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By caramie schnell EAGLE COUNTY — With the average Thanksgiving Day meal logging in at roughly 3,000 calories, it’s no wonder some people opt to try to burn a few hundred and get their metabolism revved before the glut. You know you’re not going to feel like it after, when the tryptophan-laden coma has set […]

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By caramie schnell At this point, technology has infiltrated almost every aspect of our daily lives, from the iPhone alarms that wake us up in the morning, the GPS systems we use when driving to work, and the self-check machine at the grocery store that enables us to buy food with the simple swipe of […]

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By caramie schnell EAGLE COUNTY — With the average Thanksgiving Day meal logging in at roughly 3,000 calories, it’s no wonder some people opt to try to burn a few hundred and get their metabolism revved before the glut. You know you’re not going to feel like it after, when the tryptophan-laden coma has set […]

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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 massive amounts of powder on Lodgepole and Berries on the fourth day of the 2014-15 ski and snowboarding season in Vail. [iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/

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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=950345&ThemeId=̶

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By Randy Wyrick VAIL — Julia Cobb was 8 years old when cancer killed her on the last day of her Make A Wish trip to Disney World. Cancer almost killed Jonathan Cobb, her father, and did kill both her grandmothers. After nine years of cancer and three family deaths, the Cobb family decided it […]

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By Edward Stoner VAIL — Crews from Vail Fire and Emergency Services have scheduled pile burns for Monday as conditions permit. The operations will take place in the Buffehr Creek area where the Vail wildland fire mitigation crew had been working all summer. Pile burning is dependent on environmental conditions that allow smoke to rise […]

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By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — Casey Zwaan travels a lot. His company, Beaver Divers, often takes groups to some of the most environmentally-sensitive places on earth. That’s why he’s trying to help the oceans by making some changes at his business in the mountains. Beaver Divers is a participant in Actively Green 2015, a […]

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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 on 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 [&helli

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By John LaConte VAIL — Cyclists will have the chance to saddle up and ride along the route of the 2015 Tour de France with Viva Travels bicycle tours. This year, it is easier than ever for cyclists to pedal through the 18th, 19th, and 20th stages of the race, located just 15 miles outside […]

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