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Van Beek: Seasonal transitions | VailDaily.com
WEB14 hours ago · James van Beek. james.vanbeek@eaglecounty.us. Every year, Mother Nature reminds us that life is full of changes … nothing remains exactly as it was. But there is beauty in every season, and the darkness and cold of winter gives way to warmer breezes, and rainy clouds bring us rainbows and sunny skies. As we transition from summer, we admire ...
Vail Mountain opens for 2023-24 ski season with a few new features
WEBNov 10, 2023 · 100-day pin. Vail Resorts’ new My Epic app, with its option allowing skiers to forgo a plastic pass for a low-energy Bluetooth signal, is one of several new features skiers and snowboarders will have access to this season. The My Epic app marks the official end of Vail’s former app, Epic Mix, which offered digital badges to people who reached certain milestones, like skiing 100 days in a ...
Winter gear sales, the last farmers’ markets of the season and …
WEB13 hours ago · Also, this weekend is the Vail’s True Local Ski Swap in Lionshead Village. This event features local ski and snowboard shops that are locally owned and operated like Performance Sports, Ski Base, Outdoor DIVAS and Vail Ski Tech. Stop by on Saturday between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. and find excellent deals on gear and apparel.
Vail, Beaver Creek announce Opening Days for 2024-25 season
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Vail’s Nov. 12, 2021, Opening Day was the earliest since 1998, when the mountain opened Nov. 9. That achievement was repeated again last year with the mountain’s Nov. 10 opening. This season will mark the debut of a $4 million investment in Vail Mountain’s Golden Peak base area with Avanti Food & Beverage , …
New wall on Vail Pass is an example of the technological …
WEBAug 4, 2024 · Upon completion in 1978, the National Academy of Sciences published a report titled “Engineering Solutions to Environmental Constraints: I-70 Over Vail Pass,” which provided an overview of the final geotechnical investigations on the 14-mile Vail Pass I …
Could Vail be a model for geothermal energy? Colorado’s …
WEBJul 25, 2024 · The town of Vail was one of 35 recipients that received a grant from Colorado’s Geothermal Energy Grant Program’s first funding round earlier this year. After performing thermal conductivity tests last fall, the $250,000 grant will allow the town to drill deeper into what a geothermal district could look like in Vail. “We’re here really to celebrate something that we are doing a little ...
Vail Resorts’ Epic Pass hits highest launch price point yet
WEBMar 5, 2024 · Since 2008-09, the Epic Pass saw steady increases through the 2020-21 season, when it reached a launch price of $979. Later that selling cycle, from Nov. 22 to Dec. 6, 2020, the Epic Pass reached $1,099. Following that season, Vail Resorts carried out what it called a price reset, knocking the cost of a …
Vail targets earliest opening since 1998 as Vail Resorts drops …
WEBAug 16, 2023 · Vail Mountain is targeting a Nov. 10 Opening Day, while Beaver Creek is slated to open on Nov. 22, Vail Resorts said in a release issued Wednesday. The Nov. 10 target for Vail Mountain would be the earliest since 1998 when the mountain opened on Nov. 9. The push to open Vail Mountain earlier began in …
Vail Mountain extends hours as daylight saving, above ... - Vail Daily
WEBThose recordings are taken from Vail Mountain’s mid-mountain snow stake, where a camera is fixed and the public can view it at any time. The snowpack recording sensors at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s snow telemetry (SNOTEL) site on Vail Mountain are located next to Vail Mountain’s mid-mountain snow stake, and currently show Vail’s snow-water equivalent to be 17.7 inches, or 106 ...