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About 175 humans were dragged up Buttermilk Mountain on Saturday for Sun Dog's K-9 Uphill race. Fritz Howard had the best time in the male division with 27:07. Stephanie Dwyer won the female division with a time of 27:08.
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Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Seventeen year Cooper Street barman MichaelAspen Daily News: The Hotel Jerome is pulling out all the stops in its holiday marketing campaign, which includes the promotion of a 10-night, perk-filled stay for $1 million.Aspen Daily News:
Aspen Daily News: A horse looks back to check on his pals in the shadow of the Maroon Bells on Sunday.Aspen Daily News: Lyle Wilson (left) and Floyd Straider of the Colorado Department of Transportation close the gates on Independence Pass for the winter season on Monday.Aspen Daily News: A demolition crew tears down all but the façade and an original section of the Mother Lode building on Hyman Avenue Tuesday.Aspen Daily News: Emergency responders carry a construction worker to an ambulance after pulling him from the sub-level of the Hyatt Grand Aspen on Tuesday. The worker fell from an upper level, and was transported to Aspen Valley Hospital for treatment.Aspen Daily News:
Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: A pair of nesting osprey were spotted earlier this year near Aspen Glen, the first such sighting in years.Aspen Daily News: A work crew paints railings outside the Hyatt Grand Aspen on Wednesday afternoon. The hotel's scheduled opening date is Dec. 17 and there's seemingly a great deal of work to do.Aspen Daily News: Chris Moon, paranormal investigator and editor of Haunted Times magazine held a seminar titled Aspen Daily News: Four-year-old Michael Kent kills time waiting for his brother to show up (with the assistance of his father, John) at the downvalley Burlingame bus stop on Highway 82 on Thursday.
Aspen Daily News: From left: Military veterans Dick Merritt, Jay Parker and Howie Berg crack smiles while listening to tales of duty from fellow servicemen and women at Friday's Veterans Day ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Aspen. A large crowd of retired militAspen Daily News: A city of Aspen employee operates a Steiner tractor Wednesday on the Hyman Avenue mall, clearaing away the remaining slush after recent snowfall.Aspen Daily News: Tommy Reynolds, a veteran World Cup race crewmember, rigs the support lines for the Aspen Daily News: Yellow pansies along Park Circle try to withstand the recent snow that dropped more than a few inches in Aspen.Aspen Daily News: A Hunter S. Thompson shrine was erected inside the Denver Press Club on Saturday night for the debut of
Aspen Daily News: The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies golden eagle gazes from its roost near Hallam Lake recently.Aspen Daily News: A Colorado Department of Transportation worker smacks the stoplights with a long pole to clear the snow out of them at the intersection of Highway 82 and Owl Creek Road on Tuesday following Monday night's dump.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Nick Marciano, visiting Aspen from Tampa, Fla., shovels out one of the bowls in the Aspen skatepark on Tuesday afternoon. Aspen Daily News: Richard Allen, owner of Vintage Ski World on Cooper Avenue mall, shows off his 1950 FIS World Championship start banner. The race was the first international ski championship ever to be held in the United States. Allen bought the start and finish markers
Aspen Daily News: The Maroon Bells and Maroon Creek valley are covered in a blanket of light, white, fluff. As of Friday, brave motorists in four-wheel drive vehicles were able to drive to the Bells.Aspen Daily News: This horse in a pasture on Owl Creek Road tastes the snow on a fence wire on Thursday. As the horse's subsequent smile attests, his tongue did not get frozen to the icy wire.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Leitner Poma electrical technician David Ratcliffe checks cable sensors on the new Aspen Daily News: Chris Moon, paranormal investigator and editor of Haunted Times magazine held a seminar titled
Aspen Daily News: Two-year-old Charlie Wagner of Littleton, Colo., hangs out with his newfound friend on the Hyman Avenue mall Tuesday.Aspen Daily News: The Hickory House is preparing an estimated 650 pounds of smoked turkey for (some of which is shown here) its annual Thanksgiving Day fundraiser. The restaurant will be serving meals from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and donations will go to the Buddy Program.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Sue Hume (left) and Brett Weigner, visiting from Cheyenne, Wyo., take a stroll on their snowshoes through the North Star Nature Preserve on Tuesday afternoon. Aspen Daily News: Extreme skiing pioneer Glen Plake hosts the third annual NEPSA Video & Art awards on Friday evening. The event, which was still taking place at press time, consisted of nine entries featuring local and regional talent including Carbondale's Peter Olenick.
