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Colorado Classic cycling race brings best young riders back to Vail Village, Vail Pass

Colorado Classic cycling race brings best young riders back to Vail Village, Vail Pass

The Colorado Classic cycling stage race kicking off in Vail on Thursday will feature some of the best young riders from Mexico and Colombia, according to race organizers. On Tuesday…

More than 2 feet of fresh snow at Vail, Beaver Creek as closing day looms

More than 2 feet of fresh snow at Vail, Beaver Creek as closing day looms

I spent a couple hours Monday morning in Royal Elk Glade – my favorite part of Beaver Creek. A recent, multi-day storm cycle deposited 27 inches of thick, wet snow…

Snowy week on tap as Vail, Beaver Creek head into busy Easter weekend

Snowy week on tap as Vail, Beaver Creek head into busy Easter weekend

Spring is coming in reluctantly in the Vail Valley, where Vail and Beaver Creek both saw solid powder days last weekend and more snow is in the forecast this week…

Winter returns to Vail, Beaver Creek as both resorts gear up for spring events

Winter returns to Vail, Beaver Creek as both resorts gear up for spring events

Vail and Beaver Creek got a blast of more than a half a foot of fresh snow Sunday night into Monday morning, boosting late-winter conditions as both ski areas enter…

EagleVail’s Shiffrin crushes World Cup Finals slalom for season’s 12th victory

EagleVail’s Shiffrin crushes World Cup Finals slalom for season’s 12th victory

EagleVail’s Mikaela Shiffrin won her fifth World Cup slalom globe, claiming the season title in dominant fashion on Saturday at the World Cup Finals in Are, Sweden. Saturday’s win was…

Weekend weather turning snowy as Vail, Beaver Creek head into final month

Weekend weather turning snowy as Vail, Beaver Creek head into final month

So far March has been largely disappointing in terms of snowfall for the Vail Valley, with mostly sunny, dry conditions and only a couple of minor storms. That pattern appears…

Vail’s Vonn edges closer to Stenmark with World Cup Finals downhill win

Vail’s Vonn edges closer to Stenmark with World Cup Finals downhill win

It was the result Vail’s Lindsey Vonn was looking for last month at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics — the top step of a downhill podium Wednesday at the World…

EagleVail’s Shiffrin claims second-straight overall World Cup title

EagleVail’s Shiffrin claims second-straight overall World Cup title

EagleVail’s Mikaela Shiffrin locked up her second-straight overall World Cup title Friday with a third-place finish in a giant slalom at Ofterschwang, Germany. Norway’s Ragnhild Mowinckel won the race, and…

Weekend snow on tap at Vail, plus plenty of Olympic-level snowboarding at Burton U.S. Open

Weekend snow on tap at Vail, plus plenty of Olympic-level snowboarding at Burton U.S. Open

It’s been another warm and dry week in the Vail Valley, but just like last week, a shot of snow is headed through over the weekend to freshen up the…

Vail’s Johnson wins her first-ever World Cup dual moguls event

Vail’s Johnson wins her first-ever World Cup dual moguls event

Tess Johnson of Vail skied to her first-ever World Cup dual moguls victory on Sunday, outlasting a deep field that included three other Americans. The youngest member of the team…