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Alexis Dozal performs a plank exercise in the Edwards Field House with other participants in a Community SafeHealth-like program. Chris Knerl with Howard Head Sports Medicine said human performance analysts have been working with local kids two days per week and the program has been a success. With 18 percent of Eagle County residents uninsured, more than triple the state average of 6.5 percent, filling the gap in health care services for the uninsured is essential. Those are the words of Vail ...

Vail Mountain reported its 48-hour snowfall total to be less than what many were expecting for its 24-hour total on Sunday morning. The mistake was later corrected but caught the attention of powder chasing enthusiast Joel Gratz, the meteorologist who founded opensnow.com and has become a dependable snow tracker for the regularity with which he publishes his morning blog. Vails snowstake, in the early morning hours Sunday, shows 11 inches of snow. The snowskate is cleared off at 5 a.m. each mor...

If you were unable to previously make a reservation at Vail or Beaver Creek for the holidays, here’s something to fill your stocking: Days at both resorts are available for the rest of the season.

John LaConte/jlaconte@vaildaily.com With more snow falling, Vail was able to open most of the terrain under the Northwoods Express chair on Monday, including North Rim and South Rim. The mountain will open Tuesday with 11 more runs, bringing the total number of runs offered to 77. In addition to North Rim, South Rim and the First Steps area, Gandy Dancer will also open on Tuesday near Chair 11. Near Chair 2, the Avanti run will open Tuesday after heavy snowmaking activity has been directed to t...

Vail Resorts Epic Pass insurance option of “core season” will provide a refund to everyone whose home resort closes at least one day before scheduled, regardless of how much they skied before the closure. If the season ends on Feb. 5, and you lose 59 of the 118 days in the core season (Dec. 8 to April 4) on your home mountain, you would receive a 50% refund on your pass, provided you did not use that pass at other resorts during the resort closure event. The early season doesn’t count aga...

John LaConte/jlaconte@vaildaily.com VAIL — Vail locals awoke to 6 inches of fresh snow on Friday for the first powder day of the 2020-21 ski season. Snow continues to fall as a busy atmosphere besets Vail; plows are working to remove snow from neighborhoods as cars line up to drop off skiers in Vail and Lionshead. On the mountain, workers ready to open more terrain; Vail spokesperson John Plack said it would be a busy weekend of moving snow making equipment around and preparing for more openi...

Chris Dillmann/cdillmann@vaildaily.com Employee ski passes have been made unavailable at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone for recreational skiing among employees who aren’t working, as well as their families on Saturday and Sunday. Reservations for non-employee skiers at Vail, Breckenridge and Keystone are full for Saturday and Sunday, as well. Uphill access is also completely closed at Vail – including early mornings and late evenings. Vail spokesperson John Plack said snowmak...