Kirsten Dobroth

Adventures Outside Vail: Destination Moab

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 […]

by Kirsten Dobroth

A Historic Vail Village Home Gets a 21st Century Restoration

Photography by Kimberly Gavin | Published in the Holiday 2017/2018 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine Walls might not talk, but in the Basshaus—a 1960s-era A-frame off Vail Village’s Mill Creek Circle—the black-and-white photos hanging in the great room speak volumes. Just outside the master bedroom (where a brass plaque on the door proclaims, “GERALD R. […]

by Kirsten Dobroth

The Colorful History of Skiing’s Most Eccentric Means of Downhill Travel

Published in the Midwinter/Spring 2018 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine Two things are certain when Jonathan Hritz skis at Vail: he’s the envy of the mountain, and the butt of jokes. The former from the manifestations of awe he elicits when ripping pow’ on his monoski—a jumbo-size singular ski with bindings fixed astride each other—and […]

by Kirsten Dobroth

A Singletree Masterpiece That Pushes The Boundaries of Custom

Photography by Kimberly Gavin | Published in the Summer/Fall 2018 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine When Todd and Mandy Robison bought an odd-shaped, nearly half-acre lot at the corner of Foal Drive and Winslow Road in Edwards, they knew exactly what they were getting themselves into. One of the last undeveloped parcels remaining in Singletree’s tony Sonnenalp […]

by Kirsten Dobroth

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by Kirsten Dobroth

A Local Taco Cart that Feeds – and Fields – a Skateboarding Team

Photography by Rebecca Stumpf | Published in the Summer/Fall 2017 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine A summertime rite of passage for daredevil locals: longboarding like Ben Stiller’s Walter Mitty from the summit of Vail Pass (watch it on YouTube). How they celebrate: in Eagle-Vail, with a pint of Vail Brewing Company ale paired with “The World’s Most Best […]

by Kirsten Dobroth

The Green Elephant Juice Bike is Rolling to a Park Near You

Image: Green Elephant Juicery | Published in the Summer/Fall 2017 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine How do you know summer has arrived in Avon? Green Elephant Juicery’s three-wheeled delivery bike returns to the shores of Nottingham Lake, and makes house calls, bringing its signature cold-pressed organic juice blends (“Eazy Green-E,” “Cal-G Kick”) to the doorsteps […]

by Kirsten Dobroth

The US Men’s Whitewater Raft Team Tackles Weights (and Rapids) for Long-Lasting Results

Photography by Ryan Dearth and Gnarly Bay Productions | Published in the Summer/Fall 2017 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine Thirty-four hours and two minutes: that’s the current speed record (set in January 2016 by a paddler in a single carbon fiber kayak) for navigating all 277 miles of the Colorado River as it churns and roils through the Grand Canyon. That’s nearly 28 days […]

by Kirsten Dobroth

Meet the Bagel Lady of Vail Village

Photography by Rebecca Stumpf | Published in the Midwinter/Spring 2017 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine For native New Yorkers, few delicacies evoke more passion—and devotion—than an authentic, hot-out-of-the-brown-bag morning bagel. Adversely, the horror aroused in this same demographic by circular bread posing as a bagel is a familiar disappointment. Especially when said demographic vacations in a world-savvy ski town […]

by Kirsten Dobroth

Women’s Ski Pioneer Makes First Tracks on the Hill and in the Sports World

Photography by Ryan Dearth | Published in the Midwinter/Spring 2017 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine “Timing in my life was really fortunate; I was the first to run a women’s ski camp, I was the first to be in big ski movies with Greg Stump, I was one of the only girls who went to the World Extreme Ski Championships in […]