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April 6, 2012
Don't let the door hit you on the way out: Vail to begin new gondola construction April 16
Closing day at Vail is scheduled for Sunday, April 15, and Vail Resorts will barely let the door hit this sad snow season on the ass before looking forward to next winter: The very next day, the company will begin construction on a new gondola from Vail Village to Mid-Vail, a pillar of the resort's ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2012
Eat, drink and soak up the scenery at the Taste of Vail
The gather and huddle in the early afternoon, often under the threat of ominous skies threatening to dump buckets of snow in their champagne flutes and on their foie gras. But that doesn't stop the hearty oenophiles and gastronauts from making the airborne gondola pilgrimage to the mountaintop picni ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2012
Reader: Theater is dead in this one-horse cowtown
Many of Denver's smaller companies got together last week to talk about recent developments on the local theater scene, and how they could work together better. The conversation was largely positive, attendees reported.
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December 22, 2011
Dazed and Amused
Many of Denver's smaller companies got together last week to talk about recent developments on the local theater scene, and how they could work together better. The conversation was largely positive, attendees reported.
Blogs
November 18, 2011
This Weekend in Stoke: Vail, Eldora, Snowmass open, Copper presents Colorado Demo Days
Jack Affleck/Vail ResortsEverything's Hunky-Dory for opening day at VailOpening day! Vail opens today with a 52-inch base, thirteen inches of new snow in the last week, an opening day terrain park on Born Free, and access to the mountain from both Vail Village and Lionshead. Still need a seas ... More >>
News
November 10, 2011
Skiers may scoff, but snowboarders are finally being accepted by the slopes' old guard
Jack Affleck/Vail ResortsEverything's Hunky-Dory for opening day at VailOpening day! Vail opens today with a 52-inch base, thirteen inches of new snow in the last week, an opening day terrain park on Born Free, and access to the mountain from both Vail Village and Lionshead. Still need a seas ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2011
Colorado ski areas dominate Ski Magazine's 2011-2012 resort rankings
Photo by Jeff Cricco, via SkiNet.comVail makes #2 in Ski Magazine's annual Western U.S. Resort Rankings.Eleven of the twenty resorts profiled in Ski Magazine's reader's choice list of the top twenty ski resorts in the Western Unied States this year are from Colorado, including six of the top ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2011
Photos: Glorious October snow in the mountains
This afternoon marked the first real snow in the high country, which means the days of playing hooky to go skiing and snowboarding are just around the corner. To hold you over until then, enjoy these crowd-sourced photos from the mountains via the resorts.
Blogs
June 28, 2011
Luke Irvin Chrisco, porta-potty creep: More charges for spying at DMV, Target (VIDEO)
Video below.Update: Luke Irvin Chrisco, the man who became internationally famous for hiding in the tank of a porta-potty at a yoga festival in order to scope women's nether regions, cheerfully admits that peeping at females using toilets is practically a religion for him. And the details he' ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
Elevation Olympics
Video below.Update: Luke Irvin Chrisco, the man who became internationally famous for hiding in the tank of a porta-potty at a yoga festival in order to scope women's nether regions, cheerfully admits that peeping at females using toilets is practically a religion for him. And the details he' ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2011
Round two with dish's Jenna Johansen
Jenna Johansen dish 56 Edwards Village Boulevard, Edwards 970-926-3433 www.eatdrinkdish.com This is part two of my interview with Jenna Johansen. Part one of this interview ran yesterday. Greatest accomplishment as a chef: Opening my restaurant. I've done a lot of work to get to where I a ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2011
Today in Stoke: Last-chance Spring lift ticket deals
Beaver Creek, Silverton Mountain and Echo Mountain all called it quits for the season yesterday, but that doesn't mean there isn't still perfectly good skiing and snowboarding to be had: Copper Mountain, Vail, Winter Park, Aspen Highlands and Snowmass are all throwing rites of Spring bashes t ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2011
This Weekend in Stoke: Yes, ski season is two weeks longer this year. Go big!
Rock out with your sunblock out! The Spring Back to Vail concert lineup kicks off tonight at 6 p.m. in Vail Village with Grace Potter & the Nocturnals and The Chain Gang of 1974 at Solaris Plaza (Train and Saint Motel play tomorrow night at Ford Park and The Greyboy Allstars and Jonn Mogambo ... More >>
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April 7, 2011
Taste of Vail
Rock out with your sunblock out! The Spring Back to Vail concert lineup kicks off tonight at 6 p.m. in Vail Village with Grace Potter & the Nocturnals and The Chain Gang of 1974 at Solaris Plaza (Train and Saint Motel play tomorrow night at Ford Park and The Greyboy Allstars and Jonn Mogambo ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2011
Today in Stoke: Pre-season Spring deals on 2011/2012 ski passes
$199 for a 2011/2012 season pass? Believe it.Many Colorado ski areas announced pre-season discounts on 2011/2012 season passes this week. Yes, we know there are still three or four good weeks of Spring skiing and shredding ahead of us, and that Arapahoe Basin will be keeping the dream alive u ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2011
Snowball Festival's organizers on how it came together and what inspired it
This weekend's Snowball Festival in the Vail Valley has already surpassed expectations. Barely in its first year, and the festival has put together an impressive lineup that includes acts like Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, the Flaming Lips, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Local Natives and D ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2011
Snowball gives us a whimsical mountain scene and a crap load of content
Sometimes all a flier needs to do to win our hearts is be as adorable as possible. This comes together amazingly for the Snowball Festival up in Vail this weekend, which is filled to the brim with an array of acts, local and national.
