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Growing

up VAIL with

Pete Seibert, Jr., son of Vail’s legendary cofounder, talks about life as Vail’s first son.

1962 gear guide

Styles from Vail’s first opening day

Beating the bulge

Three unique winter workouts

Vail’s Ale House opens

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A tour for a cause

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Scott Helmer’s adversity fuels a new musical career and a desire to give back.

By Melanie Wong

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t’s not too often that you get the chance to completely restart your life, but in 2008, that’s exactly what Scott Helmer did.

The Arizona resident left the Midwest and a career in corporate insurance to become a full-time musician, bringing his brand of jam-friendly rock and pop music to stages across the country.

Helmer is in the midst of a rather unconventional tour. His 24 Nights performances are part of his Support Your Cause Tour, -- he’ll hold 24 consecutive nights of performances all around the country, and each night benefits a different charitable cause.

While using music to raise money isn’t uncommon, Helmer’s tour is different. He makes just enough money to get by and keep playing while travelling the country, with a lot of hospitality and help from his hosts. Almost all of the cash he raises goes to a cause championed by the venue where he plays.

The 24 Nights leg of his tour will cover more than 3,000 miles across nine states in the West: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Kansas, Utah, Wyoming and Nevada.

Each venue will conduct their own fundraisers, like food and toy drives, to help people in need. Helmer’s stop at Mango’s Mountain Grill in Red Cliff on Dec. 20 benefits the Red Cliff Community Fund, a brand-new nonprofit that aims to help improve the town. The $5 cover charge goes to helping

Scott Helmer in Red Cliff

What: A night of music benefiting the new Red Cliff Community Fund When: Thursday, Dec. 20. Doors open at 5 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. for all ages Where: Mango’s Mountain Grill, Red Cliff How much: $5 entrance, plus $1 from each beer or taco goes to the fund More info: See www.scotthelmer.com

the group become officially established, as will $1 for every taco or beer purchased throughout the evening.

“We’ve been thinking about doing this for a while,” say Chris Keran and Jaclyn Parks, who operate Mango’s.

The idea is that the group will be able to raise funds for a variety of community projects within the sleepy town, located over Battle Mountain from Minturn, including murals, community gardens, neighborhood events, parks and recreation development, and eventually even infrastructure improvements.

Between travelling from show to show, Helmer will also donate his own time to play in hospitals.

“The holiday season is a magical time, but can also be

Musician Scott Helmer brings his brand of pop, rock and country to Red Cliff on Dec. 20. All stops on his tour benefit a different charitable cause.

Photo special to SneakPEAK. very tough for people who are down on their luck,” says the musician, ever enthusiastic. “It can be a lonely time for those folks, so I’ll help spread a little holiday cheer.”

Music out of tragedy Onstage, Helmer may appear like many other singer/songwriters jamming on an acoustic guitar at the neighborhood bar or in the midst of a busy restaurant on the weekend.

However, the story behind the musician’s heartfelt performances is anything but ordinary.

Music has long been a big part of Helmer’s life, but always as a hobby or fun outlet. As a kid growing up in a Chicago suburb, asthma prevented him from playing outside, so his parents bought him a drum set instead. Throughout his mid-20s, he played in bands with his brother, Rich, but never considered making music a career.

“Growing up in Chicago, I’d always look at the suit-andtie guy going to the city to work as what you were supposed to do,” he says.

Helmer did just that, becoming an insurance broker and eventually opening his own firm in 2006. A couple years later, he was forced to hit the reset button on what he thought was going to be a successful career. In 2008, the market crashed, and like many others in the country, Helmer’s career, house and relationships went with it.

“I lost my line of credit. I eventually lost everything,” he says. “The experience almost killed me. It was the toughest thing I ever been through.”

By Helmer’s account, he would have been homeless had his family not supported him. He played music and wrote songs as an outlet.

“I needed something to turn to, a distraction, so I called my brother and said, ‘Let’s play,’” Helmer says. “Once the dust settled, I said, ‘This is what I want do. My life going forward has to be about creating and performing music and helping people. Everything else will be based on that.’”

Helmer and his brother Rich, who was also reconsidering his career, decided to record some songs and pitch them to producers. Eventually the two began working with producer Henry Hirsch, who has worked with the likes of Lenny Kravitz, Madonna and Mick Jagger.

That was at the end of 2010, and the brothers went to New York to record. Scott Helmer took to the road on a solo tour in March of this year, with stops that included Estes Park and

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Vail’ s first son

Pete Seibert, Jr., stands in front of the Eagle Bahn gondola. His father, Vail’s legendary co-founder, brought the family to Vail when Pete Jr. was six. Kent Pettit photo.

Pete Seibert, Jr. chats about his hometown, his father’s legacy and a life tied to the mountains. By Phil Lindeman

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ete Seibert, Jr.’s childhood was anything but normal.

As the eldest son of Pete Seibert, Sr. – Vail’s co-founder, leading visionary and member of the 10th Mountain Division – the six-year-old Seibert was the new town’s youngest resident on opening day in 1962. Skiing was in his blood, and for years, he and a handful of classmates would leave school early to bomb Riva Ridge on unshaped skis with bear-trap bindings.

But bluebird afternoons and endless powder are only half the story. Seibert says he never wanted to be known as “the boss’ son,” and after a few years on ski patrol in the ‘70s, he moved to Sun Valley, Ida., to forge his own path in the ski industry.

Colorado was always in his heart, though, and in 1989, he returned to manage Arrowhead ski area near Beaver Creek before taking a real estate position with Vail Associates.

Now 56 years old, Seibert has quietly raised a family of four in his hometown, albeit one much different than the burgeoning ski area of his youth. Like his father, Seibert has passed down a love of skiing to his children: His son, Tony, was featured in this year’s Warren Miller film, “Flow State,” riding the same old-school gear his grandfather did in WWII. Seibert, Sr. passed away in 2002, but the memory of his warm, ebullient nature remains fresh in the town he helped create – and with his son. SneakPEAK reached Seibert, Jr.

at his valley-based office to talk about growing up with Vail, been in a lot of trouble. skiing China Bowl with his dad and playing on-snow softball with rowdy ‘70s-era patrollers.

SP: Many of the original “Vail” activities have disappeared over time, like the Great Race in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Sneak Peak: From a kid’s perspective, what was Vail like What old-school event do you miss the most? in those early years? It had this sort of “Wild West” vibe.

PS: I was actually working on the ski patrol when the Pete Seibert, Jr.: The way I describe it is as a “Huck Great Race was going on – it probably started sometime in Finn” sort of childhood. There was a lot going on with the the mid-’70s – but I also got to participate in the on-ski softtown being built, but we were really out in the woods. A lot ball game between ski school and ski patrol. It was held on of times we were left to our own devices, building forts in St. Patrick’s Day every year, and John Donovan – he owned the woods and tubing Gore Creek in summer.

Donovan’s (Copper Bar), which was really the town watering hole – he’d be the umpire, bringing a keg of green beer with him. When you go back, a lot of that stuff started with SP: Was winter your favorite season?

PS: Oh, absolutely. We had the run of the mountain when guys like Bill Whiteford, who built the casino and had the I was younger. Everyone seemed to know each other on the ice bar up on the mountain. There’s also the story of the Tuck mountain, so you’d see people and always have someone to ‘Em Inn, the little hut the patrollers kept away from management. It’s all that colorful stuff that makes a ski town a ski ski with. It was like an extended family. town you want to stay in.

SP: What kind of trouble did you get into?

SP: Local legends like Donovan and Whiteford aside, PS: (Laughs.) I broke my leg twice. The first time, I was probably 7 years old. The second time, they had the profes- who’s the most interesting person you’ve met here?

PS: The guys who impressed me the most at the time were sional slalom on Head First – it was called Adios back then – when Pepi Gramshammer was racing. They used to ice that the ski racers. Before there was a World Cup, they’d hold trail, but we got a foot of new snow and some friends and I some of the FIS races here – you’d have Billy Kidd, Jimmy ducked the rope. I took about three turns and fell, and I just Heuga, the Austrian racers. I had a friend, Chris Tweedy knew right away my leg was broken. I had to sit there with (one of Vail’s original investors), who would host the Austria broken leg and watch my da d walk up to get me from his ans, and we’d always host the Swiss racers. That’s how a lot office in the Village. If I hadn’t broken my leg, I would’ve of it went – after skiing, you’d get the chance to go hang out

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Three generations of Seiberts have now lived in Vail. Here, Pete Seibert, Jr., is with his father and his son. Photo special to SneakPEAK. cade. Do you think the town is headed in the right direction? at a friend’s house with some of your heroes.

