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The Vail Symposium’s panel program on Thursday is an opportunity to hear not only from two nationally recognized experts but also local law enforcement about issues that impact us as a community and a country. (Special to the Daily)
Following massive nationwide protests in the wake of several widely publicized deaths in police custody such as George Floyd’s, robust debates about what the future of policing ought to look like have emerged. On Thursday at 6 p.m., Vail Symposium welcomes a panel of experts, including Vail Police Chief Dwight Henninger, to virtually discuss the police reform in America.
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Trail use is exploding on the Booth Lake trail. The town of Vail may have the quickest solution to limit that use.
The Vail Town Council at its Feb. 2 meeting heard a presentation from town staff members about use on the trail, and possible options to limit use on the town’s most popular trail into the Eagles Nest Wilderness.
Vail Police Chief Dwight Henninger told councilmembers that use on the trail may have jumped by roughly 50% in 2020. That puts more people on a wilderness trail than the U.S. Forest Service wants to see.
A town-commissioned study notes that Forest Service guidelines call for no more than 12 parties encountered per day on a trail. The study notes the Booth Lake trail has exceeded those guidelines in five of the past six years. The average number of high season encounters has jumped from 36 per day in 2019 to 55 per day in 2020.
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EAGLE COUNTY The party starts now.
For the fourth time, the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships will be held on American soil. For the third time, skiing’s biannual celebration of its best and brightest will be held in the Vail Valley. The 2015 edition of the Championships promises to be the biggest event yet held in the valley.
This year’s two-week event was years in the making, requiring more than $50 million in fundraising and sponsorships. That money has gone into an extravaganza that will be featured on live TV around the world, with the time difference between Colorado and central Europe allowing prime-time coverage there.
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Pastor Tim Wilbanks, President of the Vail Religious Foundation, on Monday announced the members of the volunteer advisory committee that will steer fundraising efforts related to the Vail Interfaith Chapel’s $10 million 50th Anniversary Capital Campaign.
“This volunteer committee supports restoring and maintaining our beloved Chapel, and values it as one of Vail’s cultural and historic centers,” Wilbanks said. “We are so grateful for their support, not only financially but with their time and energy over these next two years.”
Vail Pioneer Rod Slifer was one of the first to volunteer to help the chapel. Slifer brokered the land deal in the late 1960s when the original chapel building was built.