Aspen Arete is a V4 YDS boulder, alpine, 12 ft (4 m) located in Georgetown > Guanella Pass > 7 Mile Boulders > Aspen Boulder. First ascent by ??. Start in a broken seam, and make a couple tough moves to get up and onto the arete. Protection: This ascends the obvious arete on the boulder.
Aspen Arete Sit is a V6- YDS boulder, alpine, 12 ft (4 m) located in Georgetown > Guanella Pass > 7 Mile Boulders > Aspen Boulder. First ascent by unknown. Sit start on a sharp left hand crimp/sidepull and right hand sidepull (both below the roof). Work towards the broken seam start of Aspen Arete, and continue up the arete. Protection: 1 pad.
Aspen Busy is a V4+ YDS boulder, alpine, 15 ft (5 m) located in Georgetown > Guanella Pass > 7 Mile Boulders > Aspen Boulder. First ascent by Chad Cowan?. Aspen Busy is a decent climb which adds moves to the arete. Itcould possibly be extended further left. It is a good climb if you have some people just stepping into the moderate arena. There are decent moves to practice. Protection: Start on the obvious jug at chest height that's about 6 feet left of the arete. Make some awkward moves low to gain the broken seam around the aerie, make some difficult bumps, and then cruise up the arete.
60 miles of free cross country ski and snowshoe trails between Aspen, Snowmass, and Basalt Colorado.
60 miles of free cross country ski and snowshoe trails between Aspen, Snowmass, and Basalt Colorado.
Discover Aspen Highlands, one of the premier four mountains of Aspen Snowmass. Explore the Highland Bowl, Cloud Nine bistro, and more to plan your visit.
Discover Aspen Highlands, one of the premier four mountains of Aspen Snowmass. Explore the Highland Bowl, Cloud Nine bistro, and more to plan your visit.
The Chris Klug Foundation invites you to join us for the 2025 Summit for Life and help us celebrate the 20th Annual "Kickoff to Winter" in Aspen, CO! Summit for Life is a nighttime uphill race up Aspen Mountain, and one of the biggest fundraisers of the year for the Chris Klug Foundation (CKF) (https://chrisklugfoundation.org/) . Our mission is to raise awareness of the lifesaving gift of organ, eye, and tissue donation. By participating in Summit for Life (S4L), you are helping us spread this message, and make a difference for the 103,000 people awaiting a transplant in the United States today. Racers will climb the 3,267 vertical feet to the summit to raise awareness for the gift of life. Each year, over 400 riders and racers take on the challenge and join CKF as we celebrate at the top! Every racer is required to fundraise a minimum of $100 and will receive a long sleeve shirt. There will also be incentives to go above and beyond! (We are here to support your efforts--please contact us for ideas, strategies, tips, tricks, and tools or access the Fundraising Guide (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6234d64803f53e03fac9c98e/t/68b3308d78ba0f7419bb4025/1756573837136/Summit+for+Life+Fundraising+Guide+24+%281%29.pdf) !) SUMMIT FOR LIFE: Participants will meet in Gondola Plaza at the base of the mountain at 5pm MT, and begin racing at 5:30pm! Hike, skin, or snowshoe your way up the 3,267 vertical feet to the top of Aspen Mountain, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, in beautiful Aspen, Colorado. View course map HERE (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6234d64803f53e03fac9c98e/t/653673e0c9f37962b3ab5723/1698067425567/Summit.For.Life.Map.jpg) . The post-race party is held at the Sundeck Restaurant (https://www.aspensnowmass.com/visit/dining/aspen-mountain/sundeck) ! Once you've made it to the summit, join us inside and enjoy dinner provided by The Little Nell (https://www.thelittlenell.com/) , live music, and an awards ceremony where we will announce our 2025 Michael Wells Inspirational Award. We'll also be presenting our top fundraisers and top race finishers with their (much-deserved!) awards. You can also register with your buddies as a team! If you belong to a gym, work for a company, volunteer with an organization...you name it. Get a group of your friends, family, co-workers, volunteer buddies, gym partners, etc, together, pick a team name, and start training for the climb to raise awareness for organ, eye, and tissue donation! There is also a prize for the best dressed team so please have some fun with your race costumes! All registered participants will receive a commemorative 2025 Summit for Life item for registering. RIDE FOR LIFE: Skip the uphill hike and ride the Silver Queen Gondola straight to the top of Aspen Mountain! Greet your friends, cheer on the racers, and join us for the post-race party at the Sundeck. SUMMIT FOR LIFE EVENT SCHEDULE: Saturday, December 6th: In-Person Summit for Life * 5:30 pm race start Please note all racers who have not reached the fundraising minimum by 5pm on Thursday, December 4th will be charged the remaining amount. In this exciting event, participants race from the base of Aspen Mountain all the way to the top! Racers will climb the 2.5 miles—at night! All participants will receive a racer bag and top racers and fundraisers will be awarded for their efforts with amazing prizes! Dinner will be provided at the Sundeck Restaurant by The Little Nell (https://www.thelittlenell.com/) , with a live-streamed awards show post-race, presented by liver transplant recipient and Olympic medalist Chris Klug. Saturday, December 6th: Ride for Life * 5:30pm start * Children 8 years old and younger race & ride for free (THEY MUST STILL REGISTER) Unable to race or ride? Want to do more? Consider volunteering with us! ***NEW THIS YEAR! Please consider bringing canned food donations for our local LIFT-UP. Help support and feed your community this December! CKF will collect donated items at packet pickup, and then donate them to the LIFT -UP pantry post-event.***
