Screenwriter Alan Trustman reviews 2015 best picture nominees

1BY Alan Trustman, intro by Robin Smith | Mon., February 9 @ 6:39 pm

Prior to last year's Academy Awards, screenwriter Alan Trustman, lifelong skier and perennial Aspen guest, gave ABJ readers a rare look at his Hollywood career, the making of films and how he judges a successful ending. This week, he gives us access to his take on the eight movies that are in the running ...

US Ski Team hopeful tries crowdfunding site

3robin smith | Mon., January 5 @ 11:04 pm

Local ski racer Galena Wardle has set up a crowdfunding platform in her bid to raise funds for the coaching, equipment and travel expenses necessary for her position with the US Ski Team's alpine junior development team, the National Training Group. Home recently for the holidays, Wardle has now returned ...

Aspen Skiing Company to Build a New Limelight Hotel in Ketchum, Idaho

3Staff Report | December 30, 2014 @ 12:45 pm

Aspen Skiing Company (ASC) has closed on a property in Ketchum, Idaho, purchased from Bald Mountain LLC to be developed as a new Limelight Hotel, modeled after the company’s existing property in Aspen, Colo. The property is in close proximity to Sun Valley’s River Run base of Bald Mountain.

Planning a powder-skiing trip to the Canadian Rockies

6Robin Smith | December 26, 2014 @ 11:32 am

Last week's 2-foot total of snow in Colorado has been mirrored in the Canadian Rockies as well - a timely reminder for avid powder hounds to think about booking a deep powder adventure of heli- or snowcat-skiing in the backcountry of British Columbia's wilderness. From Colorado, the closest and most ...

Women's World Cup races captivate Aspen

7Robin Smith | November 30, 2014 @ 10:34 pm

The Austrian women dominated both the giant slalom and slalom events of the 2014 Aspen Winternational over the weekend of November  29-30, with Eva-Maria Brem’s giant slalom gold and Nicole Hosp’s victory in the slalom. Veteran Austrian racer Kathrin Zettel garnered the most medals, ...

Hotel Jerome's party celebrates its 125th anniversary and Aspen's historical eras

8Robin Smith | November 28, 2014 @ 11:13 pm

The Hotel Jerome celebrated its 125th anniversary Friday night, November 28, hosting a gala cocktail and dancing party, Party Like It's 1889,  attended by several hundred people eager to dress up and travel through time to revisit previous eras that were milestones in the transformations of the ...

Over 250 remember Curt Chase at Sundeck party

2Catalina Cruz | October 4, 2014 @ 9:34 pm

On what would have been Curt Chase's 92nd birthday, over 250 people gathered Friday, October 3, at the Sundeck on Aspen Mountain to honor this great man and ski pioneer who shaped both the Aspen Ski School and ski instruction nationwide.  It was a glorious, sunny day with golden leaves and ...

Aspen Skiing Company named one of OUTSIDE’s Best Places to Work 2014

Aspen, Colorado, October 2, 2014 – Aspen Skiing Company (ASC) has been selected as one of OUTSIDE’s Best Places to Work 2014. Each year, OUTSIDE recognizes the top 100 companies in the United States that help their employees strike the ideal balance between work and play. These companies ...

Sundeck party to celebrate storied life of Curt Chase

2Robin Smith | October 3, 2014 @ 2:04 am

The Aspen Skiing Company will host a celebration of the life of ski-industry and local legend Curt Chase  this afternoon, Friday, October 3, atop Aspen Mountain at the Sundeck betwen 3 and 6 p.m.   The Silver Queen Gondola will run from  2:30 to 6:30 at no charge, and all who knew ...

Eagle County Winter Job Fair October 10

EDWARDS WORKFORCE CENTER TEAMS WITH COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE FOR WINTER JOB FAIR Employment opportunities across Eagle County to be offered The Edwards Workforce Center will host a winter hiring event on October 10, connecting job seekers with a diversity of employment opportunities. The Eagle County ...

Disciplines announced for 2015 Winter X Games Aspen

1Staff Report | September 25, 2014 @ 9:57 am

When X Games Aspen returns for a 14th event in Aspen/Snowmass, Colo., from January 22-25, the winter action sports and youth lifestyle festival will descend upon Buttermilk Mountain with an expanded and fully-medaled adaptive sport lineup and the return of Snowmobile HillCross and Speed & Style, ...

Vail Resorts launches EpicPromise as part of sustainability program. 

On Saturday Sept. 20, thousands of Vail Resorts, Inc. employees will have completed 13 trail, habitat or school restoration projects across the U.S. and in Jamaica to commemorate Vail Resorts’ newly launched EpicPromise, a branding platform designed to engage resort guests and residents of the ...

Aspen Skiing Co. names Rana Dershowitz General Counsel and Vice President

3Staff report | September 17, 2014 @ 4:14 pm

The Aspen Skiing Co. announced Wednesday the appointment of Rana Dershowitz, as General Counsel and Vice President. Dershowitz has weighty skiing credentials to go with an impressive legal background. She attended Harvard undergrad and was captain of the varsity ski team three of her four years there.

A week for personal photography at Anderson Ranch

1Robin Smith | September 3, 2014 @ 4:45 pm

Snowmass Village - Last week, ten of us, photographers all, hunkered down in front of monitors for five days straight at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, focused on mastering the software program Lightroom under the guidance of superstar educator/photographer Jan Kabili.   We voluntarily trapped ...

Grace Potter, Ziggy Marley kick off JAS Labor Day music in style

6Tripp Devers | August 30, 2014 @ 9:23 pm

Any skepticism was quickly diffused about this year's JAS Aspen Snowmass Labor Day lineup as soon as Ziggy Marley took the stage and took control of the entheusiastic crowd Friday evening in Snowmass' Town Park. Everyone was quickly on their feet as soon as Marley took the stage and the only breather ...