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By melanie wong EAGLE COUNTY — This Saturday, look for the blue “Shop Small” stickers that indicate a store or shop that is participating in Small Business Saturday — you might be surprised at just how many you see. “It’s important for us to participate in this because being a resort town, we’re all small […]

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By John LaConte On the Hill is brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute. VIDEO: Vail Daily reporter John LaConte takes a run through the untracked patches of snow in Sun Down Bowl on its third day of opening for the 2014-15 ski and snowboarding season in Vail. [iframe […]

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By caramie schnell Editor’s note: This is the second column in a two-part series. To read the first installment, visit www.vaildaily.com. In early November, I embarked on another educational experience. Just as I was a latecomer to the legal profession, I am a latecomer to sommelier certification. The certification process began with one of m

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By caramie schnell It’s that time of year again. No, we’re not talking about ski season or watching the snow fall. It’s time for apres-ski. For those of you who don’t know, the French phrase “apres-ski” simply translates to “after-skiing,” and it’s the time when one can keep the fun from the slopes rolling by [

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By John LaConte On the Hill is brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute. VIDEO: Vail Daily reporter Ross Leonhart works off his Thanksgiving Day feast with a fun run down a groomed Latigo. Beaver Creek is still working with the five lifts it started the season with (Centennial, […]

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By Edward Stoner VAIL — Snow reporter John LaConte is covering Vail Mountain with updates on ski conditions, weather and crowds. Send your text, photo or video updates using #VailLive on Twitter or Instagram and see them published in tomorrow’s paper. [iframe src=”http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=953640&ThemeId=̶

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By John LaConte VAIL — The mission is to have a lot of terrain open for the Thanksgiving holiday. When the lifts in Lionshead, Vail Village, Golden Peak and Cascade began taking passengers up the mountain Thursday, there was more than 2,700 acres open for those skiers and snowboarders to explore. It was the most […]

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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE COUNTY — In less time than it takes to watch a “Friends” rerun, local charities and relief agencies field dozens of requests for help. ‘Tis the season. Masons keep finding new ways to give The local Masonic Lodge helps around 1,000 children have a merrier Christmas each year. Castle Lodge in […]

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By Randy Wyrick EDWARDS — Lisa Chaple and Laurie Knott shivered in the back of a semi trailer as the cold afternoon wore on. They’d never felt better. Chaple is with Calvary Chapel Vail Valley and is helping ride herd on this year’s Operation Christmas Child, coordinating churches, schools and other organizations as they collect [&hel

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By melanie wong BEAVER CREEK — About 5 inches of new snow greeted skiers and riders on Beaver Creek’s Opening Day, Wednesday, as the resort’s new Centennial Express Lift (No. 6) roared into action. The lift line that awaited the 9 a.m. opening included seasoned veterans already their fifth or sixth day of skiing, out-of-town […

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