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Photography by Ryan Dearth | Published in the Holiday 2018/19 issue of Vail Beaver Creek Magazine The valley’s own home-grown biathlete sets his sights on Beijing, one step—and breath—at a time. Breathe in. Set your feet. Shift your hips. Drop your elbow—not too low. Relax. Breathe out. Now squeeze the trigger. That’s what’s flowing through Marcus Gore’s head […]
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Photography by Zach Mahone | Published in the 2018/19 Holiday issue of Vail Beaver Creek Magazine With more than 5,200 acres and nearly 200 trails, tackling a mountain as big as Vail can be a tall order, unless you know a guy, or in this case a gal, who has the inside scoop. Number of skiable acres on […]
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Published in the Summer 2018 issue of Colorado Summit Magazine When Mary and Greg Hegemann first set about building their mountain retreat in a quiet, wooded neighborhood off Breckenridge’s Ski Hill Road, they weren’t as concerned about the fine details as they were the big picture. Doing the math, the couple—Nebraska natives who moved to the Denver area […]
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Published in the Holiday 2017/2018 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine Living in this valley may be luxury for most, but Vail Resorts’ signature clubs serve as high-end portals to Vail and Beaver Creek Mountain with valet parking, and access to slopeside clubhouses in Vail Village, Lionshead, Beaver Creek, and Arrowhead Village. Club amenities include changing rooms, ski lockers, […]
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Photography by Zach Mahone | Published in the Summer/Fall 2018 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine When we last broke bread with Village Bagel’s Connie Leaf in 2017, she was spending most mornings toiling over a hot stove and a convection oven in leased kitchen space at Beaver Creek’s Mirabelle Restaurant, selling authentic New York-style bagels to a steady stream of customers who […]
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Photography by Zach Mahone | Published in the Summer/Fall 2018 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine | From “An Insider’s Guide to Festival Season“ If plunging down the Back Bowls on a powder day is Vail’s quintessential winter experience, spending a day strolling (and snacking) through the village’s outdoor summer market certainly is its warm-weather equivalent. Just know that the name […]
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Photography by Rebecca Stumpf | Published in the Summer/Fall 2018 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine When it comes to fitness, and cross-training, the firefighters of Eagle County put most mountain athletes to shame. One day, a workout might involve short, exhaustive bursts of exercise—like humping 75 pounds of gear up a staircase in scorching temperatures—the next, a grueling miles-long backcountry march […]
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Published in the Midwinter/Spring 2018 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine As love stories go, Karen Jarchow’s first encounter with competitive mountain biking wasn’t the head-over-heels courtship one might expect, but more of a head-over-handlebars type of affair. After blasting through the uphill portion of the first lap of her first race with Vail Recreation District’s annual summer mountain […]
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Published in Elevation Outdoors July 2016 Point the grill south and feast on green chile (and a big menu of adventure) in these three New Mexico hot spots. Santa Fe Plan to spend at least a few days in and around Santa Fe, the shining star of New Mexican history, bursting with museums, galleries and […]
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Published on Vailmag.com In search of a desperate respite from mudseason sleet (and snow, and rain), I—like countless other Vail Valley locals—first made the pilgrimage to Moab, Utah (a three-and-a-half hour drive west to the home of Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park, home of the “license plate arch”) in the spring of 2010. We packed our […]
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