Belly Up Aspen locks down 2-day music fest in February

When I first visited The Aspen Times in 2002, I knew almost immediately that I’d found my home. Housed in its original building on Main Street next to the Hotel Jerome, the building was so old everything felt a bit slanted, like a fun house. The labyrinth of offices was so nonsensical and the ceilings so low and rooms so small it took me several visits to find my way around.

The weekly après party at the Aspen Art Museum will look a little different this evening. With Winter X Games amping up the scene in town, a one-off party is taking over the museum’s rooftop — it’s an event all about the funk. Coined as the...

Had you told the creators of Buttermilk Ski Area that one day the world’s most extreme, outlandish, influential winter sports competition would be performed here, at night, on live color TV, they would’ve had a nice laugh into their beers at the J Bar. Not surprisingly, there’s a...

After the feeding frenzy that was the real estate market over the last three years, the industry as a whole is holding its breath as the market begins to settle and adjust. One trend that’s been getting some negative press is that transactions are way down, even though prices remain stable in the Aspen market. But if you look at high-end luxury homes — we’re talking $20 million and up — transactions actually went up in 2022.

Below is the highest- and lowest-priced closing on a free-market, private, whole-ownership sale from the most recent Pitkin County Clerk & Recorder’s Office report. This four-bedroom, three-bathroom condo offers 1,776 square feet of living space with two decks. $2,290,000. Low. Snowmass Village. This 500-square-foot studio has a wood-burning fireplace...

A Colorado duo claimed the crown in the skiing leg of the Unified Special Olympics competition at Winter X Games on Friday. Lakewood’s Haldan Pranger teamed up with Basalt native Hanna Faulhaber to win the gold. Pranger is a 13-sport Special Olympian, but is most passionate about alpine skiing....

The way the Aspen City Council and the administration are pushing their “Preferred Alternative” for the Entrance to Aspen project reminds me of stereotypical, used-car salespeople trying to sell an old clunker as the Rolls Royce of solutions (see my cartoon at right). Don’t be fooled by slick...

The U.S. Forest Service released a draft decision on Friday for approval of a pedestrian and biking trail from Redstone to the summit of McClure Pass. White River National Forest Supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams wrote in a decision notice that he is prepared to approve the proposal by Pitkin County Open Space and Trails for a 7-mile trail.

The Eagle County Planning & Zoning Department has given its nod of approval to the Fields development despite numerous code violations and huge public sentiment against it from the residents in the surrounding area. To approve this development before the huge negative impact the Tree Farm development just down the...

Thank you to the Aspen Thrift Shop for again donating to Aspen Mountain Guide School and supporting our students to be professional ski instructors. The Thrift Store ladies acknowledge the importance of teaching and learning beyond the classroom in authentic and experiential ways. My students and I are so grateful for your continued support of this program taught at Aspen High School. Next time you have a lesson on our local mountains you may just have a local graduate as your instructor.

At the Dec. 20 hearing on the Fields development, it appeared that methodologies were manipulated in order to give the developer an advantage. This reeks of impropriety and favoritism. One of the standards that must be met for a zone change is “adequate infrastructure.” Per the ECLUR Article 4-620.G, intersections...

Garfield Clean Energy announced last week that Garfield County and all six of its municipalities unanimously adopted an updated clean energy action plan that sets five goals to help reduce carbon emissions by 2030. The plan expands on the county’s 2017 plan and serves as a multi-year work plan for...

After reading the mischaracterization (“Do the math,” Aspen Daily News, Jan. 25) about what should be a private matter between a landlord and tenant, I feel compelled to let the community know that I take these accusations extremely seriously and think it’s important to set the record straight.

I’d like to take a moment to thank a few of the amazing organizations we have in our valley. Aspen Youth Center, Aspen Family Connections, Pathfinders, Aspen Learning Lift and Snowmass Village Community Foundation!. I recently had a stroke and am unable to work or do much of anything...

Aspen School District Superintendent David Baugh released a statement on Friday concerning a Thursday incident at the school regarding a “threatening message” that was written on a bathroom wall at the elementary school. “Yesterday after school we became aware that a threatening message was written on the wall...

On Tuesday at 3 p.m., the Eagle County BOCC will take public comment regarding the flawed Fields development project. The proposed Fields development application violates a number of Eagle County standards, plans and criteria. These include: the Fields Project is not transit oriented, there is no pedestrian trail, it is not compatible with surrounding uses, it lacks public benefit, the traffic study is inaccurate and defective, and it lacks the requirement of a sustainability analysis. These criteria are not optional, nor are they amenities. They are requirements.