The countdown to the Winter Olympics in Sochi is on, but snow sports fans can get a taste of the action this week as the Winter X Games return to Aspen’s Buttermilk mountain Jan. 23-26. Skiers will soar, sleds will fly and thousands of fans will pack the Roaring Fork Valley to get in on […]

5Point Film’s annual festival is a weekend of inspirational adventure shorts and feature-length films that takes place in Carbondale during the spring. This Saturday, people can get a small dose of it at 5Point Film Aspen, an evening featuring samples of the films and special guests Chris Davenport, Sally Francklyn and Ryan Hudson. Big-mountain skier […]

Cross-country skiing is as easy as walking, just with carbon-fiber sticks on your feet. This weekend, the Aspen Cross Country Center hosts a ski extravaganza, offering free lessons, demos, rentals, waxing and food to anyone interested in testing out the sport. Whether one’s after the simple swoosh of classic skiing or the lung-busting workout demanded […]

When decisions need to be made, but food quality can’t be sacrificed, there are a number of go-to spots in Aspen. And because most of them come with a view, everyone in the group leaves with a smile.

As Los Angeles prepares for the 86th Academy Awards, here in Aspen a local nonprofit is getting ready for its own fete the same night. Aspen Film returns to the Caribou Club March 2 with its exclusive live screening of the Oscars, including a red carpet runway, live auction and multi-course dinner. Proceeds from the […]

Chef Tim Goodell’s accolades are diverse, and that’s fitting because so are his accomplishments. From his start under pastry chef Gary Danko at the Ritz-Carlton San Francisco in the early ’90s to his recent expansion of 25 Degrees from its home inside the Roosevelt Hotel to Chicago and Bangkok, he’s a tour de cuisine. The […]

Aspen Skiing Co.’s Environment Foundation gave a combined $50,000 in grants to the Conservation Colorado Education Fund and Western Resource Advocates to support new state air quality rules in December. The new rules, announced by Gov. Hickenlooper, are supported by major energy producers, Encana, Anadarko and Noble, and they aggressively target emissions associated with natural […]

One of the country’s oldest and largest gay ski weeks returns Jan. 12, bringing hundreds to thousands of gays and lesbians to the Roaring Fork Valley for seven days of skiing, dining, parties and one night of comedy featuring Mario Cantone. Aspen Gay Ski, Jan. 12-18, includes themed parties, group dinners and skiing en masse […]

Sarah Gercke is the owner of The Gallerie, an appointment-only specialty store which curates fashion for the discerning shopper. She also has her own line, GRAY. All of her style picks, featured here every other week, can be found in Aspen.  As the temps keep heading south (brrr!), stay fashionably warm in the following winter […]