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Vail Colorado isn’t just for wintertime, you can enjoy these fun summertime activities as well.

Vail has always held in-person municipal elections. And Vail has always had relatively low voter turnout for those elections. That’s going to change this year.

As one of many New Hampshire natives in the valley, I’m writing to correct an erroneous claim that has been appearing in the real estate listings as Eagle County history snippets. It states that Vail had the first gondola in the United States. While Vail can claim many things in its history as one of the world’s greatest ski resorts, the distinction of having the first gondola goes to New Hampshire’s Wildcat Mountain. It featured unique two-person cabins, built by Italian company Carlevaro & Savio and was introduced in the 1957/58 season – five years before Vail’s debut. I remember ...

I agree with Diana Donovan, who wrote complaining that the site and style of the workforce housing planned for the north side of I-70 right at our front door is poorly planned. One can only wonder why the architects would design a building more appropriate for Army barracks than one more in line with the lovely architecture now seen in the village and in Lionshead. I remember when Lionshead was built. It was stark, uninteresting and devoid of charm as compared to Vail. It was not inviting; it struggled for years. Vail, on the other hand, remembered the history of skiing and designed a village...