Aspen Daily News: Local rider Sam Kachmar pops off a catwalk in the woods along Sneaky's during opening day at Snowmass on Thursday.Aspen Daily News: Eager snow-seekers ride up on the new six-passenger Village Express lift at the base of Fanny Hill on Thanksgiving morning.Aspen Daily News: Local skier Ted Davenport jibs the rail at the Aspen/Snowmass Thanksjibbing contest on Saturday night at the base of Aspen Mountain. Steele Spence, Peter Olenick and Tom Dossal took first, second and third place respectively in the skier category.Aspen Daily News: Ben O'Brien, 3,(in blue) and his brother Mike, 7, (in yellow) go off a jump on the Whoa Nellie sledding area in back of the Aspen Recreation Center on Sunday.Aspen Daily News: A Brisk Break: Old Snowmass resident Susan Richman takes an afternoon run on Tuesday along the Highway 82 trail.
Aspen Daily News: Frozen Fang: The Hickory House mascot stands guard above the restaurant and acts as an indicator of the weather. The National Weather Service is calling for heavy snowfall today and continuing snow throughout the week.Aspen Daily News: Savanna Calvano (bottom right) slides down a hill at the Aspen Middle School playground during recess on Wednesday. Downvalley, kids in the Roaring Fork Valley School District got the day off due to bad weather. Said disgruntled Aspen Middle School studenAspen Daily News: An early season snowboarder takes to the air after dark.Aspen Daily News: Matthew Ballance (left), and Karl Walker, both of Glenwood Springs, ride through falling snow at Sunlight Mountain Resort on Friday, the resort's opening day. Three inches of fresh snow settled overnight on top of a summit base of 28 inches.Aspen Daily News: Calvin Bates (right) trudges through fresh snow with his mother, Lisa, who is toting Lilly Bates in a covered sled. It was Calvin's first cross-country skiing commute home after school.
Aspen Daily News: Craig Goodson (left) hangs onto Mya, his 3-year-old daughter, while she negotiates the rope bridge in Wagner Park on Thursday. The Goodson family is on vacation from Tallahassee, Fla. and spent the day checking out Aspen.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Folks gathered in the falling snow on Main Street Sunday to view the 21st lighting of the Sardy House Christmas tree. Carolers, live music, and Mr. and Mrs. Claus entertained the crowd prior to the lighting ceremony.Aspen Daily News: Recent heavy snowfall has put the 10th Mountain Division skier, located in Gondola Plaza at the base of Aspen Mountain, back in his element.Aspen Daily News:
Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Blake Williams (shown here), of Snowmass, was involved in a two-car accident at the intersection of Highway 82 and Brush Creek Road that claimed the life of an Illinois woman Wednesday morning.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Construction worker Jim Vail takes his packed lunch to the Cooper Street mall on Monday.
Aspen Daily News: Friday Early Opening for Buttermilk: Recent snowfall has made it possible for Aspen Skiing Co. to open 90 percent of Buttermilk on Friday. Aspen Highlands will open on Saturday and the highly anticipated Deep Temerity lift is scheduled to be operating.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Nine-year-old Greg Rowe reflects on his sled run down a hill behind The Little Red School House in Snowmass Village on Wednesday. Aspen Daily News: Peggy Ding (left) and Kelly Cooney wave at a passing gondola full of kids on the new Sky Cab gondola at Snowmass on Thursday.Aspen Daily News: From left: Write-in candidate Chip McCrory, District Attorney Colleen Truden and candidate Martin Beeson met in Glenwood Springs City Hall on Wednesday evening for a debate.
Aspen Daily News: Tom Winter, Senior Editor of Freeskier magazine, floats through powder on Log Jam at Aspen Highlands on Thursday. Log Jam is a newly accessible run leading to the Deep Temerity lift. The new terrain opens Saturday and lifts will start running at 8:30 a.m.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Nadia Styger of Switzerland celebrates her win after Friday's World Cup super G on Aspen Mountain. Styger nipped Michaela Dorfmeister by 0.10 of a second, and Andrea Fischbacher by 0.24 of a second. U.S. skier Kirsten Clark was fifth, and Lindsey Kildow, Aspen Daily News: Marolt family members and the community gathered at the Rubey Park bus station on Friday for the unveiling of the Max Marolt statue.Aspen Daily News: Anja Paerson of Sweden, a two-time women's World Cup overall champion, took first place in slalom on Sunday. Paerson finished with a total time of 1:36.01 in two runs. She placed second in the giant slalom on Saturday.
Aspen Daily News: Strolling Skier Snowflake Sculpture: Skiers pass a snowflake ice sculpture placed along Gondola Plaza on Monday. Ice sculptures were placed in the plaza during the Winternational Ice Festival over the weekend.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Martin Beeson (left) celebrates the recall of District Attorney Colleen Truden and his projected victory Tuesday night. At right is Jeff Cheney, a supporter of Beeson. Cheney and Beeson were two of seven prosecutors to resign while under Truden.Aspen Daily News: A llama at the T Lazy Seven stables on Maroon Creek Road appears to be sampling snowflakes as they fall during Tuesday's snowstorm.Aspen Daily News:
Aspen Daily News: Commuters board a downvalley bus at Rubey Park on Thursday afternoon. On some days this month, the three-mile rush-hour trip to Buttermilk takes an hour.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Elaine Berman parks her car Tuesday along a private road leading to a Bureau of Land Management parking lot, located off Hunter Creek Road. (See related Hunter Creek story below).Aspen Daily News: A motorist died when her car left the road and plunged into the Fryingpan River near Basalt on Friday.
