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Vail Mountain: new plans include the construction of a third gondola, the replacement of the Eagle Bahn Gondola, adding several new lifts and upgrading or replacing others. Also on the drawing boards are two new restaurants[cq comment="CQ" ] and a small base in West Lionshead.

Ski instructor Mike Porter, recently inducted into the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, will be honored in Vail on Feb. 4. Porter was a pioneer of the Professional Ski Instructors of America’s presentation...

The upper part of the Golden Peak ski racing venue on Vail Mountain, serviced by the Golden Peak T-Bar (No. 16), is nearly ready to open, a resort spokesperson has confirmed. The mountain had originally...

Guests visiting Vail Mountain this week will see less crowds than the New Year’s holiday weekend, but lift ticket prices remain the same. Vail Mountain was busy during the week between the Christmas and New...

Vail Mountain is charging $299 for a single day of lift access during the busy holiday week, up from $275 last season. That represents a $100 jump in the price of a single-day ticket over...

Passionate uphillers applied pressure to representatives from Vail and Beaver Creek resorts and the U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday, Dec. 19, at an annual meeting at Cripple Creek Backcountry in Avon.  Attendees in a packed...

Vail Mountain continued to open more terrain on Friday, opening Teacup and China Bowl along with the Orient Express Lift (No. 21) and the Teacup Express Lift (No. 36). The move follows Vail Mountain’s opening...

When Vail Mountain unveiled its newest expansion in 2019, adding a new lift to Golden Peak and offering access to higher-elevation terrain, the development was touted as a way to get ski racers on the...

By now, you may have noticed a new look among staffers at Vail Mountain and Beaver Creek resorts. Gone are the days of the spectrum of colors guests once saw on the mountain. Vail Resorts...

By now you may have noticed a new look among staffers at Vail Mountain and Beaver Creek resorts. Gone are the days of the spectrum of colors guests once saw on the mountain. Vail Resorts...