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Vino for allBeaver Creek Wine and Spirits Festival returns

Fierce Bad RabbitIndie-rock darlings come to town with unorthodox tunes

Vail’s botanical jewelBetty Ford Alpine Gardens celebrates 25 years

Flying highWith a mountaintop zipline and two challenge courses, Vail makes its fi rst push for truly year-round recreation

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VAIL TENNIS CENTERCall 970-479-2294 or visit www.vailrec.com for more information

The Vail Tennis Center offers eight Har-Tru clay courts, some of the best clay courts in the country, plus two hard courts and a full-service pro shop. Visit www.vailrec.com to learn more about leagues, lessons, junior programs and much more.

VAIL NATURE CENTERCall 970-479-2291 or visit www.vailrec.com for more information

The Vail Nature Center, located along the banks of beautiful Gore Creek, offers a wide variety of hiking and other outdoor activities for youth, adults and families all week including Wild ower Hikes, Full-Day Backcountry Hikes, Childrens’ Fly Fishing, Art in Nature, Stargazing and more. Visit www.vailrec.com for information on the full range of programs offered by the Vail Nature Center.

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Open daily, the Vail Golf Club is a public 18-hole, par-71 golf course with pro shop,driving range, full-service restaurant and more. Take advantage of great twilight ratesafter 3:30 p.m., and don’t miss a variety of leagues and instructional opportunities.Book tee times and learn more online at www.vailgolfclub.net.

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Pre Kamp Vail | Monday-Friday | Ages 30 months to 5 yearsCamp Vail | Monday-Friday | Ages 5 and entering K to 12 yearsCamp Eco Fun | Mondays/Wednesdays or Tuesdays/Thursdays | Ages 4 to 11 yearsExtreme Camp Vail | Fridays | Ages -13 yearsSkateboard Clinics | Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.Mad Scientists | Fridays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

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KEEN Vail Kids Adventure Race & Family Expo | Aug. 8-11 www.vailkidsadventurerace.comAthletic Club at the Westin Camp Hale Mountain Bike Race | Aug. 14Open Gym | Mondays, 7-8:30 p.m. | Vail Gymnastics CenterCoors Coaching Hour | Tuesdays, 5-6 p.m. | Vail Golf ClubVail Strides Running Club | Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. | Meet at Vail ChophouseLadies, Lessons and Libations | Thursdays, 5:30-6:45 p.m. | Vail Golf ClubS’more’s and More | Fridays, 7-8:30 p.m. | Vail Nature CenterFree Creekside Tours | Sundays, 11 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. | Departs Vail Farmers’ Market

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La Sportiva 5k, 10k@10,000 Feet Trail Running Race | Aug. 25Athletic Club at the Westin Beaver Creek Blast Mountain Bike Race | Aug. 28Dobson Ice Arena Open House | Sept. 4La Sportiva 5k, 11k EverGold Trail Running Race | Sept. 15

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Tumble, bounce and cartwheel at the Vail Gymnastics Center. Toddler Bear gymnastics classes serve children as soon as they can walk, but VRD also coaches a competitive team. Walk-in guests are welcome to join classes and visiting competitive gymnasts can join the team for practices while in the area. Drop-ins are welcome. Please call ahead.

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While some bands feature members with similar

styles and tastes, the four members of Fierce Bad Rabbit bring different perspectives, talents and genres to make a collective sound people are excited about. Chris Anderson (vocals, guitar, piano), Max Barcelow (drums), Dayton Hicks (bass) and Alana Rolfe (viola, vo-cals), hail from Fort Collins, Minnesota, Alabama and Iowa, respectively. They have been crafting their sound and rock-ing out since 2009.

“We’ve always fallen into the indie pop/rock genre, but as our music has evolved, we’ve heard folk, pop and just plain rock,” Hicks said. “No one really knows what the definition of indie is anymore so we just continue making music we like and hope that people like it too.”

Named after the Beatrix Potter story “A Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit,” the band is influenced by music both old and new. Classic influences include Chicago, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones, while their more recent as-sortment of influences includes Nine Inch Nails, The Killers, Smashing Pumpkins, The Shins and the Indigo Girls.

“I was born and raised in Fort Collins, and since it’s a col-lege town it has always had a lot of influences in terms of music, especially for its size,” Anderson said. “In the last 10 years it has really grown into a cool scene that encourages musicians to be really creative, and also supportive. When we formed in 2009, I think our sound was something pretty new to the area, as many bands were doing jam band/Ameri-cana type music and we were different than that.”

Since their inception in 2009, the band has released an album each year and is planning another one this winter be-fore heading back to the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in March. Taking place in Austin, Texas, SXSW has grown into one of the largest music festivals in the world with more than 2,000 performers and bands playing in more than 100 venues.

Evolving soundUntil their most recent album “The Maestro and the El-

ephant,” Anderson did all of the song writing for the most part, with individual harmonies and instrumentals added by other members. This time the band decided to change things

up a bit. “This album was a first in that I went to Nashville last

summer and collaborated with some industry vets on a few songs and then Alana and Max each wrote on the album as well,” he said. “This album is a mix of a lot of different sounds, influences, genres and people coming together.”

Clearly not afraid to do things differently, Fierce Bad Rab-bit utilizes an instrument concert-goers don’t see every day: the viola.

“The viola has a deeper sound than the violin, for instance, and rounds out the overall sound of the instrumentals in a way that gives a little classic vibe infused into the modern songs,” Rolfe said. “A lot of bands have string players in them, but I think we’re using the viola strategically and pair-ing it with piano and guitar parts to enhance our songs in a way that is memorable.”

Newcomers Although the band has performed at mountain resort

towns over the years, their Aug. 14 show marks their Beaver Creek debut. According to Barcelow and Rolfe, attendees are going to have a great time.

“I think the audience can expect songs that they can relate to, dance to, and sing along to … and just a fun, upbeat show that appeals to a wide array of people,” Barcelow said.

“We’re really excited to play in Beaver Creek. We love heading up to the mountains and we always have really posi-tive experiences engaging with tourists as well as Colorado folks. Nothing beats playing outside in a gorgeous setting, so we’re looking forward to our time in BC,” said Rolfe.

If you go...Who: Fierce Bad Rabbit When: Wednesday, Aug. 14 from 6 p.m. to 7

p.m.Where: Behind Beaver Creek Chophouse Cost: FreeTo learn more about Fierce Bad Rabbit or hear

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Fort Collins-based foursome Fierce Bad Rabbit brings eclectic indie rock to Beaver Creek. Interviewed by Laura Lieff.

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It looks like King Kong’s jungle gym. For the past few months, construction crews have been bustling around the top of Vail Moun-

tain, assembling three gargantuan structures not far from the resort’s high-altitude hub at Adventure Ridge.

It’s the summertime home for pulse-pounding sports like mountain biking and slacklin-ing, but such traditional activities pale in comparison to the monstrous newcomers: A zipline some 60 feet tall and 1,200 feet long, plus two challenge courses strung with ropes, swings, logs and ladders suspended anywhere between 10 and 35 feet off the ground.

With less than a week remaining before the first guests unleash their inner apes on Aug. 10, crews were still putting the final touches on the challenge courses. Not far away, Adven-ture Ridge staff members took practice runs down the thin, taut cables of the zipline, almost like waiters tasting a new dish before it’s added to dinner service.

Thanks to the new additions, Vail’s menu of recreational activities is rapidly expanding. The wooden supports and woven ropes of the challenge courses could make odd counter-points to the sleek metal towers of Eagle Bahn Gondola to the west, yet they unexpectedly blur the lines between summer and winter. The chairlift is Vail’s bread and butter in the midst of ski season, and resort executives hope the zipline and challenge courses will be-come the same for summer months, attracting hordes of new visitors who would otherwise lounge on a beach or head to Disneyworld.

“These are part of an interactive mountain experience,” said Mark Hendrickson, Vail’s new senior manager of Adventure Ridge and summer operations. “It’s not just going to the carnival or an amusement park and riding the rides. It’s about bringing people to the moun-tains and showing how we can use resources in a responsible, meaningful way.”

Standing apartZiplines and challenge courses are hardly novel ideas. Zip Adventures outside of Wol-

cott has been around for nearly a decade, and aerial ropes courses are found ev-erywhere from Boy Scout camps near Nederland to the Colorado State Univer-sity campus in Fort Collins. All include some element of teamwork and confidence building – they’re favor-ite destinations for school groups and summer camps on educational outings – and Hendrickson believes the Vail versions will be no dif-ferent.

“There’s a reason we live in the mountains and love the mountains,” said Hen-drickson. “We learn so much while playing and recreat-ing, and we want to pass that along to everyone who comes here.”