PS: The best parts of Vail are the individuals who come SP: Speaking of parents, what’s your favorite memory of here and commit to this community. You see it in the ski shops like Gorsuch and Pepi’s and Performance Sports. your father?

PS: It was one that came to me during his memorial ser- There are the restaurants, too. All the people who are parvice. Later on, I had the pleasure of working with him at ticular to Vail – who make it what it is – they’re not going Arrowhead, but as a kid, we’d do lots of skiing together. anywhere. I think the Village is great and wonderful, but We’d ski China Bowl in the springtime when all the corn what I love about being here is for as many changes as it snow was around. You’d have to go down to Two Elk Creek, goes through, the mountain always remains. where it would pop you out by where the bottom of Chair 5 SP: Without giving away any secret stashes, what are is now. Skiing that and hiking out is by far one of the favoryour favorite runs at Vail? ite things I would do with him.

PS: When I’m skiing with the kids, I love playing folSP: Was there a difference between your father’s public low-the-leader on the skiers-left side of Look Ma. You go through some trees and drop into it, and when you’re playpersona and who he was at home?

PS: I’d have to say no. To this day, people will come up ing the game, you just go. Genghis Kahn is also a great place to me and introduce themselves as knowing my dad from to hit on good snow days, and springtime is all about Riva some small, one-time experience they had in Vail. One of (Ridge). my Dad’s best qualities was that he really loved people, and that came across with others and with us.

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t was December 1962 – winter in the Rockies – and Colorado’s newest ski resort was about to set its newly built gondola into motion, carrying its first customers.

As Vail’s founders and early employees admit, they were far more worried about getting the operation running and transporting the small number of opening-day skiers than they were about appearances or fanfare. However, over the next few years, Vail acquired a young, hip crowd of residents and regulars that lent sense of style to the fledging village and ski mountain.

You can bet that just like today, style and equipment choice were duly noted on the slopes.

In the ‘60s, skiing established itself as a glamorous sport, and the styles of the day followed suit. Until then, ski outfits largely consisted of several layers of wool and maybe a cotton shirt, like what was worn by 10th Mountain Division soldiers (the Army had figured out a layering system that helped keep skin relatively dry and warm), according to the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum’s Curator of Collections Erica Garcia.

Throughout the first half of the century, most skiers also used traditional wooden skis (with a few exceptions) until engineer and sports-equipment innovator Howard Head produced the first widely successful composite skis with metal edges. Check out the evolution of Head skis, boots and on-slope fashions throughout the decades at the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum, located in the Vail Village parking structure.

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A look at what you would have worn and used on the slopes of Vail it’s opening season.

By Melanie Wong

So just like you might take note of that girl’s retro-style Patagonia jacket on the chair in front of you, or gush over that guy’s powder board in the lift line, Vail’s early inhabitants had a keen sense of cool.

In honor of the mountain’s 50th year, here’s a short guide to what equipment and clothing you might have seen on Vail’s slopes in 1962.

Cebe Jean Claude goggles Men would have been sporting these French-made goggles by Cebe, which sponsored the U.S. Ski Team in the 1960s. The large, white-rimmed goggles had vents to prevent fogging and featured bright yellow lenses. The signature red, white and blue stripe made the Cebe goggle recognizable from even the chairlift.

Puffy parkas, Edelweiss pants and wool stocking caps Both men and women probably would have worn a combination of long wool pants, with a slight bell bottom (a popular brand was Edelweiss), a wool sweater, and a long, woolen parka. Big, puffy down parkas and vests from Sport Obermeyer also were popular.

Blue, black and white were the colors of the day, with some simple striping. Day-glo colors and outrageous designs didn’t become en mode until the late ‘60s and early ‘70s.

Simple stocking wool caps kept your head warm, or occasionally for women, more stylish headbands or fur caps.

Tight stirrup pants and striped wool sweaters The ‘60s brought more feminine, fitted designs to clothing to the slopes, which in turn

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attracted more ladies into the sport. Most women wore fitted stirrup pants, sometimes in bib form that scooped at the bust for a flattering fit. The pants were also functional, and kept heat in while keeping snow out of the boots.

Striped shirts and wool sweaters were the norm. Admittedly, none of it was terribly warm, especially by today’s standards.

“You definitely got very cold, especially on the lifts,” says Elaine Kelton, who moved to Vail and learned to ski in 1963.

Rieker leather buckle boots and cable bindings Ski boot technology was in transition, and the full-leather boots worn by skiers ranged from the newer five-buckle system to lace systems. They looked cold, stiff and uncomfortable, but then again, the same could be said for today’s ski boots.

The real revolution was in binding technology. Most people would have used the Marker, Northland or Cubco equipment that were the first versions of releasable bindings. The leather straps of the past gave way to metal and cable contraptions that resembled today’s alpine touring bindings.

Head Standard Skis Howard Head’s composite, metal-edged skis were, true to its name, the standard ski of the day. Head’s skis became the primary American ski by the 1960s, and the popular Standard model was full-black with a Head logo. There was none of the multi-colored graphics found on today’s equipment, but Garcia of the Ski and Snowboard Museum says that getting your name or initials etched on the tips was a popular fad.

Typical Head Standards would have been considerably taller and narrower than today’s skis. Ski length was measured by raising your arm into the air, and the skis were supposed to come up to your fingertips. For men, 210 centimeter skis were quite average, compared to 170 to 180 centimeters today.

“They were really long and hard to turn,” Garcia says.

“You also had this metal edge, which really changed things.

At the time those were pretty good skis. They’re really heavy, nothing like today.”

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West Coast cool meets alpine chill Forget white trash - laid-back class defines Sandbar’s replacement, Vail’s Ale House. By Phil Lindeman On a peaceful, snow-laden morning in West Vail, the large windows at former watering hole Sandbar Sports Grill were

covered in brown butcher paper to hide the commotion in

side: carpenters hanging massive slats of beetle-kill pine from

the ceiling; welders crafting chest-high tables from black steel

and lacquered wood; workers mounting televisions and cover

ing the walls in stone from Colorado quarries. Like the pow

der outside, a fine film of sawdust hung over the entire scene.

Wedged next to Sports Authority and removed from the

bustle of Vail Mountain, the space always seemed odd for a

bar. But a large backlit sign reading “Ale House” had re

cently replaced the Sandbar’s familiar life-preserver logo,

and crews began gutting the insides in October. With just

three days before a soft opening on Dec. 19, the new

bar and restaurant – known by its classed-up title, Ale

House Kitchen and Tap – appeared to be several weeks

from opening, not several days.

If owner Eric Leitstein and longtime Sandbar manager Jason Barber were nervous about missing deadlines – the restaurant was originally set to open this past weekend – they hardly showed it. The two sat around a plush, leather-bound booth in one of Ale House’s few finished sections and chatted about small details. Over the whirring of electric saws and drills, the conversation skewed to what color chalk they’d use for food and drink specials, and what brews to pair with a custom dinner on New Year’s Eve in two weeks.

Construction aside, the atmosphere is almost “industrial mountain” – like 1920s New York City crossed with a Colorado mining town – and it works. The combination is unlike anything else in the area, and it was a deliberate step away from Sandbar’s lovable grunginess.

“The challenge was do you do something like this with the economy the way it is?” says Leitstein, an easy-going West Coast native who has pumped more than $500,000 into remodeling and rebranding efforts. “But we figured, ‘What better place to expect it to work than Vail?’”

A new, better direction Leitstein is first to admit that Sandbar – one of West Vail’s few watering holes until he decided to shut it down in May – had a spotty reputation. Since opening in 2004, the bar was an alternative to mountainside après spots like Garfinkel’s and The Red Lion. The beer was cheap, the food was undistinguished and it drew a dive-bar crowd, with weekly “White

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To drink: A selection of more than 20 draft beers, including roughly 10 rotating taps from Colorado brewers like Crazy Mountain, Great Divide and more.

