Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 7

108 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 7 egional Airport V ail, Colorado has a storied history as America’s Ski Resort. It is the largest ski destination in Colorado and the most famous in the Rocky Mountains. Think upscale outdoors and everything you have ever seen in a movie about a ski resort – it is all there. Now, imagine a place 30 miles west that the Native Americans once called the “Hole in the Sky” because there were never any clouds or storms – which shares all of the local beauty but is just far enough removed from the European- style vacation mecca of Vail. This is Gypsum, named after the mineral deposits, and home of the Eagle County Regional Airport. “Picture yourself flying down into the Vail Valley, surrounded by mountains, crossing the Continental Divide,” says David Reid, Director of Aviation for Eagle County Regional Airport. “Perhaps snowy peaks are greeting you as you glide into a landing at 6,800 feet. You might have to catch your breath a couple of times until you get used to it, but it is a beautiful river Soaring above the others