By John LaConte ARAPAHOE BASIN — It’s 3 a.m., and a dozen people are gathered in the parking lot and beneath the chairlift in anticipation of the 2014-15 ski season. Legendary snowboarder Nate “Nate Dogggg” Nadler has been camped out here since Wednesday. He predicted, correctly, that A-Basin would be the first ski area in […]
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By Chris Freud DELTA — Hey Ryan McKay, you need a new banner in the gym. Huskies cross-country made some new work for the Battle Mountain athletic director on Friday afternoon, capturing two league titles at the Region 6 Meet in Delta. The ladies are the queens of the Slope, making it back-to-back-to-back-to-back regional and […]
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By Edward Stoner VAIL — Nine months — and plenty of construction — after the Antlers at Vail hotel launched a plan with the goal of bringing 100 percent of its suites up to Vail’s highest “platinum” ranking for lodging, more than half of the condominium hotel’s units have received the luxe upgrades — and […]
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By Edward Stoner VAIL — Nine months — and plenty of construction — after the Antlers at Vail hotel launched a plan with the goal of bringing 100 percent of its suites up to Vail’s highest “platinum” ranking for lodging, more than half of the condominium hotel’s units have received the luxe upgrades — and […]
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By Edward Stoner AVON — On Tuesday in Avon, a group of Red Canyon High School students and teachers spent the morning doing restoration work in the West Avon Preserve. With pick axes and loppers, they turned over the soils, chopped native sage-brush, moved rocks and seeded the former Motorcycle Flats ditch. When the seeds […]
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By By IVAN MORENO Associated Press DENVER — After five debates and months of campaigning, Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper and Republican challenger Bob Beauprez are locked in a tight race. It’s been a contest dominated by clashes over how the state regulates fracking, the governor’s controversial decision to halt an execution and th
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By John LaConte AVON — Sarah Smith Hymes has lived in town for 21 years with her husband David — also known as Ten O’Clock Tile, MacGyver, or Uncle Elbows. The couple raised their two sons, Will and Ben, in Avon with “lots of help from Nottingham Park, the Avon Rec Center, No Se Hagan […]
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By John LaConte AVON — Charlie Wolf fits a familiar profile in the Vail Valley. He’s single, in his mid-30s and has a passion for skiing. Wolf has lived in Avon for eight years, and chose to make his home here because of the healthy lifestyle it provides. “My passion for a healthy lifestyle is […]
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By Edward Stoner SUMMIT COUNTY — Arapahoe Basin kicked off the 2014-15 ski season on Friday, when it fired up the Black Mountain Express lift at 9 a.m. … Source:: Vail Daily Feed
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By Randy Wyrick EDWARDS — Amy Scherm never saw anything she wouldn’t attack flat out, including a party, and that explains her cancer fight. Scherm, 31, is a ski instructor, downhill biker, ginger ninja, and costume contest queen. She’s hosting a Bitchin’ Prom Party as a fundraiser, and not something staid. “Cancer,” she say
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