By Melanie Wong Some of what I’m writing here is borrowed from Walter Isaacson’s new book, “The Innovators,” a fascinating tome about the people who created computers and the Internet. Besides being a gripping read about the innovations we too often take for granted (and too seldom understand), it sheds a brief but bright light [&he
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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 checks out the conditions on Bitterroot off of Strawberry Park lift. Beaver Creek has about 30 percent of its terrain open, with a chance of more opening this weekend. […]
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By John LaConte 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=964614&ThemeId=”
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By John LaConte 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=964614&ThemeId=”
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By Melanie Wong VAIL — They are heavy equipment operators, but at this time of year, they’re focused on lights. The town of Vail’s in-house designer Rick Gregory and his team of six workers have been climbing, wrapping and lighting up trees for the last few weeks to create a holiday experience they’re hoping guests […]
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By Chris Freud So the storyline for Birds of Prey 2014, for a while, was looking kind of like a bummer with Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal being out. Then came “the other Norwegian.” Meet Kjetil Jansrud, 29, who is apparently busting out after sweeping the Lake Louise, Alberta, speed races (downhill and super-G) last weekend. […]
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By Randy Wyrick BEAVER CREEK – The silver foxes gathered at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek for their 13th annual senior luncheon. Eagle County has three senior centers, Eagle, Minturn and Basalt/El Jebel, and this is one of their only opportunities to get together. Some ride the bus, some drive. They get there any way […]
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By Melanie Wong Extended periods of cold and natural snowfall arrived a bit later than normal to Vail this season, but by no means dampened the spirits of competitive snowsports athletes of all ages from Ski & Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV) as well as those arriving from around the world to train at Golden Peak. […]
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By Melanie Wong I was reading the news the morning after a successful Thanksgiving dinner with close friends and family. Several news headlines highlighted articles with tips on how to mitigate the risk of holiday weight gain. Most of the advice I read was counter to a lot of the instruction I provided in last […]
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