Beaver Creek

It seems to happen every ski season in the Vail Valley.  We get big December snow and the holiday crowds descend en mass. Then the snow gods dry things up…

Seven-win slalom streak snapped as Shiffrin straddles in Zagreb

Seven-win slalom streak snapped as Shiffrin straddles in Zagreb

Eagle-Vail’s own Mikaela Shiffrin saw her bid for a record-tying eighth-straight World Cup slalom victory halted on Tuesday, as she failed to defend her “Snow Queen” crown in a night…

Shiffrin sweeps Semmering tech events, builds lead over Gut in overall chase

Shiffrin sweeps Semmering tech events, builds lead over Gut in overall chase

In just her sixth season of World Cup ski racing, Eagle-Vail’s Mikaela Shiffrin has vaulted into the stratosphere of the ski-racing record book, whether she intended to or not. After…

Vail Mountain to replace Chair 11 with a new six-pack lift

Vail Mountain to replace Chair 11 with a new six-pack lift

Vail Resorts on Monday announced the ski company will replace the four-passenger, high-speed quad Chair 11 (Northwoods Express) with a new six-passenger high-speed chairlift for next ski season. Chair 11…

Vail nearly 100 percent open as Christmas storm heads into Colorado

Vail nearly 100 percent open as Christmas storm heads into Colorado

Vail Mountain is now very nearly 100 percent open for the Christmas holiday, with more than 5,000 of its 5,289 skiable acres now available to snow riders after a half…