As Lindsey Vonn gets back on snow, World Cup skiing season goes on at Beaver Creek

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. -- The most important skiing run, the one that has the most significant impact on the Sochi Olympics, came not at midday on the sun-drenched slopes here, where 60 women ripped through a treacherous downhill run and were greeted by cowbell-ringing fans at the finish. Rather, it came 10 miles up the road at Vail Mountain, where Lindsey Vonn -- preparing for competition, rather than racing in it -- got back on snow for the first time in the nine days since she reinjured her righ...