Aspen Peak - 2015 - Issue 2 - Winter - Lift Off

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WINTERSKÖL WONDERLAND! It was a quiet January in 1951, years before Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington would make local jazz clubs their own, and more than two decades before the likes of Jack Nicholson, Andy Warhol, and John Denver would help make Aspen a household name. As the rush from the Christmas holiday season subsided—and before the mid-winter crowds arrived—the few locals left in town were prepared to sit as idle as the powered-down lifts.

But local bartender and lodge owner Jack DePagter had another idea. His plan was to create a winter carnival that celebrated Aspen’s unique Nordic lifestyle while also attracting tourists during one of winter’s biggest lulls. If you build it, they will come. And thus Wintersköl was born.

“I was a devil on skis with a pitchfork instead of ski poles,” says 95-year-old Klaus Obermeyer, of the very first Wintersköl celebration in 1951. “We all wore costumes and skied down Little Nell run on Aspen Mountain.” But those early years featured much more than costumed revelry—snowmobilers would drag race down Main Street and skiers would back-flip into hotel pools in front of hundreds of onlookers. “The energy was amazing, and it was a great attempt to

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stimulate the local economy,” adds Obermeyer, a US National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Famer, who also served as the king of Wintersköl in 1998.

Today, January is far from quiet. The month now plays host to two major festivals, Gay Ski Week and X Games. But the four-day Wintersköl—taking place January 14–17, 2016—has persisted as a celebration of the incredible winter lifestyle in Aspen. And although the more potentially litigious elements of the fest have been replaced—like, say, snowmobile drag racing and pool jumps—a whole host of popular, mostly free, family-friendly events have popped up in their place. There’s Soupsköl, where local restaurants vie for the best soup in town; uphill, downhill, and winter mountain bike races; live music, theater, and comedy shows; comical reenactments of Aspen history from the Historical Society; US Air Force Drum & Bugle Corps; and even a canine fashion show.

“I do miss some of the craziness of the old days,” Obermeyer says, with his signature wide-mouthed grin. “But I think anything we do in Aspen is special because it’s in Aspen. And let me know if they need me to get involved again this year—I’ll go dig up my devil suit!” AP

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Mountain fashion meets high fashion this winter, as skiwear takes a modern turn.

Pullover, Colmar ($159). colmar.it. Turtleneck, Bergans of Norway ($89). Ute Mountaineer, 210 S. Galena St., 970-925-2849; utemountaineer.com. Pants, J. Lindeberg ($690). Miller Sports, 408 S. Hunter St., 970-920-1500; miller sportsaspen.com. Helmet, Osbe ($299). Incline Ski Shop, 555 E. Durant Ave., 970-925-7748; inclineski.com.

Ullr Chariot RL Seattle Skyline skis, Skilogik ($800). Gene Taylor’s Sporting Goods, Building 54, Snowmass, 970-923-4336; genetaylors.com

20 // front runner 38 // letter from the editor

40 // letter from

the publisher

42 // ... Without Whom

this issue Would not have been possible

44 // the list 101 // invited

Living the Life 50 // as aspen sleeps… …The mountain is alight as a new generation of groomers prep and pamper the trails they love so much.

styLe 57 // aspen, C’est ChiC Not London, not Paris—new Maison Ullens artistic director Kim Laursen fnds his muse in the mountains!

60 // CheCkmate This season, black-tie one on with game-changing accoutrements.

Gorsuch off-mountain, all-Italian luxury, and Van Cleef’s mountain shrine to opulence: Welcome to Aspen’s most stylish winter news.

68 // time of night From understated rose-gold elegance for him and shimmering diamonds for her, in Aspen, these are the watches that keep time after dark.

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64 // style spotlight

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New Maison Ullens artistic director Kim Laursen brings a little “edge” and “funk” to the Belgian house’s heritage of luxe knits.

Whether it’s a wedding, a private date, or the premier party of the Food & Wine Classic, Gold Leaf Event Design leaves no detail forgotten.

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79 // tHe gOspeL

125 // Haute Cuisine!

aCCORding tO Katie

New Aspen Institute board member Katie Couric shouts her “ideas” from the mountaintops.

82 // danCe On! To celebrate its landmark 20th anniversary, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet looks back to keep looking forward.

84 // (un)COmmOn gROund

SO café’s top-floor space at the Aspen Art Museum—with its sweeping mountain views—is accessible 24 hours a day, to locals and visitors alike.

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126 // Just sO SO café serves up fresh views and seasonal menus atop the Art Museum; plus, nutritarian cuisine at Martin Oswald’s Pyramid Bistro.

128 // native sOns

A quintet of female artists takes over the Aspen Art Museum.

A trio of local chefs returns home to plant new roots; plus, a CO fsh supplier on seafood in a landlocked state.

88 // CuLtuRe spOtLigHt

130 // a nigHt in tHe Red

Experience the very best of Aspen’s rich cultural scene this winter.

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Pine Creek Cookhouse proves no one does high-country fare like Colorado.

90 // tHe summit in sigHt Terri and Tony Caine’s Summit 54 is making sure every Valley student can reach for the top; plus, Gold Leaf Event Design choreographs town’s fnest moments.

LigHt LOunge

Explore the Nell’s $5 million wine cellar with master sommelier Carlton McCoy; plus, Matt Zubrod takes the helm at Element 47.

132 // aROund tHe WORLd! Mawa McQueen’s cooking seminars serve up the favors of the globe; plus, a beloved institution makes a comeback.

photography by jason & gina photography (gold leaf); c2 photography (Maison ullens); Michael Moran/otto, courtesy of the aspen art MuseuM (so café)

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On the eve of playing host to the FIS Alpine World Cup Finals, Aspen takes a long look in the mirror to find itself a town renewed—and rewarded.

FEATURES IS REBORN!

As Aspen prepares to host the 2017 FIS Alpine World Cup Finals, town’s booming real estate development, international art scene, unrivaled retail, and cutting-edge winter sports are ushering in the birth of a new era. Welcome to the Aspen renaissance.

Introduction by Jonathan Bastian

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152 // NORTHERN EXPOSURE

This season, slope style goes sky-high style with super-cool skiwear à la mod.

Photography by Billy Rood Styling by Faye Power

160 // THE LEGACY BOYS

168 // GREEN IS THE

The Aspen that we know today did not just happen. It was forged. Many of Aspen’s modern pioneers have passed on their lessons learned to a new generation that is taking the best of the past and creating a new future. Meet the families that are putting Aspen on the global map.

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haute property 179 // TECH SuppORT New smart homes perfectly balance form and function.

182 // GROwiNG up aNd OuT

Town’s top experts discuss the latest trends and hot-button topics driving Aspen’s (nonstop) development.

186 // piCTuRE-pERfECT From cataloguing furniture to managing service providers, a new app, Housepad, gives homeowners a visual way to organize it all.

188 // THE BiRTH Of THE MOdERN

Aspen embraces contemporary cool this season as RH launches its frst thoroughly modern collection at its new Cherry Creek Gallery.

the guide 199 // BEST Of THE wEST Winter paradise found: Consult our curated lists of the best dining, shopping, and relaxing in Aspen this season.

aspen inspired 216 // REMEMBRaNCE

Snowmass Village owes its development to (from right) Jim and Andrew Light, just one of the many Aspen families that stitched this town together. on jim: Jack shirt, Rag & Bone ($350). 433 E. Hyman Ave., 970-925-2816; ragbone.com. Jeans, Simon Miller ($345).

Pitkin County Dry Goods, 520 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-1681; pitkincountydrygoods.com.

Jacket and belt, Jim’s own. on andrew: Chevron jacket, Burton ($95). Radio Boardshop, 400 E. Hopkins Ave., 970-925-9373; radioboardshop.com.

Flannel shirt, Inis Meáin ($685). Pitkin County Dry Goods, see above. Haydin pants, Theory ($195). 204 S. Galena St., 970-544-0079; theory.com. Alberto shoes, Vince ($395). Nordstrom, Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, 720-746-2424; nordstrom.com

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Letter from the editor

top left: With writer Andre Dubus III and Aspen Peak publisher Alex Halperin at the Aspen Words Summer Soirée. top right: With Nick Byrne at Jazz Aspen Snowmass’s black-and-white 25th-anniversary benefit at the ranch of Bob and Soledad Hurst. above: Taking a break from sipping fine wines at the annual Food & Wine Classic with Christine Quinlan and Dana Cowen of Food & Wine magazine.

found myself back in Aspen after a week in the Nevada desert contemplating life, love, and location. I had spent the previous nine months freelance writing and, after nearly a decade in mountain paradise, was beginning to wonder if it wasn’t time to pack it in and move on. But, being the bold, beautiful temptress that she is, Aspen had other plans for me.

On the very night I returned from my spiritual journey, a serendipitous encounter with Aspen Peak publisher Alex Halperin set me on a new path—one that brought about a string of dueling emotions, from elation to nervousness, unabashed joy to single-minded focus, but, most of all, excitement at the opportunity to see Aspen through new eyes.

And if the whirlwind of last winter—and the preparations for my very frst issue as the editor of Aspen Peak—served as my training ground, then this summer was the big event. Just think: the Food & Wine Classic; the Aspen Words Summer Soirée with Garrison Keillor; the USA Pro Challenge; Jazz Aspen Snowmass’s 25thanniversary celebration at the spectacular ranch of Bob and Soledad Hurst; the Aspen Music Festival and School’s A Feast of Music event at the Hotel Jerome—which,

with its six wine-paired dinner courses and six musical performances by students and faculty artists, might go down as the best event of the year.... This summer was certainly one for the record books.

From my perch as chief curator of stories for this glossy magazine, I had the perfect view of what can be dubbed the Aspen Renaissance. This issue’s cover story (see page 142) examines this idea as we prepare for the 2017 men’s World Cup Finals here in Aspen, and from every angle: the recent real estate boom; the infux of top-tier, internationally focused art galleries; the rapidly expanding luxury retail market; and the new winter sports that, like skiing, are keeping Aspen on the cutting edge of the snowsports industry.

This time the training wheels are off, and I feel even more empowered by the sheer number and magnitude of the stories I am able to share with both locals and visitors to Aspen. So much has changed in the last year, and I can only imagine what the next will bring.

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from left: With Linda Girvin celebrating the successful auction of her cover art for our Summer 2015 issue at the Wyly Community Art Center (now The Art Base); with Emily Burr at the Aspen Music Festival

This summer i chose To live as a double agenT—as

both an Aspen insider and a standardissue gawker in our miniature metropolis.

By summer’s end, my husband and I had collected stacks of programs and ticket stubs—glorious empty-nester memories of everything an Aspen summer offers.

Ticket not required: morning jaunts to the Aspen Club or an am Little Cloud Trail ascent on Ajax. A morning mountain bike over Smuggler into Hunter Creek lets you turn to face the not-very-distant peaks of Maroon Bells and Capitol, a haze of evaporation rising from the valley below.

Several nights a week we strolled to alfresco dinner and a concert at the Herbert Bayer tent or Harris Hall. But the calendar was packed cheek by jowl with an embarrassment of cultural riches. I consulted a pro, my editor, Damien Williamson.

How can you do it all? He answered,

“You can’t possibly. Pace yourself.”

So we ticked items off a list: violin concerto at Harris Hall; Aida with enormous weather balloons standing in for African elephants (pageantry and operatic voices still rumble in my chest); Cosi Fan Tutte at The Wheeler, performed in the ’60s style of Mad Men. At Aspen Meadows, I could look out from a sunny Aspen Ideas lecture and recall days when, as a child, I played with my siblings on the curving lawn and sculptures, as children still do.

There was the Aspen Music Festival and School’s Feast of Music gala, with two stages at the Jerome—six courses, paired with wine from six countries, and musical delights performed by greats from the classical world. More? Lots more. JAS Café with the Django Festival All-Stars, and Cabaret at the Theatre Aspen tent (we left our troubles at the door). The Buddhists at

the Red Brick chipped away at my family’s karmic plaque. We enjoyed Bagels & Bass on the rooftop of the Aspen Art Museum; strolling through the Saturday market with a cup of Jeffreezz Italian ice, kibitzing with friends, pawing through local produce; and two Sunday afternoons at Aspen Valley Polo Club in Carbondale, observing world-class studs. We took two river trips down the Roaring Fork, one Fruita mountain biking trip, a partridge in a pear tree, and in a few days we’ll embark on the annual fall hike to Crested Butte.

There were a few performances and events I missed, in the name of aging at a humane rate. One thing helped: Michael Bruno’s HousePad app (see page 186) kept me organized at home, leaving more time for the activities I love. But now, here’s to a quiet Aspen off-season, then an El Niño winter, a turn in fresh powder, and the Sugar Plum Fairy with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.

alexandra halperin Follow me on Twitter at @alexpubap and on Facebook at facebook.com/aspenpeak.magazine.

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...without whom this issue would not have been possible Jonathan Bastian An award-winning public radio and television host, Jonathan Bastian works for KCRW, the Los Angeles NPR and music station.

The Austin native and longtime Aspen resident has interviewed Salman Rushdie, Ralph Nader, Congressman John Lewis, and many others. He wrote the intro to our cover story, “Aspen, a Star Is Reborn!” (page 142).

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How did you decide on radio?

I’m interested in a thousand things, all at the same time. Being an NPR host gives you the chance to be a professional generalist. I can still remember listening to Terry Gross years ago and noting the diversity of guests on her show and thinking: That’s it. So I walked over to Aspen Public Radio and begged them for a job. Thankfully, they made space.

What do you love most about Aspen?

