By Sebastian Foltz With area resorts reporting between 30 and 40 inches of new snow from this recent series of storms, Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) officials are urging eager backcountry users to exercise caution. While not a full warning, the CAIC has issued an avalanche advisory for much of the state with specific emphasis [&helli
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By Chris Freud Mikaela Shiffrin finished 11th in a slalom in Levi, Finland, on Saturday. The sky is falling. The sky is falling. Actually as I type, the sky is falling here in a good way. I can’t see Beaver Creek from my desk in Eagle-Vail, there’s so much snow. OK, back to Shiffrin, having […]
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By Edward Stoner Editor’s note: The Vail Daily is running profiles of local nonprofits that are participating in Colorado Gives Day, Dec. 9. Colorado Gives Day is an annual statewide movement to celebrate and increase philanthropy in Colorado through online giving. And for the first time ever, it features a $1 million incentive fund created [
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By Edward Stoner Without having thought much of it, I’ve spent a lot of my life looking down. For the things which I love to do most, looking down isn’t so unreasonable: I’ve always needed to see what’s downhill of the tips of my skis, which hazards await my feet on the trails, where I […]
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By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — There will be 30 new homes built in Gypsum this year. Other homes are popping up elsewhere in the valley. And brokers are still clamoring for more units. The problem is financing. After the financial collapse of 2008, a combination of risk-shy lenders and new federal banking regulations have […]
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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE — A Denver man avoided jail in connection with a New Years Eve stabbing, but isn’t clear of trouble yet. Nathaniel Malcolm was sentenced Wednesday to four years probation for stabbing a local man after a New Year’s Eve celebration almost three years ago at an Avon hotel. However, he’s scheduled […]
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