As with ski season, Vail had to find some way of ris-ing above the competition, and it begins with sheer scope. The additions are part of a 2007 master development plan, an overarching document outlining how the resort would grow to be a 12-month recreational Mecca. When President Barack Obama approved the U.S. Forest Service’s Ski Area Rec-reational Opportunity Enhancement Act in 2011, a longwinded yet groundbreaking docu-

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By the numbersVail’s newest summertime attractions meld

stunning vistas and educational elements with pure, unadulterated excitement. Before heading to Adventure Ridge for a first-hand test run of the zipline and challenge courses, know what you’re in for. A breakdown of the alpine playground:

ZiplineTotal length: 1,200 feetHighest point: 60 feetTop speed: 40 mphNumber of lanes: FourCost: $20 for the first ride, $15 for additional

ridesAge requirement: 9 years old and up

Challenge coursesHighest point: 35 feetNumber of courses: TwoNumber of routes: Five between both coursesCost: $15 for the first hour, $10 for each additional hourAge requirement: 5 to 9 years old with aguardian, 9 years old and up for solo runs

[See VAIL’S PLAYGROUND, page 18]

Adventure Ridge employees traverse one of two brand-new challenge courses at Vail Mountain. The cours-es open to the public this weekend. Charles Townsend Bessent photo.

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Fast, sleek, compact and downright sexy are a few words for it. Whatever words you use, positive or negative, Mini has established a cult following.

The entourage will be a little closer to home this week-end during MINIs in the Mountains (MITM). If your friends in the passenger seat keep asking, “Why are there hundreds of Minis driving around?” you will now be able to answer them.

Last year, former Colorado Mini club president Jeremy Nelson stepped into the big shoes of running the event and has again taken on the organizational challenge. The event is put on by the club, known as MINI5280 (www.Mini5280.org), but it has enthusiasts coming from all parts of the coun-try and even overseas.

Copper and Winter Park have played host to the event over the past eight years, but this year Avon’s streets will be teeming with the bite-sized vehicles.

“MINIs in the Mountains is an annual gathering of Mini and Mini Cooper enthusiasts from around the country, with an occasional few people from Canada and Mexico. Last year we even had a fellow from England,” Nelson said. “Due to the nature of our event and attendees, we like to switch the venue up every few years to keep things fresh. Mini folks love to drive their cars and we love a twisty road, so mov-

ing the event to a new location opens up new roads and new adventures.”

Mini madnessAnd drive they will. With eleven group rides in total, these

Mini enthusiasts will be all over the Vail Valley. MINIs in the Mountains is reminiscent of a motorcycle rally, minus the noise, tattoos and overgrown facial hair. But what is it about Mini cars that have so many people eager to show them off? Maybe it’s the customizability of the car, or even the power-packed turbo engine of the S-Series.

Either way, these Mini lovers know how to ride in big

Little cars, big impactThe 8th annual MINIs in the Mountains comes to Avon

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Where: AvonCost: Free to watch

Mini Car ShowWhat: An all-Mini car show with custom paint

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- All streets providing access to Avon Road will be temporarily closed during the MINI Cooper Parade starting at 5:55 p.m. for approximately 15-20 minutes. This includes the following streets:

- Hurd Lane- E. Beaver Creek Boulevard- W. Beaver Creek Boulevard- Sun Road- Benchmark Road- Riverfront Lane- Plaza Way

A convoy of Minis cruises through the Rocky Moun-tains during last year’s MINIs in the Mountains event. The multi-day festival comes to Avon this year and features a plethora of Minis from across the globe. J. Nelson Photography photo. [See MINI MADNESS, page 16]

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Your wallet could use a break.

Even in Vail, a town surrounded by several million acres of free alpine playthings, planning an affordable afternoon can be difficult. Part of this is the changing culture of out-door recreation: A summertime gondola ride at Vail Moun-tain costs $26, and that’s without the perks of a haul pass for bikes, which are yet another exorbitant expense in their own right. At least parking is free.

For all the resort trappings, Vail and the surrounding towns are teeming with options for locals and vacationers on a budget. Want to enjoy a family-friendly hike lead by the Colorado equivalent of Bear Grylls? Visit Walking Moun-tains in Avon, a non-profit science center with dozens of free educational activities throughout the week, many of which are held on-site at the alpine campus. Looking for a round of high-country golf without the $85,000 membership? The Ea-gleVail Golf Club is home to Willow Creek Par 3, the area’s only such course with elevation to spare and a flat rate of $12 per round.

To ease the burden on your bank account (and mind), SneakPEAK scoured the up-valley area for a slew of late-summer activities priced at less than $15. Some are tradi-tional, others are a bit unorthodox, but all are good for a few hours of affordable entertainment. Your wallet will thank you.

Note: This article covers activities near Vail, Avon and Edwards. Look in next week’s issue of SneakPEAK for $15 ideas around Eagle and Gypsum.

Walking Mountains in AvonWhen Gore Range Natural Science Center moved from

Red Cliff to Avon and was renamed Walking Mountains, it opened a whole new world to outdoor enthusiasts. The five-acre campus just north of Avon is home to mellow trails, natural aspen stands, a spring-fed pond and LEED Platinum-certified educational center, all free to explore and open to the public. Along with indoor exhibits like a larger-than-life

beaver lodge, the campus also plays host to free, guided na-ture walks from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. throughout the week. The walks are ideal for families and give a quick introduction to Colorado’s signature animals and plants.

For a more in-depth, hands-on experience, try the “Early Bird, Bird Walk” program every Monday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. The all-ages program costs $5, and every cent is well-spent for aspiring bird watchers: Natural-ists guide the group through nearby meadows and forests, exploring local bird habitats, species and identification skills. It’s one of several weekly programs for $5, and all take no more than two hours.

To find a full schedule of programs for adults, families and children, see www.walkingmountains.org.

Skateparks in Vail and EdwardsIt’s no surprise an extreme-sports Mecca like the Vail area

also boasts two impressive skateparks, one in Edwards and the other in Vail. Both are free, and unlike parks in major metros, you often find parents guiding young skaters and bikers through the features.

The Edwards skatepark, found across the street from Bat-tle Mountain High School, is on par with parks in downtown Denver. It contains concrete ledges, quarter pipes, a pump track and metal rails, with features for every skill level. The crown jewel is an interconnected series of bowls on the east end – longboarders can spend hours finding new and entic-ing lines.

The summer-only Vail park is housed on the top level of the Lionshead parking structure and known for plywood ramps, quarterpipes and a halfpipe, along with several straight and kink rails. It’s noticeably smaller than the Edwards park, but it can also be more challenging: The tight layout and old-school features have the feel of a backyard park.

Disc golf across the valleyDisc golf has built a cult-like following in mountain

towns, and for good reason: It has all the allure of traditional golf – gorgeous courses, natural obstacles, endless room for

improvement – minus the exorbitant cost. The Vail area is home to four maintained courses: Beaver

Creek, Bachelor Gulch, Vail Mountain and the Eagle County Fairgrounds. Each has different features – the fairgrounds site is currently going through major renovations – but the brand-new Bachelor Gulch course is a gem, with a decent mix of technical short holes and long, wooded fairways. Un-like the Vail and Beaver Creek courses, it doesn’t require a lift pass, but hiking up and down ski trails means it’s not the best for kids.

To find out more about disc golf in the valley or find play-ing partners, visit the Facebook page for Flying Eagle Disc Society. The local group hosts league play every Monday (cost varies) and open play every Wednesday ($5).

For discs, Spruce Saddle at Beaver Creek occasionally rents three-piece sets with a driver, putter and mid-range discs, but individual discs can be found at Transition Sports in Avon for $10 to $25 apiece. You can always grab a cheap Frisbee, but it’s the equivalent of skiing with leather bind-ings.

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leball. On Mondays from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., residents and non-residents alike pay $3 to play the game, a combination of tennis and ping-pong using wooden paddles, a wiffle ball and low-lying nets. It can’t be done justice in words – you have to see it in person. Tradi-tionalists can drop by the elementary school on Wednesdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for $3 basketball. Kids are welcome, but the crowd is generally older and the play is fast-paced.

Back at the rec center, Thursday night is $10 baptiste yoga from 7:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The class blends several yoga styles and is easily one of the most affordable in the area, with the same rate for all guests.

Willow Creek Par 3 in EagleVailAvid golfers may balk at a par 3 where the longest hole is 125 yards from the back tees,

but for newcomers to alpine golf, the Willow Creek course is the perfect place to hone your game. The flat, mellow opening holes are followed by several elevated tees, including the deceptively difficult hole five with a green surrounded by thick brush.

With a circular layout and relaxed pace of play, kids can easily learn the basics of the game while adults hone accuracy. There’s also a lax dress code – somewhat of an anomaly in the area – and at $12 for the first round and $6 for the second, you can follow up a few hours of short-game practice with a $5 small bucket at the nearby driving range. Clubs are available at the Willow Creek clubhouse for $5.

Mini golf in Vail and Beaver CreekOf course, even a par 3 isn’t for everyone – sometimes, your golf-induced Don Quixote

would rather charge miniature windmills. Vail and Beaver Creek run family-friendly mini-golf courses, and with base-area locations, there’s no need to buy a lift or gondola pass.

The Vail course is found in Lionshead Village near the bottom terminal of Born Free Ex-press. For $10, golfers are led through nine holes, each with a theme based on local animals to teach youngsters about the surrounding ecosystem. Rarely is golf this educational.

With 18 holes, Beaver Creek’s course is longer but equally enjoyable for all ages. De-scribed as a “championship mini wonder” on the Beaver Creek website, it’s located near Centennial Express and filled with mountain-themed obstacles.

Red Cliff resident Chris Kerr, 17, throws a 360 off a quarter-pipe hit at the Edwards skatepark. Found just south of Battle Mountain High School, the concrete park is one of two free (and legal) spots for skaters and bikers to practice in the val-ley. Katie Anderson photo.

