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Powder play Vail’s Winter Mountain Games to celebrate all things winter and adventure this weekend.

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t seems that Victor Wooten was born to be a musician. The youngest of five music-playing sons, he picked up the bass guitar at the age of two. By age five, he was touring with the family band, opening for Curtis Mayfield and traveling the country. Today, Wooten is an innovator and master at his craft. Perhaps best known as the bass player for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, his talent for intricate jazz melodies and complex arrangements earned him a spot in Rolling Stone’s 2011 list of the top 10 greatest bassists of all time. He has launched a Grammy-winning career as a solo artist, collaborating with a diverse and talented range of performers like Keb’ Mo’ and the Dave Matthews Band. Wooten is also a respected music teacher. He founded Wooten Woods, the home of his music and nature camps in Tennessee and has written a book, “The Music Lesson,” an exploration of music from a fictional perspective. He is currently touring to promote a recently released pair of new albums, “Sword and Stone” and “Words and Tones.”

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is exactly how we learn to speak. SP: Why did you start playing the bass? VW: In the beginning, it was the instrument that was needed to complete the band. It allowed me a way of fitting in with my brothers, but having my own role. As I’ve grown to learn and understand the instrument, I like the bass because of its role in music. It’s a role of service, where the whole goal of that instrument is to make other people comfortable, to make them feel good and sound good. SP: How did you end up becoming a part of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones? VW: I was introduced to Béla Fleck by a mutual friend. Béla was a musician who broke the rules, and my brothers and I were the same way, so we hit it off musically and personally. We became immediate friends, and he ended up asking me to be a part of band that would play on a television show he was going to do. The band he put together ended up being Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. We’ve been playing together now for over 20 years.

SP: You’ve become an influential educator at your camps as well as a musician. How did you get into teaching? VW: We are all educators, whether we realize it or not. We’re teaching and influencing people every day. I just have been asked to consciously do it, because my playing is quite different than other bass players. I noticed a lot of holes and Wooten will be bringing his blend of “funky jazz” to the gaps in the standard music curriculum, and that we were only Vilar Center on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 pm. Tickets can be teaching a small portion of what is needed to be considered a purchased at www.vilarpac.org. great musician. I set my sights on trying to fill in those gaps. SneakPEAK caught up with the celebrated bassist to talk about his musical beginnings, his new albums and performSP: Why did you decide to release two albums at the same ing at Beaver Creek. time? VW: It’s something that I wanted to do for many years. SneakPEAK: You’ve been a bassist since the age of 2. Having my own record label (Vix Records) made it a little How did growing up in a musical family shape you as a per- easier to do. I had planned this time around on only releasing son and a musician? an album featuring female vocalists. I would write the music Victor Wooten: Growing up in a musical family is a lot and record the melody on the song so the vocalist could hear like growing up in a family that speaks English, or whatever what I had in mind. As I added the melodies, I realized that your first language is. It shapes you in every way. It gives I liked these songs as instrumentals, and so I decided to do you a natural way to communicate. I learned music in the separate versions and keep them as instrumentals. To make best possible way. I was surrounded by people who were both records, I decided to change the arrangements of some already doing it, and they allowed me to participate, which [See VICTOR WOOTEN, page 23] Who: Victor Wooten Where: Vilar Center at Beaver Creek When: Sunday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $35 at www.vilarpac.org

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Chris Ewart sails off a jump at last year’s Winter Mountain Games on his way to taking first in the Big Air Telemark competition. The Avon skier returns this year to defend his title. Zach Mahone photo.

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Local freestyle tele skier Christopher Ewart defends his crown at this weekend’s big-air showdown. By Phil Lindeman

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ll Christopher Ewart ever wants to do is ski.

The 24-year-old pro telemarker is leading a new brand of park-minded, punk-infused skiers on a mission to redefine one of the oldest and most stodgily traditional winter sports. With a bag of tricks nearly as deep as X Games megastars who don’t free their heels – Ewart can spin 1080 both ways and stomp double front flips – he’s one of few undisputed leaders in a slowly growing offshoot. At last year’s Winter Games in Vail, he won the first-ever telemark big-air competition, taking home $2,500 to give his sport an entirely new and larger stage than it had ever known. But don’t distract Ewart with such lofty praise. The selfassured and slightly goofy Fort Collins native is more worried about the powder he missed during last week’s massive storm. “I saw some photos that just killed me on the inside,” laughs Ewart, who headed to Denver for the SnowSports Industries America Snow Show on Wednesday evening, just a few hours before nearly two feet of snow began to fall on Vail over three days. “My friends were texting me and calling me to say how good it was. I was just… I didn’t even want to think about it.” The SIA show came at an inconvenient time for Ewart, but he’ll be back in Vail this weekend to defend his title as telemark big-air champ. On Saturday evening at Golden Peak, he’ll session a custom-made kicker with 15 other world-class tele skiers. And this year, organizer Vail Valley Foundation added an interesting wrinkle: The small core of professionals will be joined by five amateurs, each of whom can earn a spot in the comp by proving their worth during a preliminary jam session with 20 athletes. This comingling of pros and unknowns is typical of Win-

ter Games, which in the spirit of its sibling Summer Games, sponsors a hefty selection of open-entry events. For a rising sport like freestyle telemarking, Ewart thinks the increased participation – not to mention an expected crowd of nearly 10,000 – will be an ideal showcase for a bizarre grassroots movement. “Last year’s competition was awesome,” Ewart says. “It was really the first event to bring our style of telemark skiing to the masses. It was also the first time all us tele skiers got together with a park atmosphere, where we could really show people it’s a legitimate sport.” Free-heel to freestyle Like many of his free-heeled brethren, Ewart began on traditional alpine skis not long after he started to walk. A love of skiing ran in the family – his father moved from New York to Aspen in his early 20s to work at a tuning shop – and the younger Ewart took to the sport with a passion. As a Front Ranger, Ewart spent the majority of time at smaller ski hills like Eldora, a modest, often icy resort just west of Nederland. He joined the local ski team and winter weekends were a snowy swirl: His parents would drop him off in Boulder, where the team would load into a small van for the 40-minute drive to the resort. Ewart moved full-time to Avon in 2006, the same year he graduated high school and first became interested in telemarking. With the change in scenery came a full-on change in preferred bindings. “I wasn’t bored with skiing exactly, I just wanted to give myself a challenge,” Ewart says. “I told myself if I was going to do it, I better do it 100 percent. I’m not the sort of person to do multiple things just OK – if I decide to do something, I want to be great.” And it helped to have talented friends. Ewart’s first time on teles was with Kjell Ellefson, last year’s third place win-

ner at the telemark big air showdown and brother of Sylvan Ellefson, a nationally ranked Nordic racer and Olympic hopeful. But even for a talented skier like Ewart, the first time had one hiccup: He learned backwards, dropping his downhill knee during turns. “I thought I was doing so good,” Ewart remembers. “He just laughed at me and said I was doing it fine, but still all wrong.” As a bona fide park rat, Ewart says it felt natural to take his tele skis off jumps and on rails once he got the hang of turning. In his first season at Beaver Creek, he drew a few strange looks – he says people quickly came to know him “as that kid on teles hitting jumps” – and quickly made friends with the snowboarders who frequented the park. It’s still his go-to park throughout the season, and Beaver Creek lapped him up as a sponsored skier in his third season. Oddly enough, Ewart calls the transition from alpine to telemark skis relatively simple – one just prepared him for the next. On jumps, though, there’s no room for mistakes. His biggest early hurdle – something he still struggles with in powder – is landing backwards. “On regular skis, you have the option to land sloppily – sitting in the front seat and all,” Ewart says. “On teles, you really have to force yourself to stay centered the whole time. It makes for a totally different look and feel.” The defending champ When Ewart takes to the 65-foot kicker on Saturday evening, he’ll represent a small portion of the sport that’s beginning to make waves, thanks in no small part to last year’s event. His winning trick – a double front flip – earned plenty of attention in ski industry press, and bolstered a resume that includes photo spreads in Telemark Skier Magazine and video parts for the legendary Ravinos crew, a group of freestyle

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Soundtrack to the Games Flobots and John Brown’s Body headline in Vail By Laura Lieff The second annual Winter Mountain Games are all about showcasing adventure sports, art, the great outdoors and conveniently, the Games will provide a soundtrack to go with it all. Free concerts cap off each day of competition, featuring diverse musicians and bands each night. This year’s lineup includes two DJs, a local favorite and an eight-piece reggae band. Ana Sia and Kraddy kick off the weekend on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Checkpoint Charlie. The West Coast DJs have been making a name for themselves at festivals like Coachella and Lollapalooza. They are followed by catchy rock artists, the Flobots on Friday, Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Checkpoint Charlie, and reggae band John Brown’s Body on Saturday, Feb. 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the base of Golden Peak. “We wanted to select three very different acts to cater to Colorado regulars, The Flobots, play at Checkpoint a broad audience, while keeping the purpose of the Games, Charlie Friday night. They’re best known for their which is to celebrate the mountain lifestyle, in mind,� says 2008 hit “Handlebars.� Ria Walker photo. energy into the shows,� he says. “For better or for worse, folks often tell us that our records don’t do us justice live. So we’re always excited to play for anyone who has never seen us.� He says he sees the outdoor venue at the Winter Games as an opportunity to reach more people. “We love playing for people who haven’t seen us before, particularly those who have a mental image of the band that isn’t quite accurate,� he says “We always welcome the challenge to play for new people.�

Reggae experimentalists John Brown’s Body play at Golden Peak on Saturday. Tobin Voggesser photo. Vail Valley Foundation Marketing Manager Kate Peters.