Aspen Daily News: Aspen/Pitkin County Airport Director Jim Elwood (right) and FCI Contractors supervisor Charles Evernham explain Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Center construction at the airport on Tuesday.Aspen Daily News: Aspen/Pitkin County Airport Director Jim Elwood (right) and FCI Contractors supervisor Charles Evernham explain Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Center construction at the airport on Tuesday.Aspen Daily News: Riders push the ball toward the goal in the finals of the U.S. Polo Association World Snow Polo Championships at Rio Grande Park on Sunday. Team Wright Group beat Gorsuch/L'Hostaria 8-6.Aspen Daily News: City workers capitalized on Wednesday's warm weather to scrape off and pile up snow from the 900 block of East Hopkins Avenue.Aspen Daily News: Nancy Ringwold operates Spiritual Psychic out of her family home on Highway 82. In 2006, she hopes to start a psychic center in Snowmass that will offer in-house treatment for those seeking spiritual aid.
Aspen Daily News: Eric Peterson, visiting from South Salem, N.Y., glides along a cross-country skiing trail in Snowmass on Wednesday.Aspen Daily News: District Attorney Colleen Truden's recall was the Aspen Daily News top story for 2005.Aspen Daily News: A Wonderful Life: George Bailey (Rick Stear) contemplates his life while snow falls during Theatre Aspen's dress rehearsal ofAspen Daily News: The Cardenas and Blanco families from Caracas, Venezuela skate together at the Silver Circle Ice Rink on Sunday. Members of the two families tried several times to form a line and skate the length of the rink, but invariably ended up in a pile of bodies.Aspen Daily News: Simon Dumont, gold medalist in the 2005 ESPN X Winter Games men's superpipe competition, soars out of the pipe on Wednesday during an Oakley catalog photo shoot.
Aspen Daily News: Aspenite Wes Fleming takes his dog, Tess, for some exercise along Maroon Creek Road on Tuesday.Aspen Daily News: William DeMarco, father of Taylor Demarco, cries outside District Court on Thursday.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Santa made an appearance on Friday at Sardy Field, helping out with incoming holiday flights. He said his practical experience with landing sleighs led him to the runway so he could direct commercial planes.
Aspen Daily News: Bell ringers Madeline Melville (left) and her uncle, Craig Melville, work the Salvation Army kettle station in front of City Market on Friday. Aspenite Sarah Strassburger (right) reaches into her wallet for a donation. Aspen Daily News: The Heyman family, left to right: Jonathan, 20, Dr. Michael Heyman, Marina and Erik, 19, spend time together in their Snowmass home on Friday. The family lost their New Orleans home in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Folks received a glimpse into the future of the Silver Queen Gondola, as two new cars were available for public inspection at the base of Aspen Mountain on Sunday.Aspen Daily News: People congregate under the Isis Theatre marquee on Monday night. The Hopkins Avenue building is under contract to be sold to an undisclosed buyer, according to insiders.
Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: 2002 Olympic bronze medalist Chris Klug makes free turns below Richmond Ridge last weekend prior to heading to Europe to compete in FIS World CUp snowboarding events.Aspen Daily News: Nine-year-old Michaela Voss watches warm-ups and waits for her gymnastics class to start in the Red Brick Gymnasium on Wednesday.Aspen Daily News: Canadian geese loiter in Hallam Lake at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies on Wednesday, feeding on plant life growing beneath the surface. Birds depend on flowing water feeding the lake to keep the surface from freezing.Aspen Daily News: Dr. Gerald Meehl, senior scientist for the National Center for Atmospheric Research, spoke about global warming and Aspen on Thursday evening at the Given Institute.
Aspen Daily News: Window cleaner Steve Johnson tends to a glass façade on the 100 block of Mill Street in downtown Aspen on Thursday afternoon.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Most of District Attorney Martin Beeson's new staff (shown here) was sworn in at the Garfield County Courthouse on Friday, while others were sworn in at the Pitkin County Courthouse.Aspen Daily News: Ryan (left) and Kasia Novak, visiting from Boulder, take a walk along the East of Aspen trail recently. Aspen Daily News: The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club kicked off its season on Saturday with the first of eight clinics for its 1,000 members. About 550 kids have enrolled in the Snow Warriors program, ranging from first-graders to high school students.