To taste: Goat-cheese flatbread, a tapas-style appetizer served with fig, crème fraîche and balsamic-glazed onions with a Port wine finish. It’s a great compliment to the menu’s light salads.

To eat: Shrimp and grits, a seductively simple Southern favorite with Andouille sausage, roasted tomatoes, blackening spice and organic cheese grits.

(l-r) Vail Ale House General Manager Jason Barber, Manager Eric “Stevie” Stevenson, Bar Manager Greg Lamb and owner Eric Leitstein are preparing to open the new tavern in West Vail. Located in the spot of the old Sandbar, the new place is set to open Dec. 29. Kent Pettit photo.

Trash Wednesday” parties and rotating live music on the weekends.

Leitstein and Barber’s outward calm was reinforced by the rapidly forming restaurant Despite Sandbar’s very particular appeal, it was plagued by a dwindling client base and around them – despite the commotion, things were taking shape. Across from the booth, an rapid employee turnover, although this slow downward spiral wasn’t completely avoidable. attractive rusted-metal sign displayed the restaurant’s name with a simple mountain logo.

“We had the tragedy here, and the less said about that, the better,” says Leitstein, referring Beyond that, on the far wall near a revamped stage covered in plastic and work materials, to a deadly shooting during the 2009 off-season. “Between that, the economy and a lousy was a giant, wall-sized mural of Prohibition-era workers raising white mugs.

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The sights and sounds of

VAIL Snow Daze

The Shins, Wilco and Michael Franti rock

By Phil Lindeman. Photos by Scott Ostrom and Z

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ith fireworks and snowflakes falling in equal measure, the final evening of Snow Daze festivities this past Saturday was a near-perfect way to wish Vail a happy 50th birthday.

Valley locals and visiting revelers celebrated the event with equal fervor, and the town’s entire mood was palpably lifted by the long-awaited birthday gift of fresh powder.

The headlining act on Saturday evening, Wilco, concluded Vail’s annual early-winter celebration in style at Ford Park on the east end of town. Surrounded by more than 1,000 jubilant fans and mounds of much-needed snow

– when it was all said and done Monday morning, Vail recorded nearly 10 inches during the weekend – the Chicago-based alt rock group played a 90-minute set filled with recognizable ear-worms, from “Shot in the Arm� to “Handshake Drugs� to “I’m the Man Who Loves You.� The snow-covered concert followed two equally anticipated performances from fellow alt rockers The Shins on a dry, brisk Thursday night, and poet/musician/all-around nice guy Michael Franti on a snowy Friday.

Despite charging an entry fee for the first time, this laudable line-up attracted scores of concertgoers, who shuffled and danced to ward off cold.

The snow and other official anniversary celebrations drew attention – aside from the resort, nearly every bar and restaurant in town got into the mood with specials and fanfare – but in the end, this year’s Snow Daze was about welcoming a landmark season in style. Here’s hoping the party continues, both on the snow and off.

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(Left top) Attendees at Michael Franti and Spearhead’s concert were treated to snow on Friday night. Zach Mahone photo. (left bottom) Through a different lens at last Saturday’s Wilco concert. Scott Ostrom photo. (middle) Franti’s Snow Daze debut got the audience dancing as he joined the crowd during his performance, then pulled members of the audience on stage with him for a grand finale. Zach Mahone photo. (Top middle) Wilco guitarist Nels Kline plays amidst the snow last Saturday at the closing performance of Vail’s Snow Daze concert series. Scott Ostrom photo.

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Local skiers get top finishes at Minturn’s Maloit Park race

By Michael Suleiman Hannah Hardenbergh of Vail Mountain School leads the girls’ race at the high school Nordic series last Saturday at Minturn’s Maloit Park. Michael Suleiman photo.

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he local high school Nordic series kicked off this past weekend, and many local athletes were out to prove that they knew how to skate.

In total, 113 male athletes and 96 female athletes came out to compete in the event, which took place at Maloit Park in Minturn last Saturday. Ski and Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV), Battle Mountain High School and Vail Mountain School hosted the competition. The course at Maloit Park came together for the competition just in time thanks to the help of much needed snow.

The continued snowfall didn’t deter spectators or athletes from coming out to compete and watch the race. High schools including Clear Creek, Aspen, Colorado Rocky Mountain School, Eagle Valley, Evergreen, Lake County, Middle Park, Nederland, Ridge View Academy, Steamboat Springs, Summit and Vail Mountain School, all came out to compete in the 5-kilometer race.

Although Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy (VSSA) hosted the event, the Nordic athletes that attend the school were not allowed to compete in the event because it is classified as a specialized sports academy.

“According to the rules set forth by CHSAA (Colorado High School Activities Association), we are not allowed to compete against other high schools in the sport of skiing,” says SSCV head Nordic coach Dan Weiland.

CHSAA is the organization that regulates all high school sports, including football and basketball. The purpose of CHSAA is for high school athletes to have equal training and competition environments. VSSA athletes have the opportunity to train all morning during the winter and would have the upper hand when it comes to the amount of hours they have on the snow.

A brother and sister duo from neighboring Aspen came out on top as the individual winners of the men’s and women’s 5-kilometer race. Local Vail girls from Vail Mountain School (VMS) ended up winning the team title and outperforming all other competitors in the overall school competition. The female VMS skiers led the pack early with impressive finishes across the board. They were followed closely behind by Summit High School, with Aspen High School placing in third.

Hannah Hardenbergh from VMS led the pack for most of the race, only to be passed on the final portion by Hailey Swirbul from Aspen. SSCV athlete Katie Scruggs, who has won a few high school Nordic races before, placed sixth, followed by Clare Baker (SSCV) in seventh and Annie Blakslee (SSCV) in eighth. All four of the VMS girls made the cut-off for the state qualifier.

“We have been training here for the past week or so, but it has been a little thin up until last week,” says Hardenbergh. “The course was a little soft because of the new snow, but it is much better than no snow. We really take these races into our training plan and ski for our school while we are at it.

She also gave credit to Swirbul, the overall individual winner.

“It is fun skiing against Hailey. She is also a club skier, and I compete against her a lot during the season. It is also just fun to be out here with some classmates and ski for school pride,” says Hardenbergh.

The boy’s side of the race was not as successful for the Vail locals. Keegan Swirbul from Aspen deserves a mention due to his first place win by over a minute. SSCV athlete Joe Barrett from Battle Mountain High School had a great race, landing in seventh place overall.

Cameron Moore, also from Battle Mountain, placed 21st and ended up in the top 25 percent of the athletes.

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Beat the budge this winter

Three unique workouts to help avoid the holiday slump

By Melanie Wong

keep on track and accomplish your goals.

Here are three unique workouts found loIt happens to the best – as winter sets in, cally that can help you win the battle of the we spend more time indoors and less time bulge this winter, whatever your fitness aims biking, running, hiking and doing other may be. warm-weather cardio activities. We settle into skiing and snowboarding, with plenty Hit the gym in a new way of time for après ski on the weekends, of One of the newest gym workouts, FitWall, course. has hit Vail. The concept of FitWall, origiMaybe you just aren’t a fan of the gym, nally inspired by rock climbing, is to give a but shorter daylight hours put a damper on full-body workout that both builds muscles outdoor workouts. Maybe you’ve gotten in- and packs a cardio punch. The “wall” is built jured on the hill, and it has sidelined your vertically on a wall and resembles a bulky normal winter activities. metal ladder. The base position has you Before you know it, you’ve gained some poised with your feet on a rung and your winter bulge. It doesn’t help that the onset of arms slightly above you, hanging onto the winter is ushered in by a number of holidays “ladder.” Simply being in that position alwhere food is a highlight. ready activates muscles in your arms, core “The times between October and New and legs.

Year’s are a time for eating a lot,” says Tay“You activate more than 200 muscles just lor Hagan, a dietician and personal trainer holding onto the wall,” says Aria Club’s at Aria Spa and Club at the Vail Cascade. head trainer Mike Benedict.