John Brown’s Body Rounding out the free music at the Winter Games will be John Brown’s Body on Saturday night. The eight-piece reggae band crosses several genres including dub, drum and bass, dancehall and hip-hop. The band is based in the Northeast, but according to saxophone player Drew Sayers, the band comes to Colorado often and names it as one of their favorite places to play. “We have played in Vail many times over the years, and we look forward to playing music for you,� Sayers says. “That is what we do best, and we love the people of Colorado.� John Brown’s Body describes its sound as “future roots,� a name the band coined for itself. “It was in an effort to describe the way our sound has evolved over the past several years,� Sayers says. “I think we started out as a group that focused on digging deep into Jamaican music from the 1970s, and over time our musical boundaries have widened and our maturity as musicians has deepened. It was a natural progression to incorporate modern styles into the core of our sound - hence “future roots.� Released in September, their new album, “JBB In Dub,� debuted at no. 1 on the iTunes reggae charts. “I think we have a very unique sound and approach for the genre,� he says. “I would say the core of that approach is the heaviness of the drum and bass and the heart put into the lyrics and melodies. I think people who don’t know the band will feel that in our live performance. We fully commit to this music every time we walk on stage.�

The Flobots Colorado favorites the Flobots are known for their catchy hit “Handlebars,� and recently released a new album called “The Circle In the Square.� No strangers to performing in the Vail Valley or at outdoor festivals, the Flobots have shown off their talents at both the now-closed Sandbar in West Vail and at the X Games in Aspen. According to bassist Jesse Walker, the band’s latest album, released in August 2012, is doing very well. “The response to the record has been great,� Walker says. “Our fans really seem to like it. For many of us in the band, this was our favorite album, so we have really enjoyed playing these songs live.� As a result of the massive success of their 2008 hit “Handlebars,� which reached no. 3 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart, the Flobots had the opportunity to perform on both The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. While Walker says that playing for an audience on camera was exhilarating, he explains that the band’s live show has SneakPEAK writer Laura Lieft can be reached at always been their greatest asset. “We pride ourselves on our live show, and we put a lot of info@sneakpeakvail.com

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Trevor Walz swings around a snowy corner at last year’s Winter Mountain Games mountain bike crit. This year, 20K and 10K cross-country races join the lineup of bike events. David Clifford photo.

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n years past, Vail has played host to various world-class cycling events, including two World Mountain Bike Championships and Pro Tour stage races.

bike portion. “That was the first time I had ever snow biked, and I had so much fun,� says Krueger, who rode her 29-inch wheeled cross-country bike in the race. “I found it easier to ride in snow than I expected, so I figured I’d do it this weekend, too. Also, this is a locally organized event, and I like the idea of a grassroots race.� Another local mountain biker, Ryan Sutter, also plans to dust off his mountain bike and race on snow for the first time. Mountain biking is one of his favorite sports, so the chance This weekend at the Winter Mountain Games, the mountain will add hosting the inaugu- to try it out in the winter is appealing, he says. ral Winter Mountain Bike National Championships to its resume. “I like the idea of the longer, cross-country race,� Sutter says. “I consider myself more The cross-country race, held on the groomed tracks of the Vail Nordic Center, will give a diesel engine than a sports car. I can go for much longer distances, so this is a good opmountain bikers – normally a summer crowd – to chance to battle for the champion crown portunity.� in both men’s and women’s categories. The race joins three other winter cycling events at the games, including an on-snow bike crit (a closed circuit, short format race), a dual-slalom Fat and fast bike race down Golden Peak and best trick bike competition. The format gives gravity guThis is where equipment mixes up the playing field. On dirt, even your basic, no-frills rus, adrenaline junkies and endurance specialists alike a chance to compete. aluminum mountain bike can get you to the podium with the right rider. On snow, your tires The addition of the endurance bike events was spurred by the growing popularity of “fat can be the deciding factor between cruising through soft snow and staying on your bike, or bikes� – mountain bikes with extremely wide, balloon-like tires, made to power through pushing your bike up the hill through the slush. Hard-packed snow conditions are probably sand and snow – says Ceil Folz, president of the Vail Valley Foundation, which organizes the best that racers can hope for, but no one will know until the afternoon of the race. the games. The race is open to any kind of mountain bike, although the snow crit has a separate The bike events will kick off with the new cross-country race on Friday, Feb. 8 at 3 p.m., category for fat bikes. Avon-based professional cyclist Jake Wells plans to race the cross with both 10K and 20K option for riders. On Saturday, Feb. 9, cross-country mountain bik- country race with a loaner fat bike from local custom bike makers Twenty2 Cycles. Wells ers will gun it for an hour beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the base of Golden Peak for the on-snow placed third in last year’s on-snow crit riding a fat bike, but says the race was still incredibly crit, followed by slopestyle riders throwing their best acrobatics and getting big air at the challenging and called on riders’ technical skills. best trick finals starting at 6 p.m. Downhillers finish out the weekend on Sunday, Feb. 10 “The fat bike was a real advantage last year with the crit, because you got the traction,� with the dual-slalom race beginning at 10 a.m. Wells says. “The (Nordic Center) will be a more level playing field because it’s flatter. Regardless, it will take a good balance of handling skills and everything else.� Powder pedaling Pro mountain biker Gretchen Reeves, of Avon, says she plans to mix it up in the snow crit, The new cross-country race will test the handling skills and mettle of both pro riders also on a borrowed Twenty2 Cycles fat bike. and curious amateurs. Regardless of titles, race competitors will need to be tough as nails, “The bike I’m riding is a super sweet, pink snow bike. The rims and tires are much wider battling with variable conditions on the snow, jumping on-and-off their bikes, keeping the than cross country ones, so the bike floats much better on the snow,� she says. pedals turning through slush and ruts and, of course, having the lungs to last the entirety of She admits that even last year with a snow bike, it’s easy to get out of control, but adds the race. that the landings are at least soft. Plus, trying to ride in the snow, much less go fast, is just Besides riding for the glory of a National Champion title and cash prizes for the 20K race, plain fun. the winners of the race will also receive a 9:zero:7 fat bike frame. “Last year was a blast,� she says of the snow crit. “There were a ton of spectators at the The race will undoubtedly draw a number of enthusiastic mountain bikers eager to extend venue ,which was great because having people screaming at you is good motivation to go their previously summer-only race seasons into the winter. EagleVail mountain biker Pavan faster.� Krueger says she plans to compete in the cross-country race. Her first snow race was last SneakPEAK editor Melanie Wong can be reached at Melanie@sneakpeakvail.com weekend, at Pedal Power’s winter triathlon in Leadville, which featured an 18K mountain

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Avon Bakery’s free lunch winner tells of a battle with cancer By Melanie Wong

Lunch with Ann Hesburgh is like no lunch date with a stranger you’ll ever have. Six months ago, the Avon resident was barely capable of keeping down water and medicine, much less eat lunch. But on this particular cloudy, January morning, she’s wearing a bright smile, warmly hugs friends she sees, and looks thankful to be sipping a cup of coffee and munching on a turkey Rueben at Avon Bakery and Deli. Looking at the 53-year-old Hesburgh, you would never guess that she’s spent the last year and a half either in the hospital for surgery, at home in bed recovering from said surgeries, or traveling back and forth from various hospitals. She used to be better known as a cheery co-worker and friend, who vacationed for years in Vail as a child and finally moved back to the mountains a few years ago. But in fact, her battle with ovarian cancer and the resulting complications have brought her to the brink of death and back, and that’s no exaggeration.

battled and survived breast cancer twice, and cancer runs in her family. “After seeing what my sister went through, I always thought that if I had cancer, I wouldn’t want to go through (all the treatment,)� Hesburgh says. “But that was not my reaction when I found out. I don’t think it had sunk in yet, but I just wanted it gone. I gave it up to the doctors, whatever they had to do.� In October 2011, doctors at Denver Swedish Hospital removed the tumors. Hesburgh had beaten the cancer, but the fight wasn’t over. In December of that year, complications from the surgery caused the walls holding her digestive sys-

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tem in to break. Between the surgeries that followed, she Beating cancer went into septic shock, a condition where multiple organ In the fall of 2011, Hesburgh, who worked the front desk systems experience serious reactions. at Avon’s Westin Riverfront Resort, went to her doctor for The procedures Hesburgh underwent over the next year a regular checkup. She remembers not wanting to go to the would boggle anyone’s mind. She had both a colostomy and ileostomy, procedures in which the colon and small intestines, respectively, are rerouted to an external pouch. They had to remove most of her colon, a kidney and more organs than she can even name in a breath. She could barely eat, whittling down to 85 pounds on her 5-foot-3-inch frame, and she was being treated weekly to prevent dehydration. Throughout the procedures (Hesburgh eventually underwent 15 major surgeries), she also was doing chemotherapy. “The chemo was the easy part, compared to everything else,� she says earnestly, adding that she was declared totally cancer-free last March.

