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Vail Resorts stock tanked this week, falling around 6.18% as angry vacationers dealt with hours-long lines to hit the slopes. The waits were caused by a lack of ski patrollers on the mountain ...
Vail Ski Resort is a ski resort in the western United States, located near the town of Vail in Eagle County, Colorado.At 5,289 acres (8.3 sq mi; 21.4 km 2), it is the third-largest single-mountain ski resort in the U.S., behind Big Sky and Park City, [1] featuring seven bowls and intermediate gladed terrain in Blue Sky Basin.
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Vail Resorts was founded as Vail Associates Ltd. by Pete Seibert and Earl Eaton in the early 1960s. Eaton, a lifelong resident, led Siebert (a former WWII 10th Mountain Division ski trooper) to the area in March 1957.
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The Gardens were founded by Vail and Denver horticulturists in 1985, with subsequent planting of the Alpine Display Garden (1987), Mountain Perennial Garden (1989), Mountain Meditation Garden (1991), and the Alpine Rock Garden (1999) with its stunning 120-foot waterfall. Other gardens include the Silk Road Garden and Children's Garden.
Amsonia jonesii is a plant in the bluestar genus Amsonia known by the common name Colorado desert bluestar. It is in the dogbane family, but a separate genus. It grows in the deserts surrounding the Colorado River in the United States. It is now grown as a garden plant for its masses of light blue flowers and low water usage.
Pete's Bowl in Vail's Blue Sky Basin, and the Pete's Express lift, was named for Seibert when the second phase of the expansion area opened in December 2000. [ 6 ] Seibert died at his home in nearby Edwards age 77 on July 15, 2002, following a nine-month battle with esophageal cancer , [ 1 ] and was buried in Vail Memorial Park.