“Each holiday usually comes with a big celFrom there, a trainer will lead you through ebratory meal, with plenty of time for snack- a series of movements on the wall, from ing in between.” variations of pull-ups to jumps to agility A study published in the New England drills that involve “running” up the rungs.

Journal of Medicine found that the average Within a few short minutes, you’ll feel your American gains one pound during the holi- muscles tiring even from hanging on, and day by New Year’s. That doesn’t sound like a few rounds of cardio moves on the wall an excessive amount, but the same study will spike your heart rate – all using just the found that by the next holiday season, most weight of your own body. The workouts can people still carried that extra pound. Putting be modified for all levels of fitness, as well. on a pound every year adds up, and what The beauty of FitWall is that the workseems like harmless holiday indulgence can outs are engaging, quick-paced and work turn into a long-term health hazard. the body in a way that differs from our usual Sometimes all you need is a little inspi- habits. ration, or a new program that will help you “It’s the most functional training that can

Aria Club Athletic Director Mike Benedict demonstrates exercises done in the FitWall studio. The class, loosely based off rock climbing holds, uses your own body weight and the wall to build both strength and get the heart pumping. Kent Pettit photo. be done, period,” Benedict says. “We have so much anterior dominant movement in our lives, and this helps balance that out.”

Besides forcing a number of muscles to work together, the exercises are highly functional, meaning they mimic natural movements we regularly use in sports or daily life.

You can find FitWall classes at the Aria Spa and Club located in the Vail Cascade, where the wall exercises are usually combined with suspension bands and medicine balls for an hour-long workout. For more information on FitWall classes in Vail, see www.vailcascade.com under Aria Spa and Club, or call 970-476-7400.

Indoor training for your outdoor life If your main objective for working out (besides keeping fit and healthy) is also to charge hard in the outdoors, try a cardiodriven, strength-building circuit workout, such as those found at Vail Valley Manic Fitness in Edwards.

The gym’s goal is to help mountain athletes train indoors in a way that targets their performance for skiing, biking, triathlons, or whatever sport they prefer.

“Our whole focus is functional and transferable movement,” says Andy Picking of Vail Valley Manic Fitness. “That’s what we realize mountain athletes need. Everybody

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The group-class format also leads to friendly competition and provides a supportive environment. “Coming to Manic, you’re going to work with a group of your peers and your friends,� Picking says. “We’ve become a nice little family over there.�

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Aria Club trainer Andy Martin demostrates resistance band workouts are done in the gym’s FitWall studio. Kent Pettit photo. goes and does their sport. They train hard at it and are dedicated, but they’re always doing those same movements and don’t change it up.�

For example, skiers may be able to bomb down runs all day, but they lack core strength and lose the aerobic stamina they will need when transitioning back to 14ers and mountain bikes in the summer. Cyclists and runners may be able to climb all day, but they lack the lateral movement and upper-body strength that will protect them from injury and make them faster.

The hour-long sessions at Manic Fitness involve everything from sprints on rowing machines and stationary bikes to shuttle runs, medicine ball throws and suspension band drills. No exercise isolates a single muscle, making for a full-body workout with a focus on strengthening the core. “The workouts make you more durable,� Picking says. “You take a fall, and it isn’t real linear, so we do a lot of balance and cross-body movement so you can react better when

Bounce back from injury If your winter has been derailed by a current or previous injury, simply getting active again can be a struggle, much less getting into top shape.

Fortunately, recovery is a specialty at Live for Balance, an Edwards wellness clinic that offers Pilates, yoga, acupuncture, an infrared sauna, massage and nutrition coaching all under one roof.

Pilates in particular has been recognized for its healing effects when it comes to bodily injury. The movements are gentle, and help create a strong core, flexible muscles and nimble joints – all important elements when coming back from injury.

As Live for Balance owner Liz Zeigler explains, injuries are often accompanied by inflammation and decompression, and Pilates helps decongest trouble areas and lengthen muscles. Zeigler should know – she discovered Pilates as a valuable recovery tool after undergoing a total ankle fusion in 1999. “I remember the surgeon said, ‘You’re good,’ and told me I didn’t need to do rehab. I thought, ‘There’s no way that’s true,’� Zeigler says. “I was on crutches and in a cast for six months, and stumbled upon Pilates. I saw it as something I could do while healing, but it has helped so much. I have full range of motion now, and you can’t even tell I had surgery.�

The studio offers a variety of classes, but Ziegler suggests the Deep Stretch Pilates or Tower Flow classes for those in recovery.

All the classes at Live for Balance are semi-private, with three to four students, so instructors can help address individual needs. Try out the Pilates studio’s January Pilates Challenge beginning Jan. 1. For $199, you get unlimited classes for the month.

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Enter the Santa Claus workshop

Local artist Kim Andree crafts custom, handmade St. Nic figures

By Phil Lindeman

History abounds at Kim Andree’s workshop.

Set on a small dirt road and buttressed by horse pasture, the small red and white building on the north side of Eagle looks unassuming enough: a simple wood deck, several windows and a pitched roof. It was Minturn’s first post office until sometime in the mid-‘80s, when it was moved in one piece to the property Andree now calls home with her husband.

Inside, the scene isn’t far removed from a jam-packed post office at Christmastime, albeit with Andree’s personal touch. In place of letters and packages are sewing machines, a jeweler’s glass, two work tables, swaths of vintage fabric, several fur coats, and boxes upon boxes of antiques.

The interior walks a thin line between cluttered and orderly, but Andree knows the story behind each item culled from across the globe. As she opens a plastic bin filled with miniature footwear, she becomes noticeably excited.

“My closet surely isn’t filled with shoes, but my workshop is,” Andree laughs. “Don’t ask me why – these little things are just too cool. It’s all about finding some little piece that reminds you of what you did as a kid, like reliving what it was like to be young again.”

Andree, a former Eagle County Sheriff’s Office employee, has spent the past two decades gathering items for custom-made Santa Claus figures, which she builds from scratch around trinkets as small as a child’s shoe or as large as a discarded fur coat. The New Hampshire native’s verve for creating traces back to a love of sewing in her youth, when she would make her own dresses for school and prom.

“Sewing was something my grandmother taught me and my mother encouraged, but it was always so much fun,” says Andree, who still has the slightly cracked hands of an experienced seamstress. “I loved having things that were different from what everyone else

with this, I can send with them information I learn while working on a Santa.”

Finding the new in the old Andree’s process and workshop may seem whimsical – almost akin to a real-life North Pole – but it’s deeply rooted in a veracious appetite for the real people behind the antiques. Take one of her favorite pieces: a silvery brooch clip from the 1940s. As Andree turns it around in her weathered hands, she explains how it was made of steel – not silver – because the material was so common in WWII-era America, and workers had to make do with lesser metals.

“I have personally learned so much about the history of furs and unions and women’s clothing in the U.S.,” Andree says. “We don’t really think about the history of these little trinkets, or of a book that was written by someone who never wrote anything else.

This has been a cool journey.”

Today, even people who have never met Andree know her work, which she has sold to families from as far as Britain, New Zealand and Ireland. Her Santas have become extremely popular, even with price tags of nearly $1,000 for life-sized figures. (“Finding these antiques is really not cheap,” she says.) Much of this is due to the good-hearted intensity she brings to everything she does. Thanks to her personality, it’s tempting to compare Andree to the rosy-cheeked Santa of Christmas stories, but chances are she’d laugh it off.

“My husband wonders about how much time I spend on this, but I say, ‘I don’t do drugs, I don’t drink, I don’t have an exercise fetish. This is my vice,” Andree says, surrounded colorful toys and fabric. “Working in law enforcement, I found there were so many ways to go wrong, and all the mushy things can take a lot of work. This just fell into my lap. It’s about doing good and bringing back old memories while building new ones.”

