Vail Names Trail After Lindsey Vonn

Ski areas have traditionally honored important people in their development and notable competitors by naming trails after them. Consider Sun Valley, with Gretchen's Gold (Gretchen Fraser, 1948 Olympic gold medalist) and Christin's Silver (Christin Copper, 1984 Olympic silver medalist and two dozen World Cup victories) both on Seattle Ridge, and Picabo's Street (Picabo Street, 1998 Olympic gold medalist, World chamnpionship gold, World Cup downhill title) down on the Warm Springs side.

Vail has renamed the International Trail and now calls it Lindsey's in honor of Lindsey Vonn's two medals in the just completed 2010 Winter Games. How appropriate, since the run was used to contend the women's speed events during the 1989 and 1999 World Alpine Ski Championships.

And yes, I know that other ski areas have honored other competitors who trained on their slopes. Sun Valley is just the won -- I mean one -- that came to mind when I saw the photo of the new trail sign honoring Vail's big winner during the '10 Games.