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Vail (Colorado)

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Vail celebrates 30th anniversary of Korbel American Ski Classic celebrity event

    The Vail Valley Foundation's 2012 Korbel American Ski Classic gets underway today at 4:30 p.m. with the Volvo Legends of Skiing Giant Slalom competition on Vail's Golden Peak, followed by a free concert at 6:30 p.m. featuring G. Love and Special Sauce, marking the 30th anniversary of "America's orig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Trampled By Turtles: "We take pride in not sounding like all the other polished bluegrass"

    For close to a decade, Dave Simonett has stuck with Trampled by Turtles for all the ups and downs. From just a mere thought of starting a band to selling out venues across the country, the Minnesota-born bluegrass quintet is steadily amassing a legion of fans across the country with a sound that inc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Second skier death this week brings season total to eleven: On track for a record?

    Update: For the second time in less than a week, a skier has been killed while schussing the slopes at Keystone. The death brings the total skier deaths this year in Colorado to eleven, just six shy of a macabre record set in 2008.

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines in Vail

    If you're looking for an excuse to head for the hills (we know you're not going for the snow!), Vail's annual Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines festival should do the trick. The celebration started yesterday and continues through tomorrow; events include homebrew demonstrations, a brewmaster's din ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Crazy Mountain Brewing in Edwards will double in size, add a new canning line

    Facebook​Crazy Mountain Brewing in Edwards is the latest Colorado beer maker to undergo a major expansion, doubling the size of its brewery, adding high-speed canning and bottling lines, and hiring at least seven employees. All told, the Vail-area brewery, which was founded in 2010 by Kevin Se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Stefano's Italian Bakery & Deli opens in Arvada

    Lori Midson​"My family owned a casket company in New Jersey, which has nothing to do with anything, except that even people who own casket companies have to eat," quips Stephen Lo Iacano, a Jersey native who, in 1987, moved to Vail, a town, he says, that doesn't know its meatballs from its ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    Vail Resorts unveils new photo-sharing features in EpicMix 2.0 social media app

    ​If you nerded out on the EpicMix app while skiing or snowboarding at the Vail Resorts last season and love to boast on Facebook about just how sick your "sick days" are by posting photos and status updates from the mountain, then EpicMix 2.0 is just for you, adding EpicMix Photo and new socia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Can't get to New Orleans? There's still CarniVail

    ​There is no Mardi Gras parade in Denver, but you don't have to trek all the way to our nation's Francophone capitals (namely St. Louis and New Orleans) for some marching madness tomorrow. CarniVail, which started yesterday and goes through the end of the week, hits the streets of Vail tomorr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    This Weekend In Stoke: Top five reasons to load your ski gear and head for the hills

    ​Why should you get out of Denver and head for the hills this weekend? Let me count the ways.

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    West Vail Pass wildlife crossing contest: Bold designs un-Vailed for I-70

    And the finalists are...​Last night, participants in the Western Governors' Association confab at the Curtis Hotel got a sneak preview of models from the five finalists in an international design competition to build a special wildlife bridge over West Vail Pass -- and each entry was a pretty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    Suggestion for next Vail home winner: Take the cash!

    The Hunnicutts used their winnings on their own home.​Giving away a home in Vail has proven to be harder than Steve Michonski expected. Michonski is a board member for The Vail Academy, as well as director of the home raffle, which is intended to raise funds for the school. But while a press ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Tonight: Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines in Vail

    New Belgium Brewing's Peter Bouckaert and the Vail Cascade's chef Adam Votaw share a brew.​Tonight, the Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival will kick off in Vail with a stellar lineup of breweries, some of which are even offering specialty brews for the tenth annual installment of the f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    A forgotten Vail murder victim: Julie Cunningham, killed by Ted Bundy

    Julie Cunningham.​Most articles about the arrest of Richard "Rossi" Moreau, who's been accused of murder in a Saturday night shooting in Vail that left one person dead and three injured, have noted how rare such incidents have been in the ski community. Reference this Vail Daily report, which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Vail Sandbar shooter kills one, injures three

    ​Among Colorado ski towns, Vail gets ragged on for being totally, painfully fake. Unfortunately, the town can now boast of hosting an Old-West tradition that rivals Aspen and Telluride would probably rather do without: the drunken-bar shootout.At 7:30 on Saturday, 63-year-old Richard "Rossi" Morea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Blizzard blasts the Taste of Vail...but it's all good

    Lori Midson Taste of Vail mountaintop picnic What restaurant in its right mind would serve a dessert called "tropical panna cotta" at a mountaintop picnic, high above the town of Vail, in a raging blizzard? Seriously. What kind of  dumbass would play such a cruel joke on all ... More >>

  • Summer Guide

    June 12, 2008

    Sports Go to Extremes

    Lori Midson Taste of Vail mountaintop picnic What restaurant in its right mind would serve a dessert called "tropical panna cotta" at a mountaintop picnic, high above the town of Vail, in a raging blizzard? Seriously. What kind of  dumbass would play such a cruel joke on all ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 12, 2008

