DENVER, June 10, 2021 The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) and the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) have announced 16 regional teams, representing 169 rural communities, as participants in the Colorado Rural Resiliency and Recovery Roadmap program.
Beaver Creek presents Bloom
Katie Mermerie will perform all sorts of amazing feats like stilt walking, hoop spinning and fire eating during Beaver Creek’s Bloom celebration now through March 27. (Beaver Creek Resort Company
Special to the Daily).
Beaver Creek Extraordinaire presents Bloom, a celebration of springtime in the mountains. Every day through March 27 enjoy live entertainment and performers on the plaza level near the ice rink in Beaver Creek Village. After the slopes close, take the escalators down to the free family fun. In addition to the nightly entertainment, don’t forget the activities that happen on Saturdays with the Family Aprés Ski events.
Vail and Beaver Creek Mountains are open
We’re pleased to have a ski season at both Vail and Beaver Creek this year. As anticipated, there are certain criteria that need to be followed in order for Vail Resorts to safely keep the slopes open. Here’s what you need to know before hitting Vail and Beaver Creek Mountains this month:
Face coverings – required to access the mountain, in all indoor spaces, in any line, in chairlifts and gondolas and whenever you are unable to maintain physical distance.
Reservations – A reservation system has been put into place for all pass holders and will be required for access to Vail and Beaver Creek Mountains before you arrive at the chairlift. There are various Epic Pass offerings, from just a few days on the hill to purchasing the whole season. Learn more at epicpass.com
Ice Bikes are basically beach cruisers with a blade instead of a wheel in the front and a studded snow tire on the back. The whole bike is on a frame that is also on blades so it can slide. (Beaver Creek Resort
Special to the Daily)
If you haven’t been up to Beaver Creek’s ice rink lately, you probably haven’t seen that latest way to travel on ice. Ice Bikes offer riders a way to safely travel on the slick surface and provide a bit of a workout, too.
You may be wondering just how this could work, since gravitational forces could easily place you and the bike on the ground horizontally in no time flat. But these bikes have been built to prevent them from tipping over.
Opening ceremonies for Beaver Creek were held on Dec. 15, 1980. From left to right: Brain Rapp, president of Beaver Creek Resort Company; Harry Bass, chairman of Vail Associates; unidentified Forest Service representative; Jack Marshall, president of Vail Associates; then-governor Dick Lamm; former U.S. president Gerald Ford. (Vail Resorts
Special to the Daily)
Editor’s Note: The Vail Daily’s Tricia Swenson has compiled this information from talks with longtime locals, her own experience as a Beaver Creek Children’s Ski and Snowboard School instructor and from books from the Avon Public Library.
The first known inhabitants of the Beaver Creek Valley were primarily the Utes as well as hunting parties from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes. The Utes were called “Blue Sky People” by other tribes. They called the peaks that surrounded them “The Shining Mountains.”