Author: Scott Condon
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Aspen Mountain will open for skiing Memorial Day Weekend
Don’t put those boards away just yet. Aspen Mountain will reopen for skiing and snowboarding Memorial Day Weekend. About 130 acres of terrain at the mountaintop will be open for skiing and snowboarding Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Aspen Skiing Co. announced Monday. The upper intermediate or blue trails will be open as will the black…
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Aspen seasonal workers use swanky tiny homes
Aspen Skiing Co. has joined the tiny-house movement. Skico purchased six “trailer coaches” this fall for about $100,000 each and placed them this week at its Aspen Basalt Campground in the midvalley. Seasonal workers will move into the residences — each with around 500 square feet — by this weekend. If they prove to be…
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Kayaker killed in accident was popular Snowmass ski instructor
The victim of a deadly accident Sunday on the Fryingpan River split time between Grand Junction and Snowmass, where he was an immensely well-liked ski instructor. The victim was identified by the Eagle County Coroner’s Office as Jerry Young, 63. Coroner Kara Bettis said Young’s first name was spelled Gerry but it was spelled Jerry…
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Workers are a little tougher for Aspen Skiing Co. to find
Aspen Skiing Co. anticipates a tougher time filling its positions this winter than in recent winters — but how much tougher isn’t clear yet. “I think we’re seeing the pendulum swinging back,” said Jim Laing, vice president of human resources and retail operations, referring to the job market. “All resorts are seeing a shift.” Aspen…
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Fossil of rare dinosaur found near Aspen
SNOWMASS VILLAGE — A dinosaur fossil discovered in rural Old Snowmass turned out to be a very rare beast, according to the paleontologist leading the excavation. The bones are from a Haplocanthosaurus, a plant-eater that roamed the Earth in the Late Jurassic period, more than 150 million years ago, according to John Foster, curator of…
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Aspen Skiing Co. wants to expand winter activities at Snowmass
Aspen Skiing Co. wants to turn a larger part of the area around the lower Elk Camp chairlift terminal into an evening playground for winter tourists at Snowmass, according to an application submitted to the U.S. Forest Service. Skico recently submitted a plan to create a four-lane, 500-foot long tubing area on Lower Bear Bottom…
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Legal pot topic of Aspen board game
ASPEN Aspen has evolved into a hub of Colorado’s marijuana industry, at least in a homegrown board game called Colorado Cannabis Craze. The game was created by two partners in Louisville-based Hilljack Entertainment LLC on April 20, 2011, but sales didn’t really light up until after Colorado voters passed Amendment 64 last fall, legalizing the…
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New backcountry ski hut opens near Aspen
ASPEN — The man who was instrumental in expanding one of the backcountry ski-hut systems near Aspen was honored Thursday with completion of a hut that bears his nickname. About 40 people turned out to celebrate the christening of Opa’s Taylor Hut, named after the late Aspenite Fred Braun. The Alfred A. Braun Hut System…
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Angler says he caught smallmouth bass in Ruedi Reservoir
BASALT — Four years after anglers started hauling in perch from Ruedi Reservoir, a seasoned fisherman caught what he believes was a bass there Wednesday. Marco de la Espriella said a juvenile fish, maybe 5 inches long, aggressively went after a spoon lure that was about half the fish’s size. At first, he thought it…
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Aspen-area wilderness being loved to death
ASPEN — As the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act draws near, the Forest Service is taking stock of the five wilderness areas in the Aspen area and finding a handful of trouble spots among much splendor.Overnight use of a few popular places has surged and caused problems to the degree that the Forest Service…