Word: vails
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years of the 1970s, when profits grew at an annual rate of more than 15%. Owners of chic boutiques and eateries gripe that business is significantly down from last season. The "Silver Queen," as residents fondly refer to their town, even looks a bit bedraggled. Compared with accommodations in Vail, which now attracts more business, Aspen's once premier lodges seem cramped and aging. Says Boutique Owner Rita St. John: "People are paying $200 a night and getting a dump." There is no first-class resort hotel. Zoning and building limitations passed when the town was thriving have hobbled...
...part of its first Christmas trip, the squad will take on the Aspen Women All-Stars in a benefit for Aspen Youth Hockey and has tentative matches scheduled with the Vail Bob Cats and the Denver Tiger Cats Coach John Dooley has also ordered his troops to bring along their skiis "just in case there's some snow...
...Rick Vail Woodbridge...
...kick-and-glide set, many of whom have never skied before. The allurement is the sport's unhurried solitude. At big downhill resorts there are often agonizing waits for ski lifts, and eateries are jammed. Mobs of hot-doggers and snow bunnies have turned Stowe and Vail into adrenalized assembly lines of sport. At the Home Ranch the pace slows. Its 580 aspen-studded acres offer cross-country skiers 20 miles of trails glistening in 2 ft. of new powder. Twenty guests-the inn's capacity-enjoy wine-and-cheese parties in the meadows, photograph elk, ermine...
...guess," said the Intern. "But they all look like condominiums at Vail or something...