Aspen Daily News: Sleigh driver Brian Dieterich (front, left) of Aspen Carriage and Sleigh takes the Forensky family for a ride on their privately leased trail on Aspen's East End. The company wants to operate on the Aspen Golf Course cross-country skiing trails.Aspen Daily News: Jeep and Mo were well-known entertainers on Aspen's pedestrian malls. They also made an appearance on the Animal Planet network, and wintered in Florida.Aspen Daily News: You've been Flamingoed!: Girl Scout troop 265 placed about 30 flamingos on the lawn of Julie Ressler as part of a fund-raising drive. According to a flyer accompanying the birds, the Girl Scouts will retrieve them within 24 hours for a $10Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Sue Schmidt caresses Buster at her Silt ranch on Tuesday. The dog's owner, a displaced New Orleans resident currently living in Dallas, placed the German shepherd mix in Schmidt's temporary care.
Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Aspen Mountain ski patrol members Allison Lassiter (left) and Deb Curtis look for out-of-control skiers and snowboarders in the slow-skiing zone near the Ajax Express chairlift on Wednesday.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Highlands played host to the Aspen Daily News: Sculpting the Castle: Popcorn Wagon operator Annette Docimo works on shaping and fortifying her castle walls on Wednesday. Aspen Daily News: A Dodge Durango rammed into a public bus traveling along Maroon Creek Road near the Aspen High School football field on Thursday. Four people were hospitalized, including the bus driver and the occupants of the SUV.
Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Air Force cadet 4th class Jonathan Swift (left), a trumpeter in the Air Force marching band, acknowledges the praise of five-year-old Bella Betts following the band's rendition of Aspen Daily News: The Aspen Police Department, with the assistance of other local and federal law enforcement agencies, reportedly confiscated 5 ounces of cocaine and up to %5,000 in suspected drug money during the Dec. 2 raids at two downtown eateriesAspen Daily News: Rep. John Salazar, right, rides one of the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority's hybrid electric buses on Monday with staffers and RFTA officials during a visit to the Roaring Fork Valley. Salazar helped secure federal funding for the transit agency lasAspen Daily News: Aspen Police Chief Loren Ryerson addresses Aspen City Council and members of the community during a public meeting held Tuesday evening concerning the Dec. 2 drug busts.
Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Local snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler pulls a stalefish during a recent photo shoot in the Buttermilk superpipe. Bleiler has made the 2006 U.S. Olympic team that will compete in Torino, Italy in February.Aspen Daily News: Rosey Rushing, 7, of Aspen, plays in a snow sculpture on Independence Square on Wednesday.Aspen Daily News: Aspenite Jeff Corey blasts through fluff on Aspen Mountain on Thursday morning. More than a foot of new snow blanketed the resort as of Thursday morning, according to Aspen Skiing Co. More than 200 inches (nearly 17 feet of snow) have fallen since Oct. 1,Aspen Daily News: Twelve-year-old Justin Ruthermel (left) watches the Silver Circle Ice Rink Zamboni with his friends, Kyla Stewart, 7, and Ian Stewart, 4. The childrens' families are visiting Aspen from Orlando, Fla.
Aspen Daily News: Aspenite Jeff Corey blasts through fluff on Aspen Mountain on Thursday morning. More than a foot of new snow blanketed the resort as of Thursday morning, according to Aspen Skiing Co. More than 200 inches (nearly 17 feet of snow) have fallen since Oct. 1,Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Larry McDonald, playing the part of Roxy from the Broadway show Aspen Daily News: The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club hosted a Nordic bonfire dinner at the Aspen golf course on Friday evening.Aspen Daily News: From left: Ashley, Brooke and Deva Anderson speak at their mother's memorial service at Paepcke Auditorium on Saturday.
Aspen Daily News: Peter Sebenaler and daughter Isabella, 3, take to the ice at the Aspen Recreation Center on Sunday during the public skate session.Aspen Daily News: Sunset Carve: Carbondale snowmobiler Shawn O'Connor makes some powder turns on Richmond Ridge in the waning Sunday sunlight.Aspen Daily News: Close to 30 customers wait outside the Aspen City Market for the doors to open following Tuesday's power outage. The market, which lost power for some 50 minutes, waited until 12:30 p.m. to open in order to make sure the registers were running.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Keyboardist and street performer Stephen Patrick Joseph Twomey III jams on the Hyman Avenue mall on Wednesday.