Avon Bakery and Deli owners Mark Strickland (left) and Dan Trush (right) stand with Ann Hesburgh, an Avon resident who won the bakery’s drawing for free lunch for a year. By Kent Pettit. appointment – it was one more thing in her schedule, and she was feeling perfectly healthy. The doctor found a small lump in her abdomen, something Hesburgh had barely noticed, and recommended that she get it checked out. What doctors found were two tumors, one a little larger than a Rubik’s cube and another 11x11x11 centimeters. Together, the tumors weighed 12 pounds. Hesburgh hadn’t noticed any weight gain or loss, because as she dropped pounds, the tumors grew. It was a very aggressive form of ovarian cancer, although she remembers no one said the word “cancer� outright at the time. Hesburgh had seen this happen before – her sister had

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(left) “Flower Cart” by Joan Norris, (middle) “When Pigs Fly” by Ben Roth, and (right) “Sashay” by Britten. These and other sleds are on display in Vail Village. his weekend, Vail’s Art in Public Places (AIPP) program brings back the third annual invitational Art Sled Exhibition and silent auction. The concept is simple -- five artists are given old wooden sleds that they transform into pieces of art. The finished sleds will be on display at the second-floor galleries of the Solaris from Feb. 7 through Feb. 14 before they are auctioned off. Art in Public Places is an organization within the Town of Vail responsible for bringing educational and attractive pieces of art to the town’s public areas, free for all to view. And often, the art displayed in Vail transcends the barriers of a four-corner canvas, or even bronze sculptures. Artists selected to decorate the sled include Ben Roth, a former Vail local who currently resides in Jackson, Wyo. Some his recognizable works include an eye-catching piece using split lodge-pole pine trees that were on display at Ford Park. Roth enters this year’s exhibition with his sled titled, “When Pigs Fly.” The piece entails a whimsical pig crafted from metal screen perched on an old wooden sled. “It is nice when you have some parameters to work with, specific materials that might help narrow my view,” Roth says. “I started with the subject matter of a sled – an image I could relate to and draw memories from.” Roth says that recalling those images that strike upon an emotion help him create a piece of art that will then have the same impact on its audience. “I try to take an image that I find interesting,” Roth says. “Then I try to extrapolate an idea from that image, and then make a piece of art that touches on emotion.” Once he learned he’d be working a sled, Roth says he immediately began running ideas through his head: decon-

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See the third annual Art Sled Exhibition on display on the second floor of Solaris in Vail Village from Feb. 7 to Feb. 14. For more info on this and other Art In Public Places events, see www. artinvail.com.

quite interesting this year. We have a sled that was used for newspaper delivery, an antique child’s sled, Flexible Flyers and also handmade sleds by Colorado’s own Mountain Boy Sledworks.” The sleds will be sold at the end of the exhibition in a silent auction. For more information on the Art Sled exhibition, sale, final bidding or donating a wooden sled for next year’s exhibition, contact Eppard at 970-479-2344 or at meppard@vailgov.com. Proceeds from the sled auction will be split between the artists and Art in Public Places. AIPP is active in Vail and are responsible for more than 40 works of art on display within the town. Some pieces include the “Granite Landscape” by Jesus Moroles in Ford Park and the interesting “Clip Man” piece by Don Wilson in the Lionshead parking structure, along with Roth’s lodge-pole display. Art enthusiasts can take a guided tour of the pieces around the town every Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. starting from the Vail Information Center in Vail Village. Organizations such as AIPP are what set Vail apart from other similarly small towns, says Roth, who encourages the idea of inundating the town with art. “Obviously (I’m) biased, but I love making art, and I like making public art,” Roth says. “Art differentiates the community in Vail from all other communities. Art leaves an impression. When I make a piece of art that makes an impression. I know that people will reflect on it. Vail has done a great job of bringing art to the public.”

structing the sled, taking it apart and turning it into something else or bending the materials into something different. Then the idea of the pig struck. “I think that I thought about the Geico commercial – the one with the pig riding in the car yelling ‘weeee,’” Roth says. “I went to the sled, and from there I thought about how I could personify the pig and create my own design from it. Instead of using the sled to show an adrenaline sport, I wanted more of a pleasure ride. I worked with the posture of the pig to show something like hopping on the sled and going down a driveway.” Roth says that the piece makes him recall the good times he had sledding on his local hill as a child. Roth estimates he put in 80 to 100 hours of work into the piece over the course of several weeks. The other artists commissioned for the exhibition include Joan Norris, Dustin Zentz, Britten and Mary Jane McEachron. From abstract landscapes to bursting blossoms, from soaring angels to flying pigs, the art sleds play on imagination and display ingenuity executed on an atypical canvas. “There is a great variety of style and creativity in this year’s Art Sled Exhibition,” says Molly Eppard, Art in PubSneakPEAK writer John O’Neill can be reached at lic Places coordinator. “The diversity in the sleds is also info@sneakpeakvail.com

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Hop heads Summit County favorite Red Mountain Grill comes to Avon with massive draft list and eclectic cuisine. By Phil Lindeman.

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eer is often the quickest way to a weary skier’s heart. At the just-opened Red Mountain Grill in Avon, General Manager Andy Stratton is nothing short of Cupid. Walk inside the two-month-old restaurant – the sibling of a Summit County hotspot – and it’s hard to ignore the nearendless row of funky, hand-crafted tap handles nestled behind the faded oak bar. For the beer faithful, the selection is borderline pornographic: 28 rotating drafts, many from craft breweries. “We really went off the beaten path with the taps,â€? says Stratton, who selected the opening lineup with co-owners Steve Kaufman and Clark Mercer, who also own The Tap Room in Vail Village. “You have the beers that keep people happy, but we also have a lot of that fun, experimental stuff. And people have loved coming in to just sit around and try different ones.â€? In the past decade, though, this brand of ale infatuation has become common to the point of clichĂŠ, a kind of quick facelift for any restaurant. (Vail Ale House, a replacement for the endearingly grungy Sandbar in West Vail, opened in mid-December with a similar concept.) But Stratton’s selection is more nuanced than a handful of regional pale ales rounded out by stateside standbys like New Belgium and Blue Moon. There’s Lion Stout, a hefty brew from Sri Lanka, and the Chimay Trippel, a pure-blooded pour straight from Belgium. Throw in 14 selections from Colorado breweries, including local favorites like Eagle’s Bonfire and Edwards’ Crazy Mountain. Strange thing is, the original Red Mountain Grill isn’t quite known for beer – it boasts only seven taps. This slight spin on an already popular restaurant gives the Avon location a fresh vibe, and it hardly comes across as a clone or franchise. “This was an opportunity to do something a bit different than in Dillon,â€? says Stratton, who managed the original res-

taurant for the past six years. “There are just so many great breweries in this state and elsewhere, you can’t really ignore it.â€? Beyond beer Named for a 13,000-foot peak in the Gore Range, Red Mountain Grill is the transcendental definition of a “mountain sports bar,â€? minus oversized cans of Pabst (it’s one of the few beers missing from an impressive list of 23 non-draft brews). The bar area is made for après drinks and hot wings, with high-backed chairs, a stone fireplace and raised wooden tables, all surrounded by flat-screen TVs and a large dining area with booths. Bartenders and servers are easy-going and well-versed in the draft selection, and customers can sample any draft before ordering a full pint. The bar itself is easily one of the largest in Avon – unless it’s a Sunday during football season, finding a stool won’t be a hassle. But Stratton is quick to say the restaurant is more than a sports bar. Chef John Arpin, who came with Stratton to oversee the fledgling kitchen in Avon, plays with his menu like a madman, pulling flavors from dive bars and brewpubs

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To drink – One of 28 drafts, including 14 Colorado brews and several international offerings, like Lion Stout from Sri Lanka and Chimay Trippel from Belgium. Prices range from $4.50 to $10.95. To start – The RMG Nachos ($13.95 for a full order), a monstrous brewpub favorite with seasoned tortilla chips and a choice of ground beef or pulled chicken, all smothered in black and refried beans, pico de gallo, olives, guacamole, sour cream, lettuce and melted cheese. It easily feeds four people. To eat – The crusted Rocky Mountain Trout ($19.95), a fresh filet sautÊed in lemon butter, grapes and basil, with subtle earthiness from a roasted pistachio crust.