Walking through the West End on a quiet summer evening and sitting in Triangle Park. Floating in the Conundrum hot springs and staring up at the stars. Sipping a Guinness at the J-Bar on a school night. Skiing on a warm spring day when your legs are strong from a long winter. Oh, and the maple glazed doughnuts from Main Street Bakery!

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shane mccauley A bicoastal photographer and flmmaker, Shane McCauley started taking pictures when he was 7 years old. He has been photographing the music world since he was a teenager, has published several books, and writes for travel blogs (he has been to over 50 countries). An avid surfer, runner, gardener, and vegan cook who plays several instruments, McCauley photographed “The Legacy Boys” (page 160).

In which environments do you most prefer to shoot?

I like being given any location and fnding what works inside it. I do always love beaches and forests… but who doesn’t?

Describe your dream photo shoot.

I would love to do a road trip across America, like Robert Frank, and do a modern snapshot of where we live now—the way he did in the ’50s.

What was most enjoyable about this Aspen shoot?

I especially love the landscape of Aspen. It is such a small town, making it feel so different from all of the other cities I shoot in. Aspen has a charm and character that is unique to itself.

Chris CounCil & Emily Chaplin Chris Council and Emily Chaplin are the team behind the Aspenbased C2 Photography, shooting commercial and editorial work in travel, tourism, dining, and other genres. When not behind the camera, they can be found outdoors skiing, hiking, and biking, or sampling a new restaurant in town.

Their work is featured throughout this issue.

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How do you two collaborate?

On any given project, we’ll each see something in a slightly different way, which always improves the fnal product—whether it’s a new and different angle, composition, or approach to lighting.

What are your favorite photography subjects?

Nature and landscapes. It’s a way to step back from our typical complex, involved photo shoots and to enjoy a completely different type of creative challenge.

Three Aspen loves: The Maroon Bells, skinning up Tiehack, and the local hiking trails—all of them!

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Tim Griffin Tim Griffn is executive director and chief curator of The Kitchen in New York City, where he has curated exhibitions and projects by artists such as Chantal Akerman, Gretchen Bender, Olivier Mosset, Danh Vo, and, this fall, Sergei Tcherepnin and Emily Sundblad. The editor of Artforum from 2003 to 2010, Griffn was the writer-in-residence at the Aspen Art Museum during the fall and early winter of 2014. He penned this issue’s Aspen Inspired (page 216).

What was the most interesting aspect of writing this piece? What struck you most?

As they say, you don’t know what you know until you write it. I relived the place!

Three Aspen loves: Cool air, big moon, high mountains.

What’s your must-do when you’re in town?

If I could stay a long while, I’d hike for weeks. If I’m there for a short time, you’ll fnd me at the Hotel Jerome.

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As Aspen sleeps…

…the mountain is alight as a new generation of groomers prep and pamper the trails they love so much.

It’s a winter evening, mid-February. A light snow is falling. The Silver Queen Gondola sits dormant. Buckets hang like a set of dim lights on a wire gathering white dust. But on the mountain, there is a flurry of activity—hidden activity, if not for the lights glowing like planets in orbit against the blackness of night. Here, when the lifts close, Aspen Mountain groomers go to work, laying corduroy 16 hours a night, covering more than 40 miles of trail.

I wait as a Prinoth “Bison 350” snowcat lumbers toward me down Little Nell run, the same slope where fur-clad skiers had power-wedged their way to après-ski just hours before. It would be an intimidating approach—this 10-ton black and gray machine, the blinding headlamps, the growl of the engine—if it were not for a young man waving from inside the cabin.

The cat makes a precise turnaround, blade in front, tiller on the back, all power and torque, arriving with elegant muscle as it settles into its stop. The young man jumps out.

“Are you here for me?” He is smiling, earnest, and not at all annoyed by the prospect of me joining him for a grooming tour of Aspen Mountain, a guided nighttime excursion arranged by The Little Nell. Three nights a week, Aspen groomers bring two guests from Aspen Skiing Company properties—The Little Nell, Residences at The Little Nell, and The Limelight Hotel—on a grooming tour, showing them just what it takes to lay a flawless groom. Our tour will inevitably cut into his night’s precise schedule on the mountain, perhaps placing in jeopardy the perfection of the tracks he grooms down the celebrity face of Aspen’s crown jewel.

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We hop into the idling cat. It’s warm inside, and I’m told to strap on my seat belt. Within moments we’re almost vertical, making our way back up the slope from which the cat came, cutting through the darkness with the machine’s powerful lamps, the controls like joysticks, the dashboard a collection of multicolored lights, the front window a barrier to the cold, a brace for legs when my driver eventually shows me how they groom the steep stuff. There is no one else on the mountain tonight except the wild animals that live here, as evidenced by the patterns of their tracks across already-groomed slopes, and the rest of the crew of groomers, who work every night to bring Aspen Mountain back to corduroyed perfection by morning.

My driver is Brian Kiss, age 21, terrain park rider turned freeskier. He skied 160 days last season, a winter and spring when the snow left much to be desired. Five days a week, Kiss grooms Aspen Mountain on the swing shift from 4 pm to midnight. He’s in bed by 2 am, then up for first chair. No friends—nor sleep—on a powder day.

People lament the wilting of hard-core ski culture in Aspen, but Kiss is one of a young generation of ski bums proving those death-knell prophecies wrong. He came to Aspen in the fall of 2014 with two childhood friends for a job with the Snowmass parks department, doing hand work, painting, raking, and maintenance. He loved being on the hill all day, but when a rare vacancy with the prestigious Aspen Mountain grooming crew opened up, he threw his hat in the ring. “I wanted this job really bad,” he says, “because every day is free to ski.” continued on page 52

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Princes of darkness: Every night, from dusk ’til dawn, Aspen Mountain’s exclusive team of ski-bum royalty traverses the slopes of their beloved Ajax, trimming the edges and smoothing the corners, to have it looking pristine by morning.

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living The life Dedicated groomers, like 21-year-old Brian Kiss (below), comb the mountain in their snowcats all night, every night (and after skiing all day), to prepare Aspen Mountain’s freshly cut morning corduroy (bottom).

Take a Turn!

Experience fresh powder and freshly groomed trails first-hand with these three excursions courtesy of The Little Nell Ski Concierge.

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If riding shotgun with one of Aspen Mountain’s expert groomers isn’t enough of a thrill ($100 for two people, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays through April 15, 2016), then up the ante with the inaugural year of the Snowcat Academy. Three-hour oneon-one or shared lessons for two inside the Prinoth “Bison 350” snow machine will have you laying down a pristine groom of your own on Buttermilk Mountain. Available throughout the ski season, November 26 through April 17, 2016, except the frst week and the two weeks surrounding X Games.

Schussing down Ajax’s freshly groomed corduroy is an almost religious experience. Doing so before the mountain offcially opens, with only a small group in tow, is such fun it almost seems criminal. And with a little luck from Mother Nature, those 8:15 am frst tracks will be waist-deep powder turns down all 3,267 vertical feet of the crown jewel of Aspen Skiing Company. The best part? First Tracks is free and offered on a frst-come, frst-served basis.

Available during normal ski-season operating dates, November 26 through April 17, 2016.

After a week and a half of ride-alongs, Kiss joined the swing shift. Every night takes him to a different part of the mountain, each with its own set of challenges. Some slopes have 35- to 50-degree aspects, making each pass a balancing act and forcing Kiss to plant his feet against the glass windshield to stop himself from falling forward.

Most of the guys he works with—and they are all guys—are skiers or snowboarders as committed as he, which doesn’t surprise him. It’s the unique perspective of a skier, Kiss explains, that provides the necessary attention and respect for the grooming process and the desire to get it right. “Skiing is such a vision-related type of thing,” he says. “You watch yourself in your head first—see it, plan it out, commit to it, and do it. As a groomer, when you’re skiing, you’re seeing all the stuff you did right or missed [the night before]. You get a different perspective, and it makes you a better groomer.”

After his shift, Kiss heads home, waxes his 185 cm Atomic Bent Chetlers, preps peanut butter sandwiches, packs his camera, and catches a few hours of sleep

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before driving his Subaru wagon back to the mountain in the morning. “If I can park at 1A, that’s the dream right there—boom. Hit the lift.” After that, it’s every man for himself. When the ski day is over, work begins.

At the beginning of each shift, Kiss and the other cat operators wait atop the mountain until they get the call from Aspen Patrol that the trails have been swept.

“Being up on the mountain all the time means everything,” he says. “It’s such a peaceful experience. It might be snowing all night, and I’ll watch the snow build up and know what it will be like the next day when the mountain opens. Thoughts of skiing on the runs I’m grooming make the night go by quickly.”

As temps dip into single digits, Kiss is cozy in his cabin, fluid with the controls, Wu-Tang Clan or Metallica playing on the sound system. Most nights he takes a moment to watch the sun set from the top of Ruthie’s Run, at close to 11,000 feet.

“The sunsets that you see every night, they’re purple and red all the way down to Glenwood,” he says.

“We show up right at the perfect time. The whole view off the back is bright red, and it’s awesome.” AP

Every Friday, the Ski Concierge takes the Nell’s snowcats into its own hands—and with 10 new friends.

Friday Powder cat skiing

Your knee-deep hosts during Aspen Mountain Powder Tours? The Nell’s managing director, Simon Chen, and sales and marketing director, Pete Hayda. Guests meet at the Ski Concierge and board the Silver Queen Gondola at 8:15 am to greet the cat at the top of Ajax. Tours average 10 to 12 untracked runs on intermediate to expert terrain, followed by a late lunch— paired with cuvée wines—and chair massages at a wood stove–heated cabin. Fridays, December 15 through April 2, 2016. $465 (lift ticket included) per person; $400 per person if a group buys out the cat’s 10 seats.

For more information, contact The Little Nell Ski Concierge. 675 E. Durant Ave., 970-920-6315; thelittlenell.com

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Danish designer Kim Laursen fell under the Aspen spell while high in the sky.

“We came by plane, and when I saw the color of the earth and the pines and the river running through—I was already seduced,” says Laursen, lounging in the spacious dressing room at Maison Ullens on East Hopkins Avenue. Artistic director of the Belgian fashion house since January 2015, Laursen has made a maiden voyage to the mountains—home to the fve-year-old brand’s only US boutique (the two other boutiques are in Paris and London)—to showcase his latest collection of knitwear and leather to his ideal client: the Aspen Woman.

“The Aspen Woman can have it all—the mountains, the city,” says the ebullient, fast-talking designer. As such, she deserves high fashion in the form of continued on page 58

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STYLE Tastemaker While honoring the brand’s legacy of lush, sophisticated knits, Laursen has brought some “funk” and “edge” to Maison Ullens’s stylings: “I have nothing against a wool dress,” he says, “but a leather one is sharper.”

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“The autumn/Winter 2015 collection is dynamic and luxurious but comfortable at the same time,” says maison Ullens aspen Director Tracye Tackbary, who highlights her favorite pieces from the collection here.

“These looks defne the concept: the world of travel, chic sportswear, and the city, in the most luxurious fabrics—cashmere and leather.”

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“You buY a piece this season, and You can pull it out in three Years.... there’s something about fast fashion that’s verY un-modern.”—kim laursen signer, who mastered the look of feminine sophistication frst at Christian Lacroix in 1991, then at Elie Saab and Azzaro, among other couturiers.

Evocative of modern Hermès or Chanel, Laursen’s Italian-crafted designs are mix-and-match investments ready for the streets of Paris or London—where the fagship Maison Ullens boutique and a pop-up reside, respectively— while being blissfully at ease in the Rocky Mountains.

“You buy a piece this season, and you can pull it out in a year, two years, three years,”

Laursen says. “[We don’t do] fast fashion. There’s something about fast fashion that’s very un-modern.”

The designer has a simple test to determine whether a garment makes the cut: Pair each piece with at least three styles of footwear. “We tried everything in heels, sport shoes, and Church’s men’s dress shoes,” Laursen says.

“Sure, you can put leather pants with Louboutins. But put on [Adidas] Stan Smiths, and you’re still the same girl.”

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1. A knitted cape coat with pockets and hood in cotton and virgin wool ($3,030) tops a nappa leather jumpsuit ($4,025). Together these garments embody “today’s woman who travels a lot and wants to feel comfortable but still look chic,” Tackbary says.

2. Cashmere and soft wool are woven into a constraint-rib cable-knit called dégradé and produced exclusively for Maison Ullens. Beneath the V-neck sweater ($1,295) is a navy poplin stretch shirt ($770).

Founder Myriam Ullens “always wears a shirt with her sweaters, which makes the outfit crisp and elegant,” Tackbary explains.

Nappa leather high-waisted trousers ($2,415) and a mini nomad bag in matte lambskin ($1,805) round out the look.

3. “This leather belted dress with notch collar ($3,360) will take you from the office to dinner,” Tackbary says. The mid-length frock in chevron-embossed lambskin, laminated on an ultrafine wool-andsilk knit, features two deep pockets. “The workmanship and quality of the leather is the best, produced in Italy.” She suggests tying the belt at the back and wearing the dress unbuttoned over a shirt and stretchy pants. “You [will] have two outfits in one,” she says, “especially [important] when traveling.”

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“functional, cozy, sophisticated” clothing constructed for layering and which can shift fuidly from day to night.

“We have this DNA, something that protects and envelops you,” Laursen says of the designs, which are based around lush cashmere and cotton-blend knitwear punctuated by leather and fur, an aesthetic conceived by the brand’s eponymous founder and Aspen arts patron, Baroness Myriam Ullens. “But [my collection] has become, I don’t want to say sexy, but more body-conscious, more modern. Funky. Edgy.”