Aspen Daily News: Budweiser Clydesdales Dave (left) and Jon (right) get some down time at Aspen Equestrian Estates outside Carbondale on Thursday. The world famous draft horse team appears for photo opportunities in downtown Aspen today from 11 a.m. to noon.Aspen Daily News: United Airlines unveiled its new CRJ-700 commercial aircraft on Thursday.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Community School students drag a paper-chain Aspen Daily News: Luke Wynen soars out of the Winter X Games Superpipe during practice on Friday. The men’s SuperPipe competition will take place on Sunday and Monday night.Aspen Daily News: Shaun White (shown here) won his fourth Winter X Games gold medal at Buttermilk on Saturday. White did it in the snowboard slopestyle competition. He returns to action in the superpipe today and Monday.
Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Robin Blackburne, manufacturer of Blackburne Monoskis, schusses down a trail on Buttermilk Mountain on Thursday. Blackburne said he aspires to make turns in the fashion of ski-legend Stein Eriksen.Aspen Daily News: Shaun White soars above the crowd during the Winter X Games SuperPipe finals on Monday night. White placed first in the SuperPipe competition and added a second 2006 X Games gold metal.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Old Glory flaps in the wind at Aspen High School recently. That's Pyramid Peak in the background.
Aspen Daily News: Carbondale native Peter Olenick soars out of the Superpipe during competition on Tuesday evening. Olenick placed seventh in the event. Tanner Hall took the gold medal, while Laurent Favre clinched silver and Simon Dumont left with the bronze.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Zele Marketing Director Lisa Zimet (left) installs the artwork of Marith Berens (right) on Wednesday. Berens' impressionist oil pastels will be on display through February.Aspen Daily News: Twelve-year-old Nikolai Petkov snowskates down a pile of snow on Thursday in Aspen. Petkov was testing his vertical limit and said that last week's Winter X Games probably inspired him to try steeper terrain.Aspen Daily News: Fenway, a 10-month-old Bernise mountain dog, waits for the return of her owner, Kelly Pfoser, on the steps of Quicklsilver on the Hyman Avenue mall Thursday.
Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Red Onion bartender Bob Sagges practices his beer-pouring skills in preparation for Super Bowl Sunday. The establishment will be offering extended drink specials during the game.Aspen Daily News: Seattle Seahawks fan Jason Smith, visiting from Las Vegas, cheers for his team during the Super Bowl at Belly Up on Sunday.Aspen Daily News: Skiing is just ducky: Carlisle Watts, 3, gets a ride on the Magic Carpet people mover during a lesson with the Snow Cubs at the Snowmass Ski School on Monday.Aspen Daily News:
Aspen Daily News: Pappy's Walk: Lee Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: From left: Jeff Meon, Tyler Troy and Austin Noring, members of the Mt. Snow Academy, Vermont, snowboard team, stroll through the Hyman Avenue mall Wednesday after riding at Buttermilk Mountain. The trio is in town to compete in the Aspen/Snowmass Open.Aspen Daily News: Curt Luttrell enjoys some fast food in Wagner Park on Wednesday while his canine companion, Bugsy, waits for a sample.Aspen Daily News: Nobody was injured when this Challenger 601 skidded off the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport runway on Thursday afternoon. The private plane had taken off from Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles, Calif.
Aspen Daily News: Athletes relax at the base of Buttermilk Mountain after qualifying rounds at the Aspen/Snowmass Open on Thursday. Semifinals and finals take place through the weekend.Aspen Daily News: Bill Ritter (left), the front-running Democratic candidate for governor of Colorado, speaks with Gail Schwartz, a Democrat running for the state Senate, as he met with constituents at the Aspen Square Hotel on Friday.Aspen Daily News: Snowmass resident Leslie Pearl crosses the Roaring Fork River while walking along the Cemetery Lane Trail near Henry Stein Park on Friday. The high on Friday was 20 degrees with a wind chill factor of -5, according to the National Weather Service.Aspen Daily News: Aspen High School forward Trevor Watson (left) drives past Central High School's Damian Bryant on his way to the bucket Saturday afternoon. Watson scored 15 points in the freshman team's 50-46 win over the Grand Junction school.Aspen Daily News: Aspen High School forward Trevor Watson (left) drives past Central High School's Damian Bryant on his way to the bucket Saturday afternoon. Watson scored 15 points in the freshman team's 50-46 win over the Grand Junction school.
Aspen Daily News: The 19th annual Owl Creek Chase took place on Saturday with a 25-kilometer freestyle race from Snowmass to Aspen. The competition is part of the USSA SuperTour (the national professional tour for Nordic skiers) and also included an open division for recreAspen Daily News: A contestant flies off the final kicker at the Aspen Snowmass Open at Buttermilk Mountain on Saturday during the men's skier slopestyle semifinals. Peter Olenick won the men's division, while his sister, Megan Olenick, won the women's.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Aspenite Gretchen Bleiler took the silver medal at Turin in the 2006 Winter Olympics on Monday. Teammate Hannah Teter clinched the gold for America.Aspen Daily News: Kids shove over-sized dice down the Buttermilk Mountain halfpipe as California artist Yutaka Sone lived up to his promise of sending the cubes down the hill on Sunday.
