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[ April 19, 2010 - 2:00pm ]
20th Annual Taste of Vail
by Linda Hayes
Wines chilling at Taste of Vail
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Photo by: Linda Hayes
Wining and dining at 10,000 feet is a rite of spring at Vail, and a tasty way to cap off the ski season. From the Belgian Beer Lunch to the Aphrodisiac Food seminar, the weekend long event served up good times and great food. The best event: The Mountain Top picnic.
Taste of Vail

As an Aspenite, I could get skewered for saying this, but one of my all-time favorite foodie events is the Mountaintop Picnic held during the Taste of (gulp) Vail.

[ April 16, 2010 - 6:01pm ]
Spring Fever Hits Winter Park
by Jennifer Davis
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Winter Park is among several of Colorado's ski resorts bidding farewell to winter this weekend.
winter park spring splash

It’s a bittersweet time. As the days grow longer and warmer, the snow slowly melts away, and another ski season ends. But, there’s still time for one last hurrah.

This weekend, several of Colorado’s ski resorts will close for the season: Vail, Copper Mountain and Winter Park. And how will Winter Park mark the occasion? With live music and pond skimming, of course.

[ April 15, 2010 - 1:05pm ]
Ski Resorts Anticipate Slow Recovery
by Jennifer Davis
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Photo by: Hal Williams
It’s not a boom, but it’s no bust either. Early attendance numbers provide a glimmer of hope to struggling ski resorts.
ski resorts cautious

Many people have bemoaned recent signs foretelling the impending death of the ski industry. First, environmentalists predicted that global warming will melt both the polar ice caps and our mountain snow caps by the end of the century.

[ April 14, 2010 - 2:38pm ]
Spring Fling at Vail
by Jennifer Davis
Free Spring Concerts at Vail
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Photo by: Thomas H Green/Vail Resorts
Kiss the ski season goodbye at Vail this weekend.
Free Spring Concerts at Vail

Spring Back to Vail, the Colorado’s resort’s annual spring shindig, runs April 12-18. Along with the World Pond Skimming Championships held at Golden Peak on Vail Mountain, the event will feature several live concerts by high-profile artists.

On Friday, April 16, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars will perform at Solaris at Vail Village. The subject of a 2005 documentary, The All Stars formed in a refugee camp in Guinea after fleeing war-torn Sierra Leone (see clip below).

[ April 13, 2010 - 3:42pm ]
Ski Patrol Olympics: Going for the Gold in Squaw Valley
by Jennifer Davis
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Photo by: Jason Abraham
Squaw Valley hosts the first ever Ski Patrol Olympics April 16-18.
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Ski patrol performs some pretty gnarly tasks: transporting injured skiers down the mountain at high speeds, detonating explosives to prevent avalanches and leading search and rescue missions on formidable terrain. This weekend at California’s Squaw Valley, patrollers from across North America will showcase their skills in the first ever Professional Ski Patrol Olympics. Contenders will compete for prizes and a $1,500 cash purse, courtesy of Helly Hansen.

[ April 12, 2010 - 1:31pm ]
Sneak Peek: Warren Miller's 2010 Movie 1
Ski movie season isn't till the fall, but we've got a behind-the-scenes look at a segment from next year's Warren Miller ski movie, the 61st film from Warren Miller Entertainment. In this shot, big-mountain skier Arne Backstrom heads to Lake Tahoe's Heavenly ski resort to shoot some powder skiing with cinematagrapher Tom Day. Check it out here.
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Ski movie season isn't till the fall, but we've got a behind-the-scenes look at a segment from next year's Warren Miller ski movie, the 61st film from Warren Miller Entertainment. In this shot, big-mountain skier Arne Backstrom heads to Lake Tahoe's Heavenly ski resort to shoot some powder skiing with cinematagrapher Tom Day. Check it out here.

[ April 8, 2010 - 5:52pm ]
The Sun Shines at Copper
by Jennifer Davis
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Sunsation, Copper Mountain’s annual spring breakdown, begins this weekend
sunsation

Nothing says springtime in the Rockies like sun, snow and reggae. Get your fill of all three this weekend at Sunsation—Copper Mountain’s 10th annual spring festival. Send off the ski season with free live music, a freestyle competition and mid-season snow conditions.

[ April 8, 2010 - 2:52pm ]
Vonn's Big Break on the Small Screen 1
by Jennifer Davis
Lindsey Vonn Portrait
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Photo by: Vail Resorts/Jack Affleck
Lindsey Vonn set to appear on NBC's "Law & Order"
Lindsey Vonn Portrait

As they say in Hollywood: There are no small parts, only small actors. Olympic gold medalist and World Cup overall champion Lindsey Vonn certainly isn’t too proud to play a bit role on her favorite television series: NBC’s "Law & Order." In fact, according to her Facebook page she’s on her way to New York City to begin filming: “I'm so excited I can hardly stand it.”

[ April 7, 2010 - 5:34pm ]
Taste of Vail Turns 20
by Jennifer Davis
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This ain’t no chili cook-off. This famous fest, running April 8–10, caters to the gourmet crowd.
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For 20 years, Colorado’s Vail Resort has been perfecting the art of the culinary festival with an annual event that routinely attracts more than 30 chefs and sommeliers and more than 50 wineries. However, Taste of Vail is not simply an elegant excuse for tasting delicious wines and dishes prepared by some of country’s top chefs, it’s meant to be an educational experience as well. This year, the festival features some exciting new seminars.

[ April 7, 2010 - 2:42pm ]
Spring Bows Out with a Bang! 3
by Jennifer Davis
Snowmass Ski Patrol testing out 9 inches in spring storm
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Photo by: Courtesy of Aspen Skiing Company
How does six feet in two days sound? Many resorts extend their spring skiing season as snow blankets much of the West.
Snowmass Ski Patrol testing out 9 inches in spring storm

Resorts in Nevada, Colorado, Utah and California, amoung other places, have extended their seasons after a rash of spring storms blanketed their slopes in more snow than some have seen all season. Aspen Mountain, which was slated to close this Sunday, will open its lifts for the weekends of April 17–18 and April 24–25 after getting 16 inches of snow in the past 72 hours.