Vail Valley Voices

: Kevin Foley, Frazier's and Lionshead Gondola: History Nugget with Tony Mauro; In 1979, Kevin Foley landed his first job in Vail as a bartender at Frazier's Restaurant. Frazier's was located in the Lionshead Gondola Building in the Lionshead Village area of Vail. Foley, who eventually served as a Vail Town Council member for twenty-three years, recalled his unusual skier service while working at Frazier's. In 2023, Tony Mauro, the Voice of Vail, conducted an oral history with Kevin Foley as part of the Vail Valley Voices oral history project of Vail Public Library. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) photograph of "Frazier's Bar" was captured by photographer Ron Hoffman in February of 1974.

: Lorraine and Harley Higbie - Oral History; Lorraine and Harley Higbie met skiing in Zermatt, Switzerland. Harley Higbie was an original member of the Vail Associates Board of Directors and Lorraine Higbie was active with the boards of Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, Denver Botanic Garden and Denver Art Museum. They were early residents of Vail and active in the community's life and activities.

: Lyle Viers - 1963-1964 Season; 1960s instructor of Vail Ski School, Lyle Viers, races past ski gate. 1963-1964 Season. Photo by Howard B. Gray., Photographer Howard B. Gray is the brother of Vail Ski School icon Hadley Gray.

: Lyle Viers - Catches Air circa 1963; Lyle Viers catches air circa 1963. Viers was a pioneer ski instructor at both Mammoth, California and Vail, Colorado. Photo by Don Leomazzi.

: Lyle Viers - Coach at 1969 National Women's Camp; Lyle Viers was a coach at the U.S. National Women's Ski Racing Camp. June 1969. Photo by Jim Burkholder. In the 1960s, Viers was a pioneering ski professional at both Mammoth, California and Vail, Colorado.

: Lyle Viers - November 1963; Lyle Viers - November 1963. Viers was a pioneer ski instructor at both Mammoth, California and Vail, Colorado. Photo by Don Leomazzi.

: Lyle Viers - Oral History; Lyle Viers discusses his experiences at a ski instructor at Vail (Colorado) and Mammoth (California). Viers began teaching at Vail in 1967 and has taught skiing over 55 years. Hailing from a family of miners, the Viers family lived in Minturn, Gilman and Leadville in the 1950s.

: Lyle Viers - Ski Racing; Lyle Viers - ski racing. n.d. Unknown photographer. Viers coached ski racing and instructed skiing for over 55 years. He was a pioneering ski professional both Mammoth, California and Vail, Colorado.

: Lyle Viers - Skiing Moguls circa 1963; Lyle Viers skiing moguls and catching air circa 1963. Viers was a pioneering ski professional at both Mammoth, California and Vail, Colorado. Photo by Don Leomazzi.

: Lyle Viers - early 1960s Mammoth CA; Lyle Viers taught at Mammoth Ski Area, California, prior to becoming a mainstay at Vail Ski School in the late 1960s. Photograph by Howard B. Gray, brother of Hadley Gray, another Mammoth Ski Area instructor who migrated to Vail in the 1960s.

: Lyle Viers and Joyce Gedelman-Viers; Lyle Viers, who helped pioneer Vail ski instruction in the 1960s, and wife, Joyce Gedelman, who moved to Vail in 1972, enjoyed the outdoors and organizing community events.

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