Aspen Daily News: Playing to the camera: Graciella Roberts, 9, flirts with the camera during a Hollywood 101 acting class mock audition at the Aspen Recreation Center on Monday. Teaching the class was former Power Ranger star Kate Sheldon.Aspen Daily News: Spreading Donor Awareness: Chris Klug spends lunch Tuesday at Aspen High. The Chris Klug Foundation focuses on involving students in educating and aiding in blood and organ donations through a club called Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Welcome Home, Gretchen: Olympic snowboarding silver medalist Gretchen Bleiler signs an autograph for 7-year-old Blaire DeWitt after landing in Aspen/Pitkin County Airport on Tuesday.
Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Mike Gerbaz pulls apart a hay bail for his horses at Watson Divide Ranch on Wednesday. Gerbaz works the property his great-grandfather homesteaded three generations before him.Aspen Daily News: Daisy McClure, 6, of Basalt (front) and Sophia Madsen, 7, of Snowmass Village, compete in bobsledding during the SK8T Olympics at the Lewis Ice Arena on Wednesday.Aspen Daily News: From left: Eighth-graders Kevin Mehall, Tiffany Miller and Max Zimet practice during a dress rehearsal for the 28th annual Aspen Country Day School all-school play on Thursday.Aspen Daily News: The Aspen Fire Protection District wants to replace its 8,000-square-foot firehouse at 420 E. Hopkins Ave. with a 20,000-square-foot multi-level building at the same location. The proposal is likely to go to voters this May.
Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: From left: Eighth-graders Daniel Saporita, Vanessa Murill, Kelsey Medina and Norma Cigarroa read their books on Main Street in Carbondale on Friday.Aspen Daily News: Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean spoke in Aspen on Saturday.Aspen Daily News: Snow riders get themselves together at the top of Aspen Mountain. In 2005, 33 percent of American skiers and snowboarders wore helmets, according to the National Ski Areas Association.Aspen Daily News: Carbondale resident Joe Allen casts on the Roaring Fork River near Carbondale recently.
Aspen Daily News: Hot Shot: A pair of bare legs hang out of a working photo booth at the Woody Creek Store on Monday. Maggie Owsley brought the booth, built in 1957, to the store after purchasing it online for about $5,000.Aspen Daily News: Jason Smith and his parents wave to the crowd in downtown Basalt Friday. Smith competed in last month's Olympics.Aspen Daily News: Songwriter Dusty Stone works on composing a song in Koch Lumber Park on Saturday. Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News:
Aspen Daily News: Pat Powers, of Aspen Trout Guides, searches the Roaring Fork River for fish on Sunday. Aspen Daily News: Aspen Petting Zoo: Ellie Culman, 2, pets Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Going The Distance: Thirteen-year-old Terry Leitch practices on Tuesday with his fellow Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club ski jumpers at Buttermilk Mountain. The team is practicing for their last competition of the season which takes place March 17 at HAspen Daily News: Going The Distance: Thirteen-year-old Terry Leitch practices on Tuesday with his fellow Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club ski jumpers at Buttermilk Mountain.
Aspen Daily News: Jim Henson's Puppet Improv took the Comedy Fest stage on Wednesday evening for its first performance.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Humorist Garrison Keillor performs to a packed house at the Wheeler Opera House on Thursday.Aspen Daily News: Aspenite Beverly Weaver concludes her hike along the Sunnyside Trail on Wednesday afternoon. Aspen Daily News: From left: Aspen Elementary School first graders Luke Ryan, Anja Larson and Aline Sanchez take to the ice with their classmates at the Aspen Recreation Center on Thursday. The students each read 100 books since January and were rewarded with a day at the
Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Après Tubbing: Guinevere Jones and Andy Biehl enjoy a dip in the hot tub at the Sky Hotel after a day on the slopes.Aspen Daily News: Comedian Brett Gilbert begins his stand-up performance from inside a clothes drier at Sunshine Laundry on North Mill Street. Gilbert is a member of The Aspen Laundromat Comedy Festival 2006.Aspen Daily News: Goldie Hawn bursts out laughing during an interview with Michael Patrick King at the Wheeler Opera house on Saturday. After the interview, Hawn was presented with the American Film Institute Star Award.Aspen Daily News: The under-14 Aspen girl's hockey team defeated the Colorado Select team in a double overtime shootout for the Mountain State Girls Hockey League title at Lewis Ice Arena on Sunday.
