By Chris Freud Hey, Austria’s Marcel Hirscher won a World Cup slalom on Wednesday, and, as an added bonus, a drone did not fall out of the sky and nearly kill him.Holy cow, how scary was that last month?Since mercifully Hirscher came away unscathed, we can now joke about it. A falling drone is about […]
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By Chris Freud Hey, Austria’s Marcel Hirscher won a World Cup slalom on Wednesday, and, as an added bonus, a drone did not fall out of the sky and nearly kill him.Holy cow, how scary was that last month?Since mercifully Hirscher came away unscathed, we can now joke about it. A falling drone is about […]
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By Chris Freud Hey, Austria’s Marcel Hirscher won a World Cup slalom on Wednesday, and, as an added bonus, a drone did not fall out of the sky and nearly kill him.Holy cow, how scary was that last month?Since mercifully Hirscher came away unscathed, we can now joke about it. A falling drone is about […]
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By scott miller VAIL — One of Vail’s largest hotels has been sold and the new owners have big plans for the property.In the works for months, the Los Angeles-based Laurus Corporation closed the deal on Dec. 23 for the Vail Cascade Resort. According to Eagle County records, the sale price was $53.3 million. The […]
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By Edward Stoner EAGLE COUNTY — In the month of December, Vail Mountain Rescue Group was called out 11 times. Below are summaries of the most significant of those missions.• At 7:45 p.m. Dec. 4, Vail Mountain Rescue Group dispatched five rescuers on snowmobiles to Fowler Hilliard Hut, above Camp Hale, to evacuate a hiker […]
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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE COUNTY — Thunder rolled right down Interstate 70 to a Boy Scout high adventure camp.The incredible bronze statue was delivered to the Steve Fossett Spirit of Adventure Ranch (SOAR), a Western Colorado Council of Boy Scouts of America High Adventure Camp along the Colorado River near Sweetwater.Michael Byram and Ann Smead [&h
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By Randy Wyrick EDWARDS — It’s great music for a great cause, said Jim Salestrom.Salestrom, who has won two Emmys, will host a benefit concert on Friday for Children’s Global Alliance, a local nonprofit that sends children around the world to work in developing nations.“This is a wonderfully worthy cause. You realize how lucky we [&
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By Melanie Wong BEAVER CREEK — A glass blower, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, a pro big-mountain skier and a filmmaker — you can meet them all and hear their unique ideas at the sixth annual TEDxVail. Slated for Friday at the Vilar Performing Arts Center, the conference features 16 different speakers of all ages […]
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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 On the Hill correspondent John LaConte reports from Vail Mountain’s Highline run, where cloudy conditions have created difficult visibility. Vail Daily reporter John LaConte uses a GoScope pole mount, get 20% o
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