    Sports Go to Extremes

    Lori Midson Taste of Vail mountaintop picnic What restaurant in its right mind would serve a dessert called "tropical panna cotta" at a mountaintop picnic, high above the town of Vail, in a raging blizzard? Seriously. What kind of  dumbass would play such a cruel joke on all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2007

    Delegating Denver #22 of 56: Louisiana

    Lori Midson Taste of Vail mountaintop picnic What restaurant in its right mind would serve a dessert called "tropical panna cotta" at a mountaintop picnic, high above the town of Vail, in a raging blizzard? Seriously. What kind of  dumbass would play such a cruel joke on all ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 29, 2007

    Daze of Glory

    Lori Midson Taste of Vail mountaintop picnic What restaurant in its right mind would serve a dessert called "tropical panna cotta" at a mountaintop picnic, high above the town of Vail, in a raging blizzard? Seriously. What kind of  dumbass would play such a cruel joke on all ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 24, 2007

    Climb Every Mountain

    Let the Teva Mountain Games begin!

  • Culture

    December 28, 2006

    Radar: Selections From the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan

    Two of the country's foremost collectors reveal a world of contemporary wonders at the DAM.

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2006

    Lifting the Vail

    Two of the country's foremost collectors reveal a world of contemporary wonders at the DAM.

  • News

    May 11, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of May 11, 2006

  • News

    April 14, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of April 14, 2005

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2004

    Crazy Times

    Mogul Mania leaps into Vail

  • Music

    January 1, 2004

    Critic's Choice

    Blackalicious

  • News

    October 16, 2003

    Pop Quiz

    Gyros Are Hard to Find
    October 16, 2003

  • People & Places

    March 27, 2003

    Best Colorado Souvenirs

    Vail Manhole Covers
    Municipal Building

  • Dining

    July 4, 2002

    The Bite

    Markets mark the spots in Vail Valley and beyond.

  • Summer Guide

    June 13, 2002

    Wheely Big Air

    The key to winning Vail's Big Wheel race is to get small.

  • People & Places

    April 4, 2002

    Best Calendar -- Racy Division

    Vail Undressed

  • Sports & Recreation

    April 4, 2002

    Best Snowshoeing for a Variety of Shoe Sizes

    Brainard Lake

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Off Limits

    A revolutionary idea

  • News

    May 24, 2001

    Downhill to Disneyland

    The slopes are crowded, so why aren't Colorado resorts rolling in cold cash?

  • Dining

    May 3, 2001

    The Bite

    Wining and dining in Estes Park.

  • Food & Drink

    March 29, 2001

    Best Outdoor Patio -- Rural

    The Wildflower at the Lodge at Vail

  • Food & Drink

    March 29, 2001

    Best Grown-up Drink

    Lemoncello

  • People & Places

    March 29, 2001

    Best Appearance by Coloradans in an Inaugural Parade

    Precision Lawn Chair Demonstration Team

  • News

    July 13, 2000

    A Failure to Communicate

    How confusion and chaos led to a reporter's arrest -- and a First Amendment court test.

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Timber!

    Tempestuous political winds are blowing through Colorado's busiest forest.

  • Dining

    April 22, 1999

    Mouthing Off

    Tempestuous political winds are blowing through Colorado's busiest forest.

  • News

    January 14, 1999

    Off Limits

    Tempestuous political winds are blowing through Colorado's busiest forest.

  • Dining

    April 16, 1998

    Mouthing Off

    Tempestuous political winds are blowing through Colorado's busiest forest.

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Game of the Century

    The high-stakes real estate maneuvering behind Vail's newest expansion dreams.

  • News

    November 6, 1997

    The Missing Lynx

    Vail's proposed expansion into the territory of an elusive animal prompts protests by state wildlife scientists.

  • News

    October 10, 1996

    Getting a Lift

    Environmentalists cry foul over the new federal Ski Fee Bill.

  • News

    February 22, 1996

    Off Limits

    Environmentalists cry foul over the new federal Ski Fee Bill.

  • News

    January 10, 1996

    EVERYBODY'S FUMING

    HOUNDED BY THE CHAIN LAW AND INEXHAUSTIBLE COMPLAINTS, TRUCKERS BEMOAN THE LOSS OF A VAIL PASS PULLOFF.

  • Dining

    April 19, 1995

    MOUTHING OFF

    HOUNDED BY THE CHAIN LAW AND INEXHAUSTIBLE COMPLAINTS, TRUCKERS BEMOAN THE LOSS OF A VAIL PASS PULLOFF.

  • Dining

    March 16, 1994

    MOUTHING OFF

    HOUNDED BY THE CHAIN LAW AND INEXHAUSTIBLE COMPLAINTS, TRUCKERS BEMOAN THE LOSS OF A VAIL PASS PULLOFF.

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