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Red Mountain Grill General Manager Andy Stratton shows off some of the new Avon restaurant’s brew selections. The grill features 28 drafts, including 14 Colorado brews. Kent Pettit photo. and steakhouses alike. For fans of the Dillon original, the wide-ranging beer selection is simply a welcome addition to Arpin’s surprisingly inventive dishes. “We want to be a little bit of everything for everyone,â€? Stratton says. “People come in and think, ‘Oh, this is just a sports bar,’ but then they look at the menu and realize we think outside of the box.â€? The appetizers show a quick glimpse at Chef Arpin’s willingness to play with taste buds. Usual suspects like queso dip ($6.95) and artichoke dip ($8.95) rub elbows with fried calamari ($10.95) and Prince Edward Island mussels ($12.95), the latter served with shrimp and sautĂŠed in a Thai red curry sauce. The dishes are set apart by tiny details: The queso is flavored with scratch-made green chile, and the calamari is hand-battered to order. Full meals get even wilder. Burgers, sandwiches and pizzas are available throughout the day – again, each plate has a personal touch, like hand-cut fries and pizzas baked in a wood-fired oven – but dinner service after 5 p.m. really shines. The crusted Rocky Mountain Trout ($19.95) is a signature creation, a fresh filet coated in toasted pistachios and sautĂŠed with lemon butter, grapes and basil. It’s one of the most popular dishes, Stratton says, along with his personal favorite -- smoked prime rib ($21.95), a 12-ounce cut of Black Angus beef smoked in-house and served with rich demi-glace. For diners – particularly the mix of locals and tourists

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hen Jake Jacobsgaard moved from Breckenridge to Vail in 1966, the two burgeoning ski areas were competing for nearly everything: skiers, workers, publicity and notoriety. And there was more than enough to go around. At the time, Colorado’s ski industry was booming. Vail and Breck had opened within a year of each other, and both were equally appealing to a Michigan native like Jacobsgaard, who grew up riding ski hills with little more than a single t-bar. He left the Midwest – also the home of Vail co-founder Pete Seibert – to work with the U.S. Forest Service in Summit County’s “Old Dillon,” now submerged beneath the waters of Dillon Reservoir.

With his sights on ski patrol, Jacobsgaard quickly took a first-aid course from a highway patrolman to secure a spot on the Breck’s squad. But a weekend trip to Vail’s tree-lined bowls convinced him to leave, and along with several friends, he joined the Vail Ski Patrol and stayed until 1979. During his 13-year tenure, the town and mountain bloomed from just 200 permanent residents to an internationally recognized hub for professional athletes, a U.S. president and ski bums alike. Few people can turn ski patrol into a career, though, and Jacobsgaard left in the early ‘80s to manage projects for a local excavation company. Now in his late 60s, he still works and commutes from his home in Glenwood Springs to various sites in the central Rocky Mountains. On a bright and warm Saturday – right before a visit to Sunlight Ski Area near Glenwood – Jacobsgaard spoke with SneakPEAK about his time at Vail, the legendary Donovan’s Copper Bar and his 190-pound St. Bernard, Puppy.

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(Top) Longtime local Jake Jacobsgaard originally came to Vail in the early ‘60s from Breckenridge as one of the mountain’s ski patrollers. Vail’s bowls and powder lured him from his post on the other mountain, he says. Susi Thurman photo. (Left) Jacobsgaard, second from right, with other patrol members. SneakPEAK: What initially brought you from Breckenridge to Vail, even before living here? Jake Jacobsgaard: I first went (to Vail) in January in 1963. A few of the people I worked with at Breckenridge wanted to go over there, and we actually got tickets from Pete Seibert. Quite a few people moved from ski patrol at Breckenridge to Vail – they decided the skiing was better, the wages were better, and the snow was better. SP: Was it difficult to earn a spot on the Vail Ski Patrol, or was simply coming from Breck enough of a tryout? JJ: I don’t remember if there was any testing we had to go through… There were three or four people I knew on (Vail’s) patrol from Breck, so it was easy for me to find a groove and get out on the hill and feel comfortable. It wasn’t exactly a strange area to me. SP: Ski patrol was notoriously rowdy and fun loving in the ‘60s and ‘70s. What sort of trouble did you get into? JJ: To put it in general terms, there was always the idea out there that somebody was going to outdo the next guy, whether you were going to out-ski them or out-drink them or out-trick them. It was a challenge during the day while working, and it was a challenge at night to keep the pace with everyone. You never wanted to come up short with those guys. One patroller had a kind of saying: During the

day, we tried to be the best ski patrolmen in the world – not just the United States, but the world. We took pride in our work. But at night, we tried to be the worst. (Laughs.) Well, we were the worst. SP: I recently spoke with John Donovan, who owned the de facto patrol hangout, Donovan’s Copper Bar. To put it lightly, the bar fueled that “worst at night” mantra – what’s your most vivid memory from there? JJ: Occasionally, when the boys had already consumed enough and they were trying to outdo each other, they would do things that were either funny or offensive to other people in the bar. One of the patrolmen had a trick where he would take his sock off, pour his beer through it and use it as a filter. This is after a full day of skiing, too, and the socks definitely weren’t clean. The locals were used to it, but the tourists were not. It really was a melting pot in that town – everyone went to that bar. SP: How about beyond Donovan’s? What do you remember most about the town or people? JJ: Well, I came to Vail with a big, shorthaired St. Bernard I bought from the manager of Arapahoe Basin. His name was Puppy, and he would wait for me between Donovan’s and the bottom of the gondola. One day I was up on top of the hill, and we got a call from the Vail police – this was after the town was incorporated. They said Puppy was humping a lady who was wearing a fur coat, but she had a little dog that was in heat bundled underneath it. Somehow, the lady was trying to get away from Puppy and fell down, so Puppy just went after her. She didn’t want to make a big deal about it, but the other patrollers thought that was just too funny. SP: Did ski patrol have duties off of the mountain? Like you said, the town didn’t have a police department until it was incorporated a few years after the resort opened. JJ: It was a company town, so there was really no clinic or ambulance or fire department, either – the ski patrol was the ambulance. When the doctor saw an injury he thought had to go to Denver, he would get a hold of a patrolman to drive the person down to a hospital, usually the same guy who had been on the scene and knew what was happening. Occasionally, he’d have to call Donovan’s because that was the only way he’d be able to get a hold of anyone. SP: As the town and mountain grew, how did things change for early locals like yourself? JJ: Well, parking went away real quickly – you used to be able to park nearly at the base of the mountain. The size also exploded, going from five to 20 lifts in a few years, it feels like. You also knew everyone by their first name and a little about what they did – that went away quickly because there were just too many people. My first year, Earl Eaton had this big book, which was a master plan for the mountain that they gave to the Forest Service. It already had the “Super Bowl” labeled, and that’s what became Blue Sky (Basin). I just remembered being amazed that they had a plan for how to develop all these areas. What we were skiing then was only the beginning. SneakPEAK writer Phil Lindeman can be reached at philip@sneakpeakvail.com

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After 13 years and near-misses, boys basketball ready to shine By Phil Lindeman The Vail Christian School basketball team is on the verge of making history, not once, but twice. With seven matchups left in regular-season play, the senior-heavy boy’s squad has won nine games and lost four – the best record the VCS boys have ever held in early February. A win this Friday evening against Meeker High School (10-4) at a tough, typically intimidating away court will only solidify the program’s most promising season since the private school near Edwards opened in 1998. But there’s more. The fast-breaking Saints could easily use momentum from the win to power them into the district tournament this March. A top-two finish there could mean a trip to the state Division 2A playoffs – a first for the Division 1A team (VCS is one of the smallest schools in the state, but opts to play up in state-level championships). Even a shot at the state title could wash away the bad taste of heartbreaking near misses in the past two district tourneys, one by three points and another by five. For longtime coach Sheldon Kuhns – the only head coach the team has ever known – the coming months are the culmination of 13 years spent crafting a program from the ground up. “We’re excited for this year and the chance we have,” Kuhns says. “Personally, it’s exciting to see how basketball at this school has grown and evolved. It’s a huge opportunity. When I first started, I hoped it was possible to have a proud, competitive program, and it’s now happening.” Close calls In a mountain community where skiing and snowboarding overshadow basketball – any wintertime indoor sport, really – Kuhns has managed to build remarkable enthusiasm for the sport. Nearly all of the team’s seven seniors have played with him since freshman year, and a handful started even

Vail Christian High School Senior Austin Ellsworth (left) holds his own in a game against the Soroco Rams. Photo special to SneakPEAK. younger on VCS’s middle school squad. And it helps that the team is chock-full of natural athletes. Most are involved competitively with two or more sports, including Robby Bowles, who is shopping schools across the Midwest to play varsity golf. Come wintertime, the 5-foot11-inch guard is one of his team’s most infallible shooters, a fast-breaking and soft-spoken star who finds the basket from inside and outside of the paint.

