Tag: Beaver Creek
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Ski resort markets show signs of life as first snows arrive
As the first real snow of the season arrives in Colorado’s mountain resorts, real estate agents in ski towns are reporting a better market this fall than the one that brokers down the hill along the Front Range are seeing. “There is healthy activity as both buyers and sellers adjust to new price realities,” said…
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Vail Resorts announces target opening dates for Colorado ski resorts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vail Resorts on Wednesday announced target dates for opening some of Colorado’s premier ski destinations. That includes Keystone Resort, one of the state’s first ski areas to open. Mid-October is the aim for the owning…
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Lee fire claims 5th-largest wildfire spot in Colorado history, Elk fire containment increases
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Lee fire in Rio Blanco County has become the fifth largest wildfire in Colorado history a day after surpassing the sixth largest. The Lee fire — raging southwest of Meeker, Colorado — grew to 113,378 acres by Monday morning, according to a social media post by…
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Epic Pass prices up to record mark for 2025-26 ski season
Prices continue to rise for a go-to ski pass in Colorado. Vail Resorts on Tuesday announced its Epic Pass for the 2025-26 season — covering worldwide destinations including Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone, Beaver Creek and Crested Butte. The adult pass with unlimited access to 42 resorts comes in at $1,051, up from $982 a year ago and…
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Pro-skier Chris Davenport springs the stoke to winners of ‘Ski with a Peak Pro’ at Beaver Creek
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Seven winners of the “Ski with a Peak Pro” Sweepstakes walked up to the slopes of Beaver Creek Resort in Avon, Colorado, on Thursday with smiles on their faces as pro-skier, ski-mountaineer and Peak Ski Co. athlete Chris Davenport greeted them. “What a day it was skiing with Dav,” Katie Bristow with Black Tie Ski Rental,…
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Eagle County paramedic dies while responding to call
Eagle County Paramedics Services are mourning the loss of one of their own who died Friday. Steve Zuckerman was responding to a backcountry call in Vail at the time of his death. He was 61. The paramedics services did not say what the cause of death was. He started working part-time as a paramedic for…
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Powder primer 2023: A closer look at Colorado’s ski areas
ARAPAHOE BASIN (est. 1946) A-Basin is the oldest of Summit County’s four ski areas, beginning with former ski racers and World War II veterans. The decades ushered in a new cast of characters: a scrappy bunch who called themselves Atomic Janitors, cleaning by night, sleeping in an A-Frame attic and skiing by daybreak. Skiable terrain:…
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Multiple Colorado ski areas make first snow of the 2023-24 season
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And so it begins in the high country, snowmaking has started at multiple Colorado ski resorts. And a few others received their first flakes overnight Tuesday as well. Loveland Ski Area and Copper Mountain Resort fired up their snow guns overnight, making the first snow for the 2023-24 season. Loveland had its snow guns running…
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New downtown bar is home to Colorado’s first and only Olympic-caliber ski and snowboard simulator
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Ski down the Alps or snowboard across PyeongChang — all without leaving Colorado Springs. Welcome to Lemon Lodge, a new downtown bar that’s home to Colorado’s first and only Olympic-caliber ski and snowboard simulator. “The sensation is so real, people get lost in it and they forget they’re indoors in 72 degrees,” owner Melanie Hexter…
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Enjoy the 3-day holiday with these Memorial Day weekend festivals around Colorado
If you’re looking forward to the three-day weekend but don’t know how to spend it, check out these festivals around Colorado. Comedy Festival in Vail, Friday-SundayLaugh the weekend away at the Vail Comedy Festival, a three-day event featuring more than 30 comedians — all set in the destination town of Vail. Headliners include Leah Bonnema,…