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In Colorado in 2016, pianist Erik Deutsch ( Black Crowes) and banjoist Andy Thorn (Leftover Salmon) met for the first time, when Erik showed up for his first Leftover Salmon gig at the Stanley Hotel. It didn’t take long for the like-minded musicians to click. Over the next four years, Leftover Salmon’s stage-left lit up as the two developed an undeniable musical chemistry. In their original collaborations, they blend piano and banjo to create lush acoustic landscapes and classical-inflected forays. Their original songs dance between bluegrass, jazz, and folk, while showcasing the musical connection and language that these two accomplished players have honed on stage over the years. Leftover Salmon banjo player Andy Thorn never expected to go viral. But in 2021, he was in his backyard, playing an improvised banjo tune to a wild fox, when his wife caught the whole thing on video. The video made headlines around the world. Soon, Andy was interviewed on the Kelly Clarkson Show and A & E’s Neighborhood Wars. Even NPR’s Political Gabfest discussed the video. A New York Times writer called it “a moment plucked from Aesop.” Stunned by the publicity, Andy finally recorded it (“Aesop Mountain”), along with 14 other banjo instrumentals. The resulting album, “Songs of the Sunrise Fox,” stands in contrast to the music Andy normally plays with Leftover Salmon. This album isn’t about the flashy banjo picking favored by jam bands. Instead, it’s the banjo melodies Andy would play for his friend “Foxy” at sunrise. Pianist and genre-bending sideman, Erik Deutsch currently resides in Mexico City. Over the 30-year span of his career in Brooklyn and Boulder, he has performed and recorded with pop, rock, country, and jazz artists like Norah Jones, Citizen Cope, Shooter Jennings, Shelby Lynne, Joe Russo, Steven Tyler, Ron Wood, Lukas Nelson, Levon Helm, John Scofield, Phil Lesh, Gary Clark Jr., Bill Kreutzman, Del McCoury, Warren Haynes, Karl Denson, and many more. Since 2022, Erik has been the full-time keyboardist for rock legends The Black Crowes, performing on five different continents and being an integral musical contributor to their Grammy-nominated album ‘Happiness Bastards’. A prolific composer and bandleader in his own right, Erik’s eight solo albums have received critical acclaim by RollingStone, Jazz Times, USA Today, and the Huffington Post, including Relix magazine naming Deutsch’s album ‘Outlaw Jazz’ the #16 best album of 2015. Recently voted the #5 Rising Star Organist in Downbeat Magazine’s annual poll, and recognized in consecutive years. Erik’s 9th LP—’This Was Then’—is due in July of 2025 on Hammer & String.
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Warren Miller is going big for 75 years! Stacked with unbelievable action and unexpected stories, Warren Miller’s 75 will bring fans to powder stashes and chutes around the world, from Canada, Colorado, California, and Utah to Finland, Japan, Austria, and New Jersey. Catch a diverse lineup of snowsports legends, Olympic hopefuls, world champions, X Games stars, and emerging talents on the big screen this fall, including snowboarders Shaun White, Jeremy Jones, Danny Davis, and Toby Miller, plus skiers Max Hitzig, Lexi duPont, Caite Zeliff, Mark Abma, and Aaron Blunck. With original segments and unique collaborations, this year’s film will set the tone for the next 75 years of ski and snowboard filmmaking.
Jacob Jolliff is one of the world’s premier contemporary mandolinists. In 2011, he graduated from Berklee College of Music, having studied there on a full scholarship. The following year, in 2012, he won the USA’s National Mandolin Championship in Winfield, KS. A fixture of the bluegrass scene, he has performed and collaborated with Béla Fleck, Tony Trischka, Michael Daves, Grant Gordy, Wes Corbett, and Alex Hargreaves, to name a few. Additionally, throughout his 20s, he toured as a member of the groups Joy Kills Sorrow and Yonder Mountain String Band. Currently, his focus is on his own ensemble, The Jacob Jolliff Band—one of the most cutting-edge progressive bluegrass groups on the scene today. They’ve released three albums, the most recent of which, “Instrumentals, Vol. 2: Mandolin Mysteries,” dropped in May 2024. The band plays a combination of complex original instrumental music and vocal repertoire that spans from trad bluegrass to unlikely pop covers. Improvisation and ensemble interplay are at the forefront.