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A lawsuit filed against Vail Resorts on behalf of three employees is seeking class action status and alleges the company has repeatedly violated federal labor laws as well as state labor laws in Colorado, California, Utah, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington, New York, Vermont and Michigan.
Vail Resort’s Heavenly Mountain Resort before the pandemic last season. Bill Rozak / Tahoe Daily Tribune
The lawsuit was filed Dec. 3 in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado on behalf of Randy Dean Quint, John Linn and Mark Molina. It seeks class action status for eligible current and former employees who worked for Vail Resorts over the past three years.
The ropes drop for the day at Beaver Creek’s Centennial Express Lift on Friday morning. Starting Saturday, skiers and snowboarders will be able to start uploading both Vail and Beaver Creek at 8:30 a.m., a half-hour earlier than the early-season opening time of 9 a.m. (Ross Leonhart
Vail Mountain and Beaver Creek Resort announced that starting Saturday, skiers and snowboarders can start uploading at 8:30 a.m., a 30-minute addition to the daily operating hours.
Skiers and snowboarders must wear a mask when on the mountain, with face coverings following CDC guidelines. People are also asked to maintain 6 feet of distance and to stay home if they are sick.
Opening ceremonies for Beaver Creek were held on Dec. 15, 1980. From left to right: Brain Rapp, president of Beaver Creek Resort Company; Harry Bass, chairman of Vail Associates; unidentified Forest Service representative; Jack Marshall, president of Vail Associates; then-governor Dick Lamm; former U.S. president Gerald Ford. (Vail Resorts
Special to the Daily)
Editor’s Note: The Vail Daily’s Tricia Swenson has compiled this information from talks with longtime locals, her own experience as a Beaver Creek Children’s Ski and Snowboard School instructor and from books from the Avon Public Library.
The first known inhabitants of the Beaver Creek Valley were primarily the Utes as well as hunting parties from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes. The Utes were called “Blue Sky People” by other tribes. They called the peaks that surrounded them “The Shining Mountains.”
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Week of Dec. 17, 2015
The Eagle Valley Land Trust, in conjunction with Eagle County Open Space and the U.S. Forest Service, obtained a conservation easement for a 167-acre, highly visible area of the Lake Creek Valley.
A standing-room-only crowd assembled at Eagle Town Hall to support Eagle Town Manager Jon Stavney. Stavney officially resigned his post in a negotiated settlement with the town.
Eagle native son Dale Starr coached the Robert Morris University women’s volleyball tea to the NEC championship.
10 years ago
Week of Dec. 16, 2010
Fire gutted the Mountain Toppers building in Dotsero. The cause of the blaze was accidental and the structure was deemed a total loss.