SneakPEAK editor Phil Lindeman can be reached at philip@sneakpeakvail.com

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Beaver Creek brings yet another exciting event for those of us who are always curious about how pairings happen. Presented by Wine Spectator Magazine, Beaver Creek’s 7th Annual Wine and

Spirits Festival is kicking off on Aug. 9 with cooking dem-onstrations and culinary events for everyone. Sneak Peak went behind the scenes to talk with two of the local chefs creating their specialties to pair with the wine.

This year a new event called Vino Viaggio has people talk-ing. Participants can enjoy a scenic hike guided by Beaver Creek Mountain before taking part in a rare outdoor dining experience. David Gutowski is executive chef at Grouse Mountain Grill and hosts the farm-to-table lunch. Sneak-PEAK spoke with Gutowski before the event to find out more about his culinary history, the allure of Vino Viaggio and what hungry hikers can expect on Saturday.

SneakPEAK: When did you know you wanted to become a chef?

David Gutowski: I got a job working at a restaurant where all my friends worked bussing tables. They had an opening in the kitchen so I took it. After a few months a busser posi-tion opened up and I moved to the front of the house. I lasted about one month and then came crawling back to the kitchen begging for my old job back.

SP: What have been a few of your highlights as a chef in the Vail Valley?

DG: Judging Cochon 555 in Vail this year was a really fun time, and also working with all of our local farmers has been

great. It’s a small community, so it’s easy to build relation-ships with the people growing our food.

SP: The Vino Viaggio is new this year. What makes this event unique?

DG: If you’re in Colorado in August the best place to be is in Beaver Creek and outside. It doesn’t make sense to come here and spend the whole weekend inside. This event really captures the essence of Beaver Creek, meaning the beauty and level of service. We wanted to really showcase Colo-rado so being outside and having the whole menu grown and

raised here is pretty spectacular.

SP: What are you planning on preparing for the event?DG: We wanted to show people what really comes from

here so the entire menu is local to Colorado. We have por-chetta that we’re making from pigs from Boulder, the goat’s milk ice cream is from Denver, we’ll have peaches from Palisade, corn from Olathe, greens from Gypsum and herbs and veggies from our own garden.

SP: Many of the items served at the Grouse Mountain Grill contain varied types of meat. Will there be options for vegetarians at the event?

DG: The whole menu will be vegetarian except for the main course and we will have homemade Agnolotti for veg-etarians.

Pastries and PortSave room after the lunch for Janielle Hultberg’s Pas-

tries and Port. Participants can enjoy a hands-on experience learning to make pastries and sampling port wines. Sneak-PEAK spoke with Hultberg about baking in Colorado, pair-ing dessert with libations and the one pastry everyone should learn to make.

SneakPEAK: When did you know you wanted to become a pastry chef?

Janielle Hultberg: I was, even as a little girl, always in the kitchen with my mom. But I would say it wasn’t until my early 20s when baking a pie that it hit me … I could actu-ally do this for a living.

SP: What is your baking background? JH: I attended culinary school at South Seattle Commu-

nity College’s Pastry and Specialty Baking program. I have worked in kosher baking, sugar free baking, at various cafés and now in hotels. I’ve been with the Hyatt for four years

and here in Beaver Creek for almost two.SP: Pairing wine with dinner is a challenge in its own

right. What are some techniques you use to pair port wines with pastries?

JH: Every person has their own opinions about pairings. I like to bring the flavors that are in the port into the des-sert. Nuts, coffees, chocolates, cherries, winter dried fruits like figs, winter spices like clove and coriander, also with the Tawny Ports comes a caramel flavor as well.

SP: To many people cooking pastries can be a daunting task. What types of pastry techniques will you show your audience at the event?

JH: I like to bring simple and easy yet exciting recipes to these events so not to scare the attendees from trying them at home. Last year I demonstrated a clafouti that is so easy to make and so quick that if you blink you miss it. It’s also something that isn’t widely known.

SP: When pairing sweet port wines with sweet desserts, do you have to think about toning down the sweetness of the dessert or do they complement each other?

JH: I think more about what flavors are in the port rather than the sweetness between desserts and ports. They tend to bring out the best in each other.

SP: What is one of the biggest challenges as a pastry chef and how do you overcome that challenge?

JH: My biggest challenge as a pastry chef here in Beaver Creek is the altitude. I am originally from Seattle, Wash. (sea level). Before I moved out here, I did a bunch of research online and got a couple of great books. I’m going to write my own high altitude cookbook one day.

SP: What is an easy to make pastry item that you feel people rarely create?

JH: Clafoutis! It is a cinch and the variety of flavors is endless.

Talking food with the bestA chat with chefs from the 7th annual Beaver Creek Wine and Spirits Festival. By Michael Suleiman.

Beaver Creek Wine and Spirits FestivalWhat: Vino Viaggio, a scenic hike through

Beaver Creek followed by gourmet lunch at Grouse Mountain Grill

When: Saturday, Aug. 10 from 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Where: Beaver CreekCost: $90 per person

What: Pastries and Port, a seminar on the art of pairing desserts with dessert wines

When: Saturday, Aug. 10 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.Where: Park Hyatt Beaver CreekCost: $30 per personTo purchase tickets for Vino Viaggio, Pastries

and Port or any festival event, visit www.bea-vercreek.com.

Executive chef David Gutowski of Grouse Mountain Grill, host of several events at the festival. Photo spe-cial to SneakPEAK.

Sampling vino at last year’s Beaver Creek Wine and Spirits Festival. Beaver Creek Resort Company photo.

SneakPEAK writter Michael Suleiman can be reached at info@sneakpeakvail.com

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On the east end of Vail, buttressed by Ford Park and the Vail Golf Club, sits an other-wise unassuming five acres of land. For

a few months each summer, the various plots at Betty Ford Alpine Gardens bloom in stun-ning hues of purple, green, maroon and dozens more, attracting nearly 100,000 visitors from across the world.

And yet, executive director Nicola Ripley believes the area suffers from an unlikely case of hiding in plain sight. Those Technicolor displays, a trademark of the highest public gar-dens in the United States, occasionally go unnoticed by folks just down the interstate in Avon and Edwards and Eagle.

“The appreciation for the gardens has really grown be-yond the valley – maybe it has become even more popular with visitors than people who live right here,” said Ripley, who has been with the gardens for two decades. “This place has become a little gem over the years. It packs so much in a small area, and the design is just beautiful. It really is an asset to the community.”

Like Vail Mountain’s 50th anniversary, the Betty Ford Gardens celebrates a landmark birthday this year when it turns 25 years old, a testament to the former First Lady’s lasting cultural impact on Eagle County.

To ring in the gardens’ first quarter-century, Ripley and development director Liz Campbell have planned a massive bash for Aug. 10. It features free yoga, live music, guided tours, a photography workshop and more, all with the lush gardens as a backdrop.

“It is truly one of the most beautiful places in Vail, from the cascading waterfalls to the rock garden to the lily pads,” said Campbell. “It replicates the alpine environment stun-ningly – you don’t have to climb a 13,000-foot mountain just

to see these incredible wildflowers and plants.”

High-country horticultureBetty Ford Gardens has blossomed, so to speak, from a local gardener’s side project into

an international attraction, home to roughly 3,000 different species of alpine flora spread between 28 gardens. It boasts endangered plants from the Himalayas and European Alps, along with Colorado natives like the dwarf columbine and Engelmann spruce.

“We really wanted to show the abundance of different plants that thrive at this elevation,” said Ripley. “As the population around Vail has grown and matured, the gardens have grown in turn. We don’t just grow plants – we experiment with alpine plants from across the world, and the importance of what we do at the gardens has grown.”

Visitors at the 25th anniversary celebration will get a taste of the gardens’ growing influ-ence during guided tours, held for free at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Volunteers lead groups through the gardens’ various sites, exploring the traits of various plants and explaining why each separate collection is distinct from others.

As Riley and Campbell note, one of the gardens’ hallmarks is the layout. It’s more than a greenhouse with pretty colors – every section is built to represent ecosystems from across the world. They remind Riley of wandering through alpine meadows with her father, a Brit-ish mountain climber who inspired her to pursue arctic and alpine ecology at university.

“You get into those mountain areas as a kid and see these beautiful, beautiful plants thriving in a harsh environment,” said Riley. “The constant bombardment by the elements cap-tivates me, and watching plants thrive in those conditions is fascinating.”

This ability to adapt makes Vail a prime location for Betty Ford Gardens. Along with an altitude that’s just right – 8,500 feet isn’t too high or too low for the majority of species – the soil is remarkably resilient, and roughly 2.5 acres butt up against Gore Creek to give the rock garden collections a truly integrated feel. Large trees like blue spruce and lodge-pole pine grow behind stands of sagebrush (an Eagle Coun-ty staple), saxifrages and exotic calceolaria arachnoidea, a Chilean species with white leaves and purple flowers.

A comingling of domestic and foreign plants in such a small area keeps the gardens fresh, even for return visitors, and education becomes the focal point of a self-guided trea-sure hunt for kids during the anniversary celebration.