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“We’re just sick of losing,” says Bowles, who was on the court during both of the team’s close loses at district tourneys. “We have a team of seniors who are ready to win – we feel like it’s time. We’re not nervous at all.” Bowles is a sort of prototype for a Saints player, and a near-perfect match for Kuhns’ style of rapid play. The squad is filled with quick, relatively short guards and a handful of taller players at post and center, all of whom can shoot and pressure the basket if needed. Fans got an early glimpse of this well-rounded and determined team during the first game of the season on Nov. 30. The Saints traveled up U.S. Hwy. 6 to take on their bigger, deeper local rivals, the Battle Mountain Huskies, in a packed away match. VCS was able to pick apart the defense late into the fourth quarter until fatigue got the best of the players, leading to a last-minute run of unanswered points for a 47-43 loss. Because the loss was yet another close call gone the wrong way for his team, Kuhns doesn’t quite call it a team-defining game, but it stands out as an early example of good things to come. “It was a big night and big game for local basketball,” Kuhns says. “It was a good, fun way to start the year. It wasn’t so much pivotal, but more of an indication of what we could do. The early loss also stands in a positive light for 6-foot-3inch junior Christian Bohren, one of the team’s few younger players and a vital presence at the post position. “It has been exciting to see how our team responds to these close, tight games,” says Bohren. “It’s hard to pick one moment, but obviously that Battle Mountain game was a highlight. The atmosphere and stage we had there was cool.” The team’s ability to turn potential disasters into motivators – they lost by 12 points to undefeated Shining Mountain Waldorf School in Boulder, a perpetual roadblock to any

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After spending a few years on the sidelines of the downvalley business community, the Eagle Chamber of Commerce is back with a bold new game plan. As proof of this renewed verve, the advocacy group recently launched a campaign specifically for small businesses and local entrepreneurs. At the campaign’s core is a simple, oft-repeated “buy local” slogan that’s nonetheless welcome by owners and – most importantly – proven to be a boon in towns of every size. “These sorts of campaigns are nothing earth-shattering or new,” says Taylor Slaugh, the chamber’s new part-time administrator and another part of its fresh start. “They’re done across the country by people large and small. In the past, they’ve proven to increase sales in all varieties of communities. People like to know exactly how their money can help their own community, and we make it easy for business owners to show that.” And simplicity is key to the campaign’s layout. Beginning this week, Slaugh and others brought packets to businesses in Eagle and Gypsum filled with posters, stickers and other highly visible materials touting the benefits of buying local. The chamber opted for a simple “top 10” format, from direct benefits like keeping Eagle-defining businesses afloat to more abstract perks like cutting down on emissions from online shopping deliveries. The chamber also practices what it preaches: All the materials were printed locally at Old Gypsum Printer, even Come together though Slaugh mentions it could’ve been cheaper to go The chamber campaign debuts shortly after the Town of through a large, faceless online outlet. Eagle ramped up its own efforts to attract outside interest. “This is all about embracing what makes Eagle unique,”

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Slaugh says. “The campaign is largely about keeping tax dollars in the community, giving back to these businesses and nurturing the people who make this town a very attractive place.” This brand of campaign is a near-perfect fit for a mountain community so closely tied to outdoor recreation and tourism. Although the posters and other materials seem a bit old-fashioned, they grab customer attention, and business owners like Alisa Galehr of Elements, A Day Spa in Eagle Ranch, know how important the tiniest help can be. “As a local business, it’s always nice to remind people we’re here,” says Galehr, who notes how empty many of the storefronts in Eagle Ranch have remained even after the national economy picked up. “Especially now, it seems like people are really starting to realize the benefits of buying local.” Slaugh hopes the campaign will not only boost interest from residents, but attract out-of-town customers who might otherwise gravitate to up-valley communities like Vail and Avon. The entire valley relies on tourist spending, she notes, and a joint effort from down-valley businesses could show what the area has to offer for everyone. “We’re very focused on hitting those bridge seasons, where Vail and Beaver Creek and those other places can’t quite offer what we have,” Slaugh says. “The people who live here can only support so many things in a tourist town, but we know there is plenty to attract people from outside areas.”

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High on the list of town-based efforts is the “Eagle Outside” movement, a plan unveiled last year to champion the area’s outdoor recreation, particularly mountain biking. Many residents say the local terrain is on par with anything found in hotbeds like Fruita or Moab, but a haphazard trail system made it difficult for even familiar cyclists to find their way around. To ease this confusion and begin taking a bite out of lost tourism, the town unveiled a dedicated website, www.EagleOutside.com. It comes with basics like information on trails and lodging, as well as community-minded features like GPS mapping and a portal to upload personal photos and videos. With its emphasis on clear, concise content – not to mention an attractively modern look – Eagle Outside bears a striking resemblance to the chamber’s own revamped web-

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BUY LOCAL ––––––––––––––––––––––– the helm. “We’re excited about the changes that have happened since Taylor took over,” Galehr says. “I feel like there are lots of opportunities with what they have to offer. We’ve already had such a positive welcoming in the community, and this campaign seemed like a perfect way to connect with the people who tell us they want to see our part of town grow.”

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Slaugh says. “For a few years there, they just tried to keep it together. As volunteers with family and other work, that got to be hard.” Along with the “buy local” campaign and fresh website, Slaugh’s position was high on the list of necessities. Her presence has been invaluable, particularly with the upcoming Screaming Eagle Golf Tournament in late May. The chamber has run the fundraising event for 17 years, but this year promises to be one of the biggest yet, complete with a custom-brewed (and branded) beer from Bonfire Brewing. “Bonfire’s involvement is a great example of how one business can help everyone else,” Slaugh says. “And not only will they participate, they wanted to. This is a great collaborative project. I hope it’s a sign of things to come.”

A fresh start As the first and most visible portion of the chamber’s energetic push to keep local tax dollars in the community while attracting out-of-town interest, the campaign is also a muchneeded step forward for a nonprofit that has dealt with trying monetary issues of its own over the past half decade. The chamber was nearly $100,000 in debt, and the all-volunteer board of directors worked hard to put the organization back on track. SneakPEAK writer Phil Lindeman can be reached at “It was an especially amazing feat to get out of that hole,” philip@sneakpeakvail.com

SAINTS BASKETBALL –––––––––––––––– state championship run – is a fitting reflection of the team’s almost frightening optimism. For the seniors, the past four seasons have been defined by near misses and fourth-quarter losses. These games have only hammered home the importance of that old sports cliché: The game doesn’t end with the buzzer. “I really think we have a good year of going to state this year,” Bowles says. “All these close loses are motivating us to practice and play harder. We know the way we play and we know we have it in us. We can be a fourth-quarter team if we set our minds to it.” In practice, Kuhns has honed in on stamina and endurance – two potential downfalls for teams that rely on rapid transitions. He has also championed more abstract skills like patience at the rim and overcoming uncontrollable disadvantages. Each of the team’s four losses this season has come on the road, and the coach claims his players are getting better with unfamiliar courts. “Winning on the road is all about confidence,” Kuhns says. “Once playoffs start, no one is seeing their home rim. We have that advantage. Our success out there shows we can shoot well – that’s always key – and we can handle offense and defense in a hostile environment.”

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ing: A Feb. 15 away match against North Park High School in Walden and a Feb. 23 game at home against Collbran’s Plateau Valley High School, the final of the season. Both are division matchups in which VCS has the upper hand – the Saints have already beaten both teams this year. As with all dedicated athletes, the players still feel there’s work to be done. For a team with so many seniors, Bohren believes the in-game leadership – particularly in those allimportant fourth quarters – could be better. “We need to find that one thing to give us a close edge in those close games,” Bohren says. “We realize there’s a reason we’ve done so well up to that point, and we just need to be as good as possible throughout the game.” Kuhns also shies away from making any sweeping claims about the team’s future, preferring to focus on little fixes and individual games. But as he talks about the Holy Grail of a state playoff berth, he grows noticeably energized. It’s his time, too. “I wouldn’t say we’ve ‘arrived’ as a program, but we’re getting there,” Kuhns says. “These seniors have expanded the options we have for play every night. It took a lot of covering the basics over 13 years, but now, we’ve turned into something to be feared in our conference.”

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AVON BAKERY ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– her so much while she was sick. “This is a great community, and I don’t know if I would be alive if I didn’t have the support from the community I got,” Hesburgh says. “I love people and get energy from them, so this will be great.” Check the Avon Bakery website or Facebook page to find out how to connect with Hesburgh. Bakery owner Dan Trush says originally the drawing was simply meant to show customer appreciation, but he’s thrilled that Hesburgh ended up being the lucky winner. “I was so happy Ann won after hearing her story about beating cancer. I really felt like someone who really deserves some good luck won our contest,” he says. In many ways, Hesburgh says her ordeals have had the positive effect of bringing people together. Her own daughters – one who played professional soccer in Europe and another who lived in Chicago – both moved back to Colorado to be closer to their mother, and Hesburgh’s own parents came from the Midwest to see their daughter through her surgeries . At home in the valley, Hesburgh says she was amazed by the care she got from her neighbors, friends and coworkers. The Westin, where she hopes to return to work soon, was supportive. The cleaning staff at the building where she lives would clean her house. Others would bring her food, check up on her and take care of her every need. Sharon Mou, owner of China Garden restaurant and a neighbor of Hesburgh’s, often came by to visit and brought a hot meal. As Mou says, Hesburgh is such an inspiration, and her friends were more than happy to support her. “She proved it to me, that no matter how sick you are, you can still be positive. She’s been

through a lot and nobody else can understand that,” Mou says. “I admire her. She’s a fighter. In my eyes, she’s a hero.” Back to life Hesburgh says she’s ready to get back to normal life – she never doubted once over the past couple years that she would, she says. “I guess I’m a good denial person,” Hesburgh laughs. “I never doubted I wouldn’t survive. I just didn’t.” She’s looking forward to getting outside and maybe picking up snowshoeing (she used to be an avid walker and hiker). Being sick has changed her perspective, though, she says. She plans to use her experience from years of university fundraising to volunteer for nonprofits and organizations in Eagle County, such as Pink Vail, the Shaw Cancer Center and Vail Valley Medical Center. Beyond that, Hesburgh says she’s learned to appreciate the important things in her life. “You learn what you don’t want, and life from now on is about what you do want. You don’t have time for the bad and you need to appreciate what you have,” Hesburgh says. “I’ve learned that each day is so important. It could be cancer, or a car accident, that tells you that. I’ve learned to always to let people you love know that. The little things everyday make the big picture.” SneakPEAK editor Melanie Wong can be reached at Melanie@sneakpeakvail.com