Modeled by dancers from the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet during a preview party, Laursen’s line epitomizes the spirit of the quintessential sporty, jetsetting, family-oriented female dynamo—a fgure much like Ullens herself.

“It’s like a breath of fresh air—that’s what she inspires,” Laursen says. “She’s like one big smile, and generous with her feelings. When you look at the materials, everything is soft, lovely, and generous in volume. It’s not dry; it doesn’t look mean.”

Nor is it chichi or, as Laursen says, “madame.”

High-waisted leather pants pair with a plush cashmere wrap sweater; shaved shearling mimics knitwear in a reversible coat; leather sleeves slip off a structured jacket to morph into a sleek vest; a red leather jumpsuit, plucked perhaps from a Bond girl’s wardrobe, beckons boldly to passersby from a recent window display.

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CheCkmate this season, black-tie one on with game-changing accoutrements. photography by jeff crawford styling by connor childers

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1. Dress, Boss ($1,995). Nordstrom, Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, 720-746-2424; hugoboss.com. 18k white-gold and diamond Diva necklace, Bulgari ($35,300). Betteridge, The Little Nell, 655 E. Durant Ave., 970-239-3600; bulgari.com. 18k white-gold diamond Knot ring, Roberto Coin ($11,400). Neiman Marcus, Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, 303-329-2600; neimanmarcus.com. White-gold and diamond Bois de Rose ring, Dior Fine Jewelry ($5,900). 201 S. Galena St., 970-544-5222; dior.com. White-gold and diamond Gourmande Libellule double ring, Lalique ($28,500). Neiman Marcus, see above. 2. Jacket, Dolce & Gabbana ($3,975). 204 S. Galena St., 970-925-2367; dolcegabbana.com. Shirt, Boglioli ($295). Gorsuch, 611 E. Durant Ave., 970-920-9388; gorsuch.com. 18k Everose gold Cellini Prince rectangular-case watch, Rolex ($17,000). Meridian Jewelers, 525 W. Cooper Ave., 970-925-3833; meridianjewelers.com. 3. Jacket, Emporio Armani ($1,545). armani.com. 45mm self-winding Mechanical Collection timepiece, Bulova ($450). Macy’s, Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, 303-390-2200; macys.com. Broughton glass, Ralph Lauren ($95). 501 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-5147; ralphlaurenhome.com. 4. on him: Blazer, Ermenegildo Zegna Couture ($3,895). Andrisen Morton, 270 St. Paul St., Denver, 303-377-8488; zegna.com. Shirt, John Varvatos ($328). Pitkin County Dry Goods, 520 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-1681; pitkincountydrygoods.com. Dressage L’heure Masquée watch, Hermès ($45,900). 105 Fillmore St., Denver, 303-388-0700; hermes.com. Cuff links, Salvatore Ferragamo ($250). Nordstrom, see above. on her: 18k white-gold and diamond Franges Swing bracelet, Chanel Fine Jewelry ($222,000). chanel.com. Eros diamond ring, Lalique ($16,750). Neiman Marcus, see above. White-gold and diamond Rose Dior Bagatelle ring, Dior Fine Jewelry (price on request). see above

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RED AHEAD! This season’s sexiest shade, oxblood, gives men’s accessories a rich new depth.

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In the watch world, the 40mm Everose gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day-Date COSC-certified chronometer ($37,500, ABOVE) is turning heads, in part due to its new Caliber 3255, a manufacturer-made mechanical self-winding movement that holds 14 (14!) separate patents. A blue Parachrom hairspring, a large balance wheel, and a state-of-theart escapement all result in optimized isochronism, increased power reserve, and mountain-ready durability.

Meridian Jewelers, 525 E. Cooper Ave., 970-9253833; rolex.com

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Gorsuch, the shop that’s redefined high-country fashion since the 1960s, now offers up new offmountain outerwear favorites from the likes of Eleventy, Mother Freedom, Sorel, and Nico Pesko.

Creative Director John Gorsuch even calls out the Sherpa Lined Jacket from 7 For All Mankind as the perfect item for fall. And to transition into those (even) colder days? He says Boglioli’s cashmere blue jacket is a “must-have for winter.”

611 E. Durant Ave., 970-9209388; gorsuch.com

Power through sidewalk snow in style with hiking boots from Diemme ($469).

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Cardholder, Dolce & Gabbana ($225). 204 S. Galena St., 970-925-2367; dolcegabbana.com

Belt, Ermenegildo Zegna ($360). 211 S. Galena St., 970-544-4989; zegna.com

From the Old Country

TOWN’S RESIDENT TAILOR ADDS (VERY) ITALIAN KNITS AND OUTWERWEAR TO HIS REPETOIRE. BY LISA FERRANDINO This season, the go-to suiting shop Aspen men rely on for all things dress-up (and there are a lot of things…) proves it’s also town’s haven for men’s outerwear needs. Mario Di Leone, the namesake owner of the beloved shopping locale, even backs it up with a call to arms: “Any man who lives in Aspen this winter season should have the most luxurious down parka.” Di Leone’s newfeatured line, Cortigiani, has just the

piece—a down parka made with a waterresistant silk fabric. (Another Cortigiani must off the store’s racks? An off-white cashmere sweater.) For winter, Di Leone has also added Malo cashmere sweaters (his store is Aspen’s exclusive stockist), as well as sport jackets and vests made from Loro Piana fabric: “Pure luxury,” says Di Leone. “From Italy, of course….” 301 E. Hopkins Ave., 970-9252740; mariodileone.com

FLIGHT TACTIC

The classic biker jacket gets a suede-smooth update in Jitrois’s latest collection.

Jean Claude Jitrois found the inspiration for his men’s Fall/Winter 2015–16 collection in 1950s–era photographs of his father, a pilot, and drew upon his own love for aviation.

Bomber and biker jackets come boxy, while the classic aviator’s jacket is modernized in new silhouettes in quilted grey and with a detachable collar. The new biker jacket—the signature piece of the collection—comes in camel suede and black leather colorways. Paired with turtlenecks and skinny leather pants, such timeless outerwear adds a comfortably slick look for fall and early winter. 424 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-2272; jitrois.com

Bag, Gucci ($2,980).

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Pin-brooches, Hermès ($210–$300 each). 105 Fillmore St., Denver, 303-388-0700; hermes.com

Sneakers, Louis Vuitton ($685).

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STYLE Spotlight Outerwear favorites from SAM (LEFT) and Herno, available at 02.

CONSCIOUS JEWELS These shoes were made for helping! The sales from these collab sandals, seen here walking Dennis Basso’s (INSET) Spring 2016 runway show, benefit Kara Ross’s women’s empowerment project.

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THREE FASHION HEAVY-HITTERS COME TOGETHER TO EMPOWER WOMEN FROM THE FEET UP. BY LISA FERRANDINO

Outerwear favorite Dennis Basso and footwear ace Stuart Weitzman have teamed up with jewelry/accessories maven Kara Ross to create a shoe that flaunts a dose of color and glam with a Cuban-inspired, springtime feel. Benefitting Diamonds Unleashed, Ross’s new women’s empowerment project, sales proceeds from the strappy sandal, which is embellished with a single diamond (and which walked down Basso’s Spring 2016 runway), will go to organizations like Girls Who Code, which educates and equips young women with computing skills—a cause close to supermodel Karlie Kloss’s heart. 631 E. Durant Ave., 970-925-4499; dennisbasso.com AP

Van Cleef’s just-opened jewelry emporium brings new meaning to mountain opulence.

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Inspired by nature, jewelry designers Parulina and Alberto Parada—two newlystocked brands featured at Caribou Jewels this season—have the mountain-perfect pieces to dazzle the Aspen circuit. Parulina designer Parul Kuki Seth’s Hanging On collection of South Sea pearls adorned with gemstone wildlife (reminiscent of the earth and endangered species) benefits wildlife conservation organizations, while Parada’s signature collection boasts sustainable gems from the namesake designer’s native South America.

431 E. Hopkins Ave., 970-925-1930; caribou jewels.com 18k pink- and white-gold colored-diamond earrings, Parulina ($34,000).

HOUSE CALL

With its recently expanded services, thanks to new ownership under partners Brittany Van Domelen and Holly Davis, Downtown favorite 02 Aspen offers up much more than just the standard shopping experience. Aspenites can now call on Davis for personal shopping needs, like an in-home closet evaluation, where Davis will let shoppers know what works, what doesn’t, and which looks from the boutique could play a major role in their wardrobe. Pieces from SAM, Herno, Ramy Brook, and Veda, all new lines for the shop this season, are shoo-ins, but Davis’ favorite piece—SAM’s Crosby coat in camel—is sure to be a town’s crowd pleaser.

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THE BARE NECESSITIES Downsizing has never looked so chic. This season, Louis Vuitton reinterprets seven iconic bags—like the Speedy (a top-handle tote, CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Mini-versions of LV’s and a 1930s faAlma, W, and Lockit vorite) and Pallas bags, with a mama(a modern, frontsized Lockit above. pleated carryall)—into mini, clutch-sized versions—and in a range of materials, including Vuitton’s classic monogram canvas—for stylish, essentials-only transport. 205 S. Mill St., 970-544-8200; louisvuitton.com

FOR THE LOVE OF GEMS

The Van Cleef & Arpels story that began in 1906 with Estelle and Alfred Van Cleef’s passion for gemstones lives on in the historic heart of Aspen, as the famed jeweler’s newly remodeled boutique comes to life. The new 2,106-square-foot space is decked out

with a custom staircase, crystal chandelier, and gold-leaf wall coverings, a lavish setting to complement the house’s opulent new pieces: pink-goldand-white-diamond additions to the beloved Sweet Alhambra collection, as well as new Perlee collection brace-

lets in white, yellow, and pink gold.

Shoppers of the boutique’s highestend pieces will experience its ultimate luxury: access to the private VIP room overlooking a sweeping mountain landscape. 400 E. Hyman Ave., 888984-4822; vancleefarpels.com

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After a day on the slopes, holiday parties and winter-evening soirées offer the perfect chance to dress it up a bit. For the Aspen man, less is more, and adding a stunning rose-gold timepiece to his wardrobe makes a subtle, elegant statement that rules the night.

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Portugieser Automatic Chronograph ($17,500) in 18k rose gold. It houses the caliber 79350, a JWC-made mechanical chronograph movement with 44 hours of power reserve. The 40mm watch is water-resistant to 30 meters. Meridian Jewelers, 525 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-3833; iwc.com From Audemars Piguet, this Royal Oak watch ($32,200) is designed in 18k pink gold with a silvered dial. The watch is

powered by a specially made, self-winding mechanism that houses the hour, minute, second, and date display. Les Bijoux, 400 E. Hyman Ave., 970-236-1255; audemars piguet.com Crafted in a special alloy that Panerai calls 18k red gold, the Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic Oro Rosso 45mm watch ($22,500) houses a P.4000 caliber automatic mechanical movement, which is created entirely in-house by Panerai. The

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203-part mechanism has two barrels and offers three days of power reserve. 400 E. Hyman Ave., 970-544-1868; panerai.com Scarf, John Varvatos ($398). Pitkin County Dry Goods, 520 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-1681; john varvatos.com. Bow tie, Hermès ($420). 105 Fillmore St., Denver, 303388-0700; hermes.com.

Cummerbund, Hugo Boss ($165). Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, 720-945-1101; boss.com

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A night out on the town during Aspen’s high season can feel even more luxe when your watch is shimmering with style.

From a sprinkling of diamonds to serious carat weight, this season’s best watches have added allure that can range from unusual case shapes to finely carved mother-of-pearl dials. The added glitter with each twist of the wrist makes your stylish reveries complete.

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One of the most iconic lines in the Van Cleef & Arpels collections, this Cadenas Sertie timepiece ($40,100) is crafted in 18k gold and

is a geometric splendor based on a design that dates back decades. The rectangular case with square dial nestles inside the horseshoe-shaped holder, which melds down into the delicately coiled gold bracelet. Diamonds finish the piece. 400 E. Hyman St., 888-984-4822; vancleefarpels.com From Hermès, this bejeweled Cape Cod Nantucket watch ($19,400) is crafted in 18k rose gold

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with a gray alligator strap.

The quartz watch features a white mother-of-pearl dial, and the case is set with diamond brilliants. 105 Fillmore St., Denver, 303388-0700; hermes.com Harry Winston’s exquisite Premier Lace 31mm watch ($20,800) demonstrates the brand’s incredible artistic expertise. Each dial is made of mother-of-pearl and finished with contrasting shades of this fragile material, deftly carved to

resemble lace. The craftsmanship requires long, patient hours, as the mother-of-pearl is 0.15mm thin. The gold watch is finished with 63 brilliant-cut diamonds on the bezel and arches.

Meridian Jewelers, 525 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-3833; harrywinston.com Verrou clutch ($6,450) and Kellydee clutch ($8,250), Hermès. 105 Fillmore St., Denver, 303-388-0700; hermes.com

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clockwise from top: This Buccellati 18k gold Eliochron jeweled Marquise watch ($155,000) is meticulously set with 544 diamonds weighing 7.87 carats. A quartz movement powers this round beauty.

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New AspeN INstItute boArd member atie CouriC shouts her “IdeAs” from the mouNtAINtops. by christine benedetti Having been a news anchor or host for three major broadcast television networks, in a career that now spans close to 40 years, Katie Couric, 58, is a familiar presence. But in Aspen these days, the New York–based global anchor for Yahoo!

