Winning the lottery on Owl Creek Road
“Owl Creek lots will enter lottery” headlined the May 25, 1989 Aspen Times going on to say “four exclusive homesites to be sold at $20,000 price ceiling. A flood of calls to the Housing Office...
Snowmass Village council taps brakes on new roundabout ideas
After years of going around and around about a roundabout, Snowmass Village Town Council has asked for a comprehensive look at the stretch of Brush Creek Road with three major intersections and how the trio...
Not seeing the seniors’ discount coming
There are a lot of things in this mountainous part of the world that make the last of the baby boomers feel less doomed. Shaped skis carving across immaculately groomed snow are one. Bike rides...
New hires at Snowmass Tourism
Snowmass Tourism has appointed two new members to its group sales department. Margot Ellis, a longtime Roaring Fork Valley resident, joins the team as national sales manager, and Lisa Jennings returns to the Roaring Fork...
Roger Marolt: Trying to make glass of warm milk into a margarita
Years ago in Los Angeles, I thought it would be fun to pump some iron at Muscle Beach. This was back when yoga was for freaks and men aspired to look normal, like Arnold Schwarzenegger....
Rodeo Lot ropes in the Pitkin County Fair
In the May 17, 1979 issue of The Aspen Times, the Pitkin County Fair Board announced the annual August event’s official move to the Snowmass Resort, specifically the Snowmass Rodeo Lot. Previous years had been...
Snowmass Village annual cleanup day unearths some unique finds each spring
From nasty, old mattresses to lost concert tickets, the annual Snowmass Village Cleanup day has taken a variety of items from the streets and paths to the landfill or the town clerk’s desk. When the...
Fewer property sales in Snowmass, but prices climb
The number of single-family home sales in Snowmass Village was down 33% for the first four months of 2019 compared with the same period last year, but sales prices have increased, according to the most...
Town cleanup day approaching
The 39th annual Town Cleanup Day is May 17 followed by a community lunch. The cleanup starts at 9 a.m. at the Daly Lane Depot on the Snowmass Mall. There will be shuttles for those...
Snowmass Recreation Center closed for two weeks
The Snowmass Village Recreation Center closed Monday, May 6, for two weeks for its annual cleaning. In addition to the regular maintenance and cleaning, there is a major project to upgrade the heating and cooling...
Council raises tobacco, e-cigarette purchasing age to 21 in Snowmass
Snowmass Town Council approved by a unanimous vote to raise the age to 21 to buy and possess cigarettes and electronic smoking devices. On second reading, the council thanked Police Chief Brian Olson for his...
Snowmass History: Kearns family roots run deep
Thomas J. Kearns moved to the Roaring Fork Valley in 1888 with his wife, Margaret, and seven children (two sons: Owen and Leo, and five daughters: Margaret, Mary, Elizabeth, Sadie and Emma) homesteading on Brush...
Roger Marolt: The General meant no offense
There is a regular dog in our neighborhood. I don’t mean the kind of “regular” you can tell by comparing one dog to another. I mean “regular” by its morning routine, which occurred without fail...
Snowmass Base Village’s summer debut rolls out with ‘something for everyone’
Base Village in Snowmass is coming into its own now that it has one ski season under its belt and is about to launch summer programming for the first time in its brief history. With...
Snowmass Council OK’s new cutoff trail, questions why no dogs allowed
A new cutoff trail by the Mountain View housing complex to access the Rim Trail has the Snowmass Village Town Council in a bit of a canine conundrum. The council unanimously approved Monday night building...
Snowmass Village council shines light on ‘20 by 20’ goal, OK’s nearly $1M for solar project
After a decade in the making, Snowmass Village Town Council approved nearly $1 million Monday night to install solar power at four of the town’s facilities. And with a few more grants and rebates lined...
Snowmass Club going back to its private roots; village locals can still play golf course
For the first summer in six years, the Snowmass Club is under new ownership and that means unless you are a member, a lucky local or playing in a charity event, you won’t be able...
Snowmass condos tied to bank fraud in Oklahoma
An Oklahoma woman recently pleaded guilty to bank fraud in federal court in connection to inflating the value on one of four condo units in Snowmass Village in order to get a loan, while using...
Britta Gustafson: Finding beauty beneath the mud of offseason
With the last traces of winter melting away, May rushes in, like a breath of fresh air. Some call this the mud season. But I like to think of this as our chance for a...
Roger Marolt: Missing a chance to save our skin
I look in the mirror and see deep creases in my forehead, lines bracketing my eyes, dermal crevasses at the corners of my mouth — all more pronounced when I smile — and I ponder...