Aspen Daily News: Après Tubbing: Guinevere Jones and Andy Biehl enjoy a dip in the hot tub at the Sky Hotel after a day on the slopes.Aspen Daily News: Downvalley horses had to tough it out over the weekend as heavy snows fell on Carbondale.Aspen Daily News: Guinevere Jones and Andy Biehl enjoy a dip in the hot tub as the Sky Hotel after a day on the slopes.Aspen Daily News: Janet Guthrie, the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500, reads an excerpt from her autobiography, Aspen Daily News: Janet Guthrie, the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500, reads an excerpt from her autobiography,
Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Jacqueline Remos, 5, romps along the Hyman Avenue mall on Wednesday. Snow is in the forecast from Friday through Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Dane Lundquist (right), of Chicago, smokes a cigarette while playing shuffleboard at the Cooper Street restaurant and bar on Thursday afternoon.Aspen Daily News: The Aspen Middle School
Aspen Daily News: Keith Taylor of Carbondale floats off the Rio Grande skatepark vert wall on Friday during Aspen Skiing Co.'s FusionPark Invitational.Aspen Daily News: Five-year-old Call Ford, of Memphis, Tenn., inspects a new row of stuffed ducks in the window of Amen Wardy Home at the corner of Hyman Avenue and Galena Street. Other shops are bringing out spring merchandise as visitors flock to town.Aspen Daily News: Dave Miller (right) and Richard Risden (left) walk Aspen Daily News: Reba, a 4-year-old Australian shepherd, watches over her owner's cruiser in the 500 block of Durant Avenue on Tuesday.Aspen Daily News:
Aspen Daily News: D&D Towing employee Bryon Hawkins prepares a Ford F150 for transport on Wednesday after extracting the vehicle from the riverbed 88 feet below Castle Creek Road.Aspen Daily News: Skiers begin their hike up the Highland Bowl ridgeline on Thursday. The Aspen Skiing Co. has opened terrain incrementally along the ridgeline since 1997, with the installation of the Deep Temerity chairlift expanding the previously accessible inbound vertAspen Daily News: Skiers begin their hike up the Highland Bowl ridgeline on Thursday. The Aspen Skiing Co. has opened terrain incrementally along the ridgeline since 1997.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Vivian and Gareth Williams of Aspen (shown here in their nursery) are in the process of adopting a Chinese toddler and have enrolled in a Chinese course at Colorado Mountain College.
Aspen Daily News: Aspen honored Olympic silver medalist Gretchen Bleiler on Saturday with a parade through town, and a ceremony at Gondola Plaza.Aspen Daily News: Basil Smilios drops off a load at the recycling center next to Rio Grande Park on Sunday. The city has preliminary plans to construct a new recycling center at the same location.Aspen Daily News: Adding final touches at his home, composer Ray Adams concentrates as he conducts through his original score, Aspen Daily News: Spiderwoman: U.S. Climbing Team member Martha Oakes, 17, of Philadelphia spends some time climbing in the Red Brick Center gymnasium on Tuesday while vacationing in Aspen. Oakes is preparing for a climbing trip to Bishop, Calif.Aspen Daily News:
Aspen Daily News: Sohaila Danesh (left) of St. Louis, purchases a ticket from junior assistant manager Josh Pople on Wednesday at the Stage 3 Theatres in Aspen. The building is under contract to be sold.Aspen Daily News: Craig Wilson of Greeley fishes the waters of the Roaring Fork River on Thursday near the lower Woody Creek bridge. Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Monks at Saint Benedict's Monastery in Old Snowmass deliver the liturgy on Friday evening in the monastery chapel. The 50-year-old monastic community observes the Cistercian tradition that dates back 1,500 years.Aspen Daily News: Ski pimps Glenn
Aspen Daily News: Climbing machines: Sammy Kelly, 5, (in pink) and friend Hannah Small, 6, climb the rope play area at the Yellow Brick playground on Monday.Aspen Daily News: A clean-up crew tends to the aftermath of a car crash at Main Street Bakery on Tuesday morning.Aspen Daily News: In a mock high school shooting drill held at Basalt High School on Wednesday, Basalt police officer Jenny Newcomb (left) and Sgt. Joe Shavira (right) detain a suspect (foreground) and respond to an injured student (background).Aspen Daily News: Filmmaker Bob Rafelson, a longtime Aspen area resident, watches a clip of Jack Nicholson's performance in his film Aspen Daily News: From left: The grandchildren of Sam Stapleton -- Tayler Quist, Kelsey Tofany, Luca Kenney and Barton Tofany -- reflect on their experiences with their grandfather at his memorial service at Aspen Chapel on Friday.
Aspen Daily News: About 175 humans were dragged up Buttermilk Mountain on Saturday for Sun Dog's K-9 Uphill race. Fritz Howard had the best time in the male division with 27:07. Stephanie Dwyer won the female division with a time of 27:08.Aspen Daily News: Stefan Knight, 5, blows bubbles outside of his home on Sunday. The still air, blue skies and warm temperatures created a perfect day for such activities.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Exploding Bloomers: With the temperatures in the 60s over the past few days, flowers around Aspen are beginning to show their faces.Aspen Daily News: Exploding Bloomers: With the temperatures in the 60s over the past few days, flowers around Aspen are beginning to show their faces.
