Mountain Mayhem: A Happy Harvest Party
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Brotherly love for Cooper and Caden Van Ohlen, snuggling in Rock Bottom Ranch's pumpkin patch.
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The Garrisons at Harvest Fest 2019.
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Bali Klug with her dad, Chris, at Harvest Fest 2019.
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Gunnar and Felix Sachs.
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Lotsa jack-o-lanterns at Rock Bottom Ranch.
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Home baked goods in the pie contest.
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Pie contest judges Megan Vanison, Chef-in-residence at Rock Bottom Ranch; Lacy Hughes – Chef at Silo; and Adam Ting – Farmer at Wild Mountain Seeds with Alyssa Barsant, Agriculture Manager at Rock Bottom Ranch.
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Patiently awaiting face painting at Harvest Fest 2019.
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ACES' best Harvest Fest yet according to these cute guests!
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Apple cider pressing in the barn at Rock Bottom Ranch.
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A picturesque pumpkin carving station under the willow tree.
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Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) hosted its annual Harvest Party at Rock Bottom Ranch over the weekend, welcoming friends and families for a festive fall celebration. The 113-acre wildlife preserve and educational ranch on Hooks Spur Road in Basalt serves as ACES’ midvalley hub for environmental education, wildlands preservation, and sustainable agriculture.
Always a sell-out event, this year’s Harvest Party saw 1,000 guests over the course of four hours.
Rock Bottom Ranch director Jason Smith also noted the ranch harvested over 600 pounds of food for Harvest Party alone — all sustainably grown on site — which Aspen Skiing Co. Catering used to prepare a healthy lunch for all. Among the harvest was lettuce, masquerade potatoes, cherry tomatoes and radishes. Also on offer for the day was live music from A Band Called Alexis, pumpkin carving, farm tours, ranch games, apple cider pressing, hay rides, face painting, a pie-baking contest, a vegetable harvest and art-making with The Art Base.