News is more than just a face on a screen. For the past fve years, she has attended and moderated conversations at the Aspen Ideas Festival, and recently she joined the nonproft’s board of trustees. Since marrying fnance executive John Molner last year—his parents, Herbert and Paula Molner, call the midvalley’s Basalt a home away from home—Couric is as likely to be seen cruising the AI campus or skiing Aspen Mountain as she is on your computer screen. aspen peak caught up with Couric at The Little Nell this past summer, in the midst of Ideas Fest 2015. Between her onstage conversations with Netfix chief content offcer Ted Sarandos and new York times columnist David Brooks, she took time to chat about gender issues, technology, and, of course, all things Aspen.... continued on page 80

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CULTURE View from the Top Couric with her husband, John Molner, in Aspen. right: Couric discussed life and love with New York Times columnist David Brooks at the 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival.

“i always leave the aspen ideas festival feeling excited about ideas and about everything that i’m carrying with me.”

—katie couric Talk of Town kaTIE CoURIC RIffS on HER faVoRITE aSPEn MoMEnTS anD PaSTIMES. mountain woman:

“I like hiking and biking. I’m not as outdoorsy and athletic as I would like to be. I feel like a real hiker, and then I see these 75-year-old men in their spandex riding their bicycles, and with zero body fat—like General Petraeus. I keep seeing him on his bicycle and I say, ‘Damn, I get winded walking up the stairs.’”

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interested in given some of the events of this year. Now I’m working on a documentary about gun violence. All of these things intersect. one of the topics that we saw come up repeatedly was gender. from Lean In, facebook Coo Sheryl Sandberg’s female empowerment tome, to “women can’t have it all,” where do you fall?

It’s dangerous to prescribe one path for everyone. This one-size-fts-all approach doesn’t necessarily work. But I sort of agree with a lot of people who have written about this. I agree with Sheryl that sometimes women hold back because they’re worried about having everything or “doing it all”—I think that saying should be struck from the English language. But sometimes we talk about that and it feels at odds with our desire to be globally competitive.

I would have liked my daughters to be STEM [science, technology, engineering, and math] freaks, but they’re pretty much humanities girls. My daughter is going to Stanford, and I always say, “You should learn how to code there.” And she’s like, “Mom, you learn to code.” I think all we can do is make sure that we’re good role models, that we’re mentoring young women and helping them along when they’re struggling or making [tough] decisions,

that we’re giving them opportunities, and that we’re mindful of de facto discrimination that occurs in the workplace or the unintentional marginalization of women [due to] cultural factors.

In terms of the workplace, technology has shifted journalism dramatically since you started out. How have you evolved?

I’ve done the ultimate adaptor behavior by going to Yahoo!… I got a sense early on, back in 2007, that there was something really valuable about people being able to watch [what they want] when they want, and that people gathered around the TV for the evening news is part of a bygone era. When someone is watching online, they’re truly engaged. It’s not in the background while they’re doing other things. and then what do you do to unwind?

I try to disconnect. After seeing the talk about what technology is doing to our brains—it can be such a time suck. A lot of your inspired thinking comes to you in the shower because you don’t have anything else distracting you. That’s why I think daydreaming, ironically, is a good thing. You used to be told to stop daydreaming, and now I think people should be told to start daydreaming a little bit more. AP

tuning out:

“I like hanging out with my friends and trying to disconnect. I’m really working on that. Online you can go from one trashy article to another... and suddenly, two hours later, you’re thinking, I could have been reading a good book or exercising or talking to a friend.” best eats:

“Matsuhisa Aspen (303 E. Main St., 970-544-6628; matsuhisaaspen.com).” guilty pleasures:

“A-1 Oriental foot massage (517 E. Hopkins Ave., #102, 970-925-9755) and truffe fries—but not at the same time!” winter wonderland: “Après-ski at Chair 9 at The Little Nell (675 E. Durant Ave., 970-920-4600; thelittlenell.com); skiing with my father-in-law, Herb Molner, the hottest instructor in Aspen; and hot chocolate at Gwyn’s High Alpine Café and Bar (100 High Alpine Lift Road, Snowmass Village, 970-9235188; gwynshighalpine.com)!”

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what are some of your takeaways from this year’s Ideas fest?

I always leave this week in Aspen feeling excited about ideas and excited about— my head is about to explode—everything that I’m carrying with me. There are very few times when you can just sit and listen to smart people talking about important topics. I’m being exposed to some really interesting thinkers and topics for stories I didn’t even know were out there. I don’t have to go to the usual suspects all the time. I’ve got a notebook full of ideas and a wallet full of cards.

That’s great, because one of the questions people ask is how to put the ideas presented at the festival into action.

I can take some of these big ideas and fgure out how to make them visual, understandable, digestible, and interesting to the people outside of this event. There are a lot of things that need to be talked about that aren’t being talked about. It just inspires you to think of things more deeply and differently—I sound very “Kumbaya” here. But I went to a breakfast for My Brother’s Keeper [a White House initiative to help boys and men of color advance in society and stay out of prison].

I was stimulated by conversations about race in America, about policing, about implicit bias. These are things I’m already

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CULTURE Hottest Ticket Spanish choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo’s Silent Ghost will be one of a trio of new and contemporary performances commemorating Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s 20th year.

Dance On!

to celebrate its landmark 20th anniversary, Aspen sAntA Fe BAllet looks back to keep looking forward.

Commissioning works by emerging choreographers has always been part of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s identity, and it’s a testament to that identity to note where the company’s past roster is now. Many of the choreographers ASFB has worked with have gone on to secure resident positions at very esteemed companies—Cayetano Soto’s placement with Ballet BC in May 2015 is only the most recent.

“We love to say we found Soto frst,” says JeanPhilippe Malaty, ASFB’s executive director.

Others include Alejandro Cerrudo at Chicago’s Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Jorma Elo with Boston Ballet, and Nicolo Fonte with Utah’s Ballet West.

Over the years, each has created distinct pieces exclusively for ASFB, and fnding new posts hasn’t kept them from continuing to do so.

In fact, Soto’s third commission debuts in February for the offcial opening of ASFB’s 20th season (the holiday performances of perennial family-favorite The Nutcracker, on December 12 and 13, don’t open the season, despite coming earlier). Created specifcally for the anniversary year, the Barcelona-born, Munich-based Soto’s piece will highlight a winter program bolstered by Alejandro Cerrudo’s Silent Ghost, which premiered last summer, and a company debut by Brazil’s Fernando Melo.

“An easy [choice for this season’s program would have been] to bring back our favorites of the past 20 years, and it’s pretty standard to commemorate those for an anniversary,” says Malaty. “But we’ve never done what other companies do. We always look forward, and that’s created a unique identity for the company. We commission so many great new

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works. Why change now?”

ASFB was founded in 1996 as Aspen Ballet Company and School by Bebe Schweppe, who recruited Malaty and Artistic Director Tom Mossbrucker, both former Joffrey Ballet dancers, like Schweppe herself, to run it. Her vision for an acclaimed dance program in the middle of the Rocky Mountains may have seemed like an illusion at the time, but it’s been realized today. ASFB has since doubled its number of dancers to 12, developed a hybrid business model

with Santa Fe, continued to commission innovative and adventurous works, and toured to some of the most prestigious stages in the world.

“For a long time, we had the mentality of ‘one season at a time.’ But before we knew it, we were not a start-up anymore. We were a role model,” says Malaty.

“We went into uncharted territory, and we don’t have a blank slate—we have a track record.” Aspen District Theatre, 335 High School Road, 970-920-5770; aspensantafeballet.com AP

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Art-world provocatrix Lynda Benglis’s wax fountains, including Pink Lady (For Asha) (2013), one of three similar structures comprising Pink Ladies, come to the Art Museum this winter after a solo exhibition at Storm King Art Center in New York.

After years of obscurity, the late deaf-mute artist Judith Scott has finally been getting her due, thanks to her powerful fiber sculptures like Untitled (1993), on view this spring at the Art Museum.

Some might consider it serendipitous to have works from five female artists under one roof. But Heidi Zuckerman, CEO and director-curator of the Aspen Art Museum, says it’s simply a reflection of the industry. Given the breadth of talent in a series of upcoming exhibits by female artists at the Aspen Art Museum, it’s a good thing the roof happens to be a big one: the Shigeru Ban–designed, 33,000-square-foot, six-gallery museum that opened downtown in summer 2014.

Beginning in February, solo exhibitions by Judith Scott, Liz Larner, Lynda Benglis, Rachel Rose, and Mickalene Thomas open in staggered succession at the museum. “There are five solo shows, and each of these artists works in a variety of mediums—they all have different approaches to the practice of making art,” Zuckerman says. “They span different generations [as well]. It just shows how broad and diverse the field has become.”

The curator explains that what distinguishes programs at the Aspen Art Museum from others in the US is their focus on diversity: “It’s our

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ongoing and continuous showing of one-person exhibitions from female artists and artists of color,” says Zuckerman. “It wasn’t intentional to stack up so many solo exhibitions of females at one time.” But for the exhibitions opening this winter, from Larner’s main-floor sculpture works to a video installation by Rose—the youngest artist in the group—there isn’t one unifying theme that ties the exhibits together, and Zuckerman prefers it that way. She’d rather visitors judge the artists on their work rather than their gender.

“We need to stop thinking about female museum directors, female artists, and female CEOs,” she says.

“That’s an underlying goal for these exhibitions in general. [Guests] have the opportunity to consider [these artists’] production and accomplishments outside of their gender role.”

Judith Scott: to Sculpt a Voice Zuckerman has maintained many of the fortuitous relationships she forged in her former role as curator of the Berkeley Art Museum, like the one she cultivated with Creative Growth Arts Center. The Oakland-based gallery and art center was the first in the world to offer studio space for developmentally disabled adults to create art. Judith Scott was among the first Zuckerman met there.

Born with Down syndrome and profound deafness, Scott, who passed away in 2005 at the age of 61, was misdiagnosed with severe retardation at an early age and placed in a state institution for more than 30 years. Her twin sister, Joyce, eventually pulled her from the institution and moved her to California, where Judith started to create fiber sculptures by layering cloth, yarn, woven fabric, and found objects together. For the last 17 years of her life, Scott spoke through sculpture, finding a voice in artwork in a life in which she had none. March 11–July 10, 2016 continued on page 86

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CULTURE Art Full Liz Larner’s stainless-steel X (2013), Mickalene Thomas’s je t’aime video (2014), and Rachel Rose’s video installation Everything and More (2015) will all be on view this winter and spring as part of a power-gal takeover of the Aspen Art Museum.

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Liz Larner: SpatiaL awareneSS Sculpture often speaks to the space it occupies.

Artist Liz Larner’s X—the letter rendered in stainless steel in the approximate shape of a hemisphere—actually counts on that concept, as the piece is designed to play off of the architecture of the museum itself.

“I am very interested to see how X relates to Shigeru Ban’s woven-wood-panel façade and the overlapping grid structure of the windows inside,” says Larner, 55, who has exhibited work at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and the Whitney Biennial. “I think the mirrorpolished stainless steel will focus and retransmit [images of] the people, atmosphere, weather, and activity around the museum, creating a [realtime] reflection of all that happens around it, as its curving form reshapes this constant change.”

Although X will occupy the public space outside the museum’s entrance, wall sculptures ranging in

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size from 30 inches to 15 feet will fill Galleries 2 and 3 on the museum’s main floor. X will be on display October 16, 2015–November 30, 2016. Wall sculptures in Galleries 2 and 3 will be on display February 26– June 5, 2016.

Lynda BengLiS: StatuS Quoi?

After half a century, 74-year-old Lynda Benglis is still on the edge of art’s avant-garde. Her staunch independence, exploration of materials (wax, latex, glitter), and predilection to provoke (she appeared in a rather unforgettable 1974 Artforum ad—nude, sex toy in hand—that bucked conventional notions of how artists should represent themselves) have solidified not only her indelible mark on contemporary art but also her standing atop it.

The sensuality and physicality of her sculptures and poured-wax/latex works create, or rather force, a conversation with the audience. After Zuckerman saw Benglis’s recent solo exhibition

racheL roSe: Moving StiLLS At 29, conceptual video artist Rachel Rose, who opened her first-ever solo exhibition at New York’s Whitney Museum in October, is the youngest of this group, a fact not evident from her artistic obsession: mortality. Through her own film footage and found materials, she meditates on the theme of death through diverse subject matter (zoos, robotics, the Revolutionary War) and a focus on the meaning—and the ubiquity—of images and what they may or may not represent.

The New York City–based artist is most celebrated for her video installations, like Everything and More, which will be on view at the Aspen Art Museum. March 11–June 12, 2016 MickaLene thoMaS: portrait of the Lady On the other side of the life-death spectrum are works from 44-year-old Mickalene Thomas, the first artist to create a solo portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama. Known for her elaborate paintings made from rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel, Thomas explores ideas of life and womanhood while expanding—or resisting—common conceptions of beauty.

On display in Aspen is a series of photographs and videos, almost entirely new works, focusing on the home, specifically the furniture, objects, and family photos people keep, and what those items say about their humanity. March 11–June 12, 2016. 637 E. Hyman Ave., 970-925-8050; aspenartmuseum.org AP

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at the Storm King Art Center, in New York, she immediately knew which piece she wanted for the Aspen Art Museum: Pink Ladies, a working fountain cast in hot-pink polyurethane. While beautiful and unexpected, says Zuckerman, it’s also “spunky and fun.” April 22–October 30, 2016

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Before Aspen Film hosts its James Bondthemed Casino Royale party on Saturday, February 20, at the Hotel Jerome—featuring a red carpet welcome, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, gambling, and more—film

Golden touch: Professional wunderkind Genna Moe (INSET) is guiding The Art Base, in Basalt, to gilded heights.

fans can catch up on the likely Oscar contenders during the nonprofit’s Academy Screenings, running

ON THE UP!

