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By Chris Freud MONTAFON, Austria — There’s another local racer winning races and, with no disrespect to her, it ain’t Lindsey Vonn.Welcome back, Chris Del Bosco.The Eagle-Vail resident, with dual Canadian-American citizenship, won the World Cup ski cross opener on Saturday in Montafon, Austria, for his first win since Jan. 16, 2014.â€

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By Chris Freud MONTAFON, Austria — There’s another local racer winning races and, with no disrespect to her, it ain’t Lindsey Vonn.Welcome back, Chris Del Bosco.The Eagle-Vail resident, with dual Canadian-American citizenship, won the World Cup ski cross opener on Saturday in Montafon, Austria, for his first win since Jan. 16, 2014.â€

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By Edward Stoner Editor’s note: The following is part of a series of articles compiled by the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum and Hall of Fame that will take a closer look at the sport of alpine ski touring. The museum is located atop the Vail Village Parking Structure and features a treasure trove of […]

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By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — The early-season snow that’s covered ski slopes has fallen on roads, too. That’s given a new Colorado Department of Transportation policy a quick workout, perhaps with positive results.The department earlier this fall started a new policy for Interstate 70 that imposes the state’s existing “tract

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By Randy Wyrick VAIL – In the beginning was Earl Eaton. Eaton beget Pete Seibert, and Vail grew from those two dreamers and others like them.Vail was a blank canvas, an experiment in self-creation; as much an idea as a place, says Terry Minger, Vail town manager in the 1970s.John Horan-Kates’ new book, “The Making […]

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By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — The early season snow that’s covered ski slopes has fallen on roads, too. That’s given a new Colorado Department of Transportation policy a quick workout, perhaps with positive results.The department earlier this fall started a new policy for Interstate 70 that imposes the state’s existing traction

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By Chris Freud BEAVER CREEK — Weather giveth and it taketh away.With snow shortening the Birds of Prey racecourse and conditions making visibility better for the bookends of the top-30 of the start order, Austrian Marcel Hirscher, the four-time defending World Cup champion and renowned technical specialist, won his first World Cup super-G on Satu

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By Chris Freud BEAVER CREEK — Weather giveth and it taketh away.With snow shortening the Birds of Prey racecourse and conditions making visibility better for the bookends of the top-30 of the start order, Austrian Marcel Hirscher, the four-time defending World Cup champion and renowned technical specialist, won his first World Cup super-G on Satu

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By Pam Boyd GYPSUM —The town of Gypsum, the Gypsum Recreation Center and the Gypsum Public Library are teaming up to present Home for the Holidays on Saturday, Dec. 12.The event will begin at the Gypsum Recreation Center with a free open house from 3 to 5 p.m.“It is our eighth anniversary, and we invite […]

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By John LaConte Here’s the Vail Daily’s live blog of the Saturday, Dec. 4 World Cup ski races in Beaver Creek, Colorado, and Lake Louise, Canada. Use hashtags #BCWorldCup and #WorldCupLakeLouise to contribute your posts and keep posting all weekend as the races continue through Sunday. … Source:: Vail Daily Feed    &nbs

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