Natural Retreats

06/15/2021

Crazy clouds above the Hunter Valley Monday evening.

06/09/2021

Thursday night FREE concerts are back!

Free concerts return to Snowmass this Thursday! Bring your family and friends, a blanket, and snacks. Repost
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04/27/2021

Three ways to tell it's offseason:
1) No gondola cars.
2) Little Nell is a muddy mess.
3) Ample parking available.

03/31/2021

Aspen Highlands, cruisin'.

03/18/2021

Susie 'Chapstick' Chaffee not pictured (OK, I don't think she ever worked as an instructor here. But that's what I remember about skiing in 1977).

Three female ski instructors skiing together, circa 1977.
(Photo: Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Skiing Co. Collection)

03/16/2021

Well over a foot out of this storm, can't beat spring skiing.

03/11/2021

Uphilling, what's old is new again!

03/01/2021

The weather report is out of date, we just liked the photo.

It’s mid-February and winter is in full swing. Up to four” of snow fell overnight keeping conditions soft and prime. ( 📷 : Jake Wheeler )

02/24/2021

Dancing through the light on Bell Mountain. ( 📷 : Jeremy Swanson with ⛷ : )

02/24/2021

Mining tunnels in the hills above Aspen, and UNDER town itself.

A longitudinal projection of workings in the Aspen Mining District, 1943. This is a detailed cross-sectional map of mining tunnels and stopes (large caverns where ore was removed) in Smuggler and Aspen Mountains with connecting tunnels under the Roaring Fork River. Only three vertically aligned tunnels connected the two mountains. The lowest tunnels had to be constantly pumped free of water.

The AHS Archives includes historical maps of many varieties – from early land surveys to mining claim maps to trail maps and more. Look for a new one each , including maps such as this, which is featured in “Maps Through the Decades,” the new display in the Archives Building Community Gallery.

02/17/2021

Don't forget summer; coming to a mountain town near you.