“There’s a reason behind why the gardens are made the

25th anniversary Celebration at Betty Ford alpine Gardens

What: A full day of activities and programs to ring in 25 years at the gardens, known for the largest collection of alpine plants in the U.S.

When: Saturday, Aug. 10 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, VailCost: Free to attend (donations accepted)The celebration includes guided tours, yoga,

kids’ activities, live music, a bake sale and a silent auction. All events take place in and around the gardens. For more information, call development director Liz Campbell at 970-476-0103.

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wildflower sanctuary

After 25 years, Betty Ford Alpine Gardens remains a

captivating part of Vail’s heritage.By Phil Lindeman.

[See WILDFLOWER SANCTUARY, page 18]

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High time for Bright Future Foundation fundraisers

Will you attempt an “Alcatraz coup?” Are you holding a “chunky suit?” Do you follow the “rule of three queens?” Whether you know those terms or not, be sure to sign up for the inaugural Charity Bridge Tournament benefitting Bright Future Foundation (BFF) on Thursday, Aug. 15 at the Tim-ber Hearth Grill at Cordillera.

“Nothing like this has been done in the valley before,” said Sheri Mintz, Executive Director of BFF. “We are so ap-preciative to Nancy Cruce for spearheading this event and look forward to making new friends for Bright Future Foun-dation in the bridge community.”

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and play begins at 9 a.m. Lunch will be served at 12 p.m. $50 of the $70 per player entry fee is a tax deductable donation. As an American Con-tract Bridge League-sanctioned game, the BFF Bridge Tour-nament will also award charity masterpoints to the winners. The tournament will host duplicate and social bridge; res-ervations are limited, so get your partners and reserve your seat at the table by Aug. 8.

The next day, Aug. 9, BFF is teaming up with Creek Re-sort Company for a special fundraising dinner and auction. Proceeds from the special evening go towards funding for BFF programs.

The perfectly paired four-course meal includes the best wines from the culinary weekend, as well as an auction. High-end silent auction items include a five-day heli-skiing trip for two, a Snowbird Mountain vacation package, a Gan-sevoort Turks and Caicos Resort getaway, a golf trip to TPC Sawgrass, a Prairie Club Golf getaway, a Brazilian beach retreat and more.

The dinner runs from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Splendido, found inside the Chateau at Beaver Creek. The pairing is $130 per person and guests can sign up online through the BFF web-site at www.brightfuturefoundation-ec.org.

BFF is a local nonprofit organization dedicated to helping victims of domestic abuse and violence. All donations to the nonprofit are tax-deductible.

Bidding opens for Vail Golf Club’s new Hole 18

The Town of Vail is soliciting construction bids for the relocation and remodel of Hole 18 at the Vail Golf Club. Expected work includes grading and excavation, plus instal-lation of a retaining wall, cart path, irrigation work and land-scaping. The hole is being moved from its current location

at the direction of the Vail Town Council to address ongoing safety concerns.

Construction bids from qualified contractors are due to the town by Aug. 22. A pre-bid meeting will be held on Aug. 12 at the Vail Golf Clubhouse. Prospective bidders may obtain drawings and specifications by emailing Tom Kassmel at tkassmel@vailgov.com with the subject line “Vail Golf Club Hole #18 Remodel Bid Documents.” Bidders should provide their name, company name, address, phone number, email address and trade in the body of the email.

The project is on a tight time schedule to minimize disrup-tion to the golf course users. The timeline includes a contract award on Sept. 3, with work commencing on Sept. 16 and continuing to Nov. 15 or until weather becomes prohibitive. To allow 18 holes of play, an alternate hole will be put into rotation for the remainder of the golf season.

As part of the overall project to mitigate safety concerns, the driving range is scheduled to close for the season on Sept. 23 when construction begins on the driving range net-ting project. The south side of the driving range net will be raised in two different locations.

The Hole 18 remodel project will be funded from the town’s Real Estate Transfer Tax funds.

Kid-friendly adventure race hits Vail this weekend

From Aug. 10 to 11, more 430 children between ages 6 and 14 will navigate an adventure course in Vail Village and on Vail Mountain that will include a mud pit, rope obstacles, a zip line, a giant slope-n-slide, tubing and more during the Vail Recreation District’s fourth annual KEEN Vail Kids Ad-venture Race.

The challenging competition will not only offer exciting opportunities for spectators to share in the excitement, but plenty of chances for everyone to get in on the action.

New this year, the Family Adventure Expo will kick off the festivities from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 8 and Friday, Aug. 9 in Solaris Plaza in Vail Village. The Expo will feature kid-friendly, family fun happenings and vendors, including activities from KEEN, meet-and-greets with Vail Mountain Avalanche Rescue Dogs, a free climbing wall, a helmet safety zone with Vail Valley Medical Center, a spirit station to create signs to cheer racers on and more. Also dur-ing Friday’s expo, everyone can hop in the “Gondola Photo Booth” for a free photo with friends and family to share and keep.

The free KidSPORT Strider Cup also returns for the sec-ond year. It’s open to for children between 2 and 5 years old and takes place from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. during the Friday expo. Approximately 50 racers will compete during the Strider Cup, which will be an opportunity to watch Vail’s young-est competitors strut their stuff on their no pedal bicycles in Solaris Plaza.

Registration for Saturday and Sunday’s race is sold out with waiting lists, but children and adults who want to share in the race excitement will have ample opportunities to watch from locations all over Vail Village and Vail Mountain. The exact route and the specific challenges the kids will face will not be revealed until just before the competition starts, but

spectators can check out the action at any of these key spots:- Mountain Plaza at the base of Gondola One- The bank of the Gore Creek between the Covered Bridge

and International Bridge in Vail Village- The bike paths between Golden Peak and Vail Village

Horse trainer Mark Rashid brings benefit clinic to Eagle

Internationally acclaimed horse trainer and clinician, Mark Rashid, will be in Eagle from Aug. 8 to 11. Rashid is known for his ability to understand the horse’s point of view and solve difficult problems through communication rather than force.

Although participation passes for the clinic are sold out, spectators are strongly encouraged to attend. They can expe-rience many different lessons with each horse/rider combi-nation throughout the day.

Since the age of 10, Mark has committed himself to find-ing quiet yet effective ways of working with horses. His ap-proach is always based on assessing the situation from the horse’s point of view.

Rashid’s clinics center on one-on-one work with horse and rider and are immensely popular with people around the world. He has trained horses from many different breeds and riders from a variety of equestrian fields, including Grand Prix dressage, eventers, jumpers, endurance riders, profes-sional reiners, cutting horses and cowboys. Draft and har-ness horses are welcome as are stallions, abused horses or any horse or mule with behavioral issues.

Rashid began practicing the Japanese martial art of ai-kido 17 years ago and quickly recognized the transforma-tive affects the martial art had on his sense of self. Aikido stresses the importance of harmony through ego reduction and peaceful conflict resolution.

Rashid is the author of nine books: “Considering the Horse,” “A Good Horse is Never a Bad Color,” “Horses Never Lie,” “Life lessons from a Ranch Horse,” “Horseman-ship Through Life,” “Big Horses, Good Dogs and Straight Fences,” “Whole Heart, Whole Horse,” “Out of the Wild” and “Nature in Horsemanship – Discovering Harmony Through Principles of Aikido.” His latest project, “A Jour-ney to Softness,” is a two book/two DVD package due for release in late fall of 2013.

Auditing a Rashid clinic is more like a classroom, with a demonstration horse for each session. It’s very interactive between Rashid and the students in the audience. Children less than 13 years old, 4H and Pony Club members can audit for free throughout the weekend. Contact Nichole Lindroth at 970-376-5435 or mvhr.rashidclinic@gmail.com for more information. The weekend schedule and pricing:

- Thursday, Aug. 8 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Eagle River Center in Eagle – pre-clinic demonstration

- Friday. Aug. 9 to Sunday, Aug. 11 – Small groups from 8 a.m. to noon, followed by one-on-one training from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

- Non-riders/auditor passes begin at $30 for a single day and go to $90 for four days

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In the words of fellow cyclist Becky Furuta, Vail’s Kerry White is crazy.

As members of Team Novo Nordisk, a Georgia-based global racing team made solely for cyclists and runners with Type 1 diabetes, the two understand a touch of insanity comes with the territory. White and Furuta balance diet, training, stamina and mental toughness like any other bike racers, all with the added wrinkle of constant blood-sugar monitoring.

“Any athlete is juggling sleep and strength and nutrition, and diabetes is just one more ball,” said Furuta, who spoke for White as the team’s only Colorado-based female rider with media training. “With diabetes, the risk of not fueling your body properly is a bit higher, but all cyclists have a sense of nutritional demands. It’s part of the sport.”

Diabetes certainly doesn’t keep White or Furuta from competing at the same level as championship cyclists across the country. White is truly an elite athlete, using 50 and 100-mile races as warm-ups for her calling: 24-hour and multi-day events, the sort that take a truly twisted brand of masochism just to attempt. She won the women’s solo division at 24 Hours of Moab in 2012 – the final year for the beloved event – and has competed several times in Race Across America (RAAM), the transcontinental endurance race held every June.

White opted out of RAAM this summer, and the timing couldn’t have been better. She teamed up with Furuta and two other female cyclists for the cornerstone of the Rockwell Relay Series, a 600-mile race from Moab to St. George, Utah, held over the first blistering-hot weekend of June.