Artist Kim Andree shows off her handmade vintage Santa figures, which she crafts from antiques, unique fabrics and other historical materials. Each Santa is one-ofa-kind and comes with its own storyline. Zach Mahone photo. had.” she also works part-time). The rest are made This combination of craftsmanship and for contract clients, who bring family heirdedication makes Andree’s Santa figures looms like coats or vintage dolls to use as a truly one-of-a-kind, and they exude a warm, cornerstone. cheery liveliness that’s often missing from After sketching the full Santa – some are mass-produced decorations. They look less nearly five feet tall – she makes the porcelike the Americanized Santa of Coca-Cola lain face. Each visage is born as a wooden ads and more like the St. Nic of European aperture (or mold) she carves herself on folk tales, with flowing robes and rustic the workshop’s front deck. From afar, they wooden accents. Their arms are crafted with all look vaguely familiar. But like living, copper wire she finds at garage sales, and breathing people, close inspection reveals they ride woven horses from antique stores different noses, cheekbones and chins – even or hot air balloons made of yellowed globe the dimples are slightly smaller or larger demaps. pending on the Santa.

“When I’m searching for these things, Like sewing, Andree taught herself nearly I can usually see how it’s going to look in every skill in her repertoire: woodworking, the end – it just comes to me,” Andree says. soldering and jewelry setting. She trusts her “You can lose yourself doing this, and it instincts, and when projects require a bit of helps that you can envision something and ingenuity, she learns a new skill by watchthen see it actually come to life. Sometimes I ing YouTube videos. For a recent figure, she think it’s a little crazy.” even tore apart and rebuilt an antique radio.

Andree is a self-professed Christmas Not the average Santa lover, and the last step of her weeklong proIf Andree has difficulty describing her cess is writing a story to go with the figure. process, it doesn’t show in her work. After Like any good holiday yarn, it explains who she finds inspiration in a piece of jewelry the Santa is – the man in a hot air balloon or fabric, she usually creates a sketch of the travelled the globe for 80 days – and how he Santa, etching out everything from the drape came to be, with details on where the fabric, of his clothing to the length of his beard. jewelry, dolls and accents originated.

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Whipping egg whites with sugar creates a meringue. Meringue is best made with fresh egg whites that contain no traces of egg yolks. Egg yolks, or any fat residue, on your mixer bowl and attachments will inhibit meringue from reaching its full volume and “peaking.�

The term “peak� refers to the peaks that form when you pull the whip out of the meringue. If the meringue is fluffy, matted, and creates a peak that droops or recedes back into itself, than it is still a soft peak. Stiff peak is meringue that looks thick, glossy, and maintains a stable peak that holds its shape and stands up.

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It sounds complicated, but once you familiarize yourself with these two mixtures and their stages, making roulade becomes very simple. You only need to whip meringue to stiff peaks and whip pâtÊ à bombe to ribbons. Combine the two mixtures, fold in the flour, spread into a parchment or wax paper lined pan and bake.

If you only have one mixer, (which is the case for most of us) it’s best to whip the pâte à bombe first. Pâte à bombe doesn’t achieve the same kind of volume that meringue does, so it’s less likely to get much volume if it sits while the meringue is whipping. You also want to make sure your flour is sifted before folding it into your whipped egg mixtures.

This will help ensure your mixture holds its volume while you add the flour and that your roulade does not have lumps in it after it’s baked.

Once your roulade is baked, you’ll want to immediately flip it out of the sheet pan onto a lightly floured piece of parchment paper, to prevent sticking, and allow to cool before peeling the parchment or wax paper off of the cake.

Once your cake has cooled, you can spread a thin layer of baker’s jam, and cream filling before rolling.

You can use the lightly floured piece of parchment paper to help you roll your roulade evenly and tightly. Be sure not to spread the jam or cream filling too close to the edges of the cake since it will squeeze out as you fold your roll.

You can place your roll in the refrigerator to firm up before frosting with your favorite buttercream frosting recipe. Use a fork or cake comb to create marks that will make your jelly roll look like a Yule log. You can garnish your BĂťche de NoĂŤl with raspberries, holiday sprinkles, a dusting of powdered sugar or cocoa powder, and meringue decorations for a festive dessert to share with friends and family alike!

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Yields: One 11x16-inch sheet 1 cup egg yolks(about 12 yolks) 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup egg whites (about four whites) 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup bread flour Note: For chocolate roulade, use 1/4 cup bread flour and 1/4 cup cocoa powder Jam (for filling) Buttercream frosting (for outside) Sprinkles, powdered sugar or fruit (for outside) Method 1. Line sheet pan with parchment paper.

2. Sift flour and set aside.

3. Combine yolks and sugar in a mixer and whip at high speed until ribbons form, set aside. (pâte à bombe) 4. Rinse mixer bowl thoroughly before adding egg whites.

Whip egg whites on low speed until they begin to foam and add gradually add second part of sugar (1/4 cup) in increments. Whip on high speed until stiff peaks form. (meringue) 5. In a large bowl, gently fold together pâte à bombe, meringue and flour.

7. Spread batter onto prepared sheet pan and bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 10 minutes, rotating sheet pan half way through baking. Roulade is done with cake springs back to the touch and pulls away from the sides of the sheet pan.

8. Spread jam on roulade, and roll into a log. Cover the outside with buttercream frosting and decorate. (See article for details.)

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Fusion, 330 Broadway Street Fusion is the largest salon in Eagle, featuring a spa-type atmosphere painted in earthy tones, covered by high ceilings and decorated with warm-colored furnishings.

The salon is owned by four stylists â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Vicki Willard, Leigh Tarrant, Tammy Butler and Meagan Velez â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who all moved from up-valley salons four years ago to start their own venture closer to home. A few years ago, Fusion moved into its current location, and now uses and carries Bumble and bumble products, as well as menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s products from Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dept.

Fusion offers cuts, color, facial waxing and makeup.

Also check out their ammonia-free, natural line of hair dye â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the results are the same, but without the fumes and damaging effects of chemical counterparts.

Tape-on hair extensions are the newest addition to the salonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menu. The method adds length or thickness to hair without the traditional sewing or gluing methods. Extensions are attached with a medical tape that sits close to the scalp, for a more natural look.

Ingeniously, each stylist at Fusion works with a client in a partitioned-off â&#x20AC;&#x153;vignette,â&#x20AC;? or semi-private stall. The rooms give the space a cozy feel and offer clients a little more privacy. After all, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true that people tell their hair stylists next to anything. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something you want to tell your stylist about your personal life, you can do it privately without someone sitting right next to you,â&#x20AC;? says Willard, who admits sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heard quite a lot in her 20-plus years of being a stylist. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re quote-on-quote â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;a good therapist.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; You get to be a good listener.â&#x20AC;?

Salon B, 308 Broadway Street Housed in a 100-year-old yellow cottage with white wrought-iron trim and an inviting old-fashioned porch, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss Studio B from Broadway.

The interior is equally inviting, with four rooms, comfortable furniture and homey smells wafting through the door â&#x20AC;&#x201C; entering Studio B feels more like walking into a charming home than a hair salon.

But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly what it is, run by partners Jill Weathers and Julie Burns. The veteran stylists have been in the business for more than 20 years each, and opened Studio B several years ago after working in Edwards-based salons. They exclusively use and carry Aveda products, specializing in cuts, color and highlights.

The down-valley move has been good for business, and the stylists say they love the small-town feel of running a salon on Eagleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main street. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love how it feels in here,â&#x20AC;? Weathers says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so comfortable. Sometimes big-city salons can feel sterile.â&#x20AC;?

Peridot Hair Design, 77 Gambel No. B Peridot is tucked away just off Capitol Street in Eagle Ranch Village, a one-woman operation run by stylist Lisa Brown. Hers is barely half a mile down the road from the Broadway salons in the revitalized Eagle Ranch business district.

A few years ago, businesses on Capitol Street were closing left and right, but recently, the street has seen renewed life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(The area) is coming back and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been great,â&#x20AC;? says Brown, a veteran of various Eagle County hair salons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much more energy.â&#x20AC;?

Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s salon is a glamorous and cozy space, flanked by feminine armchairs and couches, flower arrangements and a wide assortment of jewelry, scarves, hair products, handbags and other accessories. Many of the products are from small boutiques or handmade by local women.

At Peridot, Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hope is that clients can look good and feel good about how theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve spent their money. She carries only all-natural and environmentally friendly products, and some even contribute part of sales to nonprofit organizations. The product line Surface, for example, gives back to the Arbor Day Foundation and World Vision.

