A celebration of Rod Slifer, the visionary Vail pioneer who died on Feb. 3, 2024, at the age of 89 will take place on Thursday, June 27, at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail..
Rod Slifer was not a statue-in-the-town plaza kind of guy. In fact, he cringed at the plaza being named after him at all. Or the ski run. Or a book being written about him. Or.