Although White and Furuta have been teammates for several years – White on the co-ed mountain bike squad, Furuta on the women’s road cycling team – different disciplines have kept them from racing together. Rockwell marked the first time the two paired for a relay,

and Furuta was immediately awed by her race companion. Granted, Furuta is White’s exact opposite in the cycling world, a time trial specialist who races for a few hours and then heads to the finish line party for a beer, but she was an invaluable asset.

“She loves the mountain bike and cyclocross races, and she is incredibly motivated for these ultra-endurance events,” said Furuta, who admits White was even a last-minute re-placement for another racer who dropped out. “It requires a whole different sort of blood-sugar management to do what she does.”

For Furuta, stamina and blood-sugar levels were personal balls she came close to drop-ping during the Rockwell race. Somewhere around mile 300, she and the rest of the team were ready to quit, but White held fast.

“That was exactly the type of race she’s made to do, and she really became the anchor for our team,” Furuta said. “We were all demoralized at the halfway point, but Kerry wouldn’t let us quit. She finally just said, ‘If we don’t finish before the time cut, fine. But we will fin-ish.’ That’s all it took.”

And that’s all it took. The team placed second overall in the women’s division, notching an impressive pace on the back half to finish two hours ahead of the time cut. Furuta is quick to admit that the mountain biker took charge of the road bikers, and without White, the team would’ve struggled.

“Kerry has fantastic leadership skills to go along with her racing ability,” Furuta saisd “She won’t tell you that if you ask her, but she took charge of that race and it became her role. She is a strong woman in many regards.”

Community through cyclingTeam Novo Nordisk is in need of strong leaders like White. Along with racing, the team’s

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athleteVail and Front Range cyclists prove diabetes doesn’t mean an

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[See DIABETIC CYCLING, page 16]

Vail cyclist Kerry White (left) hands teammate Becky Furuta a feed during the Moab to St. George race, a 600-mile cycle through Utah. Photo special to SneakPEAK.

Cyclists wait for the starting gun at the diabetes fundraiser Tour de Cure in Longmont. Photo special to SneakPEAK.

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How they metTim and Jen met in 2009 during the most romantic of sports: inner-tube water polo. At the time, Jen lived about 200 yards from the Avon Recreation Center, but

she still accepted Tim’s offer for a ride home – nothing short of a good sign. A slightly more formal date came soon after.“Our first date was established with the pretense of discussing water polo strategy,” Tim says. “We met with our game plans at the old

Rick and Kelly’s, now Zino’s.” How he proposed

The two are avid cross-country skiers, and at the end of a sunny springtime trip to the top of Tennessee Pass, Tim popped the question. Jen said “yes,” and the couple celebrated with a champagne lunch at the Tennessee Pass Cookhouse.

Why they got married in the Vail Valley Aside from bringing the two together, Tim and Jen have lived in Eagle County a combined 16 years and don’t plan on leaving anytime soon. It simply made

sense to exchange vows in a place both have come to love.“The Vail Valley is our home,” Tim says. “We wanted to share our passion for the area with our family and out-of-town friends, as well as make our wedding ac-

cessible to our amazing group of local friends.”Favorite memory from the wedding day

The couple knows early August in Colorado can be unpredictable, and halfway through the open-air ceremony, an all-too-familiar afternoon thunderstorm rolled through Edwards. A light drizzle and peals of thunder hardly derailed the proceedings – in fact, Mother Nature made amends for the inconvenience.

“At the conclusion of the ceremony, the rain stopped and we were met with a double rainbow,” Tim says. “The outpouring of support and love from family and friends made our wedding day truly unforgettable.”

Colors: Purple, orange and brownCeremony: Singletree Pavilion in Edwards, Colo.

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Thursday, Aug. 8Empty Bowls lunch in Edwards

The Vail Valley Salvation Army and local chefs bring the 5th annual “Empty Bowls” fundraiser luncheon to Battle Mountain High School on Thursday. From noon to 1:30 p.m., folks from across the valley are invited to the BMHS cafeteria for a “soup kitchen” lunch of soup, bread and a dessert from local restaurants, plus a ceramic bowl to take home. The cost is $20 at the door and all proceeds go to the Salvation Army food pantry, which serves hundreds of Eagle County families throughout the year. For more information, call the Salvation Army office at 970-748-0704.

Thursday, Aug. 8Paper Birds in Minturn

The Minturn Free Concert Series rolls on with Paper Bird, a seven-piece amalgam of folk, indie and something called baroque pop. Based in Denver, the group has won audienc-es over with an electric live show and unexpectedly hooky songs. Along with a grueling summer tour schedule, Paper Bird was featured on a recent edition of MTV’s “This is the Place: Denver” series, helping to define the new generation of young musicians in a thriving music scene. The Minturn concert begins at BLAH and is held at Little Beach Park, found across the street from the gas station off Main Street.

Thursday, Aug. 8Rob Drabkin Band in Eagle

Rob Drabkin, one of Denver’s most accomplished young musicians, takes the stage in downtown Eagle for one of the final concerts in the free ShowDown Town series. In a short yet prolific career, Drabkin has played with The Fray, Wide-spread Panic, Tool and Ben Harper, and was voted Colo-rado’s Best Singer/Songwriter by Westword Magazine for three years running. He and his backing band bring a slew

of original songs to Eagle for the concert, which is free and begins at 6:30 p.m. Be sure to show up – only a handful of acts remain before the end of the series.

Friday, Aug. 9“Ballroom Spectacular” at Vail Interna-tional Dance Festival

Internationally-acclaimed ballroom stars Liana Churilova of Russia and Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine of Haiti host and headline a made-for-Vail showcase, with ballroom champi-ons from around the world performing a variety of dances from the waltz to the rumba, cha-cha, merengue, samba, tango and foxtrot to a musical medley of classic hits. The evening is held at Ford Amphitheater in Vail and begins at

7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $20 for general admission. To pur-chase tickets are find out more, go to www.vaildance.org.

Friday, Aug. 9Wolf and Friends at Vail FAC

Kick off the weekend and celebrate happy hour high atop Vail Mountain for Vail’s Friday Afternoon Club (FAC) at Ea-gle’s Nest this Friday, Aug. 9, beginning at 4 p.m. Eat, drink and be merry with live music from Wolf and Friends, led by local drummer Jake Wolf with special guests Rob Eaton, Jr. from My Brother’s Keeper and Alex Scott from Frogs Gone Fishin’.

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Thursday, aug. 8Tommy Igoe Sextet in Vail

Jazz at Vail Square continues this Thursday, Aug. 8 with the high-energy, seat-thumping sounds of the Tommy Igoe Sextet. One of the world’s preeminent drummers, Igoe has led the Birdland Big Band in New York City over the last several years, created the beats for Broadway’s “The Lion King,” and toured the world with the likes of Art Garfunkel, Stanley Jordan, and Blood Sweat and Tears. See the legendary drummer on the open-air stage at The Arrabelle in Lions-head Village during a free general-admission concert. For preferred seating, tickets are $20 in advance or $25 the day-of. The concert runs from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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Saturday, Aug. 10Mountain Dogs Canine Fest in Eagle

Leash your pooch and head to the Eagle County Fair-grounds for the second annual Mountain Dogs Canine Fes-tival. Beginning at 9 a.m., the daylong event features a stop on the Rocky Mountain Dock Dogs tour. Activities include pulling, agility, sheep herding, rally and fly ball, plus outside events like the Doggie Mudder, Doggie Dash and The Dirty Dog Kids Mud Run. Entry is free, but certain events may require a fee to enter.

Saturday, Aug. 10Hip-hop night with Impact Ministries in Gypsum

Local nonprofit Impact Ministries hosts a slew of Colora-do-based hip-hop artists, dancers and more on Saturday for an afternoon of free performances. From 2 p.m. to 9 p.m., groups with Denver’s Ignite and Colorado Springs’ G-Life Outreach will perform at Lundgren Theater in Gypsum. Both groups pair kinetic dancing and music with a positive message, particularly for former gang members and teens struggling with drugs or alcohol. The day also includes food vendors, a “paparazzi” booth and opportunities to chat with the dancers after they perform. Although the day is built for teens, hip-hop lovers of all ages are invited to drop by. The host, Impact Ministries, is a Christian nonprofit dedicated to teens who struggle with drugs, alcohol, bullying and other sensitive issues. To find out more, visit www.impactminis-tries.com.

Sunday, Aug. 11Yoga in the Park in Eagle

Join yogis of all elvels in Ealge Town Park for outdoor yoga from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. Class is free and all dona-tions go to Eagle County’s Fresh Approach program. The park is located at 550 Broadway in Eagle. The free Sunday yoga sessions continue throughout the summer, weather per-mitting.

Monday, Aug. 12Open mic night at Vail Ale House

Pair a $10 burger with unexpected music at the weekly open mic nights hosted by Vail Ale House in West Vail. Burger and tunes not enough? Wash it all down with a craft beer from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., all as part of the $10 meal deal and free entertainment. For more info, call the restaurant at 970- 476-4314.