VALLEY GAL GENNA MOE UPS ASPEN’S ART ANTE IN HER NEW ROLE AT THE ART BASE. With a dual degree in art history and visual arts from the University of Washington, newly appointed executive director Genna Moe has big plans for The Art Base (99 Midland Spur, Basalt, 970-9274123; theartbase.org), formerly the Wyly Art Center. Before joining the nonprofit, Moe developed educational outreach programs at the Aspen Art Museum and was part of the management team at the Wheeler Opera House. Here, the 29-year-old—who is president of the Aspen Young Professionals Association—explains her plans.

What is your vision for The Art Base?

The Art Base is an exhibition space and a classroom—I plan to grow both aspects, while celebrating and supporting emerging artists.

Which events are you most excited about for this winter?

In addition to our physical expansion, we will begin implementing three new programs: Art Share, a rental gallery full of regional works of various sizes, mediums, and styles; The Art Commons, an affordable open community studio space for rent by the hour; and Art as Healing, where we’ll work with valley partners to explore the relationship between art, health, and recovery. AP

December 22 through January 2. The 12-day festival features the most buzzworthy films of the year, along with a few under-the-radar favorites the AF team thinks Aspen audiences can’t miss. Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., 970-9205770; aspenfilm.org

Academy Screenings brings all the Oscars contenders before Aspen’s eyes.

ALL THAT JAZZ

After a stellar summer season featuring major pop and rock acts, Jazz Aspen Snowmass gets back to its roots this winter with its JAS Café Downstairs @ The Nell. The dimly lit, intimate venue on the lower level of five-star The Little Nell hotel offers a nod to early 20th-century jazz lounges. This season, performances include: jazz vocalist and guitarist Allan Harris (December 18–19); gospel a cappella sextet and winner of multiple Grammy Awards, Take 6 (January 2–3); Grammy Award-winning jazz fusion quartet the Yellowjackets (February 11–12); and jazz vocalist René Marie with the James Horowitz Trio (March 31–April 1). Shows are at 7 and 9:15 PM each night. The Little Nell, 675 E. Durant Ave., 866-527-8499; jazzaspensnowmass.org

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Husky baritone Allan Harris returns to jazzy JAS Café this December.

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Aspen Words ups its literary ante this year with the nonprofit’s annual Winter Words festival of author talks and readings. The season will open on January 12 with Juan Felipe Herrera, the current US Poet Laureate and the first Mexican-American to hold the position. Then, on March 15, Pulitzer Prize-winner and New York Times bestselling author Geraldine Brooks—writer of March, Caleb’s Crossing, and People of the Book—will be joined on stage by her husband Tony Horwitz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting with the Wall Street Journal. Sandra Cisneros, the first female MexicanAmerican writer to be published by a mainstream publisher and writer of National Book Award-winning The House on Mango Street, will close out the fest on April 6. Paepcke Auditorium, 1000 N. Third St., 970-925-3122; aspenwords.org

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CULTURE Spirit of Generosity Always climbing: With college-track programs, summer programs, and sponsored scholarships, Summit 54’s Tony and Terri Caine, photographed here at their home on Wildwood Lane, have dedicated themselves to advancing education in the Roaring Fork Valley.

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Terri and Tony Caine’s summit 54 is making sure every valley sTudenT Can reaCh for The Top. During his bid to climb all 54 of Colorado’s peaks over 14,000 feet in one calen­ dar year, Internet entrepreneur Tony Caine was hiking along the saddle between Tabeguache Peak and Mount Shavano a few hundred feet below the summit when he became dizzy and lightheaded. As he continued on, his condition worsened; he began to experience vertigo and eventually couldn’t walk or stand. He had a cell phone signal and called for help. He was evacuated by helicopter six hours later.

Caine, now fully recovered from his trek, recalls sitting in an Aspen barbershop six years ago, when he was struck by inspiration to tackle the 14er project. But for him, it was about much more than climbing all those mountains. “I picked up Chris Davenport’s book [Ski the 14ers], and I thought, Maybe I should get off my butt and do something,” says Caine, 58. “I decided I would attempt to hike all the 14ers and use that as an impetus to launch Summit 54”—a nonproft investing in Colorado education.

Caine and his wife, Terri, 55, launched Summit 54 in 2010 and hosted the frst offcial fundraiser this past July at their Wildwood Lane home a few miles up Inde­ pendence Pass. When they started the program, they donated $400,000 of their own money, which was matched dollar for dollar with a grant from the United Way Social Innovation Fund. They’ve since received grants from the Aspen Community Foundation and The Thrift Shop of Aspen. “We also received a few generous multi­

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year pledges from people we know personally who are also very passionate about education,” Terri says.

“Doing all the 14ers in one year, but breaking it down to one peak at a time, felt like the perfect analogy for working with students [for whom] college may seem like an insurmountable goal,” Tony says.

For Tony, dedicating himself to creating more opportunities in education for un­ derprivileged students was a cause close to his heart. Raised in blue­collar Pittsburgh as the son of a bus driver who had dropped out of the 10th grade to support his single mother, Tony put himself through Carnegie Mellon University before going on to work for Hewlett­Packard and Apple and eventually founding three tech start­ups (including Spyglass, the frst Internet browser, acquired in a $2.5 billion stock ex­ change acquisition in 2000). He went on to found LJM Partners, the Chicago­based fnancial investment frm he still works with today.

Summit 54 has sponsored four established evidence­based programs that are aligned with its mission: Pre­Collegiate, which funds college scholarships for students in the Roaring Fork Valley; Summer Advantage USA, a five­week aca­ demic and life­enrichment summer program for students grades K–4 in Basalt, Carbondale, and Glenwood Springs (where budget cuts eliminated funding for continued on page 92

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WoRLD SnoW PoLo ChAMPIonShIPS The Cause: The Aspen Valley Polo Club presents the three-day World Snow Polo Championships, which includes competitions featuring top snow polo talent from around the globe and VIP cocktail parties and lounges. The event benefts Sopris Therapy Services, a nonproft that provides equine-assisted therapy and rehabilitation to children and adults with special needs.

The Details: Thursday, December 17, through Saturday, December 19, at Rio Grande Park. 970710-1663; aspenvalleypoloclub.com

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Summer Advantage serves almost 800 students and 140 staff members, providing a well-rounded summer academic-enrichment program that includes math and literacy courses, feld trips, talks from inspirational speakers, and meals.

“We would love to help strengthen the Roaring Fork School District as an example of what can be done in other rural school districts,” Terri says. Acquiring hard data to inspire change at a state level is an integral part of Summit 54’s mission.

The program costs roughly $1 million per year and is run with very low overhead; Summit 54 has only

one employee, program manager Nicole Tarumianz, who is paid hourly. Terri is very hands-on with the program, visiting program sites almost daily to assist students and staff. “Parents come up to me all the time and share the stories about their kids,” she says. “There are tons of success stories.”

And though he never climbed alone again, Tony went on to summit all of those 54 peaks. “Even if you have challenges, you can’t quit,” he says. “If you break it down one step at a time, then it becomes attainable. The ambition of Summit 54 is to work with students to put that goal in place.” summit54.org AP

The Cause: Join elite skiers, boarders, and event chairs Pam Alexander, Jackie and John Bucksbaum, Erica and Karim Souki, and Melissa and Russ Wight at the Audi Ajax Cup to support the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club. AVSC offers aid to nearly 2,400 children each year, including scholarship support and free equipment from local retailers Gorsuch and D&E. Past events have raised more than $250,000.

The Details: Begins Wednesday, December 30, at 12 pm on Aspen Mountain and at Zeno Aspen. 501 E. Dean St., 970-205-5100; teamavsc.org

uS PoET LAuREATE CELEBRATIon The Cause: Literary nonproft Aspen Words will host a celebration of US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera. Herrera, the frst Mexican-American to hold the position, has written 28 books, including fction, children’s books, and nonfction, and passionately engages on a variety of social issues.

The Details: Tuesday, January 12, at 6 pm at the Paepcke Auditorium. 1000 N. Third St., 970-9253122; aspenwords.org

LIGhT IT uP BLuE Gold Leaf’s efforts range from townwide parties to intimate scenes for two.

Golden Good Aspen’s Gold Leaf Event Design helps to raise big dough for local nonprofits.

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It’s been a golden year for Chelsea Dillon, 32, and Kate Ryan, 29, who joined forces only two years ago to form Gold Leaf Event Design & Production. The two have taken the party circuit by storm, tackling many of Aspen’s biggest and most noteworthy events while still making time for local nonprofts.

Last summer they produced the annual Buddy’s Bash for the Buddy Program—which helped raise more than $400,000 for the organization—and got back down to earth with An Evening on the Lake, a summer beneft for the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies.

They’ve made a name for themselves with an unmistakable fair for original, creative event designs. “We just plowed forward and didn’t waste any time,” Dillon says of their nonstop summer season. “Kate and I are really gung-ho, so we just got ourselves out there.”

And at last summer’s Food & Wine Classic, they produced two of the most talked-about events: the Terlato Wine party, featuring a Marie Antoinette-meetsAlice in Wonderland theme that spared no details, transforming a downtown penthouse with Lucite swings, gold-dusted clouds, and models wearing tall white wigs; and the Casa Dragones tequila-tasting at the Baldwin Gallery, touted as the hottest party of the weekend by bloggers who couldn’t get enough.

In Aspen, where the party is always on, this event-planning duo is setting the gold standard. 317 Oak Lane, 970-379-5432; goldleafevent.com

The Cause: The ffth annual Light It Up Blue gala will beneft the Roaring Fork Autism Network and Autism Speaks, the umbrella organization of the Light It Up Blue campaign, whose goal is to bring awareness to autism in every community.

The Details: Saturday, February 13, at 7 pm at the Hotel Jerome. 330 E. Main St., 970-927-3143; lightitupblueaspen.org

SKI hALL oF FAME InDuCTIon GALA The Cause: The US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, along with the International Skiing History Association, will celebrate Skiing History Week with awards ceremonies, a flm festival, frst tracks with Hall of Famers, and skiing history presentations.

The week culminates with an induction gala and ceremony, where Aspenite and former Olympian Chris Klug will be among this year’s honorees.

The Details: Saturday, April 9, at the St. Regis Aspen Resort. 315 E. Dean St., 906-485-6324; skihall.com

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“It was important to us to make an impact in the valley, where we live,” says Terri, who spearheads Summer Advantage, the largest of the programs Summit 54 sponsors.

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The Food & Wine Classic—the annual gathering of the culinary and oenophile elite—kicked off its 33rd year. The event, which in Aspen also serves as the unofficial start to summer, features seminars, tastings, demonstrations, dinners, and private soirées at venues all over town. The opening reception was hosted by the St. Regis Aspen, with other notable events taking place at the Hotel Jerome, the rooftop of the Aspen Art Museum, Viceroy Snowmass, and Matsuhisa restaurant. Aspen Peak also cohosted an event with Paul Chevalier of Château d’Esclans, featuring a tasting of the brand’s new offering, Rock Angel, as well as its signature Whispering Angel rosé at L’Occitane.

Right at home: Celebrity chef and Japanese master of seafood in landlocked Colorado, Nobu Matsuhisa finds a little pride of place every summer at Aspen’s Food & Wine Classic.

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THE ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL hosted a

one-of-a-kind gala benefit at the Hotel Jerome. Attendees were treated to a triple pairing, as six gourmet food courses were paired with wine as well as a musical offering presented by established stars and rising talents from the AMFS summer lineup. The evening highlighted six regions from around the globe important to the musical, culinary, and wine worlds: France, Austria, Northern Africa, Spain, Russia, and Italy.

Before the dinner, guests were treated to an effervescent specialty cocktail from Tito’s Vodka and beer from the Roaring Fork Beer Company.

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Caroline Kim, Joy Vucekovich, Ben Wagner, and Jenna Barghouti

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Arno Schefler, Stefan Edlis, and Jonathan Lee

Amy Levin and Mayor Skadron

Emily Burr and Richard Edwards

Destiny Ann Mermagen, Naoko Tanaka, and Michael Mermagen

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Rachel Zimmerman, Cathy Koplovitz, and Erika Aronson Stern

“The sky’s the limit.”

Must be Poss.

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INVITED Danielle O’Brien, Nick Byrne, and David Mills

Carrie Wolfer, Hana Maclean, Erin Greenwood, Ali Berkman, and Ashley Chod

Sydney Silverman and Kaley Davidson

Performers Michael Winger, Daniel Moore, Mary Grace Johnson, Kishi Bashi, Nathan Lowry, Alex Krew, and Alex Brose.

Alana Leby, Kishi Bashi, and Ignacio Munoz Kendall Reiley and Peter Beyel

Logan Cross and Kacey Pelletier Charles Lucarelli, Lissa Ballinger, Andy Docken, and Craig Monzio

Kishi Bashi is interviewed at the Sky Hotel.

KISHI BASHI SHOWCASE AND AFTERPARTY

The audience watches the Kishi Bashi Q&A.

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and School, and Aspen Peak magazine hosted a two-part event featuring indie-pop musician Kishi Bashi. The classically trained violinist—who has played major festivals such as SXSW and Austin City Limits, and has gone on an extensive US tour—performed a two-hour set at Belly Up Aspen. There, he blended violin, electronics, and stylistic influences from multiple cultures and pop-music eras to create a unique sound. Immediately following the show, attendees headed to the afterparty hosted by the Sky Hotel, where guests sipped drinks poolside before a question-andanswer session with Kishi Bashi and his band.

