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History of the Beattie Award

Two more bits of info to add to Scott Condon’s April 3 story on Bob Beattie’s passing and his tireless work in the ’80s to offer snow sports to children throughout our valley:

Base Camp/ASK’s forerunner, Aspenauts, was conjured by ski school director Curt Chase and kids’ supervisor Linda Harlan in the late ’60s as a free program for Aspen school kids each Saturday at Buttermilk. The name “Aspenauts” was suggested by a local boy during the program’s second season through a “name the program” contest among the students.

Also, each year, AVSC honors an outstanding pro who teaches in the Base Camp programs — and this is the prestigious Bob Beattie Award.



Robin Smith

Aspen