Tuesday, Aug. 13“Salts, SCrubs and Salves” seminar in Vail

Join Jackie Clark and the Vail Public Library for a nature-inspired “Evening of Engagement” on Tuesday, August 13 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. This presentation will include hands-on activities using natural plant materials and essen-tial oils to create fragrant bath salts, hand salves and scrubs to take home. The group will also explore aromatherapy and its uses, all while relaxing, socializing and enjoying the gifts from the earth. Material fee is $10 per person, cash or check, and space is limited. For more information, contact Liz Will-hoff at 970-479-2190 or lwillhoff@vailgov.com.

Wednesday, Aug. 14Eagle Trails Master Plan open house in Eagle

The Town of Eagle will host an open house on Wednes-day, Aug. 14 to solicit public input that will assist staff in preparing the town’s new “Eagle Trails Master Plan.” The open house will follow an informal format, running from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Eagle Town Hall. The open house is espe-cially important for local mountain bikers, moto riders and others who enjoy local trails. Last summer, the Hardscrabble Trails Coalition proposed a new “Hernage Creek Trail” on town-owned open space. The Planning Commission voted down the proposal because they said the town did not have an official plan for future trails – a necessary document to determine where trails should be built. Folks can drop by the open house as their schedule allows, and the town will provide maps for the public to write on and mark up.

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numbers. Last year’s MITM in Winter Park drew upwards of 350 Minis.

“MITM is primarily for Mini owners, and we sit around and talk about our cars, we wash them, we drive them, then we wash them again,” Nelson said. “It’s a social gathering for like-minded folks. We have never been closed off to the public and in fact welcome them to come by the vendor area and check out the event.”

So keys to a Mini aren’t a requirement for some of the events. With special help from the Town of Avon, a public event deemed “Mini Madness” will take place on Thursday evening. “Mini Madness” is going to kick off with the Mini parade down Avon road. All the vehicles that participate in the parade will then line up on Lake Street near Harry A. Nottingham Park, where people can come to check out the vehicles.

“At the park, we will have ‘petite entertainment’ featur-ing prodigy musician Jaden Carlson and Avon Elementary’s School of Rock,” Avon Special Events Coordinator Danita

Dempsey said. “In addition, there will be mini food tastings, as well as mini beer tastings from local restaurants and brew-eries.”

During the parade, roundabouts two through five on Avon Road will be shut down from 5:55 p.m. until roughly 6:30 p.m. The public is encouraged to come down and experience what MITM has to offer.

Friday and Saturday are the big days for MITM with a car show, group rides and a pinewood derby. Friday’s rides include a windy trip to South Park and Rifle, among others. Off of the interstate, the car show on Saturday is another good opportunity for the public to check out all the cars.

“The car show – we call it ‘NUF!’, which is fun spelled backwards – is for all Mini models only,” Nelson said. The show will take place at Beaver Creek Resort from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. After the car show there is a pinewood derby hosted by Colorado Boy Scout Troop 231. All proceeds from the car show and pinewood derby entry fees will be donated to the Troop.

If you have a Mini but aren’t registered in this year’s event, be sure to check out the Colorado Mini car club. You may be surprised what you find.

“The car club (CC) community is one that I used to mock, prior to purchasing a Mini,” Nelson said. “Some people think CC’s are just a bunch of gearheads sitting around a garage ripping apart their cars every week. While some may be, MINI5280 is certainly more than that. Our club’s demo-graphic is the entire spectrum, from 20 year olds all the way to our silver-haired retired president, from every occupation, every walk of life, every income level. In the end, as with any group, it’s the people who make it successful.”

It is summer in the mountains and the Minis are out in force. Come by the parade and you might find some reasons to try one out yourself. Who knows, you may even add new numbers to the quickly growing Mini club.

SneakPEAK writter Michael Sulieman can be reached at info@sneakpeakvail.com

DIABETIC CYCLING –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– [From page 12]

gan as a grassroots initiative in 2004, and has since grown to include six teams for cycling, mountain biking, triathlons and running. The men’s pro cycling team is even poised to earn a spot in the 2021 Tour de France, with riders from 10 countries rounding out the squad.

The pro team may earn worldwide acclaim, but cyclists like White and Furuta stay true to its humble roots. They’ve learned to inspire other diabetics by racing in events like the up-coming Tour de Cure in Longmont, a non-competitive fundraiser organized by the American Diabetes Association. The race is held in 38 states, but the Colorado version is by far one of the largest: Last year’s event drew nearly 1,700 cyclists and raised $865,000. Associate director Dale Hentzell estimates the race on Aug. 17 could raise $1 million with an estimated 2,000 riders – including White and Furuta.

“Our event is the poster child for what a Tour de Cure event should look like, and it’s very cool that the race has become a sort of gathering place for people with diabetes,” Hentzell said. “This is a disease that affects more and more people everyday, and this race is really an engine to raise awareness and give people a sense of community.”

In many ways, Tour de Cure and Team Novo Nordisk have the same goal: personal and physical strength through cycling. Although high-level competition of any sort seems un-likely for athletes with diabetes, Furuta sees plenty of parallels between her sport and the disease.

“With both, you’re constantly thinking about adjustments and being smart,” Furuta said.

“It’s not just about being strong or being fast or being fit. You have to be very conscientious about how you approach both, and I think there’s an allegory there between the two, manag-ing the unexpected.”

Like White at the Rockwell race, Furuta sees this balancing act every year she participates in the Tour de Cure. She makes a point to tackle the Colorado event – she lives in Longmont and was a triathlete at University of Colorado-Boulder prior to her diabetes diagnosis at 27 years old – but she also races in upwards of eight Tours across the country each year. Her fa-vorite part is running into “red riders,” other cyclists with diabetes who train for everything from 20-kilometer to 200-mile events. In North Carolina, she met a group of women who started in spurts of two miles before finally working up to the full 200 miles.

Such stories may not be as outwardly impressive as White and Furuta’s, but connecting with other diabetics has turned the Tour into a beloved race series.

“I’m not just saying this because it’s a nice thing for an article, but this race really is my favorite,” Furuta said. “You don’t just wake up and ride 100 miles on a bike. Something mo-tivates them and something drives them, and hearing the story behind the racer is incredible. It’s better than any podium I’ve ever taken.”

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Ripe with fresh storylines and transcendent talents, 2013 could go down in his-tory as a once in a generation baseball season. The hottest teams from each league be-gin an interleague series this weekend as the Dodgers and

Rays get set to do battle in Chavez Ravine. The Pittsburgh Pirates have the best record in baseball and will surely buck a 20-year losing trend. LA’s Clayton Kershaw has a 1.87 ERA on the season while Baltimore’s Chris Davis and De-troit’s Miguel Cabrera chase a very-achievable Triple Crown in the American League. But none of these accomplishments will eclipse what this season will be remembered for – the Biogenesis scandal and baseball attempting to clean up the game for good.

“The truth shall set you free.”Maybe that was true at one time, but certainly not today.

In the scope of Major League Baseball’s investigation into the Biogenesis of America Clinic and the players that report-edly received performance-enhancing drugs from the now defunct Coral Gables anti-aging center, the truth means a 50 game suspension. For Brewers slugger and impaired truth-teller Ryan Braun, accepting responsibility (if you can call it that) and “coming clean about being dirty” cost him 65 games and a few million dollars. But the fraud known as Braun will be free to resume his still-promising playing ca-reer once spring training begins in 2014. The same cannot be said on several fronts about three-time AL MVP and media punching bag, known mockingly as “Mr. Wonderful” in Fan-Rag circles – Alex Rodriguez.

Rodriguez was slapped with a 211 game suspension for his role; one that includes lying to investigators, recruiting players to Biogenesis, and covering up the entire affair. Ap-parently Alex never heard this truth of life: the cover-up is worse than the crime. While this may seem like an obscure number, it includes the remainder of this season and all of 2014. You may have noticed however that not even a suspen-sion of unprecedented length can stop A-Rod from playing third base and batting cleanup for the New York Yankees. He is appealing the suspension, “fighting for his life” and being allowed to play during the process.

Rodriguez is no longer considered a promising player, much less a shoo-in for the Hall-of-Fame. The truth is that the Yankees didn’t even really want him back this season

for several reasons; he’s owed $116 million on his contract, he brings more drama than all the “Real Housewives” com-bined, and his skill set is rapidly deteriorating. Many people forget that manager Joe Girardi benched him last season during the playoffs for a “lack of production,” and that the 38 year old has undergone multiple hip and knee surgeries in the last few seasons. It makes sense that the Yankees or-ganization would attempt to distance itself from Rodriguez and potentially collect some insurance money or have his contract voided as a result of a suspension or lifetime ban. As luck would have it, the “Evil Empire” couldn’t rid itself of A-Rod so easily.

Despite a season filled with devastating injuries (captain Derek Jeter has appeared in five games this season while being placed on the Disabled List three times) and an un-derachieving payroll ($229M), the Yankees are still hanging around in the American League wild card race. New York has received next to nothing from their third baseman in 2013 and truthfully believe even an A-Rod at 60 percent can offer better production.

Alex Rodriguez isn’t making baseball, its fans, or New Yorkers proud these days. Baseball is doing the right thing by attempting to clean up the sport once and for all; but to think that the commissioner’s office and MLB didn’t turn its watchful eyes away and embrace the juiced-up long ball hit-ters that revitalized the sport is far from the truth.

