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The O. Zone: Riding that train, high on disdain for Trump’s treatment of Ukraine
Glenwood Canyon from the California Zephyr on Monday (David O. Williams photo). A little over seven months ago I was at my mom’s house in Birch Bay, Washington, when I wrote…
The O. Zone: Snow slams Vail, Shiffrin misses mark at Worlds, airline update
Snowy scenes at Beaver Creek on Friday (Beaver Creek Mountain Facebook photo). What a difference a week makes. Last Saturday (Feb. 8) I wrote how the Eagle River Valley that…
The O. Zone: Locals get gouged again as ‘low-fare’ airlines target school breaks
I’ve lived in the Eagle River Valley since June of 1991 (minus one year in Washington, D.C. and one year in Seattle), and in that 32-year span I’ve flown out…
The O. Zone: Strong storms incoming, Shiffrin GS PTSD, Powder to the People
O. Zone freshies on Meadow Mountain on Saturday (KKW photo). It was a much-needed snowy weekend in the Eagle River Valley, inspiring me to some more quick hits on a…
The O. Zone: Quick hits on fed funding for Shoshone drying up, bighorn bummer, Epic Pass ruination or democratization?
Time for another O. Zone quick-hits column on a variety of topics I’d love to see more coverage of if any media outlets out there have the resources or the…
The O. Zone: Quick hits on pavement paralysis, powder in paradise, patrollers
O. in the zone on Seldom at Vail on Saturday (KKW iPhone pic). Once in a while I do a bullet points O. Zone to highlight a bunch of things…
The O. Zone: Not just a great Yes song, Roundabout redo is kinda doo-doo
The endless Post Boulevard and Highway 6 roundabout redo project (CDOT photo). Eagle County is deeply divided. But don’t stop reading, because this is not another post-election political take. Besides,…
The O. Zone: OilTrain vs. SunTrain, who you got? Supreme Court set to tip the scales
Union Pacific’s service map shows a very clear path for Utah oil trains through Salt Lake City, Ogden, Wyoming (Overland Route) and then Denver rather than right along the Colorado…
The O. Zone: Sports, like snowfall and extreme weather, are really hard to predict
Game Creek Bowl is now open at Vail (Vail Resorts photo). Editor’s note: On Thursday, Dec. 5, Vail opened parts of the Back Bowls. Sports, much like the weather in…
The O. Zone: Please bury I-70 burial plan while resurrecting rail
Burying or tunneling Interstate 70 through Vail was in the news again last week, cropping up with the periodic frequency of the equally fantastical proposals for hyperloop pods or Advanced Guideway System (AGS) high-speed transit connecting…