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Sylvan Ellefson of Vail passed over for U.S. Olympic team

Sylvan Ellefson of Vail passed over for U.S. Olympic team

Two Colorado athletes were named to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic team Wednesday, but national champion Sylvan Ellefson of Vail was not one of them. Aspen’s Simi Hamilton is one…

Vail Valley in snow slump lately but avy danger still ‘considerable’

Vail Valley in snow slump lately but avy danger still ‘considerable’

The Vail Valley, after a bountiful first couple of weeks of 2014, is now in a bit of a snow slump that will last at least another week, according to…

Mogul skier Heidi Kloser of Vail named to Olympic team for Sochi

Mogul skier Heidi Kloser of Vail named to Olympic team for Sochi

Mogul skier Heidi Kloser of Vail has been named to the U.S. Olympic team for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. The news first came out on her Facebook page Monday…

Kloser 5th in final Olympic-qualifying moguls event

Kloser 5th in final Olympic-qualifying moguls event

Vail’s Heidi Kloser on Sunday finished fifth in the final World Cup moguls qualifying event before next month’s 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and she’ll find out Tuesday if…

Vail’s Heidi Kloser needs one more podium to clinch Olympic berth

Vail’s Heidi Kloser needs one more podium to clinch Olympic berth

If Vail’s Heidi Kloser continues her current hot streak in moguls, the 21-year-old could lock up an Olympic berth for next month’s Sochi Winter Olympics this weekend in the final…

Eagle-Vail’s own Chris Del Bosco now has ‘a great chance’ of racing in Sochi

Eagle-Vail’s own Chris Del Bosco now has ‘a great chance’ of racing in Sochi

Eagle-Vail’s own Chris Del Bosco finished fifth in a World Cup ski cross race in Val Thorens, France, on Friday, and first in a wind-shortened race on Thursday to give…

Park City, Utah’s Ted Ligety joins World Cup’s 20-win club

Park City, Utah’s Ted Ligety joins World Cup’s 20-win club

Park City, Utah’s Ted Ligety on Friday joined the 20-win club – some very rarified air for any World Cup ski racer, but especially for an American. By winning a…

Eagle-Vail’s Mikaela Shiffrin claims 7th career win in Flachau night slalom

Eagle-Vail’s Mikaela Shiffrin claims 7th career win in Flachau night slalom

Consider this: At the age of 18, Eagle-Vail’s Mikaela Shiffrin is now tied for fourth on the all-time World Cup victory list for an American woman after winning the seventh…

Northwest flow continues to pump snow into Vail Valley

Northwest flow continues to pump snow into Vail Valley

The same storm that made Saturday’s NFL playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New Orleans Saints such a sloppy affair and dumped 18 inches of new snow on…

Tony Seibert, grandson of Vail founder, dies in slide in East Vail Chutes

Tony Seibert, grandson of Vail founder, dies in slide in East Vail Chutes

Tony Seibert, the 24-year-old grandson of late Vail founder Pete Seibert, died in an avalanche while skiing the East Vail Chutes just outside the Vail ski area boundary on Tuesday.…