Michael Barlow, Kahwa Douoguih, and Vanessa Sorensen

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INVITED Aspen Peak cover artist Linda Girvin describes her art to town’s tastemaker women.

ASPEN PEAK WOMEN OF INFLUENCE LUNCHEON

Lissa Ballinger, Christina King, Alex Leddy, and Angie Callen

ASPEN PEAK MAGAZINE, Lorrie B. Aspen & Associates, Intermix, and Whispering Angel hosted a luncheon at 400 West Hopkins Avenue in honor of Aspen’s many Women of Influence. The event celebrated a feature in the magazine’s Summer 2015 issue focused on women in a variety of fields making major impacts on the Aspen scene.

A cocktail reception was followed by lunch from BB’s Kitchen and an intimate conversation where invited guests discussed some of the largest issues facing our community, and how their career paths have influenced the cultural, intellectual, and spiritual landscape of Aspen.

Jody Guralnick, Linda Girvin, Karen Lord, and Sarah Broughton

Sydney Silverman and Kaley Davidson

Linda Hayes and Maria Morrow

Lauren Savariego, Laura Umansky, Jenn Welker, and Grace Pena

Bill Lipsey, Lynn Goldsmith, and Sid Schneider

Mike Gursey and Ann Abernethy Gursey

Eliza Roga and Monika Oginski

ART OF TOWN AT THE WYLY COMMUNITY ART CENTER (now The Art Base) Annex, in Basalt, Aspen Peak hosted a celebration in honor of summer issue cover artist Linda Girvin. The event marked the culmination of Girvin’s exhibition at the Wyly, and featured two specialty cocktails—a lavender-mint drink and a jalapeño-honey drink—from Woody Creek Distillers. Auctioneer Dan Sadowsky auctioned off a print of the cover image to the eager crowd, with proceeds going to the nonprofit art center.

Laura Thorne and Alice Pendleton

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Loren Jenkins and Sharon Wells

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARYSUE BONETTI (WOMEN OF INFLUENCE); NATHANIEL WILDER (ART OF TOWN)

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SHINING STARS’ WINE WOMEN AND SHOES BENEFIT

Amanda Barajas and Holiday Schaldach

Samantha Wilson

Harry Sica, Ali Lee, and Andrea Menichetti

THE SHINING STARS FOUNDATION —a local nonprofit dedicated

to transforming the lives of children challenged with pediatric cancer and other life-threatening illnesses—hosted a fabulous benefit at the base of Aspen Mountain. Women were encouraged to dress to the nines as they sipped fine wines, shopped designer fashion and jewelry brands, sampled delicious bites from local restaurants, and participated in silent and live auctions, all to support a great cause.

Gail Stanger and Stascha Kaelin

Candice Girgis and Lauren Calabrese

Allison Kanders, Liz Larner, and Heidi Zuckerman

Gayle Stoffel and Amy Phelan

Karin Luter, Nancy Rogers, and Nicola Marcus

Guests enjoy SO Café’s casual-chic bites and sweeping views of Aspen Mountain.

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ASPEN ART MUSEUM , Town & Country, and Fendi hosted an intimate luncheon at the museum’s rooftop SO Café. Aspen Mountain provided the perfect backdrop for the event, during which chief curator Heidi Zuckerman interviewed internationally exhibited installation artist and sculptor Liz Larner on her upcoming show at the museum.

Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Jamie Tisch

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Amen Wardy, the creative genius behind Amen Wardy Home, has been instrumental in creating an entirely new perspective in home design and entertaining since 1954. Exclusively located in Woody Creek, just outside of Aspen, this 15-acre property and 7,300 square foot home boasts, spectacular views, water, and privacy. Tile floors from an 18th century abbey, 9,000 lb. wood beams from an Oregon sawmill and Albertini windows from Italy are among many of the distinguished characteristics in this timeless masterpiece.

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A perfect Rocky Mountain getaway… Canyon Ranch offers everything the surrounding resort areas don’t; privacy, tranquility, fshing, horses, chickens, vineyards, apple groves and accommodations for your entire family and friends! Sometimes it takes removing yourself to fnd true relaxation. Only a 2.5 hour drive from Aspen, Canyon Ranch is located in a more temperate climate zone and is a truly unique experience.

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Buck Point Ranch is a 1,000+/- acre property located in one of the last pristine valleys in close proximity to Aspen. With senior water rights, sweeping, south-facing Elk Range views over irrigated meadows, a half-mile of West Coulter Creek, and adjacency to BLM lands, this property showcases western Colorado at its best. Surrounded by other large, legacy ranches, this unimproved property ranges in elevation from 7,2008,500 feet, provides excellent hunting, and is unencumbered by a conservation easement, presenting a great land conservation opportunity with potentially lucrative tax credits for a landowner.

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capitol creek - 100 acres

In the heart of the Rocky Mountains, between Aspen and Basalt, lies this brand new exceptional mountain retreat. Welcome to Capitol Creek Ranch, a one of a kind lifestyle property with unparalleled amenities. Located on one hundred private acres of gorgeous Aspen trees, private meadows, and beautiful creek beds, this property boasts mountain living at its finest. This ranch backs up to public land on two sides which allows you to enjoy the miles of trails for hiking and horseback riding, as well as access to some of the best hunting in Colorado. Built with exquisite attention to detail, the house was completed in 2008 but has never been lived in. At 5,600+ square feet, this off the grid residence is outfitted with outstanding modern amenities.

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old snowmass - 60 acres

Gorgeous property on Snowmass Creek Road with endless opportunity for dream home status. This property is comprised of a total of 59.65 acres, a perfect development opportunity. There are two areas of activity separating the property into two lots to allow the buyer to construct two separate residences with the option to sell one, 5,750 square feet above grade FAR is allowed on each lot.

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INVITED Bernie Taupin and Jared Goulet

Valentina Garcia and Kurt Hollinger Chris and Stacie Martin

ASPEN PEAK HOSTED the opening-night preview for the sixth annual ArtAspen, the four-day art festival, held at a transformed Aspen Ice Garden, highlighting more than 1,000 contemporary and postwar artworks by nearly 200 respected artists from 25 prominent galleries across the country. The opening-night Sneak Peak—which featured a specialty cocktail from Sopris Liquor and Wines; a Room & Board Curator Lounge for artists, gallerists, and art aficionados; a wine bar; delectable hors d’oeuvres; and delicious Aspen Peak cupcakes—gave VIP attendees a first look at what has been billed as “America’s ultimate boutique fair.”

Amy Doherty and Laurie Moore

Jim Anathema and Jody Feagan with Laura and Michael Rice

Remy and May Selby with Meaghan Lynch and Lea Tucker

Mara Paas and Erin Wilson

Robert and Connie Ritter

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Vida Stanton and Anita Sayed

Cindy Lu Wakefield and Jared Goulet

Arthur Kafrissen and Harvey Birdman

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INVITED Chef and English in Action board member Susie Jimenez feeds the party!

Jill Ashkenaz and Tony Dilucia

Greg Jefferson pours special Tito’s Vodka drinks.

ENGLISH IN ACTION BENEFIT GREY LADY RESTAURANT, along with Aspen Peak,

Damon Roth and Whitney Hubble

hosted a benefit cocktail party for 20-year-old nonprofit English in Action in collaboration with Food Network chef Susie Jimenez. Jimenez—who began her relationship with food while picking fruit with her migrant farmworker parents—presented “Taste from Around the World,” featuring her nimble culinary talents alongside a specialty cocktail from Tito’s Vodka. Other sponsors for the event included Aspen Associates Realty Group, Obermeyer Wood Investment Council, Waas Campbell Rivera Johnson & Velasquez, and Timberline Bank.

Sandy Johnson and Katie Kitchen

Karen Woodard, Johanna Vasquez, and Carolina Castro

Krista Klees, Scott Davidson, and Carly Gailey

Patrick Carney and Candace Cross

Gretchen Greenwood and Wendy Lucas

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Maarja and Mark Wiseroth

Efrot Weiss and Susan Lodge

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JORDAN CURET

Ryan Elston and Amy Riley

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INVITED Aspen Words Creative Director Adrienne Brodeur, Programs Manager Jamie Kravitz, and Director Maurice LaMee welcome guests to their glamorous event.

Courtney Campbell and Andre Dubus III

Tara Carson and Michael Klein

Sisonke Msimang and King Grossman

ASPEN WORDS SUMMER SOIRÉE ASPEN WORDS HOSTED its annual Summer

Soirée at Aspen Meadows’ stunning DoerrHosier Center. The evening event—with a keynote talk from author, storyteller, and host of A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor— included a VIP reception with the nonprofit’s Summer Words festival written-word

luminaries, live music from SideSaddle Sid and His Rhythm Wranglers, and a delectable three-course meal. Aspen Institute President Walter Isaacson introduced Keillor, whose hour-long dinner conversation proved the evening’s theme true: “You get old and realize there are no answers. Just stories.”

Lady and Chip Fuller with Erin Lentz

Jeff and Erica Keswin with Dana and Mazen Makarem

Ken and Erin Sawyer

FORTUNE BRAINSTORM TECH CONFERENCE COCKTAIL PARTY PUBLIC RELATIONS GURU and Aspenite Pam Alexander hosted a cocktail event at her West End home for attendees of the 14th annual Fortune Brainstorm Tech Conference. The three-day event is a unique blend of the power of Fortune 500 companies, the excitement of the emerging entrepreneurs of the tech world, and the investors who finance them all, hosted on the gorgeous campus of the Aspen Institute.

Peter Van Domelen, Beth Ann Kaminkow, and Thijn Lamers

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Josh Berman and Chris DeWolfe

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROSS DANIELS (SUMMER SOIRÉE); KALEY DAVIDSON (FORTUNE BRAINSTORM)

Norm Pearlstine and Walter Isaacson

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Kevin Patrick, Andrea Wendel, Clare Evert-Shane, and Steven Shane

JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS 25THANNIVERSARY BENEFIT Carrie Wells and Elliott Slade

JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS —whose mission is to present and preserve jazz and related forms of music through world-class events, performances, and education programs—celebrated its 25th anniversary with a spectacular benefit at the stunning McClain Flats ranch of Bob and Soledad Hurst. The guests—who were asked to don all black or all white set against a neon décor motif—were treated to a sunset cocktail hour featuring Woody Creek Distillers vodka before proceeding into the 500-person tent for dinner, a live auction, and live music from ’70s rockers Chic featuring Nile Rodgers. Christian McBride served as the guest DJ for the evening.

Christina O’Donnell, Bob Hurst, and Diana Reed

David Chazen, Marianne Buchholz, and Geoff Barker

Nancy and Bob Magoon 1970s disco giants Nile Rodgers and Chic get the dance floor going.

Eve Whiston, Lisa Speaker, and Lisa Bernhoft

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Guest Holly Dreman strikes a musical pose.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROSS DANIELS

Danielle Davidson, Mona Look-Maza, and Kitzia Goodman

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TASTE Winter’s Best Eats

haute cuisine!

Pine Cree Coo house proves that no one does high-country fare quite like colorado. by damien alexander williamson

photography by ross Kribbs

Few experiences say Colorado like a moonlit horse-drawn sleigh ride or cross-country ski expedition to a secluded cabin at the base of the Elk Mountains. Fewer still end with a culinary prize rivaling those you’d fnd at restaurants in the hearts of major cities across the country. But then, no one ever said Aspen offered standard fare.

Starting at the Adventure Lodge—located just 11 miles up the Castle Creek Valley, near the historic ghost town of Ashcroft—guests can cross-country ski, snowshoe, or sleigh a few miles over the river and through the woods to Pine Creek Cookhouse. Warm up by the fre before feasting on Colorado classics from chef Chris Keating’s prixfixe menu, like sautéed ruby-red rainbow trout, North American

buffalo tenderloin, La Sal Peaks bone-in elk chop, or one of the unexpectedly delicious vegetarian options, such as stuffed acorn squash.

While these dishes are appropriately rustic, dessert doesn’t disappoint either, with choices like warm apple crisp and pretzel bread pudding served with bourbon vanilla sauce and salted caramel ice cream.

If you don’t relish the thought of a chilly nighttime trip back to the lodge after a hearty dinner, enjoy the warm winter sun by trekking to Pine Creek for lunch, which offers lighter, à la carte fare and stunning views of the surrounding snow-capped peaks under bluebird skies.

Either way, it’ll be a Centennial State experience you won’t soon forget.

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Peak flavor! Whether you arrive on snowshoes, skis, or a horse-drawn sleigh, Pine Creek Cookhouse is a (gastronomic) haven in the high country.

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taste Best eats Va-Va-Vegan

SO café, settled on the top floor of the Aspen Art Museum, dishes up a short-and-sweet menu of super seasonal bites for museumgoers and visitors alike, such as (right, from top) a pimento cheese plate with pecans, apples, and rosemary lavash, and a “tapas” sampler of salami, olives, cheese, and quiche.

NOVEL PLACEs!

Just SO SO Café serves up fresh views and seasonal menus atop the aSpen art MuSeuM. by christine benedetti Kunsthalle would be the German term used to describe the Aspen Art Museum’s approach to its collection—namely, that it doesn’t have one. So when the non-collecting institution opened its Shigeru Bandesigned building in Downtown Aspen in August 2014, the museum’s third-foor café needed to refect that same approach.

“Our weekly-changing menu was born from [the museum’s] philosophy—and [the building’s] cooking constraints,” says Allen Domingos, who owns Epicure Catering, the company behind SO café, with his wife, Julia. The couple already had a longstanding relationship with the museum, providing food service for many of the nonproft’s events.

