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Who’s psyched to see speed-queen Shiffrin win again on Beav’s Birds of Prey course?

Who’s psyched to see speed-queen Shiffrin win again on Beav’s Birds of Prey course?

Friday at Vail was a nice, soft, uncrowded mini-powder day, with six inches of new snow, and then a snow squall hit around closing time and dumped another nine inches…

O Zone: It’s still early at Vail, Beaver Creek, so every little bit of new snow helps

O Zone: It’s still early at Vail, Beaver Creek, so every little bit of new snow helps

Skiing in toward Vance’s Cabin near Ski Cooper on Saturday (Kyle Nelson photo). Editor’s note: On Tuesday, Nov. 28, a Vail spokesperson provided this update: “We just opened Lodge Pole…

Sorry, Gen Z, we’ve failed you on guns; save us by voting for public-safety freedom

Sorry, Gen Z, we’ve failed you on guns; save us by voting for public-safety freedom

Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert during a Zoom committee hearing on natural resources. Yes, it can happen here. Sudden, shocking and horrific gun violence. Devastating and changing so many lives…

O. Zone: The race to open first is stupid

O. Zone: The race to open first is stupid

Editor’s update: Arapahoe Basin appears poised to win the Colorado “race” to open first after natural snow fell overnight Thursday into Friday with a lot more in the forecast for…

Opinion: The anti-Trump, Jimmy Carter is a builder, not a democracy destroyer

Opinion: The anti-Trump, Jimmy Carter is a builder, not a democracy destroyer

Jimmy Carter, center right, walks next to Gerald Ford in the 1970s. VAIL, Colo. — J.C. is the anti-Trump. No, not that J.C. I’m talking about Jimmy Carter – the…

Opinion: Boebert vapes as Colorado high country could burn without firefighter pay

Opinion: Boebert vapes as Colorado high country could burn without firefighter pay

Fall is one of the most magical times to visit and live in the Colorado high country, especially as human carbon emissions causing climate change continue to scorch lower-elevation parts…

‘Write it when I’m gone’: Sorry, Rod, the Slifer book couldn’t wait for you to be done skiing

‘Write it when I’m gone’: Sorry, Rod, the Slifer book couldn’t wait for you to be done skiing

Rod Slifer, 88, ripping down Lost Boy in Vail’s Game Creek Bowl with Mount of the Holy Cross on the horizon on March 19, 2023 (David O. Williams photo). Some…

Opinion: Will Aspen end Boebert? If so, Vail (and the world) owes its ski-town rival

Opinion: Will Aspen end Boebert? If so, Vail (and the world) owes its ski-town rival

Boebert and friend in action at the Buell Theater in Denver on Sept. 10. Could the elitist liberal enclave of Aspen be where Republican right-wing U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s tumultuous…

Remembering John Fielder and his endless photographic fight to conserve Colorado’s wild place

Remembering John Fielder and his endless photographic fight to conserve Colorado’s wild place

I didn’t know photographer John Fielder was battling pancreatic cancer until I received the following email statement on Saturday from Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and then read this story in the…

Timely new book ‘Wildflowers Never Die’ follows careers of CIA operatives from Korea to Camp Hale to Laos to Vietnam

Timely new book ‘Wildflowers Never Die’ follows careers of CIA operatives from Korea to Camp Hale to Laos to Vietnam

While it’s been reported on locally for years, it’s safe to say the lesser-known use of Camp Hale near Vail as a CIA training ground for Tibetan guerillas returning home to…

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