News & Profiles

Skyward Ho!

The 50th Snowmass Balloon Festival Soars to New Heights

A record 40 balloons will take to the skies this year.

08/04/2025 By Amanda Rae

At Altitude

An Ecological Haven Gets a $9 Million Makeover

Aspen Center for Environmental Studies’(ACES) reopened the Catto Center at Toklat this winter after a three-year restoration project.

07/29/2025 By kaya williams

At Altitude

WE-cycle Free Bikeshare Celebrates 13 Seasons

Connecting people to place in the Roaring Fork Valley.

07/22/2025 By Amanda Rae

At Altitude

Community Table: Ultimate Summertime Party Guests

Our dream list for a dinner party at a swanky downtown Aspen rooftop restaurant.

07/22/2025 Illustrations by samantha moody

At Altitude

Three Things: Aspen Summer 2025

A new scent, hotel renovations, and a commitment to sustainability.

07/01/2025

At Altitude

Coming Soon: An Updated Aspen Airport

Last fall, the county and the FAA signed off on a new airport layout plan.

06/23/2025 By kaya williams

At Altitude

Why Is Aspen Still Mired in Gridlock?

A solution to the notorious bottleneck at the city's entrance has been on the books since 1998. What gives?

06/23/2025 By kaya williams

Need to Know

Where Can I Take a Psychedelic Trip in Aspen?

Now that magic mushrooms are legal in Colorado, folks want to know.

06/14/2025

Wealth Rising

Aspen's 80 Billionaires

Pitkin County has one of the highest concentrations of billionaires—or, at least, billionaire-owned property—in the world.

06/12/2025 By Catherine Lutz, laurine lassalle, and curtis wackerle for aspen journalism

Call & Response

A Conversation with Auden Schendler

The sustainability guru shares his thoughts on big-scale change, human motivation, and the failure of the modern environmental movement.

01/21/2025 By Tess Weaver Photography by Karl Wolfgang

At Altitude

Buttermilk Hosts Three Top-Tier Freestyle Events

Here’s how to catch all the action this winter.

12/30/2024 By Cindy Hirschfeld

Feature

Sojourner Salutes: A Tribute to Civic-Minded Locals

Honoring a couple who views community service as a team sport, a ski coach devoted to Aspen’s kids, and a local leader who builds public trust in the produce aisle.

12/09/2024 By Cindy Hirshfeld, Catherine Lutz, and Sarah Chase Shaw Photography by Karl Wolfgang

Local Love

Aspen Thift Shop Celebrates 75 Years

The women-run bargain basement fundraiser uncovers gems that flow back into the community. 

06/12/2024 By Amanda Rae

Call & Response

Jay Fletcher, Aspen’s Leading Master Sommelier

Decanting the essence of the tasting mentor, cellar guru, and enduring “Wine Guy.”

06/11/2024 By Amanda Rae Photography by Karl Wolfgang

At Altitude

Group Autobiography Taps into Aspen Nostalgia

New book chronicles a peripatetic coming of age in the valley

12/15/2023 By Catherine Lutz

Air Supply

Breathless in Your High-Altitude Ski Retreat?

This company might be able to help.

12/15/2023 By Amanda M. Faison

At altitude

Wildwood School Celebrates 50 Years

A half-century as Aspen’s Hobbiton for tots

12/13/2023 By Catherine Lutz

At Altitude

Aspen Community Table

Our dream guest list for a wintertime dinner party in a swanky rooftop yurt.

12/13/2023 By Amanda Rae Illustrations by Matty Newton

Call & Response

Meet New Aspen Skiing Company CEO Geoff Buchheister

The new boss looks forward to rubbing elbows with you on a chairlift this winter.

12/11/2023 By Cindy Hirschfeld Photography by Jeremy Swanson

At Altitude

Lucky Duck

An Aspen summer rite of passage returns to the Roaring Fork River.

06/13/2023