Truth be told, the only way to fix this issue is to void these massive contracts or legalize PEDs.

It’s easy to point the finger at Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun and declare they cheated the game. It’s completely valid to institute a zero-tolerance policy moving forward for any player with a past PEDs transgression. I believe it’s perfectly acceptable that suspected or admitted steroid users have been given second (and third) chances. And I believe the Hall of Fame should have a “Steroid Era Wing” added on immediately.

I would like to think of the Hall of Fame along the same lines as the residents of Shawshank Prison thought about their predicaments – ”everybody in here’s innocent.”

The Hall is designed to tell the history and stories of baseball. Not every story has a happy ending and not every baseball player from every era was clean. Put Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Alex Rodriguez in the Hall of Fame! “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and Pete Rose belong as well. Now that’s the truth.

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way they are,” said Campbell. “There’s a lot of diversity there, and that’s the sort of thing kids learn with the treasure hunt. When kids are in the gardens, their imaginations run wild.”

Growth at the gardensAlong with international interest and reintroduction projects, Ripley has bolstered the gar-

dens’ hands-on educational programs over the past 20 years, adding a slew of kid-friendly workshops and unorthodox activities like horticulture therapy. But the gardens can only hold so much – Ripley and Campbell work out of an office a few blocks away in Vail Village – and the Town of Vail is currently considering a proposal for a new, $3 million educational building. Not only will it host programs throughout the year, it could also be a much-needed home base for conservation research.

“Climate change has been a very big concern for alpine plants,” said Ripley. “You don’t see it so much in Colorado, but the alpine zones in lower altitudes like Arizona and New Mexico is changing, and whole species that grow on high mountain tops around there can be in danger.”

At the moment, concrete plans are on hiatus until the Vail Town Council decides on the best location for the building. Several spots were in the running, from Ford Park to the Vail tennis center to the south end of Vail Valley Drive, but each was nixed for one reason or the other. The town is taking a serious look at the west side of the Ford Park playground, but Riley and Campbell’s fundraising efforts were put on hold until the building is certain. Until then, the gardens will enjoy an end-of-summer birthday and, hopefully, renewed interest from its closest neighbors.

“What the next 25 years holds for us is increased education, building off the programming we already have,” said Ripley. “We want a small, charming, interpretative center to tell the story of alpine flora. There is definitely a recognition that the time for the gardens has come, but it’s a question of where we can physically go.”

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ment that allows for year-round activity on USFS lands, Vail wasted no time submitting a proposal for Adventure Ridge upgrades.

First on the list were structures directly mentioned in the 2011 legislation: the zipline and challenge course. Hendrick-son, who came to Vail after years developing summer recre-ation at Mammoth Mountain in California, says the resort worked closely with the local USFS office to pinpoint activi-ties that melded organically with the mountain, and would attract a new breed of visitor.

Take the zipline: It offers what Hendrickson dubs a “birds-eye view” of the Gore Range and surrounding national for-est, all while speeding 40 mph down from the top of the tubing hill to the bottom of Chair 15. Visitors may see the same vistas while riding a gondola, but the adrenaline rush of a custom-made zipline could permanently etch them into memory.

“These aren’t just cookie-cutter setups,” said Hendrick-son. “When you see that zipline, you realize it’s not just something you could build in a backyard. It fits with the area we live in.”

As for the challenge courses – a “linear” structure to the south and more loop-like one to the north – Hendrickson believes they’re equally inimitable, built by the Grand Junc-tion company Bonsai Design to pair with Adventure Ridge. (The company is also on board to build future structures for all Vail Resorts-owned properties.) Unlike other courses, there’s no need for manual belaying: Participants move from station to station with a clip system and series of fixed ropes. It both speeds up course time and gives the person in the air total control – yet another tidbit of unexpected learning.

“It puts the responsibility and the challenge on the indi-vidual,” said Hendrickson. “The whole idea is teambuilding and confidence building, and that’s why so many of these elements are interactive. It’s not just plug and play – it’s part of our entire approach to engaging people with the mountain

through and outdoor experience.”

The next stepAt the moment, concrete learning opportunities are tough

to pin down. There’s no set curriculum for the challenge courses –plans are in the works to rent the courses to pri-vate groups during the off-season, but structured teambuild-ing isn’t yet a component – and beyond impressive views, the zipline offers little more than an adrenaline jolt. He also can’t comment on Vail’s exact goals for tourism, the elusive numbers that made the structures such quick additions to the Adventure Ridge lineup.

Specifics or no, the zip line and challenge courses fit snug-ly into the 2011 ski area act. Sen. Mark Udall will come to Vail Aug. 9 to preview the attractions, and his visit will include a talk on the benefits of summertime growth at the state’s ski resorts. The additions call for nearly double the usual number of Adventure Ridge staffers, Hendrickson says, and it’s a promising first step to meeting the act’s goal of creating 600 jobs throughout the country.

For now, the zipline and challenge courses are just a taste of what’s to come, and much like tourism expectations, Vail is keeping a tight lid on the next wave of summer recreation. Given his background, Hendrickson is excited to see how the resort redefines what can be done with the USFS land it has always called home.

“Summer is a very unique time when a lot of people travel and enjoy vacationing, so it’s a huge opportunity for all ski areas to attract more visitors,” said Hendrickson. “Vail and I align, as far as my vision and their vision going forward with plans for recreation.”

VAIL’S PLAYGROUND ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– [From page 4]

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Niq Bauman, an assistant manager at Adventure Ridge, cruises down the new zipline at Vail Mountain. Adrenaline junkies can reach speeds of up to 40 mph on the 1,200-foot-long behemoth. Charles Townsend Bessent photo.

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Dining GuideA Quick Peak at Where to Eat.

Agave | 1060 West Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.748.8666

Avon Bakery & Deli | 25 Hurd Lane | 970.949.3354

Blue Plate Bistro | 47 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.845.2252

Bob’s Place | 100 West Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.845.8566

Carniceria Tepic | 240 Chapel Place | 970.949.6033

Columbine Bakery | 51 Beaver Creek Place | 970.949.1400

Domino’s Pizza | 51 Beaver Creek Place | 970.949.3230

Fiesta Jalisco | 240 Chapel Place | 970.845.8088

Geno’s Sandwiches | 100 West Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.0529

Gondola Pizza | 240 Chapel Place | 970.845.6000

Loaded Joe’s | 82 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.748.1480

Nozawa Sushi | 240 Chapel Place | 970.949.0330

Pazzo’s Pizzeria | 82 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.6093

Swiss Hot Dog Company | 101 Fawcett Rd. | 970.467.2013

Subway Avon | 47 E. Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.1312

Ticino | 100 West Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.748-6792

Taqueria No Se Hagan Bolas | 91 Beaver Creek Place | 970.845.7959

Vin 48 | 48 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.748.9463

8100 Mountainside Bar & Grill | Park Hyatt Beaver Creek | 970.949.1234

Beano’s Cabin | 210 Plaza Way | 970.754.3463

Beaver Creek Chophouse | Beaver Creek Lodge | 970.845.0555

Blue Moose Pizza | 76 Avondale Ln. | 970.845.8666

Coyote Cafe | 210 The Plaza | 970.845.9030

Dusty Boot Saloon | 210 Offerson Rd. | 970.748.1146

Golden Eagle Inn | 118 Beaver Creek Plaza | 970.949.1940

Grouse Mountain Grill | 141 Scott Hill Rd. | 970.949.0600

Mirabelle Restaurant | 55 Village Rd. | 970.949.7728

Osprey Lounge | 10 Elk Track Ln. | 970.754.7400

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Montana’s BBQ | 82 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.7019 American BBQ B L D $ • • • • • •Northside Coffee and Ktichen | 20 Notingham Rd. | 970.949.9900 Coffee House B L D $ • • • •

Red Mountain Grill | 240 Chapel Place | 970.748.1010 Pizza & Pasta D $ • • •

Hooked | 112 Beaver Creek Plaza | 970.949.4321 Seafood and Sushi L D $$ • •Metropolitan | 210 Offerson Road | 970.748.3123 Coffee/Breakfast/Wine/Tapas B L D $$ • • • •

FOOD by Marc! | 137 Benchmard Rd. 4W | 970.688.5037 Healthy Food for Active Lifestyles L $ • • •

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476-3113Vail Racquet Club in east Vail

Open for the summerServing:

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Coffee & Crepes B L $ • • •Bookworm | 295 Main St. | 970.926.7323

Balata | 1265 Berry Creek Rd | 970.477.5353 American Cuisine L D $$ • • • • •Bounjour Bakery | 97 Main St. | 970.926.5539 Homemade Bakery & Soup B L $ • •Balata | 1265 Berry Creek Rd | 970.477.5353 L D • • •

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Yummy Café | 313 Chambers Ave., Eagle | 970.926.2896

Ristorante Ti Amo | 40982 US Highway #6 | 970.845.8153

Route 6 Cafe | 41290 US Highway #6 | 970.949.6393

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El Pariente Mexican Restaurant | 0050 Chambers Ave. #E, Eagle | 720.289.8782 Mexican L D $ • •