Blogs
February 24, 2011
Reader: Keep those culinary-school graduates away from the stove!
While comments continue to fly over Rush Limbaugh's response to Michelle Obama's visit to Vail and Amber Taufen's open letter to militant vegans (148 comments and counting), some readers are fed up with controversy. If you can't stand the heat, get back in the kitchen. That's what Scubasteve did, ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2010
Today In Stoke: Men's Shopping Night at Outdoor Divas
Holiday shopping, Colorado-style: Tonight is the annual Men's Shopping Night at Outdoor Divas in Cherry Creek, 2717 East 3rd Avenue (or head to the Boulder store tomorrow night, 1133 Pearl Street), and these divas have us dudes all figured out: They'll be plying us with pizza and Oskar Blues ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2010
Kelly Liken cooks up her winning Top Chef pork carnitas for a cause
Kelly Liken will serve up some winning recipes in Vail.One of the most frustrating things for Top Chef fanatics is that we never get to taste -- or appraise -- the winning dishes. But now Vail's Kelly Liken, one of the past season's finalists, is making her winning braised pork carnitas for ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2010
Today In Stoke: Vail opens new Chair 5 High Noon Express lift today
Photo courtesy Vail ResortsYour chariot awaits: Chair #5 opens todayThe new High Noon Express Lift (Chair 5) at Vail opens a week from today, right after next week's Snow Daze events. The high-speed quad chair replaces the old fixed-grip triple, cutting the ride from twelve minutes down to ju ... More >>
Calendar
December 2, 2010
Skiing for Dummies
Photo courtesy Vail ResortsYour chariot awaits: Chair #5 opens todayThe new High Noon Express Lift (Chair 5) at Vail opens a week from today, right after next week's Snow Daze events. The high-speed quad chair replaces the old fixed-grip triple, cutting the ride from twelve minutes down to ju ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2010
Minturn Saloon rates as Colorado's best ski bar
The Minturn Saloon has been named "best Colorado ski bar" by Outside magazine in the July issue -- and the venerable watering hole, which is just starting its 35th year and occupies a building in Minturn that dates back to 1901, deserves the honor. "On any winter day," Outside writes, "ever ... More >>
Blogs
May 14, 2010
New season of Top Chef includes two Colorado mountain cookers, Kelly Liken and Kenny Gilbert, but no Denver or Boulder chefs
Top Chef, the often unrealistic reality show that made Hosea Rosenberg, exec chef of Jax-Boulder, a hometown hero when he emerged the conquistador two seasons ago, just released its listage of contestants for season 7, which will be filmed in Washington DC and premier on June 16 on Bravo. ... More >>
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April 8, 2010
A Flavor for Vail
Top Chef, the often unrealistic reality show that made Hosea Rosenberg, exec chef of Jax-Boulder, a hometown hero when he emerged the conquistador two seasons ago, just released its listage of contestants for season 7, which will be filmed in Washington DC and premier on June 16 on Bravo. ... More >>
Blogs
April 8, 2010
Mountains of food and wine at the Taste of Vail
Taste of VailYou know that spring has sprung when the crest of Vail Mountain morphs from a skier's powdered paradise into an al fresco grazing ground for foodniks and oenophiles, a transformation that takes place every year during the Taste of Vail, a three-day gastronomic romp that begins to ... More >>
Calendar
January 7, 2010
Bottoms Up
Taste of VailYou know that spring has sprung when the crest of Vail Mountain morphs from a skier's powdered paradise into an al fresco grazing ground for foodniks and oenophiles, a transformation that takes place every year during the Taste of Vail, a three-day gastronomic romp that begins to ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2009
Vail's Terra Bistro is so 17 years ago
Some things are better left in the past Terra Bistro, the restaurant inside Vail Mountain Resort & Spa, is celebrating its 17-year anniversary through Wednesday, December 16 with a special menu that features dishes from the past 17 years, including a "drunken" pork chop and sweet potato ravio ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2009
So long, robbers, and thanks for all the dumbness
"Just when I thought you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!" The Snowboard Bandits, who we wrote about last year, terrorized Front Range banks in 2007 and 2008. They were clever enough to disguise themselves in full-body snowboar ... More >>
Blogs
April 14, 2009
Today's featured event: Spring has sprung at Spring Back to Vail
