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By scott miller BROOMFIELD — Industry-watchers suspected Vail Resorts had big plans for Utah when it purchased Park City Mountain Resort earlier this year. The first of those plans are now public, and the industry-watchers were right. During a Monday conference call with industry analysts to discuss the company’s fiscal performance in the f

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By Edward Stoner VAIL — Vail Mountain plans to replace the Avanti Express Lift (No. 2) with a six-passenger lift this summer, pending U.S. Forest Service approval. The Avanti Express Lift is a primary lift on the front side of Vail Mountain, serving intermediate and advanced terrain and dispersing skiers and snowboarders from Lionshead to [&helli

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By Staff Reports SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Vail Resorts Inc. is announcing plans to build a high-speed gondola this summer that would connect its newly acquired Utah ski resort to another it owns to create what the company says will be the largest ski area in the United States. Vail announced the connecting lift […]

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By Edward Stoner AVON — What child doesn’t love the holiday of Hanukkah? Lighting the menorah candelabra, eating lots of chocolate gelt, and playing endless games of dreidel (spinning top) are just some of the favorite Hanukkah activities. This year, Chabad Jewish Center of Vail will be partnering with The Home Depot to offer a […]

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By caramie schnell Legendary hockey coach, Pat Quinn died Nov. 23, 2014 at the age of 71 due to a lengthy illness. Being from Toronto Canada, Quinn is a name I consistently heard growing up. Quinn was head coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs during two conference finals and what was possibly the most successful […]

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By caramie schnell Prescription and over-the-counter drugs are the third most abused substance in America, just behind alcohol and marijuana, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. While there is little concrete data on how prevalent prescription drug abuse is in our area, in talking with multiple local health professionals it’s c

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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: After reporting from Beaver Creek over the weekend, Vail Daily reporter John LaConte returns to Vail Mountain to find some new openings, and new closures as well. [iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/113939060″

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By Staff Reports On the Hill is brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute. VIDEO: Vail Daily reporter/copy chief Ross Leonhart calls an Omaha and takes a run down Gold Dust Monday morning. [iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/113931169″ width=”640″ height=”360″ styl

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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE — Eagle is no longer a cone zone. The Eagle roundabouts officially opened Wednesday morning when the red ribbon was cut. “This project was a perfect example of how we at CDOT are looking for innovative ways to work with local agencies like the town of Eagle,” said Dave Eller, Colorado […]

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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE COUNTY — Local paddling legend Ken Hoeve loves rivers so much that he named one of his sons River. Hoeve is one of three local athletes nominated in five categories for Colorado’s best mountain athlete, as chosen by the readers of Elevation Outside magazine. Skiers Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin are […]

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