Field Notes

Hike of the Week: Aspen Mountain

A gondola ride down makes this mountain ascent a more attainable outing than you might expect.

08/30/2017 By Aspen Sojourner Staff

Small World

Are Tiny Homes the Answer to the Roaring Fork Valley's Housing Crisis?

Aspen Skiing Company adds 34 more units to its successful experiment at the Aspen Basalt Campground.

07/27/2017 By Catherine Lutz

Summer Skiing

Happy Memorial Day: Aspen Mountain Is Reopening

Thanks to an 18-inch storm cycle last week, 130 acres of mountaintop terrain will open for skiing and riding on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.

05/22/2017 By Katie Shapiro

Expanding Empire

Aspen Skiing Company to Acquire Steamboat, Stratton, Mammoth, and more!

Via a newly formed partnership with KSL Capital Partners, the projected $1.5 billion deal to purchase Intrawest will also add Snowshoe, Stratton, Tremblant, Blue Mountain, and Canadian Mountain Holidays to its portfolio.

04/10/2017 By Katie Shapiro

Only in Aspen

Aspen Skiing Company Opens a Souvenir Shop ... With Style

Because one can only buy so many "How's Your Aspen?" t-shirts.

02/15/2017 By Cindy Hirschfeld

Solar Envy

The Greenest in the Biz: How Aspen Sets the Sustainability Standard

After two decades, its groundbreaking program has had a big impact, but there’s plenty more to do.

02/15/2017 By Allen Best

Powder Days

Slideshow: It’s Apparently Also #Japanuary in Colorado

An epic winter storm cycle has dropped 40 inches on Aspen Snowmass in the last seven days.

01/10/2017 By Katie Shapiro

Mountains of Art

Aspen Art Museum and Aspen Skiing Company Mark 10th Anniversary of Art in Unexpected Places

The collaboration between two unlikely partners has aesthetically enhanced Aspen's ski experience.

11/30/2016 By Andrew Travers

While You Were Sleeping

Slideshow: Waking the Silver Queen With Aspen Skiing Company

Our overnight photo diary of the intensive prep work to open Aspen Mountain.

11/27/2016 By Tim Cooney

Ski Porn

The Curtis Brothers Make Aspen Great Again With 3rd NEPSA Win

How the local filmmakers went from crickets in the crowd to the winningest team in the local video competition's 11-year history.

10/11/2016 By Katie Shapiro

Arts Appeal

This Summer’s Limelight Dialogues Help Make the Arts More Approachable

Arm yourself with insight from the experts to appreciate Aspen’s cultural offerings.

08/10/2016 By Cindy Hirschfeld

Where The Fun Begins

The Ultimate Guide to Skiing and Riding Buttermilk

Newbie-friendly grades mixed with experts-only grinds—and most everything in between—make this mountain magic for all ages.

11/01/2015 By Abigail Eagye

Caprice on Piste

Ski in and Eat out at Sled Mobile Kitchen

Make on-mountain dining a real experience versus a necessity this season.

11/01/2015 By Amanda Rae

New Lift Line

Uplifted

A Snowmass realignment opens up new lines.

11/01/2015 By Catherine Lutz

High Times at Cloud Nine

Cristal Geyser

Cloud Nine’s recent remodel doesn’t aspire to rein in the ski world’s most raucous restaurant. It couldn’t if it tried.

11/01/2015 By Michael Miracle

Drone Appeal

They’re Coming

As the price of consumer drones drops, Aspen prepares for an inevitable airborne invasion.

07/01/2015 By Andrew Travers

No Place like Home

Three Bum Tour

When a dedicated Aspen skier recruits her father and son for a two-week sampling of North America’s most legendary ski areas, she makes a pleasant discovery: there’s no place like home.

02/01/2015 By Lara Whitley

Snow Behemoth

A Step-by-Step Guide to Building Buttermilk's SuperPipe

For more than ten consecutive years, one of the world’s biggest halfpipes has loomed large.

11/01/2014 By Erik Hesselman

Aspen Tradition

Sojourner Salutes

On Aspen Sojourner’s twentieth anniversary of honoring locals for their positive impacts on the Roaring Fork Valley, we choose four from the pillars of the Aspen experience.

11/01/2014 By Julie Comins Pickrell, Susan Benner, and Jay Cowen

Ski Culture

Stoking the Stoke

The Meeting captures Aspen’s singular obsession in a three-day winter warm-up.

07/01/2014 By Amanda Rae