We are all familiar with the four seasons — winter, spring, summer and fall. Hikers are only too familiar with our 5th season — ‘shoulder’ season. This season can occur in early spring and late fall.

After living here for a few years now, I’ve realized that the classic seasons — winter, spring, summer and fall — aren’t really the right descriptors for the Vail Valley. We operate on a different ...

Winter has begun, sort of. While it's definitely cold out there, even in Florida, the problem is that there are actually two different definitions of winter: meteorological and astronomical. So ...