So, when AAM approached them to operate the food and beverage components of their brand-new digs, the pair jumped on it—and set off on a world tour to seek inspiration.

“Over [the course of] a year, we traveled to check out museum cafés

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in places like New York and Paris,” says Allen. “We saw everything from boring old sandwich counters to Danny Meyer-plated meals at MoMA [in New York]. We [knew we] wanted to do something that wasn’t just a sandwich place, and we developed our concept over time.”

The result is SO, a lunch-only café nestled in the museum’s woodlatticed top foor. It features locally sourced food, and a menu that changes every week—its Monday closure means patrons can always expect a surprise with each menu’s Tuesday debut. “We don’t have a plan going in until we get to the Saturday market or see what [vendors] are bringing us,” says Allen. But it’s not just the markets that drive the cuisine—the Domingoses are always taking the goings-on around town into consideration: when Tibetan monks created a sand mandala at the museum last summer, SO served up an Indianstyle vegan curry; over the Fourth of July, a throwback Waldorf salad and

a salmon BLT made the menu.

The museum’s limitations—no open fame, minimal off-gassing (to reduce smells)—can make cooking tricky. As a result, Epicure preps most of its food off-site. Luckily, winter items that can be easily transported and reheated, like soups made from potatoes or hearty squashes, make adhering to the building’s rules easier—and tastier.

But it’s also a feast for the eyes.

The café is technically a public space, and open 24/ 7 so that locals and visitors alike may take advantage of the sweeping views of Aspen Mountain and Independence Pass.

And the Domingoses have achieved a similarly inclusive feeling in their handling of the space. “We want the food to make sense and be done beautifully,” says Allen. “I want people to feel like they can come have a coffee, some wine, some food—it’s a place for everyone in town.” To date, that’s just SO. Aspen Art Museum, 637 E. Hyman Ave., 970-925-8050; aspenartmuseum.com AP

Once Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s Eat to Live Cookbook debuted atop The New York Times bestseller list in 2013, Martin Oswald’s career changed forever. Locally, Oswald is known as the owner and chef of Pyramid Bistro, the organic foods stalwart housed inside Explore Booksellers. But thanks to Fuhrman, he’s now recognized nationally as the very frst champion of nutritarianism.

“It means the most nutrients per calorie,” the chef explains. “It’s extremely distinct and different from other eating styles.” Ingredients like olive oil and butter can easily sneak in to purées, sauces, and other items, he says, thus increasing a meal’s fat content and providing empty calories. He espouses plant-based eating, instead, and prefers to substitute the pleasing favors of fats and other rich foods with inventive favor profles achieved through spices or other bold ingredients, an approach seen in dishes like Pyramid’s Indian–spiced lentil galette or Cajun sunfower-seed-encrusted salmon.

With more than one million copies of Fuhrman’s cookbook sold, Pyramid has now become a testing ground for Oswald and the nutritarian concept. People regularly contact him for recipes or visit the restaurant to get more information on the movement.

And it’s spreading. There are plans to expand the Pyramid model beyond Aspen, says Oswald. After all, he’s seen the effects of the diet frsthand, and hopes to spread that knowledge, one calorie at a time— though, the fewer the better. 221 E. Main St., 970-925-5338; pyramidbistro.com

(Dis)Counting calories! Pyramid Bistro’s (from top) sweet potato gnocchi with sundried tomato-lemon chutney and cajun sunflower-seed-encrusted wild salmon both pack a nutritional, nutritarian punch.

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Nutritarian Chef Martin Oswald aims for new healthy heights at Pyramid Bistro.

taste Best eats Sea the truth Alton Peacock, managing partner of Florida’s Wild Fish Direct—a source distributor and supplier to numerous local restaurants—answers our sushi questions.

freSh catch

Was this fish really sWimming in the Water yesterday? “almost! we get it from the water and into the kitchen within 48 hours, which is quite Peter Coyne sears a braised octopus appetizer. below: Maru’s yellowtail hamachi with grapefruit, ponzu, and serrano chili.

quick. we freeze on the boat at 180 degrees below zero—a lot of sushi restaurants acquire fresh fsh this way.

Basically, it suspends that flet in time but also takes out parasites or bacteria.” is freshest alWays best? “in fact, some fsh, such as tuna, is thought to taste better after its muscles rest a day or two. when we send species outside of tuna, the quicker the fsh dies and eliminates the release of enzymes The Aspen-native minds behind Maru: Taylor Hale, Jonathan Sundeen, and Peter Coyne. above: Tuna sashimi with “uni dust.”

Native Sons after years of travel, a trio of local chefs returns home to plant new roots. by amanda rae

and adrenaline, the quicker it hits ice, gets in a box, and stays at a temperature of 41 degrees and below, the better.” don’t eat fish on monday? “not necessarily. a fsh could be caught thursday or friday, put in a box for saturday delivery; then you order that fsh on monday. that’s perfectly fne. it’s more a matter of knowing from where your chef sourced it and from whom.” does the quality of seafood

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which might include halibut cheeks with abalone, crispy lobster dumplings, black garlic shrimp, or Peking duck moo shu. Other popular dishes include braised octopus with seaweed salad and shiso chimichurri, and short ribs braised in gochujang, the savory, spicy, Korean-red-chili paste. From Hale’s deft hands at the sushi bar: yellowtail hamachi with grapefruit, ponzu, and serrano chile, and other artful tableaux of sashimi, all flown in fresh daily, with produce sourced from Paonia and house-made accoutrements.

Maru is also the rare restaurant to introduce Aspenites to a novel way of dining: shabu shabu (Japanese for “swish swish”), or tabletop hot pots in which diners poach their own meal of lobster, scallops, Colorado rib-eye, or Wagyu beef. At the bar, sommelier Robbie Parker showcases a menu of specialty cocktails to complement Maru’s growing list of sake, wine, and Japanese whiskey.

“We’re taking the best Japanese [dining] elements and elevating them to a whole new level,” Coyne says of the restaurant recipe that has been years in the making. “When it [all] comes together, it can be a beautiful thing.” 320 S. Mill St., 970-429-8640; maruaspen.com AP

differ among aspen’s various sushi restaurants? “if so, we’re unable to tell. aspen kitchens share the few main primary source suppliers, which adhere to sustainable practices advised by the monterey Bay aquarium seafood watch program. we steer away from striped bass, chilean sea bass, and certain varieties of tuna.”

Think the seafood served in a landlocked state is less fresh? Nonsense, says Aspen fish supplier Alton Peacock.

PhotograPhy by C2 PhotograPhy (Maru); Quentin baCon/getty iMages (fish)

The name might mean “full circle,” but Maru—Aspen’s newest Japanese restaurant since July—represents a new beginning as much as a homecoming. It’s a project that 34-year-old Aspen High School alums Taylor Hale and Jonathan Sundeen and their partner, Peter Coyne, have been working toward their entire careers.

After living in the Ute City snow globe and working at Matsuhisa, Kenichi, and Pyramid Bistro; after traveling and cooking at some of the world’s leading restaurants, such as The Fat Duck, Bouchon, La Folie, and The Pearl Restaurant; after tasting their way through Japan, Malaysia, China, and Thailand, the trio is back to plant new roots in the Rockies. Located in the space where Takah Sushi thrived for more than three decades, Maru serves a fresh take on traditional Japanese fare, incorporating new favors based on the group’s beloved taste experiences.

“The reason to open a restaurant is to cook the things I’ve learned to cook from chefs all over the world,” says Coyne, Maru’s executive chef. “A lot of infuences have inspired us to open this restaurant and do our food.”

So far, diners have been delighting in nightly specials from Coyne’s ever-evolving chef’s signature menu,

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Executive Chef Matt Zubrod. inset: Scallops with Valrhona white chocolate.

Road to the Summit Matt Zubrod takes the helm at mighty Little Nell. perhaps best known in town for

Follow the red light to what Carlton McCoy calls his “cave”—and what we call his wine mecca—underneath Element 47. below: Says McCoy: “We drink great Chablis and listen to hip-hop... What else could a man want?”

heading Dish aspen and BB’s, chef matt Zubrod is no stranger to the local dining scene. But now, having graduated to the zenith of

A Night in the Red Light Lounge ExplorE the Nell’s $5 million winE cEllar with mastEr sommEliEr CarltoN MCCoy. by amiee white beazley

high-mountain dining after posts all around the world (including with the ritz-carlton), the massachusetts-born and maine-bred Zubrod can see the roaring Fork Valley from a new perspective. and he’s wasting no time

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of Audi, Range Rover, and Porsche SUVs. One more door and we’re in the belly of the building, “Carlton’s Cave,” also known as the “Red Light Lounge”—so nicknamed for the room’s artifcial lighting and the way, once inside, time seems to pass so rapidly.

With Biggie blaring from the stereo, McCoy says from here he has access to 22,000 bottles from the adjacent Little Nell wine cellar—a collection worth an estimated $5 million, including some of the best wines from the best regions in the world, with a heavy emphasis on France.

Once an offce space for previous Nell master sommelier Bobby Stuckey, the 10-by-12-foot long “cave” was turned into the ultimate wine tasting

room by McCoy. Crystal decanters and hundreds of bottles line the shelves. A beetle-kill table sits center and the oak ceiling and walls are decorated with black Sharpie signatures of those fortunate enough to have found themselves here, such as celebrity chef José Andrés and winemaker Joel Gott.

During the Food & Wine Classic— when the industry’s big guns come to town for three days of excess— Carlton’s cave becomes the most exclusive speakeasy in the land, with McCoy pulling, for starters, a 1993 Giuseppe Rinaldi “Brunate-Le Coste” Barolo ($597) and a 1998 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage ($1,000).

It’s not uncommon for a guest to drop $100,000 in one night inside the Red Light Lounge, though access to McCoy’s time, knowledge, and wine only requires a $500 minimum buy.

“This is my haven, this is who I am,” he says. “It’s sort of a secret-wine-club, not a cookie-cutter cellar tasting room.

It allows me to express more of my personality. We drink great Chablis and listen to hip-hop… What else could a man want?” thelittlenell.com/ dining/element-47 AP

getting started. Aspen Peak caught up with the little nell’s new executive chef in the midst of his preparations for the busy winter season.

What Was the MaiN attraCtioN iN joiNiNg the little Nell? the team here is exceptional, professional, and they provide one of aspen’s best hospitality experiences. plus, matt padilla is the chef de cuisine at Element 47—he is a very talented chef whom i want to mentor and support.

Will the diNiNg experieNCe at eleMeNt 47 ChaNge uNder your leadership? aNy surprises? no, just simply great food! our goal is to make the nell the culinary hub it once was. take, for example, Element 47’s new duck dish—duck with puréed and roasted parsnips, fresh frisée and pomegranate sauce, and seeds. we are focused on cooking quality ingredients, in creative combinations with modern and classic methods.

PhotograPhy by Jessica grenier/asPen snowmass (mccoy); c2 PhotograPhy/asPen snowmass (Zubrod, dish)

I met master sommelier Carlton McCoy in the dining room of The Little Nell hotel’s Element 47 restaurant. It’s here, in Aspen, among the peaks, the power, and all the beautiful people, that McCoy holds court, opening a bottle of the Nell’s private label Champagne produced by Robert Moncuit.

“You’ve had this before, right?” he asks in his signature almost-too-quickto-understand cadence before handing me a glass. This is the Champagne McCoy had a hand in creating two years earlier—a dry Blanc de Blanc style, easy to drink, with notes of brioche and roasted apples.

Aspen’s peak season is when the highest rollers are in town, and everyone looks for an audience with the hotel’s resident master. An anomaly in the highbrow, often snobbish industry of fne, high-end wine, McCoy is approachable, sincere, and always ready with a story at hand—making him a beloved personality in the wine world.

We pass through the dining room, and McCoy holds open a door leading us to two fights of concrete stairs, where we descend to The Little Nell’s parking garage housing a collection

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“You just know when you’re good at something,” says Mawa McQueen, “and I knew I was good at cooking.” right: Globe-trotter! Ivory Coast–born McQueen brings the flavors and textures of world cuisine to Colorado high country, as in this Moroccan-inspired Colorado rack of lamb tagine with couscous and winter vegetable saffron.

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A beloved restaurateur reboots the Cooking School of Aspen.

Rob Ittner and chef Barclay Dodge revive a town classic. inset: Dodge’s cucumber gazpacho with king crab and cherry tomato.

from late-night food fghts to early-morning yoga and nutrition classes, the cooking school of aspen promises to

Around the World!

IndIan, ItalIan, IvorIan—at the aspen busIness center, mawa mcqueen’s hands-on cookIng semInars serve up the flavors of the globe. by ali margo

deliver a lot more than lessons in preparing delicious meals. rob Ittner, former pitkin county commissioner and the owner of rustique bistro, is bringing back the famed cooking school

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of locals and visitors alike with private, customizable cooking classes for adults and children. Her French country–inspired kitchen—located in the industrial Aspen Airport Business Center—is decidedly unpretentious, flled with big prep tables and metal shelves stuffed with cooking equipment and supplies. A long, funky, studded-top table occupies the dining room, surrounded by ’50s-style diner chairs in sparkly vinyl and chrome, beneath cylindrical crystal chandeliers. It’s a space that keeps the focus on the food, the company, and the fun.

McQueen is best known for her love of international cuisine, particularly from her native Africa. But whether it’s Thai, Italian, Indian, or Israeli, she recruits chefs from those countries to come to Aspen and do it right. “I don’t care if they’re classically trained,” she says. “It has to be authentic.”