Grand Avenue Grill | 678 Grand Ave. | 970.328.4043 Casual American L D $ • •

Luigi’s Pasta House | 1143 Capitol St. | 970.328.5400

Mantos | 106 Oak Ridge Ct. | 970.524.6266

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Paradigms | Corner of 4th and Capital St. Eagle | 970.328.7990 Creative American L D $$ •

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Bowlmor Café | 50 Chambers Ave., Eagle | 970.328.BOWL

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Dish | 56 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.3433

Cafe 163 | 105 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.1163

Belmont Deli | 105 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.1796

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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Adam’s Mountain Country Club | 1094 Frost Creek Drive, Eagle | 970.328.2326 Eclectic American & Sunday Brunch L D $$ • • •Baboune’s | 0131 Chambers Ave., Eagle | 970.328.2425

Bonfi re Brewing | 0127 W. 2nd St., Eagle | 970.422.6258

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Ekahi Grill and Catering | 500 Red Table Dr. Unit 1E, Gypsum | 970.524.4745 Hawaiian Style Food L D $ • • • •

Old Kentucky Tavern | 225 Broadway, Eagle | 970.328.5259 Southern Eclectic L D $ • • • • •

Pastatively Roberto’s Italian Cuisine | 94 Market St., Eagle | 970.328.7324 Classic Italian D $$ • •

Strecker’s Market and Cafe| 925 Greenway Unit 103, Gypsum | 970.524.2728 German & European Market L D $ • •

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970-926-2111676 Sawatch Dr. Edwardswww.vista-arrowhead.com

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EDWARDS

Dining GuideA Quick Peak at Where to Eat.

Alpenrose | 100 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.8899

Kirby Cosmos | 474 Main St. | 970.827.9027

Magusto’s | 101 Main St. | 970.827.5450

Atwater on Gore Creek | Vail Cascade Resort | 970.476.7014

Minturn Country Club | 131 Main St. | 970.827.4114

Nicky’s Quickie | 151 Main St | 970-827-5616

Bart & Yeti’s | Lionshead, North of Arrabelle | 970.476.2754

Sticky Fingers | 132 Main St. | 970.827.5353

Billy’s Island Grill | Lionshead | 970.476.8811

Turntable | 160 Railroad Ave. | 970.827.4164

Bearfi sh | West Vail Mall | 970.476.7596

Minturn Saloon | 146 N. Main St. | 970.827.5954

Bistro 14 | Eagle’s Nest, Top of Eagle Bahn Gondola | 970.445.4530

Block 16 | The Sebastian Vail, 16 Vail Rd. | 970.477.8000

bol | Solaris, 141 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.5300

Bully Ranch | Sonnenalp Resort | 970.479.5460

Campo de Fiori | 100 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.8994

Chicago Pizza | 1031 S. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7000

CinéBistro | Solaris, 141 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.3344

Flame | Four Seasons, Vail | 970.477.8600

Elway’s Steakhouse | 174 East Gore Creek Dr. | 970.754.7818

Frost | The Sebastian Vail, 16 Vail Rd. | 970.477.8050

Game Creek Restaurant | Vail Mountain | 970.754.4275

Garfi nkel’s | Next to Lionshead Gondola | 970.476.3789

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Vista At Arrowhead | 676 Sawatch Dr. | 970.926.2111

Subway Edwards | 439 Edwards Access Rd. | 970.926.7010

Woody’s Bar & Grill | 27 Main St. | 970.926.2756

Zino Ristorante | 27 Main St. | 970.926.0777

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Sato | 56 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.7684 Sushi & Japanese Cuisine L D $$ • • •

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Marko’s Pizzeria | 57 Edwards Access Rd. | 970.926.7003 Pizza & Pasta L D $ • • • •Main St. Grill | 97 Main St. | 970.926.2729 American Grill L D $$ • • • • • •

Local Joe’s Pizza | 280 Main St. | 970.926.4444

Log Cabin Sports Bar and Grill | 34500 Highway 6, #B1 | 970.926.9726

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Old Forge Co. | 56 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.2220 Pizza, Paninis & Salads L D $ • • •

Larkburger | 105 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.9336

Last Course Dessert Bar & Pastries | 275 Main Street C-106 | 970.926-1979

Organic Gourmet Fast Food/Burgers

Tapas/Wine Bar/Desserts

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Juniper Restaurant | 97 Main St. | 970.926.7001 Contemporary American D $$$ • • •

L D $Chinese, Asian •Gobi Mongolian BBQ | 69 Edwards Access Rd. | 970.926.6628

Gashouse | 34185 US Highway #6 | 970.926.2896

Gore Range Brewery | 105 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.2739

Henry’s Chinese Cafe | 175 Main St. | 970.926.3050

Grouse on the Green | 100 Kensington Dr., Cordillera Divide | 970.926.5788

Colorado Wild Game Grill

Rustic Pub

Chinese, Asian

Pub/American

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Big Bear Bistro | 297 Hanson Ranch Road | 970.300.1394 B L D $ •• •American

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Blue Moose Pizza | 675 West Lionshead Place | 970.476.8666 Pizza L D $$ • •

Ale House | 2161 N. Frontage Road | 970.476.4314 American Brewery L D $$ • •

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Dining GuideA Quick Peak at Where to Eat.

Nozawa | Holiday Inn, West Vail | 970.476.9355

Ocotillo | Vail Mountain Marriott Resort & Spa, Lionshead | 970.477.5675

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Ore House | 232 Bridge St. | 970.476.5100 Steaks/Seafood d $$ • • • •Osaki’s | 100 E. Meadow dr. | 970.476.0977 Sushi/Japanese d $$ • •Pazzo’s Pizzeria | 122 E. Meadow dr. | 970.476.9026 Italian/Pizza/Grinders B L d $ • •Pepi’s | By the Covered Bridge | 970.476.4671 Continental/Wild Game L d $$ • • • •

Red Lion | Top of Bridge St. | 970.476.7676

Qdoba | 2161 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7539

American

Mexican

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•Russell’s | By the Covered Bridge | 970.476.6700 Steaks/Seafood d $$ • • •

Sweet Basil | 193 E. Gore Creek dr. | 970.476.0125

Subway West Vail | 2161 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.3827

Sushi Oka Hibachi | 100 East Meadow drive. Suite #4 | 970.476.1588

Creative American

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Sushi, Asian

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Tap Room | Top of Bridge St. | 970.479.0500 Contemporary American L d $ •

Terra Bistro| 352 Meadow dr., Vail Mountain Lodge& Spa | 970.476.6836 B L d $$ • • •Contemporary American

The George | 292 Meadow dr. | 970.476.2656

Up The Creek Bar & Grill | 223 Gore Creek dr. | 970.476.8141

Vendetta’s | 291 Bridge St. | 970.476.5070

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Westside Cafe & Market | 2211 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7890

Yama Sushi | 168 Gore Creek dr. | 970.476.7332

Yeti’s Grind | Located in the Solaris | 970.476.1515

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Vail Chophouse | 675 West Lionshead Place | 970.477.0555

Eclectic Pub

American Cuisine

Italian & Pizza

Casual American

Sushi and Pacific Spices

Coffee & Sandwiches

Steakhouse L d $$$ • • • • •

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Montauk Seafood Grill | Lionshead Village | 970.476.3601 Creative Seafood/Meat L d $$ • •Moe’s Original BBQ | Upstairs from the General Store, Lionshead | 970.479.7888 Barbecue L d $ • • •Matsuhisa | Located in the Solaris | 970.476.6682 Japanese/Peruvian d $$ • •May Palace | Next to City Market, West Vail | 970.476.1657 Chinese L d $ • •Market Café | The Sebastian Vail, 16 Vail Rd. | 970.477.8000 International Café B L d $ • •The Marketplace | One Willow Bridge Rd. | 970.477.4370 Family/American/European B L d $ • • • •

Lord Gore & the Fitz Lounge | Manor Vail at the base of Golden Peak | 970.476.4959 Contemporary American d $$ • •Los Amigos | Top of Bridge St. | 970.476.5847 Mexican L d $ • • • •Ludwig’s | Sonnenalp Resort | 970.479.5429 Contemporary American B $ • •

Old Forge Co. | 2161 N Frontage Rd | 970.476.5555 Pizza, Paninis & Salads L d $ • • •Old Forge Co. | 521 East Lionshead Cir. | 970.476.5232 Pizza, Paninis & Salads L d $ • • •

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

French and American

French

Classic diner, Traditional Favorites

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Larkspur Restaurant | Golden Peak | 970.754.8050 Creative American d $$$ • •

Joe’s Famous Deli | 288 Bridge St. | 970.479.7580

Kelly Liken | Gateway Building, 12 Vail Rd. | 970.479.0175

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La Bottega | 100 E. Meadow dr. | 970.476.0280 Northern Italian L d $ • • • •Lancelot | Next to Children’s Fountain | 970.476.5828 Prime Rib/Steaks/Seafood d $$ •

The Tavern On The Square| 675 Lionshead Place | 970.754.7400 B L d $$ • • • • •Mountian American Grill

Gohan Ya | West Vail Mall | 970.476.7570 Asian Cuisine L d $ • •

Swiss Chalet | 20 Vail Road | 970.476.5429 Traditional European d $$ • • • •

Happy Valley Gril | 1778 Vail Valley drive (Vail Golf Clubhouse) | 970.479.7321 L $ • • • •New American Cuisine

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