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VICTOR WOOTEN ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– of the songs, and add different musicians and instrumenta- we’ll add the horns, and so on. From the vocal version, we’ll tion, so that you’re not just hearing a (background) version go into the instrumental version. It’s really nice that we can of the same song. I wanted to keep both versions interesting. do that, and that people will get to see that happen. All of a sudden, you’ll see that there’s a string section happening, or SP: What can audiences expect when they come to hear keyboards. That vocalist, she’s on piano now. It keeps things your band play? visually interesting, as well as interesting to listen to. VW: They’ll hear what they can’t hear on the albums. Along with the female vocalists and two drummers, the rest SP: Do you have any new projects in the works? of the band, primarily bass players, have agreed to all play at VW: I’m working on a documentary that’s focusing on a least three different instruments. So while on the album there family in Haiti that had 10 kids of their own, and then after may be a vocal version that doesn’t have horns, playing live the earthquake took in another 17 kids. I have plans to re-

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cord a record focusing on music in Latin America and Spain, because I love that music. I’m also writing a sequel to my novel. And then I’ve got four wonderful kids that I’m trying to spend more time with. The oldest one is 15 and the youngest is 8, and they are very musical. I’m enjoying seeing all the things that they are getting into.

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CHRISTOPHER EWART –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– junkies in Vail. But unlike top pros in more established winter sports, Ewart can’t survive off filming alone. He’s an EMT with Vail Valley Medical Center, and fits powder days and travel into the full-time job. The big-air comp is only the start of a jam-packed season. Ewart plans to take part in portions of the recently revived World Extreme Skiing Championship (WESC), a big-mountain analog to ski racing with events in Crested Butte, Grand Targhee in Wyoming and legendary Thompson Pass in Valdez, Alaska. Ewart’s enthusiasm for the WESC is a testament to his respect for telemarking’s roots, even has he’s upending tradition. It’s also reflected in his new sponsorship deal with Meier Skis, the smalltime Aspen-based company that uses only recycled wood in construction.

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“I really wanted to go with a smaller company that could give me a bit more say in the ski-making process,” Ewart says. “Because they are relatively new, they have a lot of interest in how they can progress and get better. They take a lot of pride in what they do, and as an athlete, I appreciate that kind of support.” With typical laid-back ease, Ewart is doing all he can to bolster his new sponsor in the only way he knows how: by skiing. “We’re still pretty much doing this with no sort of rulebook,” Ewart says of freestyle telemarking. “I’m excited to see how far I can go with this and take it in whatever direction I want. That’s kind of cool.” SneakPEAK writer Phil Lindeman can be reached at philip@sneakpeakvail.com

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Colorado ski companies revolutionizing the park ski industry By Michael Suleiman

Ski companies have been popping up all over Colorado in the past few years. As local mountains continue to expand their terrain parks, companies look to accommodate the demands of those who like to fly through the air. After examining and testing the park- and pipe-specific skis of four different local companies, the verdict is clear that creativity and ingenuity is abundant in Colorado’s ski market. The testing grounds were set in Vail’s terrain park. The skis we put to the test were the 2014 Da’Nollies by Icelantic, the 2013 LTEs by Liberty, the 2013 Johnny Ringos by Meier and the 2013 Diams by Rocky Mountain Underground (RMU). On powder days, such as the day we headed out to put these skis through the ringer, the park is normally desolate. However, two professional athletes from Icelantic and RMU came out to assist with the test, despite the inadequate jumping weather. Flakes of snow the size of silver dollars barraged the mountain, making the conditions anything but ideal in the park. Regardless, the skis were perfectly tuned and ready to go. RMU Diam The first skis tested were the Diams by RMU. RMU is based out of Breckenridge, and their skis are pressed in Denver at the Never Summer factory. The company is relatively new, but has established a quick crowd of loyal followers. The Diam comes in sizes 162, 172 and 178 centimeters. We tested the 178s, which had tip/waist/tail measurements of 124 mm/93 mm/124 mm. The Diam offers park skiers a well-rounded ski that would also be great for all mountain skiing. The middle of the

(l-r) Skiers Jeremy Brown (on Icelantics) and Jeremy Clark (on RMUs) slide the C-rail in Vail. Michael Suleiman photo.

skis are about as local as it gets. Based in Avon, you’ll notice these skis all over Vail and Beaver Creek mountains. The all bamboo LTEs (standing for Liberty Team Edition) come in sizes of 157 cm, 164 cm, 171 cm and 178 cm. At a tip/waist/ tail dimension of 116 mm/ 87 mm/105 mm, these were the only skis in the test line up that weren’t truly symmetrical. The bamboo LTE’s were fun to ski all over the mountain. The rebound on the skis created surprising playfulness out of a stiffer ski. The relatively low swing weight made these skis quick edge to edge. These skis are fairly amorphous, which played into their advantage during this review. They didn’t standout in any one particular aspect, but were enjoyTelemark skier Jeremy Clark, on RMU park skis, able to take all over the mountain. These may not be the slides over the rainbow box in Vail’s terrain park. Mimost optimal skis for hitting a jump switch, but they are a chael Suleiman photo. really great all around ski. Find out more about Liberty, at road stiffness from the Diam provides rigidity while skiing www.libertyskis.com. around the mountain, but also enough springiness in the park for popping and landing off of jumps. The Diam has a stiffer Icelantic Da’Nollie tip and tail, giving the ski great rebound. The “Gus�, another The 2014 Icelantic Da’Nollie was the final ski tested. Icelpark model from RMU, has carbon stringers in the skis, a antic is known primarilty for their beautiful graphics and feature that adds rigidity to the skis and help them maintain tough skis. their shape. “RMU makes skis that hold up for what I do,� “I love the durability of Icelantic skis,� says pro Icelantic says pro telemark skier Jeremy Clark. “I also love the fact skier Jeremy Brown. “They hold up better than any other ski that they are local. It is nice to be able to hang out with the I have ever ridden on. I have been with the company for six owner of the company I ski for, and he is always there if I years, and it is awesome to be a part of the family. Everyone need something.� at the company really has a shared love of winter.� Clark will be competing in the Winter Mountain Games Icelandic’s top sheet artist Travis Parr transforms each and Tele Big Air competition on RMU skis. For more info, check every ski into a work of art. However, I thought the 2014 out www.rockymountainunderground.com. Da’Nollies are not quite as eye-catching as previous models. The skis feature a cactus with an eye and a mouth on them, Meier Johnny Ringo which is a bit bold compared to previous models. The next skis to be tested were Meier’s Johnny Ringo. Despite the graphics, the skis perform unbelievably. The Meier skis are based just down the road in Glenwood Springs. Da’Nollies come in 160 cm, 170 cm and 180 cm. The tip/ By using local pine and beetle kill trees to build their skis, waist/tail on the skis come in at 118 mm/88 mm/118 mm. Meier is on the forefront of thinking about the environment The Da’Nollie is stiff underfoot to support jumping, but soft first. Their skis are also bonded with an eco-friendly wood and buttery in the tip and tail. The Da’Nollies also have carbased epoxy. The Johnny Ringos come in lengths of 167 cm bon stringers in them helping them to maintain their shape and 177 cm. The tip/waist/tail on the skis come in at 123 and give the skis added strength. These skis are just about mm/83 mm/123 mm. These light and bouncy skis provide everything you could look for in a park ski. To ogle Icelanoptimal springiness in the pipe and off of jumps. The low dic’s skis, go to www.icelanticskis.com. swing weight of the Johnny Ringos provide quick corrections when landing jumps in the park and also when skiing Colorado ski manufacturers have been on the up and up. elsewhere on the mountain. People are starting to realize they don’t need to go to a big The “camRise� technology of the ski offers a slight lift in manufacturer to get high performance skis suited to their the tip, which was noticeable during the test. These skis are skiing needs. With so many local companies creating fun fun and light. The Ringos felt especially incredible in the and intricate designs, it is clear that these companies are sethalf pipe, due to their snappy pop. For more info on Meier, ting new standards in a growing industry. go to www.meierskis.com. SneakPEAK writer Michael Suleiman can be reached at Liberty LTE info@sneakpeakvail.com Next up to be tested were the LTE’s by Liberty. Liberty

