By Ross Leonhart Do you remember when the Vail Valley only had one free weekly concert in town? Hot Summer Nights is the original, but as the population moved downvalley, so did the free shows. Hot Summer Nights has been going strong at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater for almost three decades, and in 2001, […]
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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 explores the family friendly hikes of Vail Mountain with his daughter Lilia, who is just 19 months old. That’s no cameraman! LaConte films all by himself […]
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By Krista Driscoll AVON — Donahue Entertainment/Imagine One Events and the town of Avon will present the inaugural Skylight Creative Writing Retreat, Sept. 2 through 4, at Harry A. Nottingham Park in Avon. The complete schedule for the event was recently released, and discounted advance tickets are now on sale.Skylight is a gathering for anyone [
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By Krista Driscoll VAIL — Bravo! Vail’s After-School Piano Program kicks off its 2016-17 enrollment today, and it runs through Aug. 26. The Program takes place at eight locations throughout Eagle and Lake counties. The After-School Piano Program offers children in first through eighth grades the opportunity to learn fundamental musical conc
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By Elise Reuter At the Frisco Peninsula, the sheet was pulled away, revealing the memorial below. A large stone with a pair of Nordic skis reads “Zeke’s Place,” named after Jon “Zeke” Zdechlik, a lifetime Frisco resident with a storied family history in Summit County.Zeke, former general manager of Frisco’s Adventure Park, Nordi
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By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — Big hair and neon ski gear were the rage in 1986, and, compared to today, the idea of group business at ski resorts was more of a vague notion than part of a business plan.That’s the business Kathy Fort Carty went into when she pulled together $2,500 to buy […]
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By scott miller VAIL — The success of Vail Mountain was far from assured in 1966. The idea to create a full-fledged town out of a ski resort base area was no sure thing, either. But both today are thriving.With the Vail ski area struggling financially in the mid-1960s, people from Vail Associates — the […]
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By scott miller VAIL — The success of Vail Mountain was far from assured in 1966. The idea to create a full-fledged town out of a ski resort base area was no sure thing, either. But both today are thriving.With the Vail ski area struggling financially in the mid-1960s, people from Vail Associates — the […]
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By Chris Freud High school golf tees of on Monday.It is one of my favorite sports because I play obsessively and generally stink on ice — my driver is not working, and it’s certainly not operator-error — and because I love talking to our guys about how they play, even Aspen’s Will Hazen, who I […]
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