Four years after the passing of Pepi Gramshammer, the town settled on a location and concept for a memorial honoring the Vail legend. Gramshammer arrived in Vail from Austria in the fall of 1962. Two.
Mikaela Shiffrin isn’t so sure about this whole GOAT thing. She recently told an interviewer that she doesn’t consider herself the GOAT of alpine skiing and that she finds the moniker, um, “interesting.” “The meaning.
Everyone, and every place, has to start somewhere. In Vail’s case, that start came with a big idea, subject to the whims of nature and the determination of those who thought a brand-new ski area.
Like hundreds of communities around the U.S., the influx of visitors and newcomers – from those who come for a few days to others who buy second homes – has made housing nearly impossible to find for the workers needed to support the region's tourism.