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The weather was anything but ideal for the first couple days of NorAm’s – a North American elite race circuit -- at Golden Peak. Ski and Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV) hosted the 6-day event with Tuesday, Feb. 5, being the final day of competition. Local athletes vied against U.S. and Canadian national teams for World Cup start spots, which are awarded to NorAm winners. The national teams dominated the podium all week long. In particular, the Canadians came out strong after an unsuccessful first day in the men’s giant slalom. Kieffer Christianson from the U.S. Ski Team prevailed in first place on snowy first of the giant slalom event. Thanks to heavy snow, the race course needed some serious work immediately after the first day’s race. After a grueling night of preparing the powdery hill with the help of snow cats and watering hoses, the course was looking good for day two of the event. Day two of the race proved successful for team Canada, with Ford Swette clinching the GS win, followed by teammate Sasha Zaitsoff in second and Christianson in third. Zaitsoff had a successful second-round run, vaulting from 12th place up to second. His second run ended up being the fastest of the day, but roughly two tenths of a second too slow for the coveted first place position. SSCV had a clear presence in the second day of the race with SSCV alumni Will Gregorak placing fifth and current SSCV athlete Seppi Stiegler placing in sixth. The top two North American finishers in each event also earn World Cup starts. After the men’s GS, the weekend brought two days of slalom for both the men and the women. On Saturday, the Canadians crushed the competition again with Paul Stutz in first, Michael Janyk in second and Phil Brown in third. Stutz barely won the first day’s slalom event by .03 seconds over teammate Janyk. SSCV’s Stiegler held his own against tough competition and landed in fifth place. Stiegler’s older sister Resi, a U.S. Ski Team member, raced well during day one of the slalom event and ended in second place. Anna Goodman from the Canadian National Team crushed the competition by a second and a half on Saturday, winning the overall slalom event. Rounding out third place was Eve Routhier also from Canada. Day two of the slalom event proved good for Goodman again. By winning two days in a row by an incredible point

margin, Goodman was guaranteed a position for every World Cup race next season. Goodman has won the past eight FIS races she has entered in a row. Resi Stiegler stepped into the second place position again with Kristen Haugen from Denver University in third. On the men’s side, the Canadian men stayed incredibly consistent with Stutz in first, Janyk in second and Brown in third. Monday and Tuesday brought the women’s giant slalom events as the skies cleared and temperatures rose. Canadian national team member Mikaela Tommy, who is only 17, skied well to her first ever NorAm win. Tommy edged out Stiegler by .07 seconds. Rounding out third place on day one of the women’s GS was Eve Routhier from Canada. On day two of the women’s GS race, Norway’s Gjelsten Haugen put down two clean and beautiful runs for the win. Following Gjelsten was Mateja Robnik and rounding out third was U.S. Ski Team member Megan McJames. SSCV’s alumni Abby Ghent improved her ranking on the second race day and ended up in a respectable 11th place. The next stage of the NorAm Cup started in Apex on Feb. 6.

Sublime, O.A.R to headline Spring Back to Vail concerts

Plans are underway for Vail’s end-of-season annual bash, and the resort announced earlier this week that Sublime with Rome and alternative rockers O.A.R. will headline Spring Back to Vail. Jimmy Cliff will also play a free headlining show at Spring Back to Vail on Sunday, April 14, to round out the action-packed week. Admission to all concerts and events that are part of Spring Back to Vail is free and open to the public. The concerts and accompanying parties, contests and the beloved World Pond Skimming Championships, will close out Vail’s 50th year. “While winter is definitely still upon us here in Vail, we’re looking forward to finishing the 50th anniversary ski and snowboard season with a bang, thanks to a fantastic entertainment lineup during Spring Back to Vail this year,� says Davy Ratchford, director of sales and marketing for Vail Mountain. “The combination of O.A.R, Jimmy Cliff and Sublime with Rome will undoubtedly deliver a series of fun, high-energy shows for our guests.� Short for “Of a Revolution,� O.A.R is an alternative rock band well known for rocking the stage at their live performances and extensive summer touring. The five-member band, formed in 1996, found popularity on the college campus at Ohio State University and gained a following as a popular live act on other college campuses before gaining mainstream exposure and reaching the top of the Billboard charts over the course of their long career. Together the jam band-influenced group has released seven studio albums, including their latest CD/DVD release, “Live on Red Rocks� and “King,� and will take the stage at Spring Back to Vail on

Friday, April 12 in Ford Park. On Saturday, April 13, Sublime with Rome, bringing a blend of reggae, ska, punk and surf-rock, will take the stage at Ford Park for another free show. The band is a collaboration between Eric Wilson of Sublime, celebrated drummer Josh Freese and lead vocalist and guitarist Rome Ramirez. Together, the trio treats fans to Sublime favorites, as well as original material from the 2011 album, “Yours Truly.� Grammy-winning musician, actor, singer, songwriter, producer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Cliff, is also set to take the Spring Back to Vail stage with his reggae style on Sunday, April 14 – Vail Mountain’s closing day – at Solaris Plaza in Vail Village. For more information on Spring Back to Vail, including the full schedule of events and registration for the World Pond Skimming Championships, visit www.vail.com/springback.

“Into the Beautiful North� this winter’s One Book, One Valley read

For the second year, local libraries and community organizations are introducing a new book to Eagle County. The One Book, One Valley initiative will host a lineup of bookrelated events, including movie screenings and book discussions, for what is meant to become a valley-wide community book club. This year’s One Book, One Valley book selection is “Into the Beautiful North,â€? a novel by Pulitzer finalist Luis Alberto Urrea. “Into the Beautiful Northâ€? tells the fictional story of 19-year-old Nayeli. Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the U.S. when she was young. It dawns on her that he isn’t the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village -- they’ve all gone north. While watching the movie “The Magnificent Seven,â€? Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men -- her own “Siete MagnĂ­ficosâ€?-- to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over. Reviews have described the book as “filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun‌ the story of an irresistible young woman’s quest to find herself on both sides of the fence.â€? One Book, One Valley is a combined effort by The Bookworm of Edwards, Colorado Mountain College, The Eagle Valley Library District and the Town of Vail Public Library. Community members are invited to join neighbors and friends for book discussions and special events presented throughout March and April. The next book discussion will be at the Vail Public Library on Wednesday, March 13 at 5 p.m. The book can be purchased locally at The Bookworm in Edwards – mention One Book, One Valley and receive 10 percent off your purchase. For information on more events, visit the One Book One Valley website: www.coloradomtn.edu/onebook.

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Tuesday, Feb. 12 Shellfish & Suds Mardi Gras party Celebrate Fat Tuesday with crawfish and craft beer at Beaver Creek. Crazy Mountain Brewery is throwing an all-day party on Tuesday at Beaver Creek’s new seafood spot, Hooked. They are bringing in fresh live crawfish from The Bayou to cook up an authentic Louisiana low-country boil with hot Andouille sausage, corn on the cob, red potatoes and lots of savory spices. The $20 entry gets you a steaming hot plate of crawfish boil and two pints of Crazy Mountain beer. The party goes from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, call Hooked at 970-688-5313.

Submit your event to SneakPEAK’s weekly community calendar by sending information to info@sneakpeakvail.com.

Thursday, Feb. 7 to Friday, Feb. 15 “The Wild” photo exhibition in Vail

For the third year, an exhibition by local photographer Roxanne Granzow will be on view in the Community Room at the Town of Vail Public Library. Through Feb. 15, bison, bear, elk, eagles, polar bears and penguins in their natural environments will be on view in this expansive exhibition of her work. Granzow moved to Vail in the mid-70s, and since then has been all over the word photographing wildlife. Find out more at www.vaillibrary.com.

Thursday, Feb. 7 to Sunday, Feb. 10 Winter Mountain Games in Vail

The second annual Winter Mountain Games presented by Eddie Bauer and presented by the Vail Valley Foundation kicks off Thursday night with a concert from DJs Ana Sia & Kraddy at 8 p.m. at Checkpoint Charlie in Vail. The weekend will include a demo village at Golden Peak, Nordic, mountaineering, snowshoe and mountain biking races, as well as ice climbing competitions, dog events and big air telemark and mountain bike showdowns. Free concerts also include the Flobots on Friday evening at Checkpoint Charlie and John Brown’s Body at Golden Peak on Saturday. For more info or to sign up for events, see www.mountaingames.com/winter.

