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Vail keeps adding terrain as BC gears up for opening, more snow heads our way

Vail keeps adding terrain as BC gears up for opening, more snow heads our way

Vail opened more skiable terrain on Friday, and Beaver Creek is set to open on Wednesday with possibly deep snow in the forecast for Thanksgiving week. “We recently added the…

Surprise foot of fresh delivers more skiable terrain at Vail

Surprise foot of fresh delivers more skiable terrain at Vail

Vail got a surprise blast of a foot of new snow Monday night into Tuesday as a cold storm over-delivered on forecast amounts of up to a half a foot.…

Lindsey Vonn set to rejoin U.S. Ski Team

Lindsey Vonn set to rejoin U.S. Ski Team

Former Vail resident Lindsey Vonn, a local legend whose name replaced the “International” ski-racing trail moniker on Vail Mountain, is coming out of retirement at age 40 as nearby Beaver…

Vail to open Friday with skiing off both Gondola One, Eagle Bahn Gondola

Vail to open Friday with skiing off both Gondola One, Eagle Bahn Gondola

Vail Mountain Facebook photo. Vail Resorts on Tuesday issued the following statement regarding approximately 100 skiable acres that will be available for snow riding at Vail Mountain on opening day…

After fresh dusting, Vail snowmaking kicks off prep for upcoming season as Keystone, A-Basin open Nov. 2

After fresh dusting, Vail snowmaking kicks off prep for upcoming season as Keystone, A-Basin open Nov. 2

Vail Resorts photo of snowmaking at Mid-Vail this week. Vail Mountain has cranked up its snowmaking system after several inches of natural snow fell earlier this week and temperatures dropped…

Change is in the air in Aspen as three longtime employees set to move on

Change is in the air in Aspen as three longtime employees set to move on

Three Aspen One employees with nearly a century of combined experience at the company will be retiring in the next fiscal year, according to the company that owns and manages…

Spike in people caught in avalanches cause for concern heading into snowy, dangerous weekend

Spike in people caught in avalanches cause for concern heading into snowy, dangerous weekend

CAIC photo: Ptarmigan Fingers Avalanche: On March 21, two people were caught in an avalanche ascending a slope in Rocky Mountain National Park near the Ptarmigan Fingers Area.  The Colorado Avalanche…

Major winter storm sets sights on Vail, Beaver Creek through Monday morning

Major winter storm sets sights on Vail, Beaver Creek through Monday morning

March apparently will be coming in like a lion in the Vail area this weekend, with more than a foot and half of new snow in the forecast at both…

Vail tops 200 inches so far this season with Saturday’s classic Back Bowls powder bonanza

Vail tops 200 inches so far this season with Saturday’s classic Back Bowls powder bonanza

Vail’s Back Bowls on Saturday, Feb. 17 (Vail Resorts photo). With more than a foot of snow Friday and Saturday, Vail topped 200 inches of snow so far this season…

Significant snow this weekend to impact travel along the I-70 mountain corridor

Significant snow this weekend to impact travel along the I-70 mountain corridor

Forecasters are calling for a major winter storm starting in southern Colorado on Friday and working its way north by Friday, with significant travel disruptions along the I-70 corridor between…