Bustang to test “SnowStang” Saturday service to Colorado ski resorts
The Bustang is going skiing. Colorado’s state-owned bus system will offer round-trip service to six mountain resorts on two Saturdays this February as part of a pilot program to test the viability and...
View ArticleColorado ski season pass war begins anew for 2017-18
Colorado’s 20-year season pass war — which has permeated and forever changed the North American ski resort industry — is back. Vail Resorts’ industry-leading Epic Pass now includes the continent’s...
View ArticlePark Hyatt Beaver Creek purchased for record $145 million
By Randy Wyrick, Vail Daily BEAVER CREEK — A Dallas company spent a record $145 million for the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek because, they say, it’s worth it. Dallas-based Ashford Hospitality Prime Inc....
View ArticleWoman sues skier who collided into her at Beaver Creek ski area
A Florida woman who was taking a skiing lesson at Beaver Creek resort when a Colorado skier slammed into her from behind has sued the skier in federal court. The lawsuit was filed Friday in Denver U.S....
View ArticleEarning your Elvis Costello tunes at Hike to the Mic at Beaver Creek
It’s always farther to the top than you think. Standing at the bottom of a ski hill during the summer, grass and wildflowers brushing your ankles, the summit seems just a couple of switchbacks away....
View ArticleNothing like a 13,000-mile road trip to make you appreciate Colorado
“Stop!” my wife, Dianne, ordered from the navigator’s seat. “I want to take a picture of the sign.” I hit the brakes and pulled car and trailer onto the roadside gravel. Camera in hand, Dianne leaped...
View ArticleAfter failing to capture the magic of Whistler for 20 years, Snowmass Base...
It’s early on a March morning in 1998. Dozens of couples, fat checks in hand, are huddled around a table in a well-appointed room at the base of Copper Mountain. A model of a new village sprawls before...
View ArticleDespite record warmth in Denver and scant mountain powder, World Cup snow...
BEAVER CREEK — There isn’t much natural snow in the high mountains, which are speckled with white rather than being blanketed the way skiers would prefer to see them. Fortunately for the world’s best...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Men’s Audi Birds of Prey World Cup Super-G in Beaver Creek
The men’s Audi Birds of Prey World Cup Super-G race at the Beaver Creek Resort Dec. 1, 2017. Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria won the race with a time of 1:09.71.
View ArticlePHOTOS: Men’s skiing World Cup at Beaver Creek, 2017
Photos from the men’s skiing World Cup, at Beaver Creek, Colorado.
View ArticleHay day: Wyoming rancher has big impact on Olympic downhill
PINEDALE, Wyo. — The rancher from western Wyoming wears tan overalls pulled over a U.S. ski team jacket, and is every bit as versed in the nuances of hay farming as the subtleties of snow grooming. He...
View ArticleBeaver Creek rescue dogs trained to fetch anything, humans caught in...
Jon Resnick, Beaver Creek Resort, suppliedBeaver Creek Ski Patrol currently has five avalanche dogs on staff — two certified, two semi-retired and one in training. The dogs are friendly, slobbering...
View ArticleVail Resorts launches 10th anniversary celebration of Epic Pass with $99 deal...
Vail Resorts’ industry-shifting Epic Pass turns 10 this month and, as part of a series of upcoming deals to celebrate the anniversary, the resort operator is offering $99 passes to all active and...
View ArticleHere are the Colorado ski areas closing this Sunday and next. Hit the slopes...
Sixteen of Colorado’s 24 ski areas are closing up shop this season from this Sunday to next weekend, so hit the slopes while you can. Keystone, Crested Butte, Telluride, Monarch, Buttermilk, Aspen...
View ArticleYour guide to all Colorado ski areas for the 2018-2019 season
A chill is in the air. Snow putters to the ground. Powder begs to be shredded. It’s ski season in Colorado. Colorado’s ski season officially started on Oct. 13 when Wolf Creek Ski Area in Pagosa...
View ArticleLoveland Ski Area reveling in historic snowfall — 82 inches so far — as 3...
In its 81 years of operation, Loveland Ski Area has never received as much early season snow as it is reveling in right now. Loveland opened two more lifts over the weekend, and three other Colorado...
View ArticleVail winter air service includes more flights
EAGLE COUNTY — As ski season begins in Colorado, skiers headed for Vail or Beaver Creek will find expanded air service from several cities to Eagle County Regional Airport. The Vail Daily reports that...
View ArticleViewing World Cup racing at Beaver Creek might just rock your world
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to witness World Cup downhill racing up close, U.S. racer Travis Ganong has some insight that may pique your interest enough to check out the men racing this...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Skiers compete in 2018 World Cup downhill race at Beaver Creek
Skiers from across the world zoomed down the Birds of Prey racecourse on Beaver Creek Mountain Friday during the World Cup’s downhill ski race. Beat Feuz, of Switzerland, won first with the time of...
View ArticleVail, Beaver Creek’s single-day, window lift ticket price breaks $200
The $200 barrier for a walk-up ski lift ticket was broken for the first time by Vail Mountain and Beaver Creek this season, according to industry sources. Vail and Beaver Creek are charging $209 per...
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