Thursday, Feb. 7 Vail 50th Anniversary Film

Witness the history of Vail and its founding in an original film honoring Vail’s 50th anniversary, made by Roger Cotton Brown, Vail’s original filmmaker. This fascinating show

is free but does require tickets that can be reserved online at www.vail.com/events/50th. Tickets are also available at the Lionshead Welcome Center the day of the show starting at 9 a.m. and are offered on a first come/first serve basis. Doors open at 5 p.m., and show starts at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 7 Town Series ski race at Golden Peak

Vail-Summit Orthopaedics presents a fun ski/snowboard/ telemark competition in Vail at the Golden Peak race course. Race starts at 1 p.m., and after party is at 5 p.m. Party has free drinks, free food and great prizes. The race is open to Thursday, Feb. 7 skiers, snowboarders and telemarkers, and no experience is necessary. Cost is $10 per race. Find out more at www.skiApres music at the Westin Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa hosts apre entertainment clubvail.org from brother-and-sister duo Terry and Joe from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The duo will play hits of the last 50 years and Thursday, Feb. 7 today. Food and drink costs apply. First Thursday Country Western Dance Love country dancing? If you’re serious about your country

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dancing, don’t miss 4 Eagle Ranch’s First Thursday events. Sunday, Feb. 10 Held on the first Thursday of every month, these dance nights Winter Farmer’s Market in Edwards feature music, line dance instruction and food for purchase. Come to the Colorado Mountain College campus in Edwards Dances are held at 4 Eagle in Wolcott with lessons beginning for the first annual winter farmers market, held weekly on at 6 p.m. Cost is $15. Call 970-926-3372 for more info. Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Shop for fresh produce, storage fruit, eggs, jams, grass-fed meat, salmon, artisan food, prepared foods, bakery items and more. Thursday, Feb. 7

Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” at the Vilar

Teatro Lirico D’Europa, along with artistic director Giorgio Lalov, will present a full-scale, traditionally staged production of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” at Beaver Creek’s Vilar Center. Teatro Lirico D’Europa is a nonprofit European opera touring company that has completed 4,000 performances worldwide. Set in 1890s Japan, “Madama Butterfly” has become one of the most praised and performed tales of misguided love, lauded for the dimensions of its characters, beautiful verses and dialogue coupled with Puccini’s emotionally charged musical score. Show is at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $75 and can be purchased at www.vilarpac.org.

Thursday, Feb. 7 Tea Leaf Green at Agave

Tea Leaf Green are bruised romantics with heavy minds and a lighthearted way with experimentation, as likely to jam out a number as they are to nail a primo verse-verse-chorus pop gem. They play with the Tumbleweed Wanderers beginning at 9 p.m. at Avon’s Agave.

Friday, Feb. 8 Live music at Old Forge

Sunday, Feb. 10 Victor Wooten at the Vilar

Wooten has practically played the bass since he was a toddler and now is a celebrated musician on the forefront of jazz music. He plays at the Vilar Center in Beaver Creek beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 and available at www. vilarpac.org.

Tuesday, Feb. 12 “Vail: The First 50 Years” book signing

Local author Shirley Welch will be at the Vail Public Library talking about her newest book, “Vail: The First 50 Years” and signing copies. The event will take place in the library’s community room at 5:30 p.m. The event is free, books will be available for purchase and light refreshments will be served. The library is located at 292 W. Meadow Dr. For more information contact Vail Public Library at 970-4792187 or see www.vaillibrary.com.

Tuesday, Feb. 12 Air Supply at the Vilar

are found in the band’s music. The show begins at 9 p.m. at Avon’s Agave.

Wednesday, Feb. 13 Live It Lecture Series: Josiah Middaugh

XTERRA National Champion and personal trainer Josiah Middaugh headlines the first seminar of the Vail Integrative Medical Group Live It lecture series presented by Dogma Athletica. The lecture series is complimentary to the public and is designed to provide the Vail Valley’s active community with true evidence based health and fitness information in an interactive environment. Middaugh will talk about understanding the concepts of overtraining and overreaching and understanding effective training strategies. The event will be at Dogma beginning at 6 p.m. Contact Dogma Athletica General Manager Sarah Moore,at for more info by calling 970-688-4433 or emailing sarah@ dogmaathletica.com.

Wednesday, Feb. 13 Book discussion at Vail Library

All book discussions are held on the second Wednesdays of the month from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. This month the discussion will center around “The Tiger’s Wife” by Tea Obreht. The novel, set in a Balkan County mending from war, tells the story of Natalia, a young doctor, who is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her grandfather’s recent death. See www.vaillibrary.com for more info.

Wednesday, Feb. 13

Just in time for Valentine’s Day comes the trademark sound Enjoy live music every Friday from Jason Wallace from 6 of Russell Hitchcock’s soaring tenor voice and Graham Rus- The 5 Browns at the Vilar p.m. to 8 p.m. at Edwards’ Old Forge. Happy hour is 5 p.m. sell’s simple yet majestic songs, making up the sound of Air The 5 Browns – Ryan, Melody, Gregory, Deondra and Deto 9 p.m. on Fridays. Supply. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. at Beaver Creek’s Vilar sirae – all attended New York’s Juilliard School becoming the first family of five siblings ever accepted simultaneously. Center. Tickets are $85 and available at www.vilarpac.org. The quintet enjoyed their first wave of critical attention in Friday, Feb. 8 February 2002 when People magazine dubbed them the”Fab Eliot Lipp + OG Status and Samples at Tuesday, Feb. 12 Five,” and they were featured on Oprah and 60 Minutes. The Jahman Brahman at Agave Agave siblings perform beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Beaver Creek’s Electronic music pioneer Eliot Lipp’s beats range from funk Jahman Brahman is a five-member collaboration originat- Vilar Center. Tickets are $68 adult/$35 student and can be to myriad manifestations of hip-hop to jazz fusion, folk and ing from Columbus, Ohio. “Shred ‘n’ flow” is how Jahman purchased at www.vilarpac.org. techno. He headlines the show at Avon’s Agave beginning Brahman describes their unique style, bringing a dynamic sound with a wide breadth of influence. From classic rock at 9 p.m. to electronica to punk to jazz, elements from many genres

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Check out the new Italian Market at the Meadow Mountain Business Park in Minturn. Stop by and see Andrea and Mangiare for Italian specialty foods and kitchenware.

Join Molly for a FREE walking tour of Vail’s public art collection every Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. For more information on art events, check out the weekly calendar in SneakPEAK or go to www.artinvail.com.

Emily at Moe’s Original BBQ in Lionshead is ready with the Maker’s Mark. Come by for the best BBQ in the Valley. Local Joe’s, located in The Riv erwalk Edwards, is open late. Jamison and the crew will be happy to pour you a drink while you wait on your pizza. Call 970-926-4444 for delivery.

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Gohan Ya | West Vail Mall | 970.476.7570 Joe’s Famous Deli | 288 Bridge St. | 970.479.7580 Kelly Liken | Gateway Building, 12 Vail Rd. | 970.479.0175 La Bottega | 100 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.0280 Lancelot | Next to Children’s Fountain | 970.476.5828 Larkspur Restaurant | Golden Peak | 970.754.8050 La Tour | 122 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.4403 Left Bank | Sitzmark Lodge in Vail Village | 970.476.3696 The Little Diner | West Lionshead Plaza | 970.476.4279 Lord Gore & the Fitz Lounge | Manor Vail at the base of Golden Peak | 970.476.4959 Los Amigos | Top of Bridge St. | 970.476.5847 Ludwig’s | Sonnenalp Resort | 970.479.5429 The Marketplace | One Willow Bridge Rd. | 970.477.4370 Market CafÊ | The Sebastian Vail, 16 Vail Rd. | 970.477.8000 May Palace | Next to City Market, West Vail | 970.476.1657 Matsuhisa | Located in the Solaris | 970.476.6682 Mezzaluna | Lion Square Lodge, next to Eagle Bahn Gondola | 970.477.4410 Moe’s Original BBQ | Upstairs from the General Store, Lionshead | 970.479.7888 Montauk Seafood Grill | Lionshead Village | 970.476.3601 Nozawa | Holiday Inn, West Vail | 970.476.9355 Ocotillo | Vail Mountain Marriott Resort & Spa, Lionshead | 970.477.5675 Old Forge Co. | 2161 N Frontage Rd | 970.476.5555 Old Forge Co. | 521 East Lionshead Cir. | 970.476.5232 Ore House | 232 Bridge St. | 970.476.5100 Osaki’s | 100 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.0977 Pazzo’s Pizzeria | 122 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.9026 Pepi’s | By the Covered Bridge | 970.476.4671 Qdoba | 2161 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7539 Red Lion | Top of Bridge St. | 970.476.7676 Russell’s | By the Covered Bridge | 970.476.6700 Subway West Vail | 2161 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.3827 Sushi Oka Hibachi | 100 East Meadow Drive. Suite #4 | 970.476.1588 Sweet Basil | 193 E. Gore Creek Dr. | 970.476.0125 Tap Room | Top of Bridge St. | 970.479.0500 The Tavern On The Square| 675 Lionshead Place | 970.754.7400 Terra Bistro| 352 Meadow Dr., Vail Mountain Lodge& Spa | 970.476.6836 The George | 292 Meadow Dr. | 970.476.2656 Up The Creek Bar & Grill | 223 Gore Creek Dr. | 970.476.8141 Vendetta’s | 291 Bridge St. | 970.476.5070 Vail Chophouse | 675 West Lionshead Place | 970.477.0555 Westside Cafe & Market | 2211 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7890 Yama Sushi | 168 Gore Creek Dr. | 970.476.7332 Yeti’s Grind | Located in the Solaris | 970.476.1515

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