Every ski area bids the season adieu with a big, sloppy snowball of slushy hoopla. But Vail can confidently declare its ginormous Spring Back to Vail to be one of the biggest spring bashes in Colorado's high country, not to mention the entire nation. It's so chock-full of stuff to do before and af ... More >>
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April 9, 2009
Spring Has Spring
Every ski area bids the season adieu with a big, sloppy snowball of slushy hoopla. But Vail can confidently declare its ginormous Spring Back to Vail to be one of the biggest spring bashes in Colorado's high country, not to mention the entire nation. It's so chock-full of stuff to do before and af ... More >>
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March 26, 2009
High on the Hog
Every ski area bids the season adieu with a big, sloppy snowball of slushy hoopla. But Vail can confidently declare its ginormous Spring Back to Vail to be one of the biggest spring bashes in Colorado's high country, not to mention the entire nation. It's so chock-full of stuff to do before and af ... More >>
Blogs
February 24, 2009
Cafe Bites bites into Mardi Gras
CarniVail, Vail's annual Mardi Gras festival, kicked off on Sunday, but the festivities continue through February 27. Today from 3-6 p.m., the Bud Light Street Party will feature the Tony G All Stars, with a Fat Tuesday Parade in Vail Village from 4-5 p.m. For details, go to www.CarniVail.net. The ... More >>
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January 8, 2009
Bold and Beautiful
CarniVail, Vail's annual Mardi Gras festival, kicked off on Sunday, but the festivities continue through February 27. Today from 3-6 p.m., the Bud Light Street Party will feature the Tony G All Stars, with a Fat Tuesday Parade in Vail Village from 4-5 p.m. For details, go to www.CarniVail.net. The ... More >>
Blogs
January 7, 2009
Pantsless Vail skier gets viral fifteen minutes of fame
As reported with merciless pix on TheSmokingGun and with keen analysis by our own intrepid Joel Warner ("New Ski Move Spotted at Vail"), a 48-year-old skier at Vail got depantsed on the chair lift yesterday, dangling upside down for fifteen minutes while rescuers tried to get him down and fellow ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2009
New ski move spotted at Vail: "The Pants-less Hangman"
Leave it to those merry pranksters at the Smoking Gun to spot this moment of utter embarrassment and hilarity at Vail Mountain resort last Friday. It turns out a skier attempted to ride the high-speed lift at Vail's Blue Sky Basin, but when the seat didn't fold down all the way he somehow slipped ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2008
Fray reveals track list for new album
Update: The Jimmy Kimmel Live clip is posted after the jump. Isaac Slade (pictured above) and his bandmates in the Fray, who performed in the snow this past weekend at Vail's Snow Daze, have revealed the track list for the band's forthcoming self-titled album, which is due to be released here ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2008
Kaye Ferry Loves Riff-Raff
Update: The Jimmy Kimmel Live clip is posted after the jump. Isaac Slade (pictured above) and his bandmates in the Fray, who performed in the snow this past weekend at Vail's Snow Daze, have revealed the track list for the band's forthcoming self-titled album, which is due to be released here ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2007
HD Radio: The Original Vail Plan
Update: The Jimmy Kimmel Live clip is posted after the jump. Isaac Slade (pictured above) and his bandmates in the Fray, who performed in the snow this past weekend at Vail's Snow Daze, have revealed the track list for the band's forthcoming self-titled album, which is due to be released here ... More >>
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July 26, 2007
Begin the Beguine
Update: The Jimmy Kimmel Live clip is posted after the jump. Isaac Slade (pictured above) and his bandmates in the Fray, who performed in the snow this past weekend at Vail's Snow Daze, have revealed the track list for the band's forthcoming self-titled album, which is due to be released here ... More >>
Dining
September 14, 2006
Top Shelf Margarita
The Tap Room
Blogs
July 13, 2006
The Village People
The Tap Room
News
June 15, 2006
A Hit for the Village People
The proposed Solaris project goes to a vote in Vail.
News
May 4, 2006
Vail at the Crossroads
Must Peter Knobel destroy the village to save it?
Calendar
June 23, 2005
Cowboy Up
High school rodeo champs compete.
News
April 7, 2005
Skier, Beware
Vail hits back when an injured woman sues.
News
January 6, 2005
Slippery Slopes
Ashley Stamp's deadly accident should look familiar to Vail.
Dining
December 23, 2004
Drunk of the Week
Red Lion
Calendar
June 3, 2004
Crown Jewel
Teva Mountain Games electrify Vail
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