Brown made the move down-valley from an Edwards salon, wanting to work closer to home, as well as offer clients a more personalized experience. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll rarely find more than one client in at a time, yet Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appointment book is filled up.

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Eagleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s salons harken back to an era when you could walk into your neighborhood salon, spend a few hours getting your hair done and chat with other ladies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; albeit in a more modern, chic fashion.

While you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find up-valley ritziness or the huge mall-style, brand-name salons of the city, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find classy and incredibly personalized salons, run by experienced locals. In fact, many of the women who run Eagleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s salons tout decades of styling and cosmetology experience.

With so many places to choose from, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think there would be some competition, but stylists keep busy (better book a few weeks to a month in advance), and are incredibly supportive of the down-valley stylist community.

Stop in and check out Eagleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s salon gems â&#x20AC;&#x201C; here are a few to be sure to visit.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;What makes Peridot unique is my setting,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just me, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relaxing, warm environment. My clients like that they are the main focus.â&#x20AC;?

C&C Spa, 233 Broadway The quaint little spa inhabiting the upper level of Inkahoots boutique is the newest addition to Eagleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s salon scene. Run by stylists and cosmetologists Jessica Fisher and Lindsey Plain, C&C (short for champagne and chocolate) specializes in pampering its clients. Whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting a mani/pedi, facial, haircut and blowout or a color treatment, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also get the royal treatment. Clients are invited to kick back in the done-up attic â&#x20AC;&#x201C; filled with curvy furniture and gold and silver embellishments â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and be treated to massages and refreshments. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about the experience,â&#x20AC;? Fisher says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You should be able to come in and relax. We pamper (our customers) from the time they sit down.â&#x20AC;?

The spa offers hair services, waxing, facials, makeup, manicures and pedicures, as well as services for weddings and other special events. Their â&#x20AC;&#x153;experience packageâ&#x20AC;? lets customers choose from all the spaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s services for an afternoon or evening of pampering.

While Fisher and Plain donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the 20-plus years in the business that some of their colleagues have, what they lack in years, they make up for in trendy styles and miles of enthusiasm. The salon has only been open a few months, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already participated in several local fundraising events, and have planned a grand opening bash for Jan. 12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just a fun, upbeat salon,â&#x20AC;? Fisher says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want people to feel good when they leave. Sometimes people feel like they got a new look after leaving and go downstairs and get a new outfit, too.â&#x20AC;?

SneakPEAK editor Melanie Wong can be reached at Melanie@sneakpeakvail.com

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When you observe the sheer size of what are todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powder-specific skis, there really is not much of a chance that this same ski is going to carve just as well on the front side.

At the same time, you will be hard pressed to find a great carving ski that is suitable in the bumps and that will keep you cruising on a powder day.

That said, time and technology continue to bring improvements to the modern skis that have created some wonderful choices that can serve as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;one-ski quiver.â&#x20AC;?

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The elusive all-mountain ski Really want something that does it all? (Or at least comes close.) For an all-mountain ski, I prefer the ski to be somewhere between 95 and 110 millimeter under foot with some rocker built in at least to the tip of the ski. I still like to ski â&#x20AC;&#x153;old school,â&#x20AC;? and prefer a more traditional flat tail so I can utilize the back end of the ski to accelerate out of turns.

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those criteria and ski incredibly easily. The Dynastar Cham 97 is one of these skis that boasts the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;levitation profile.â&#x20AC;?

With big rocker (early rise) in the tip, traditional camber under foot, and a tapered tail design similar to the BBR from Salomon, this ski is a super fun and easy turning ski that is effortless to work in new snow and also hold a nice edge on the hard stuff. The tapered tail is designed to make the ski release from each turn easily. The Cham 97 is a really fun ski to get out and play on in all conditions while also allowing you to charge your favorite steep lines on the mountain as hard as you wish.

Head also has a new line this year that has been very hot off the demo rack. I skied the Head Rev series last year and early this season and found it to be maybe the most versatile, fun and ripping all-mountain ski I have ever skied with the exception of one other (more on that in a second). Both the Rev 90 and the Rev 105 ski well in all conditions. They are â&#x20AC;&#x153;lightâ&#x20AC;? but also carve like a dream. A sandwich cap construction helps the Rev series stay super stable at speed, which is a must for the hard-charging, all-mountain skier. My personal preference is the Rev 105, but for those looking for a bit more versatility that is quicker from edge to edge and a better performer in the bumps, the narrower Rev 90 is just the ticket.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s move on to my number one all around pick. For the past two seasons my favorite has been the Rossignol S7. At 115 millimeters under foot, it boasts a unique design that has

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The Nordica Hell and Back and the Steadfast rank right up at the top of the list with the Nordica Camrock and I-core technology. Both of these skis do it all very well and have a more traditional tail profile, making the skis snappy. Two standards from Volkl, the Kendo and the Mantra, also have a lot of rocker built into the tip of the ski and have a classic all-mountain feel. The Mantra is the stiffer of the two with two sheets of titanium used in construction. The Mantra is a rocket ship in all conditions, so be prepared to hang on during a fun, fast and rock-solid ride down the mountain.

Don’t forget the Salomon Rocker2 90 and the BBR 8.9.

The Rocker2 holds an edge at speed extremely well for a twin tip and would even allow you to switch it up in the terrain park some. The funky looking BBR 8.9 turned heads last season with a breakthrough design that skis incredibly well across the mountain. Plus, it just looks cool.

Christy Sports Beaver Creek Courtney Landry with the Women’s Armada TST and the Dynastar Legend Eden. Kent Pettit photo. been heavily imitated. The S7 looks pretty funky on the rack, but you have got to ski it if you have not given it a try.

This ski appears to be a straight up powder board staring back at you off the retail rack, but it is much more. Take it out for a demo ride, and you will want a pair. This ski absolutely crushes everything, and its little brother, the S3, which is 98 millimeters under foot, is another great choice for the all-mountain ripper. The women’s Rossignol S3 is extremely popular.

Other contenders There are a bunch of honorable-mention skis in this class that would easily work as a one-ski quiver depending on

Carvers and powder boards For those of you looking for a pure carving ski, the Head I-Titan Supershape ski will not be compromised. This ski has a similar construction to Head’s full-blown race skis, but is also accepted as a recreational skier’s dream that loves to carve. This ski is a true trench digger. Stand on top of the I-Titan, lean into the front of your ski boots, and watch this ski arc perfect lines in the hard pack as you smile your way back to the lift. Two other great choices are the Nordica Fire Arrow 84 and the top selling ski in the world the last two years, the K2 Rictor.

Full-rocker technology on big, old fatty skis is what you should look for when shopping for a true powder ski, and every manufacturer has a choice. The Armada JJ, Nordica Patron, Salomon Rocker 122 and K2 Sideseth will all get it done with a grin on fresh snow days.

The very bottom line of course is to get out there and ski, and be sure to find that perfect fit for you for the mountain.

We all have different tastes and styles. These come only as recommendations and a solid place to start on your personal hunt for a favorite. Chances are I’ll see you out there with a big old smile on your face if you do.

SneakPEAK writer Larry Grossman can be reached at info@sneakpeakvail.com

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The traveling minstrel is based in Arizona when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not touring, but most of his time is spent on the road. He has played more than 100 shows to date, and he has no idea how much money he has raised so far â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he just knows his efforts are going to good causes.

And the causes are vast and varied. Before his Red Cliff stop, Helmer played in Austin to benefit assistance pets, and a few towns away in New Braunfels, he played to raise funds for a battered-womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shelter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted the 24 Nights tour to be about helping whatever cause the venue owners and staff wanted,â&#x20AC;? Helmer says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I left it very open ended on purpose.â&#x20AC;?

On the road Helmer travels with no band and no crew, often for long stretches at a time. Time on the road has brought him in contact with thousands of people and hundreds of causes that make the experience worthwhile, he says.

One of his most memorable was a show at a state fair in Kansas. Temperatures were searing, but it ended up being one of his best shows. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Afterward, the people sponsoring the show came up to me and invited me to come play at a party they had every year afterward,â&#x20AC;? Helmer says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They put me up for a couple days.

I had just done a month-and-a-half straight of shows, and it was so nice to stay somewhere for awhile. There was a wraparound porch and the whole town was there â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it was like a Mellencamp video or something.â&#x20AC;?

Helmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debut album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wake Me When Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Over,â&#x20AC;? scheduled for release on Jan. 23, will also spread goodwill using the same concept as his 24 Nights tour. The album will be free for anyone who donates at least $5 to a good cause of their choice.

The albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Time to Say Goodbyeâ&#x20AC;? (available for free download at www.scotthelmer.com), is an autobiographical account of Helmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story and what brought him back to music.

Helmer says his hope is that listeners can identify with his music, or glean insight from his hardships. Even so, he says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strange to talk so much about a time in his life that he sees as part of the past. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a pretty positive person and it takes a lot to beat me down. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been weird to keep talking about it. I have moved on and moved forward, but when you tell the story, I can see that a lot of people are relating to it,â&#x20AC;? Helmer says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything has really been a blessing in disguise â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that I never would have said at that time. Now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s everything that was meant to be. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing what I was put here for.â&#x20AC;?

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SneakSPORTS: Don’t mess up a good thing

This fan is wishing that the NFL stays as it is this Christmas

which translates into more money for owners and television networks.

If anyone watched the last Monday Night Football game they will understand without a doubt, why adding more teams is not a recipe for success -- teams that miss the playoffs stink! Nobody wants to watch the agony that is Mark Sanchez and the New York offense, not even their own fans.

I wish the NFL owners Adding undeserving teams into the playoff mix will only and Commissioner Roger make the game worse.

Goodell would realize that their game is almost perfect All our playoff wishes come true and leave it alone.

Speaking of the playoffs, I’m here to grant your wish of Patrick Whitehurst The more the NFL at- making sense of the National Football Conference (NFC). tempts to change the game Two of the divisions are locked up (Atlanta will be the no. under the veil of player safety 1 seed with a win Saturday in Detroit, and Green Bay curand the pretense of expansion, the more damaged their prod- rently holds the no. 3 spot) while the NFC West is going to uct is becoming. The commissioner recently stated that he send San Francisco (no. 2) and a red-hot Seattle team into wouldn’t mind seeing kickoffs eliminated from the game. the postseason.

Goodell theorizes that more violent collisions take place durThe NFC East features mega-markets with huge stars and ing this sequence than other formations. Under his proposal high expectations. The regular season finale in Washington (which will be addressed during future league meetings), the D.C. between the Cowboys and Redskins will be the defacto kickoff will be replaced by a fourth down and 15 from the divisional championship game if both teams win in week 16. scoring team’s own 30-yard line.

The drama that unfolds as Robert Griffin III and Tony Romo Teams will have the option of attempting to convert a first battle can only be matched by the pressure on the New York down, executing a fake punt or punting the ball away. That Giants and two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning. If Big doesn’t sound like real football to me. Instead it’s more like Blue wins out (at Baltimore and home against Philly) the dean obscure format some intramural game with odd numbers fending champs will be the final wild card and in a familiar would employ. spot -- road warriors capable of making deep run.

The last contenders come from the NFC North. The Bears On postseason extension are sliding, but it’s possible that road wins at Arizona and You know what else isn’t real football? Goodell’s next Detroit will wipe the slate clean for Jay Cutler and Chicago. proposal. He believes the NFL should expand the postseason Minnesota has the toughest road, but any team powered by to 14 or 16 teams instead of 12. At first thought, that might the greatest individual talent in league, running back Adrian sound like a good idea; more teams means more games, Peterson has a shot. AP is chasing Eric Dickerson’s singleEditor’s Note: Minturnbased sports fan Patrick Whitehurst writes for www. fanrag.com. Read his musings on the site or in SneakPEAK.

season rushing record, but most Minnesota fans are wishing for victories against the Texans and Packers.

Wishes do come true, here’s proof: At this time last year in Colorado many football fans were wishing their beloved Broncos had a quarterback that could make every throw and a leader that struck fear in opponents when he buckled his chinstrap. John Elway granted Broncos fans their wishes when he signed Peyton Manning, the only four-time league MVP (#18 could quite possibly win his fifth in a few weeks).

Manning got his wish as well -- he plays for a serious contender and has proved to everyone that he is as good, if not better than he ever was. It’s no secret -- wide receivers want to catch the ball. Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker are jubilated to play with Peyton Manning. Both players will be named to the Pro Bowl and a trip to Hawaii awaits. What a difference one player makes!

The Broncos need to beat the Cleveland Browns and Kansas City Chiefs at Mile High to receive a bye during Wild Card Weekend. A week off and an impending home playoff game is nice, but fans of the Orange and Blue may have another wish granted if Peyton were to face off against his nemesis and only contemporary on the Mount Rushmore of QBs -- Tom Brady. The Patriots loss to the 49ers means that New England finds themselves with the American Football Conference’s third seed. If New England advances to the divisional round, “The Hoodie and Mr. Bundchen” would have to travel to Colorado the second week in January.

Back in August my Super Bowl pick was the Packers over the Patriots. Now I hope Green Bay plays Denver in Super Bowl 47 with the Cheeseheads coming out on top. A Wisconsin kid in the Rocky Mountains can dream, right?!

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ski season last year, I had two options: sell the place or rebrand it. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to sell, so it was time to freshen things up.â&#x20AC;?

Ale House, modeled after Leitsteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popular San Diego hot-spot Pacific Beach Ale House, is meant to be that fresh start. The menu is an amalgam of his most popular dishes, with staples like burgers rubbing elbows with uncommon plates like shrimp and grits. Everything gets the gourmet treatment, from locally raised beef to artisanal sausage. When possible, Leitstein says his chef, former Splendido chef Kurt Wujcik, will use local ingredients, and each item will come with a suggested beer pairing.

Ale Houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beer list also takes a cue from San Diego, which enjoys a burgeoning craftbrewing scene similar to Colorado. The steel-and-wood bar will house 20 drafts, including roughly 10 rotating taps from stateside breweries like Denverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Great Divide Brewing Company and local favorites Crazy Mountain Brewery.

When Leitstein closed Sandbar in May, the craft-brew craze hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet hit Vail. Now, his new restaurant is competing against the upscale sports bar Tavern on the Gore in Vail Village and Summit County transplant Red Mountain Grill in Avon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who knows if the craft beer movement is here to stay, but people have always liked fine wine and fine food, so why wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t they enjoy fine beer?â&#x20AC;? Leitstein says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These brewers are basically chefs these days.â&#x20AC;?

For regulars who enjoyed Sandbarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vibe, Ale House wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem entirely alien â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;White Trash Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;? has even been rebranded as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prohibition Wednesdays.â&#x20AC;? The pool and foosball tables remain, the open-sided bar is in the same spot and Barber will continue bringing in live music. The stage still takes up an entire corner, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now decked out with a new sound system and nearby auxiliary bar for busy concerts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Instead of a place like Sandbar, where you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even think to come for New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dinner, you can get food and watch a show,â&#x20AC;? Barber says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We opened things up so you can see the stage, see the music â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just feel invited.â&#x20AC;?

Aside from a new food and beer menu, that sense of openness is Ale Houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most alluring feature. Sandbar occasionally felt disjointed and claustrophobic, but Ale Houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exposed piping, vaulted ceilings and open layout are striking, even in the same space.

In for the long haul For the first season â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which kicks off in full with a grand opening on Dec. 29 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Leitstein brought in a handful of employees from his San Diego restaurant and bought them all ski passes. Many of them spent the weekend skiing, while he and Barber were manically prepping the new restaurant. Manic, that is, for everyone but Leitstein, who shrugs off missing the powder. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been out yet because I wanted to save my legs for after the first big, good storm, you know?â&#x20AC;? Leitstein says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the first day that gets you â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the second day.

Everything feels fine until that second day, then you hurt and can hardly stand. After that, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fine.â&#x20AC;?

If Sandbar was the proverbial â&#x20AC;&#x153;second dayâ&#x20AC;? of skiing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; fun and crowded, but spotty and only intermittently enjoyable â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Leitstein hopes Ale House will be like a stellar ski season, the sort of thing that keeps customers old and new returning for more. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really want the locals to talk this up the way they did with Sandbar, but this is a new experience,â&#x20AC;? Leitstein says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a casual place. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good food without pretense. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a football game, watching a show or grabbing a meal, we want people to be comfortable here.â&#x20AC;?

