Madeleine Osberger
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Aspen, CO, United States
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Bill Madsen is the new mayor of Snowmass Village, Tuesday numbers show
Bill Madsen is the next mayor of Snowmass Village. Madsen on Tuesday defeated his colleague on town council, Tom Goode, by 753 to 630 votes after surging to an early → Read More
Gallagher must go, say districts, businesses, others
Residential out of whack with commercial in rural Colorado → Read More
Bronze for Basalt High School sophomore Hanna Faulhaber at Youth Olympic Games
Hanna Faulhaber won a bronze medal in the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games on Monday in the Leysin Pipe and Park. The Basalt High School sophomore finished with a best-run score of 77.33 in the finals on a beautiful January day in Lausanne, Switzerland. Faulhaber said midday Monday that after scoring poorly on her first run in the three-run finals, the pressure was on to get it done in the… → Read More
Aspen’s Baker Boyd featured in Warren Miller film ‘Timeless’
In terms of credibility and renown, Baker Boyd considers himself something of an underdog in the new Warren Miller Entertainment film “Timeless,” that plays Dec. 4-5 at the Wheeler Opera House. “Everyone involved has either had a Warren Miller appearance or some other big movie or other type of publication or publications,” Boyd said this week. “I grew up watching Warren Miller films. It’s… → Read More
Aspen man dies in motorcycle crash
Speed, alcohol and drugs are being considered as possible factors in a fatal motorcycle crash early Tuesday morning that involved a 30-year-old Aspen man, according to Colorado State Patrol trooper → Read More
Snowmass firefighter revs it up in the desert
Roaring Fork Fire battalion chief third in San Felipe 250 → Read More
Aspen Skating Club readies for March 9 spring show
The cast of the Aspen Skating Club’s annual show this Saturday may include dozens and feature a performer who earned a bronze medal in the 2018 Winter Olympics, but it’s the number with a handful of fathers that will likely be the show stopper. “The girls love having their dads skate,” said Aspen Skating Club’s head coach Teri Hooper, about a beloved local tradition that started three years ago… → Read More
Mayor’s race will be decided between Torre and Mullins
Tuesday’s top vote getters in Aspen’s mayoral election, challenger Torre and current Aspen City Council member Ann Mullins, will vie for the top job in a runoff election on April 2. In his sixth attempt at mayor, Torre earned 1,281 votes to Mullins’ 940 votes to qualify for the runoff. This was Mullins’ first attempt at the mayor’s seat. Councilman Adam Frisch, who is wrapping up his second and… → Read More
Tuesdays find a quiet Sunlight
Not much happening on a weekday, and that’s the way some like it → Read More
Victim identified in Sunday’s after-hours snowboarding accident on Ajax
Aaron Hill hit the lift timing shack near the bottom of Lift 1A used for World Cup races → Read More
After years of flat skier visits, now too much of a good thing?
For an industry that hasn’t grown in decades, an uptick in skier visits this season from good snow and new pass deals seems to be causing some growing pains in the mountain west. Complaints of crowding by season pass holders at areas impacted by the Ikon Pass, including those owned by Aspen Skiing Co. and Alterra Mountain Co., the Denver-based company formed in 2017 by Henry Crown and Co. and… → Read More
Snowmass Center preliminary plan gets first look
Minimizing the disruption to essential services like the grocery store and post office is important to the redevelopment of the Snowmass Center, an owner’s representative said last week as the preliminary plan for the project was unveiled during a joint meeting of the Snowmass Village Town Council and the planning commission. That will be attempted by retaining some of the existing building that… → Read More
Bowing out after career of saving lives
Firefighter, paramedic Scott Arthur to be feted Wednesday → Read More
Ikon Pass is bringing people here, like it or not
If anecdotal evidence or one-on-one encounters with guests on lifts, restaurants and skier shuttles is any indication, the Ikon Pass that made its debut this season is a smash hit. But just how many people are using their Ikon Pass, which includes Aspen Skiing Co. as a “premium destination partner” offering a set number of redeemable days, is proprietary information and won’t be released either… → Read More
‘Nothing unusual’ in initial report about fatal avalanche
CAIC: Presidents Day weekend slides aren’t uncommon → Read More
Upper valley sees rash of thefts of skis from unlocked vehicle racks
At least eight pairs stolen in two days, police say → Read More
Land sale continues Red Mountain’s upscaling evolution
Once home to funky cabins, now becoming an exclusive enclave → Read More
Backcountry avalanche claims lives of two local men
Two local men who were involved with youth lacrosse programs in Aspen were killed in an avalanche in Gunnison County on Saturday, according to the Mt. Crested Butte Police Department. Michael Goerne, 37, of Carbondale and Aspenite Owen Green, 27, were reported overdue Saturday around 8 p.m. from an expedition in the area of East Brush Creek near Crested Butte. Crested Butte Search and Rescue… → Read More
Opposition organizes against Lift One corridor
‘Committee to Improve Lift 1 Corridor Plan’ files with city → Read More
Locals named to Junior World Championships Team
Bridger Gile and Cooper Cornelius, two born-and-bred natives of the Roaring Fork Valley, will be skiing in the 2019 FIS Alpine Junior World Championships in Val di Fassa, Italy, on Feb. 18-27, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team said in a weekend announcement. Both men are 19 years old and trained during some formative years with the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club. Gile and Cornelius also… → Read More