NHL is officially back in business; Avs to report to Edmonton for 24-team Stanley Cup playoffs
The NHL is back in business — without fans. The league and its players’ association on Friday finalized a collective bargaining agreement extension and ratified protocols of the return-to-play plan in hub cities Edmonton and...
Mikaela Shiffrin’s father, Jeff Shiffrin, dies unexpectedly at 65
Jeff Shiffrin, with his wife, Eileen, made the Vail area their home decades ago, and together raised Mikaela and Taylor Shiffrin, who was a member of the two-time NCAA Champion University of Denver Ski Team.
The Gentle Summit: The easiest 14ers in Colorado for a first-timer
I probably get asked this question from strangers more than any other, including those about a strange bird in their backyard: What 14er should I do first? I’m sure that’s partly because I have a...
Aspen Skiing Co., Liftopia have business fallout over Mountain Collective
Aspen Skiing Co. has cut business ties with an online broker of lift tickets over an alleged outstanding debt of $2.4 million in sales from the Mountain Collective pass. Skico and a group of ski...
Mikaela Shiffrin, ski team return to snow at Copper Mountain for camp
Mikaela Shiffrin and the rest of the U.S. women’s ski team, along with the men’s Europa squad, recently returned to snow for a two-week June camp in Copper Mountain. It was a chance to go...
Top flies for summer
What flies are working? This is the question that you hear most on the stream, talking to other anglers and definitely in every fly shop. The answer is not an easy one, as it changes...
Stay Fly: Tips for buying your first boat to fish local rivers
You can only call your buddy and invite yourself on their boat so many times. You can only buy so many 12-packs of beer before you start thinking about buying your our boat. The process...
Snowboarding legend Danny Kass to join Ski & Snowboard Club Vail as coach
Two-time Olympic silver medalist Danny Kass has joined the Ski & Snowboard Club Vail staff for the 2019-20 season, coach Ronnie Barr has confirmed. Barr said the timing was right, as the club had an...
Reel Rock 14, featuring Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell, hits Eagle climbing gym on Friday
Eagle Climbing + Fitness will host the 14th edition of the Reel Rock film festival on Friday. The festival is a traveling event that visits towns across the U.S. each fall with the latest and...
Vail Valley golf results
We begin our weekly tour of the links with two reports of golfing greatness.• Bravo to Carlos Alamon who jarred his shot on the par-3 fifth at Eagle-Vail July 13th. He used a 7-iron to...
Vail and Beaver Creek announce new terrain openings leading into the holiday week
‘Tis the season for expanded terrain.
LG Tri returns to Eagle on July 12
EAGLE — Laura Genelin passed away in 2008 from colon cancer, and every year her friends and family gather to remember her in the most unique way. Join them this year for the sixth annual...
Beaver Creek ski racing results
BEAVER CREEK — Week 4 of the GoPro Race Day at Beaver Creek was held Monday. This week’s race was a slalom event. Women’s alpine 1 Tomi Chipman 2 Rose Quinn 3 Kari Gerber 4...
Red Sky Golf Club open for resort play
Wolcott — Red Sky Golf Club, rated one of the Best Courses You Can Play by Golfweek in 2013, is open for resort play. Early season golf rates are available for rounds through June 6....
Tommy Caldwell, man who free-climbed El Capitan, opening Winter Words series in Aspen
After his historic free-climb ascent of the El Capitan’s Dawn Wall in Yosemite National Park in early 2015, Tommy Caldwell stared down a nearly as daunting challenge: a blank page. To write his memoir, published last year...
Text Lindsey Vonn … for real
The first reaction on Wednesday was Lindsey Vonn’s Twitter just got hacked. After all, how often does the greatest American ski racer just give out her phone number and ask you to text her? Upon...
Owner of Granby Ranch to surrender property as lender takes over
The lender for Granby Ranch intends to take back the property. In a letter delivered to the Granby Board of Trustees on Tuesday, the owner of Granby Ranch, Marise Cipriani, said the lender has indicated...
US Ski & Snowboard indefinitely suspends Fagan freeski twins after video with racial slur surfaces
U.S. Ski & Snowboard has suspended U.S. Pro Team members and Frisco residents Deven and Kiernan Fagan indefinitely for what the association described as “behaving in a way that is in violation of U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s...
Brown swinging for US Open tournament
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — June 12 will be Cameron Brown’s 22nd birthday, and it also happens to be the first round of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina. “That would be quite...
Check out the best creeks the Vail Valley has to offer
Late summer offers anglers in and around the Vail Valley many opportunities for catching trout in a wide variety of settings. Big rivers such as the Colorado, Roaring Fork and the Eagle River as well...