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Friday, Dec. 21 Winter Solstice party at Spa Anjali Studio Anjali at The Athletic Club at The Westin Riverfront in Avon hosts a special Winter Solstice Celebration from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The event is free and open to the community. Studio Anjali will transform itself into a cathedral of light for this special candlelit ceremony designed “to usher participants into their individual and communal paths.”

The event will be led by Studio Anjali instructor Suzanne Oliver, and participants will share poetry and stories of Solstice tidings. Cima hosts hot chocolate and cider by the fire afterwards.

Thursday, Dec. 20 to Monday, Dec. 24 Taste of Vail tickets on sale

The 23rd Annual Taste of Vail food and wine festival are on sale now with discounted pricing until Christmas Eve. This year’s event will be April 4 to 6. Tickets purchased before Dec. 24 for the Mountaintop Picnic are $100 (regular $135) and $125 for the Grand Tasting (regular $175). For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.tasteofvail.com or call 970-401-3320.

Thursday, Dec. 20 to Wednesday, Dec. 26 Vail Holidaze

Family-friendly holiday events go through Christmas, including family movie nights at Lionshead, visits from the Candy Cane Patrol, ice skating shows, carolers and more.

For a full schedule of events, see www.vail.com/ events/holidaze.

Thursday, Dec. 20 Winter photography class

Friday, Dec. 21 Salvation Army benefit concert

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Friday, Dec. 21 The Apocalypse party at Agave

Deepen your love and appreciation for our natural surroundings through photography this winter. Commercial and editorial photographer, Steven DeWitt teaches this class at the Lionshead Welcome Center. Class goes from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and costs $80.

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Come enjoy an unforgettable evening with Michael Bolton, whose hits include, “When a Man Loves a Woman,” “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You,” “Time, Love and Tenderness,” “How Can We be Lovers,” “Georgia on my Mind” and many more. Tickets are $120/$150 (based on seating) and are available online at www.vilarpac.org, or by calling 888-920-2787 or in person at the VPAC Box Office in Beaver Creek.

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Friday, Dec. 21 and Saturday, Dec. 22 Riverwalk Old-Fashioned Christmas

Christmas tree lighting happens on the Riverwalk plaza between the Bookworm and Last Course Restaurant. Children will be encouraged to bring an ornament to hang on the tree.

Come for a holiday book reading at the Bookworm. Santa Claus and his reindeer will be on hand to take requests.

Saturday, Dec. 22 Family FunFest at Beaver Creek

Watch the village come alive with music, magic, food and funfrom 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.. Get your caricature drawn or face painted, partake in some fun games and activities, or just sit back and listen to the music. The afternoon is complete with games, prizes, a bouncy house, caricature art, music and more.

Saturday, Dec. 22 Mini Music Makers in Minturn

This free, special event is back for a second year at Minturn Music and will be led by acclaimed singer/songwriter Elli Gauthier. Music and refreshments will be provided along with a holiday story read by Jodi Jahrling to kick off the hour at 2 p.m.

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Come to the Colorado Mountain College campus in Edwards for the first annual winter farmers market, held weekly on 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.

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4 Eagle Ranch | 4091 Highway #131, Wolcott | 970.926.3372 Adam’s Mountain Country Club | 1094 Frost Creek Drive, Eagle | 970.328.2326 Baboune’s | 0131 Chambers Ave., Eagle | 970.328.2425 Bonfire Brewing | 0127 W. 2nd St., Eagle | 970.422.6258 The Bowlmor Café | 50 Chambers Ave., Eagle | 970.328.BOWL Brush Creek Saloon | 241 Broadway, Eagle | 970.328.5279 Dietrich’s Cafe | 313 Chambers Ave., Eagle | 970.328.5021 Dog House Grill | 10663 Highway 6, Gypsum | 970.524.1660 Dusty Boot | 1099 Capitol St., Eagle | 970.328.7002 Eagle Diner | 112 Chambers Ave., Eagle | 970.328.1919 Ekahi Grill and Catering | 500 Red Table Dr. Unit 1E, Gypsum | 970.524.4745 El Pariente Mexican Restaurant | 0050 Chambers Ave. #E, Eagle | 720.289.8782 Fiesta Jalisco | 0701 Chambers Ave., Eagle | 970.328.9300 Gourmet China | 0212 Chambers Ave., Eagle | 970.328.0866 Grand Avenue Grill | 678 Grand Ave., Eagle | 970.328.4043 Gypsum Grill Steakhouse | 686 Trail Gulch Rd., Gypsum | 970.524.7365 H.P.’s Provisions | 1160 Capitol St., Eagle | 970.328.5280 Heidis Brooklyn Deli | 150 Cooley Mesa Rd., Gypsum | 970.777.3663 Luigi’s Pasta House | 1143 Capitol St., Eagle | 970.328.5400 Manto’s Pizza | 106 Oak Ridge Ct., Gypsum | 970.524.6266 Moe’s Original BBQ | 630 Grand Ave., Eagle | 970.337.2277 Old Kentucky Tavern | 225 Broadway, Eagle | 970.328.5259 Paradigms | Corner of 4th and Capital St., Eagle | 970.328.7990 Pastatively Roberto’s Italian Cuisine | 94 Market St., Eagle | 970.328.7324 Pazzo’s Pizzeria | 50 Chambers Ave., Eagle | 970.337.9900 Red Canyon Cafe | 128 Broadway Ave., Eagle | 970.328.2232 Strecker’s Market and Cafe | 925 Greenway Unit 103, Gypsum | 970.524.2728 Yeti’s Grind | 330 Broadway Ave., Eagle | 970.328.9384

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EDWARDS Balata | 1265 Berry Creek Rd | 970.477.5353 Bonjour Bakery | 97 Main St. | 970.926.5539 Bookworm | 295 Main St. | 970.926.7323 Belmont Deli | 105 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.1796 Cafe 163 | 105 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.1163 Cafe Milano | 429 Edwards Access Rd. #A208 | 970.926.4455 Dish | 56 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.3433 E town | 295 Main St. | 970.926.4080 Eat! Drink! | 56 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.1393 Fiesta’s Cantina | 57 Edwards Access Rd. | 970.926.2121

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Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Ludwigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s | Sonnenalp Resort | 970.479.5429 The Marketplace | One Willow Bridge Rd. | 970.477.4370 Market CafĂŠ | 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 Moeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Osakiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s | 100 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.0977 Pazzoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizzeria | 122 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.9026 Pepiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Russellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s | By the Covered Bridge | 970.476.6700 Sandbar Sports Grill | West Vail Mall | 970.476.4314 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 Vendettaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s | 291 Bridge St. | 970.476.5070 Vail Chophouse | 675 West Lionshead Place | 970.477.0555 Wendyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alpine Coffee Shop | 4695 Racquet Club Dr. Westside Cafe & Market | 2211 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7890 Yama Sushi | 168 Gore Creek Dr. | 970.476.7332 Yetiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grind | Located in the Solaris | 970.476.1515

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Northern Italian

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Creative American

D

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French and American

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French

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Contemporary American

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Mexican

LD

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BD

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Family/American/European

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International CafĂŠ

BLD

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Chinese

LD

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D

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Modern Italian

LD

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Barbecue

LD

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Sushi/Asian

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Italian/Pizza/Grinders

BLD

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Continental/Wild Game

LD

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Mexican

LD

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American

LD

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D

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Americana

BLD

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Sandwiches

BLD

$

Sushi, Asian

LD

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Creative American

LD

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Contemporary American

LD

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Mountian American Grill

BLD

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Contemporary American

BLD

$$

Eclectic Pub

D

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American Cuisine

LD

$$

Italian & Pizza

LD

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Steakhouse

LD

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Pastries

BL

$

Casual American

BLD

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Sushi and Pacific Spices

D

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Coffee & Sandwiches

BL

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The Barberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Den Edwards Edwards Plaza Plaza Bldg.

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970-926-8091 970-926-8091

198 Gore Creek Dr., Vail

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223 Gore Creek Drive Vail 970-476-1769 Open 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.

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