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O. Zone: The race to open first is stupid
Editor’s update: Arapahoe Basin appears poised to win the Colorado “race” to open first after natural snow fell overnight Thursday into Friday with a lot more in the forecast for…
Opinion: The anti-Trump, Jimmy Carter is a builder, not a democracy destroyer
Jimmy Carter, center right, walks next to Gerald Ford in the 1970s. VAIL, Colo. — J.C. is the anti-Trump. No, not that J.C. I’m talking about Jimmy Carter – the…
Opinion: Boebert vapes as Colorado high country could burn without firefighter pay
Fall is one of the most magical times to visit and live in the Colorado high country, especially as human carbon emissions causing climate change continue to scorch lower-elevation parts…
‘Write it when I’m gone’: Sorry, Rod, the Slifer book couldn’t wait for you to be done skiing
Rod Slifer, 88, ripping down Lost Boy in Vail’s Game Creek Bowl with Mount of the Holy Cross on the horizon on March 19, 2023 (David O. Williams photo). Some…
Opinion: Will Aspen end Boebert? If so, Vail (and the world) owes its ski-town rival
Boebert and friend in action at the Buell Theater in Denver on Sept. 10. Could the elitist liberal enclave of Aspen be where Republican right-wing U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s tumultuous…
Remembering John Fielder and his endless photographic fight to conserve Colorado’s wild place
I didn’t know photographer John Fielder was battling pancreatic cancer until I received the following email statement on Saturday from Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and then read this story in the…
Timely new book ‘Wildflowers Never Die’ follows careers of CIA operatives from Korea to Camp Hale to Laos to Vietnam
While it’s been reported on locally for years, it’s safe to say the lesser-known use of Camp Hale near Vail as a CIA training ground for Tibetan guerillas returning home to…
Judge Luttig from his home in Vail on Trump and Jan. 6: ‘Worst crime … a president could commit’
VAIL, Colo. — Impeachment politics and the possibility of presidential prosecution surprisingly keep cropping up here in Vail, where new Jan. 6 revelations are about as unexpected as an affordable…
No new Miller film, but still plenty of cinematic stoke in snow sports in 2023
With the sad news that Outdoor Inc. is pulling the plug on shooting new Warren Miller movies — at least for this season — it’s good to know so many…
Backcountry skiing: Learning from tragedy by being prepared, getting more training
On Tuesday, Dec. 27, my wife and I and two of our three sons took an all-day avy prep course with Apex Mountain School in EagleVail. It was a morning of…