Aspen Daily News: Want your bike? Come get it: A mountain bike is parked on top of a stop sign at Highway 82 and Riverside Drive.Aspen Daily News: Spring Carve: Local skier John Nicoletta bombs down the Cirque Headwall on Monday in search of decent spring conditions and a fast ride.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Michelangelo, of Basalt, pedals along Frying Pan Road on Thursday. Aspen Daily News: A tabby cat sits perched in a window, guarding a pair of skis, in the 100 block of South Spring Street on Friday.
Aspen Daily News: A tabby cat sits perched in a window, guarding a pair of skis, in the 100 block of South Spring Street on Friday.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Construction worker Alvaro Salcido cleans out a mudtop container after laying cement at the Obermeyer construction site. Commercial and residential construction projects in town will be in full swing this summer.Aspen Daily News: John Sommers (left) and Ellen Stapenhorst tune up their instruments for the Aspen Mountain Easter sunrise service Sunday on top of Aspen Mountain. The service was led by Gregg Anderson and Cynthia Bourgeault.Aspen Daily News: In the drink: Skiers and snowboarders made efforts to cross a manmade pond at Aspen Skiing Co.'s employee party held Monday at Snowmass.
Aspen Daily News: Judy Hyde of Aspen browses the nonfiction section of Explore Booksellers on Tuesday. In the wake of owner Katherine Thalberg's recent death, her daughters plan to continue running the bookstore.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Members of the Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Peekaboo: A prairie dog pokes its head out from under the Ashcroft boardwalk on Monday. Prairie dogs seem happy to be nibbling on the emerging fresh grasses.
Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Windy Walk: Aspen resident Jane Ra walks along the Owl Creek Trail near Sardy Field on Tuesday with her yellow Labrador companions Max and Mobitz.Aspen Daily News: Bureau of Land Management fire spotters Karl Mendonca (left) and Dan Sokal watch as fire protection agencies conduct a prescribed burn along the west side of Basalt Mountain on Wednesday as part of a multiyear project to clear oak and mountain shrubs.Aspen Daily News: Ashley Fish watches her drive after teeing off from the fourth hole on the Aspen Golf Course during the Aspen High School Girl's Invitational on Thursday. Fish, a junior, competed as Aspen's only varsity player and shot a 114.Aspen Daily News:
Aspen Daily News: Alberto Paisano takes a break from running the kitchen at Brunelleschi's Dome Pizza on Friday to make a phone call on the steps outside.Aspen Daily News: Partly cloudy skies and early spring conditions accentuate a canvas of muted colors in a marsh along Castle Creek Road on Friday.Aspen Daily News: Main Street becomes a line of traffic barrels today as traffic is sent through the West End. The Colorado Department of Transportation is making improvements to Main Street to accommodate a bus lane.Aspen Daily News: Sunny Stapelman of Glenwood Springs displays her dissenting point of view to Veronica Delatorree, a Glenwood High School senior attending an immigration rights demonstration on Monday in downtown Glenwood Springs.Aspen Daily News: Aspen resident Ellyn Craven enters the Aspen Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday to cast her vote on the proposal for a new firehouse and more equipment for the Aspen Fire Protection District.
Aspen Daily News: Aspen resident Ellyn Craven enters the Aspen Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday to cast her vote for a new firehouse for the Aspen Fire Protection District. Aspen Daily News: Aspenite Ellyn Craven enters the Aspen Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday to cast her vote for a new firehouse for the Aspen Fire Protection District. Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Aspen Community School students rehearse a number from their upcoming musical at the Wheeler Opera House.Aspen Daily News: Quad skater Tim Altic executes a hand plant in the Rio Grande Skate Park on Thursday. Altic, a professional roller skater and skateboarder in the 1970's, owns Alltec Skateparks Inc.
Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Golfers play through next to a small tree adorned with Christmas decorations on the 14th hole at the Aspen Golf Course on Sunday. Pro shop employees say they have no idea as to the tree's origin or meaning, and attribute it to Aspen Daily News: Cuddly Colts: Two colts playfully embrace in a pasture alongside Highway 82 on Monday.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Hayden Hero Turns: Aspen resident Scott Waylett carves up late-season corn on Mt. Hayden on Sunday.
Aspen Daily News: The Roaring Fork: Aspen paddler Frank Arenella drops over Slaughterhouse Falls on Tuesday afternoon.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: Marianne Barrett, groundskeeper at Red Butte Cemetery (off Cemetery Lane), does some raking after mowing the grass on Wednesday.Aspen Daily News: Aspen Daily News: From left: Eighth-graders Sydney Sailor, Manon Pierme and Ari