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Frigid temps give way to almost balmy powder days in Vail, with more snow on tap for 2009
The paradox of powder stashes on Vail and Beaver Creek
The Powder Predictor
New Year's Day snow a bust for Vail but looks promising this weekend
The Front Ranger
Arapahoe Basin opens Montezuma Bowl Tuesday
The Understories
The great sheep rescue
Ski Beaver
Blow it out your snowblower
Bricklin blasts Big Three but backs bailout
Malcolm Bricklin spent his life chipping away at the dominance of the American automobile industry by introducing innovative imports and championing affordability and fuel efficiency. But he doesn’t want to see the Big Three die.
“We have to keep them alive because if we don’t the catastrophic problems we are going to be facing are something I...
Record 5 American men crack top 10 in Val Gardena downhill
VAL GARDENA, Italy - Reigning World Cup overall champion Bode Miller (Franconia, NH) led the way in second as five U.S. racers finished in the top 10 in an Audi FIS World Cup downhill in Val Gardena, Italy on Saturday. It was the first time five American men had finished in the top-10 at a World Cup.
"To stand in the finish and watch teammate after teammate come down...
As Vail Real Estate market reels, one Realtor sees lasting value in living, buying in Vail
Like most realtors in the Vail Valley, Bill Wilto has a bit of extra time on his hands this winter. All the better, he says – it makes more time to enjoy the outstanding ski conditions on Vail and Beaver Creek mountains.
“When the economy is as bad as it’s been those of us who live here get to go skiing and have a good time,” says Wilto, of...
Vail drops multi-day ski ticket prices, extends operating hours, and opens to 5,100 acres
Vail Resorts is giving back to the destination snow riders this winter by rolling back multi-day lift tickets to 2007-08 prices as an incentive for those people questioning their winter vacation plans. The lower lift ticket prices are being offered at all five Vail mountain resorts.
Plus with nearly 4feet of new snow covering Vail Mountain in the past week, Vail also...
Happy New Year … but wait a second: scientists turn back time in 2008
It’s been a long year – but it’s about to get longer.
The economy isn’t the only thing slowing down; it seems the earth itself is screeching to a halt (albeit very, very, very slowly) and therefore the world’s timekeepers must artificially tack one second onto the end of the year to keep their atomic clocks accurate, according to a story...
Kissing your sister: Beaver Creek enjoys love-fest with Austrian resort of Lech-Zurs
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 this...
Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa opens its doors in Avon, launching green hotel movement
The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa, the Vail Valley’s newest “green” resort, opened Thursday. The upscale resort in Avon with a gondola connection to Beaver Creek Mountain also offers unparalleled access to the Eagle River as well as signature Westin services and amenities.
The Westin Riverfront is on track to be the first upscale resort in Colorado...
Vail nightlife: the best Vail bars
Some people only go to one bar, some people go to all the bars, and most of the people go to most of the bars. The math is fuzzy, but average it all out and somehow a bar gets a reputation, a moniker, so that everybody in town knows which bar is which, what kind of people go to which bar, and what to expect when they get there.
The following is a bar chart...
After two years off for injuries and motherhood, Vail's Sarah Schleper returns to World Cup
Even though it has been two long years, several surgeries and one new baby in the making, don't call Sarah Schleper's return to the U.S. Ski Team a comeback.
"I've never given up ski racing, not one day, since I hurt my knee, hurt my back, since I had (son) Lasse," said Schleper, a Vail native who's the only woman on the American team born in the 1970s. "The whole...
Fantasy gingerbread house competition, tree lighting, fireworks kick off family holidays at BC
The sixth annual Fantasy Gingerbread House competition and the 28th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and fireworks display will kick off the holiday season in Beaver Creek Friday, Nov. 28.
Elaborate gingerbread houses will be displayed and 100 percent of silent auction proceeds will go to Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), a local organization serving abused and...
Vail Cascade offers new four-star dining with Atwater on Gore Creek
The new Atwater on Gore Creek restaurant at the Vail Cascade is firing up a new four-star dining experience and it is using its unique location literally.
Gore Creek runs directly behind the western Vail resort hotel complex, and planners wanted to offer more dining and cocktails right “at the water.” The new restaurant is the final phase of the...
Stars align for X-Games, Steamboat MusicFest, and other cool Colorado events in January 2009
The beneficial side of clear night air will not go unnoticed at this year’s Wintersköl celebration in Aspen, which takes on an astronomical theme Jan 8-11. The 58th episode of this quirky event has borrowed its starry demeanor from the United Nations, which designated 2009 as the year of Astronomy. Live music,...
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