Mawa’s Kitchen offers public classes as well, with datenight couples’ and teen classes among the most popular.

There’s also the Aspen Chopped class (based on the popular Food Network show), in which students make dishes from whatever seasonal produce and local, Paonia-raised meats are delivered by “Farmer Jack” Reed twice a week.

For McQueen, who also owns Wine in Heels, a specialty events frm catering to women, the most important ingredient is the company. “I want you to feel like it’s home. There’s nothing polished here. We don’t have a script; we just let the energy fow—and there always has to be plenty of wine,” she says, tossing her head back with a hearty laugh. “I make everyone dance before they eat. They all think I’m crazy, but we’re going to have fun here or we’re going home.” 305 AABC, Ste. F, 970-544-4862; mawaskitchen.com AP

this winter with the help of local chef barclay dodge, transforming the former site of the steak pit into a state-of-the-art demonstration kitchen, sponsored

by Jenn-air. the cooking school of aspen will offer a wide variety of recreational cooking classes, plus cooking demonstrations, wine-tasting classes, celebrity chef appearances, kids’ classes, and private parties. not to mention those less conventional delights—from yoga in the morning to a late-night lounge featuring a food battle between two chefs. “this is a complete passion project for me,” says Ittner. “It’s a way to do all sorts of creative stuff a restaurant doesn’t allow you to do. this is my gift to myself and the community.” cookingschoolofaspen.com

photography by C2 photography (mCqueen, tagine, ittner); Courtesy of barClay DoDge (CuCumber gazpaCho)

“Oprah is going to come here someday, to meet me,” Mawa McQueen says, her chin jutted forward, her eyebrows raised as if to dare you to disbelieve her. After hearing her story, you realize her statement doesn’t sound so far-fetched.

McQueen, 41, owner and cofounder of Mawa’s Kitchen, a full-service catering company and cooking school, is, like her cuisine, a fusion of diverse cultures and influences.

Born and raised in the Ivory Coast, the eldest of 11 siblings, she recalls growing up poor: “I was sleeping on the foor. I didn’t have shoes. The only thing I had was family.” When McQueen was 13, her family moved to Paris. Her mother worked constantly, and McQueen, as the oldest, was responsible for feeding everyone. “Breakfast, lunch, and dinner—it was all me,” she says. “You just know when you’re good at something, and I knew I was good at cooking.”

From there she forged her own path, starting with culinary school in Paris in the late ’90s, then on to London to learn English while working as an au pair, before embarking for America, where she was part of the team that launched the White Barn Inn in Kennebunkport, Maine, whose diners included President George H.W. Bush and his family. (She once declared to her mother that she’d meet the president of the United States, much the way she declared she would meet Oprah Winfrey.) An exchange at The Little Nell brought her to Aspen in 2002. Four years later she started catering on the side. And in 2014, Mawa’s Kitchen was born, cofounded with her husband, Daniel Liesener, a Berliner she met in Maine, who handles the business side of the restaurant.

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As Aspen prepares to host the first FIS World Cup Finals outside of Europe since the mid-1990s, this haute little mountain hamlet is no longer content being one of the nation’s premier ski towns—it is primed to be one of the country’s best towns. Period. The booming real estate development, international art scene, unrivaled retail sector, and cuttingedge array of winter sports are ready to usher in the birth of a new era. Welcome to the renaissance of Aspen.

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the magic mountain

Longtime local and wandering writer Jonathan Bastian returns to his roots to discover an Aspen transformed.

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ometimes it takes leaving a place in order to return with a fresh set of eyes to see what’s changed. After being away for years, I found myself passing through town, en route to Los Angeles to begin a new job with an NPR station. But even in my absence, I’m endlessly— and refexively—thinking about Aspen. Like an anxious parent, I worry about it. I want updates. I miss it.

That’s because I was raised in the Aspen Valley. It’s my home. And one certifed sign of being a local is fretting about how our mountain hamlet is changing.

This question has been circling through my mind ever since the Great Recession of 2008 forced Aspen’s economy into a nearly paralytic state. As the domestic economy collapsed, so did local tourism, development, and real estate sales. I began to wonder about Aspen’s resiliency. Certainly this town has weathered fnancial storms before, dating all the way back to 1893, when the market for silver collapsed and Aspen became a virtual ghost town. But much like the great local skiers, Aspen is rather durable. It always reemerges, albeit in a slightly different form. Therefore, the question

wasn’t if Aspen would rebound from the recent recession, but how it would rebound. Would only certain sectors such as lodging and high-end retail blossom?

Would it lose its vibrant arts and culture scene? And what about Aspen’s rich history of attracting many of the world’s greatest winter athletes? Could they continue to be lured here?

When I visited Aspen for a long weekend in July, I was pleasantly shocked at how quickly these questions were answered. It just took walking around town and

Lift One rises again On the eve of the World Cup, Aspen’s most treasured chairlift makes an irresistible comeback. by christine benedetti

With one swift swing, the mayor’s daughter smashed a bottle of

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what makes me proud to be an aspenite is no one thing. rather, it’s the aggregate of all of them.

—jonathan bastian

champagne against Lift-1’s uprights to christen the newly constructed chairlift and signal that it was unoffcially open for operation. alenae’s father, mayor a.e. Robison, was frst in line, and rode a single chair up to aspen’s mid-mountain. an additional 1,000 passengers followed on the lift’s inaugural day of service. it was December 1946, and another month passed before Lift-1, on aspen’s west fank, was dedicated as the world’s longest chairlift. a

same time—together, the two lifts completed the 45-minute journey to the sundeck at 11,212 feet. But alenae Robison’s smashing of champagne signifed more than a mode of transport; it marked the dawn of a new, hopeful era in aspen that would bury 50-plus years of meager living in the past and introduce the former mining town as a wintertime destination—an achievement aspen hopes to repeat as town gears up to host the Fis alpine World cup Finals in 2017. “aspen has struck it rich again,” wrote Leonard Woods, then an Aspen Times columnist, about that debut voyage almost 70 years ago.

“The opening of the long-awaited chairlift, the fnest of its type in the

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photography by tony prikryl. opposite page: aspen historical society (top); nathaniel Wilder (bottom)

second chair above it opened at the

world, is, perhaps, the frst large and really tangible sign that aspen has found a new, good, and proftable way of life.” The lift’s single-seat chairs became two-seaters in 1971, when Lift 1a replaced the historic Lift-1. Today, those two-seat chairs are a romantic throwback to skiing’s simpler, and slower, time. on powder days, when the line at the gondola snakes its way into the plaza, knowledgeable skiers queue at 1a, where they can lap the pillowy bumps and gladed runs on aspen’s west side. When the snow is fast, riders can quietly sway their way up to the top of the Fis race course and mimic turns like those of the Fis World cup racers, who return every fall for the annual Winternational races over Thanksgiving. as World cup organizers gear up to take skiing’s center stage to aspen, they’ve advocated for a new, faster lift to whisk skiers up the hill.

This as-yet-unnamed successor, which is set to begin construction in the spring, will be the newest iteration in the lift’s 70-year history.

The neighborhood surrounding Lift 1a is in transition, as well, as several landowners are looking to build new properties and revitalize the sleepy side of town. Lift 1a is a reminder of aspen’s long and illustrious history, and a source of pride. it passes over Roch Run, the frst trail to be etched into the mountain, charting a course that would forever change aspen’s identity. it’s a nod to the high standards that the town’s engaged citizenry sets. and it’s a symbol of distinction—something aspen continues to strive for as it looks toward the future. as the community collectively holds its breath to see how this area will progress, many hope there will be cause for champagne and celebration again.

talking with a number of locals. Immediately I realized Aspen was experiencing a post-recession renaissance.

But most strikingly, it was a renaissance that stayed true to the Aspen idea of balancing mind, body, and spirit— an idea adopted by the 1949 Goethe Bicentennial and creation of the Aspen Institute. In other words, all areas of Aspen’s economy and cultural heritage seemed to be booming in parallel with each other—in harmony.

If any event could encapsulate this resurgence, it would be Aspen’s successful bid to host the 2017 FIS Alpine World Cup Finals. This event is much more than a ski race. It’s a celebration of athleticism, tradition, and old-world elegance. Some of my most visceral childhood memories were standing on the side of the World Cup racecourse and watching these athletes perform.

They blitzed and careened down the course, cowbells clanging, fans screaming in French and German. I remember how Aspen had this glow and palpable excitement during the previous World Cup events. It wasn’t just the races. It was opening up our town to athletes, fans, and members of the press from all over the world.

We wanted to show them our Aspen: our world-class restaurants, our concert halls, our Victorian architecture.

But I should say these weren’t the World Cup Finals. 2017 will be the frst time Aspen will lay claim to this event since 1950. The bar has been raised. Thankfully, Aspen is ready. The World Cup will showcase an Aspen that has transformed itself since the hard days of 2008. There is the Aspen Art Museum, for example, which was relocated and rebuilt in the heart of downtown. With its arresting new design, engaging with world-class exhibitions is more accessible than ever.

And it’s not just the museum making news in the art world. Aspen is seeing a new wave of notable galleries, such as New York City’s internationally acclaimed Marianne Boesky Gallery, opening in 2016, or Chicago staple Casterline|Goodman, which has called Aspen home for more than two years.

It’s almost hard to describe the primacy of art and other creative endeavors in Aspen. For decades writers like James Salter, musicians like John Denver, and visual artists like Frank Stella (who was honored last summer at Anderson Ranch Arts Center) have focked here. They have impacted the legacy of Aspen just as much as the ski mountains have. So the fact that the Art Museum has implanted itself in the core of downtown is signifcant. The space it now occupies could have been developed into lucrative condos or retail space. Instead, engaged locals and donors insisted that art and ideas remain, literally, at the center of the Aspen experience.

Art collectors and outdoor enthusiasts alike might also notice something new and unusual happening on the slopes: people not just skiing down, but skiing up mountains like Ajax and Aspen Highlands.

Referred to as “uphilling,” it’s the latest endurance sport to pique the interest of those seeking a man vs. mountain, thigh-wilting workout. Sports like uphilling have become a cornerstone of Mayor Steve Skadron’s vision for the area. With events like Amer-

then & now

from top:

Hundreds line up for the frst day of Lift 1A in 1971, when the two-seater replaced the historic Lift-1; in the spring, Lift 1A will pulley its fnal chairs, and be replaced by a faster, more modern successor.

ica’s Uphill, Aspen Skiing Company’s The Power of Four ski mountaineering race, and the Aspen Uphill Festival, Aspen is slowly turning into an international hub for endurance and adventure races.

And the boom has been felt in every sector. Retail sales in the city of Aspen were up 10 percent in 2014.

The town’s largest sector, accommodations, posted a 13 percent gain in 2014 over the previous year. Restaurants and bars totaled $111.5 million in revenue over the same period of time, an 11 percent increase. And real estate sales topped $1.1 billion in 2014—the highest since 2007 and a whopping 39 percent increase over 2013.

All of this taken together—the numbers, the World Cup, the museum, and more—represent a collective sigh of relief for those, like me, who care about the manifold nature of Aspen. Indeed, what makes me proud to be an Aspenite is no one thing. It’s no single ski run, or festival, or restaurant. Rather, it’s the aggregate of all of them.

So as I fnished up my trip in Aspen, I felt a renewed sense of comfort and local pride that not even the Great Recession could change the defning spirit of my hometown—in fact, it’s helped it to fourish. And as I drove on to Los Angeles, I thought: Bring on the World Cup Finals. Aspen is ready to do a little showing off.

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ReAl eSTATe

Arresting Development Aspen’s real estate scene is exploding at an unprecedented pace. As the FIS World Cup approaches, the question remains: Will it peak anytime soon?

Homeward bound: The 14 luxury townhomes of the One Aspen project highlight the residential portion of the development to come to the new Lift 1A base area next year.

Surreal eState Three of Aspen’s top real estate agents discuss what’s driving the building boom.

Scott DaviDSon Aspen Associates “The real estate market in Aspen’s downtown core has seen a steady rise for the last three years. Per-square-foot prices are now exceeding those of the heydays before the sub-prime crash in 2008.”

The countdown to the 2017 FIS Men’s World Cup ski races is on, and Aspen real estate is on pace to reach its peak just as the world-class athletes arrive to town. 2014, in fact, saw a dizzying $1.1 billion in real estate sales in Pitkin County, a 40 percent increase over 2013, and the highest total since 2007.

Aspen Skiing Company and Roch Partners—consisting of local retailer Jeff Gorsuch and real estate broker Bryan Peterson—met with City of Aspen planning offcials for a pre-application conference last summer to develop the 27,000-square-foot parcel at the base of the current Lift 1A into a lodge, a welcome center, and a pathway connecting the ski mountain to the pedestrian traffc in town. And the 14 luxury townhomes of the One Aspen project, also at the Lift 1A base area, have been approved and permitted. But the new development around the base of (the soon-to-be-former) Lift 1A is just the beginning. Spurred on by a strong economy with a wide range of municipal projects scheduled to come to fruition in the next two years—including a new Aspen City Hall, Pitkin County Library, and Aspen Police Station—as well as proposals for new lodges and retail spaces, the Aspen real estate landscape is set to be forever changed….

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juStin aDDiSon C o l d w e l l B a n k e r Ma s o n Mo r s e “People want to be here, and they fnd a way to make that happen. Aspen adds so much enrichment to personal life that buyers are willing to ft into the right place.”

amy Doherty Jo s h u a & C o m p a n y “Aspen is ultimately about controlled expansion, limited supply, and continued demand from a broad buyer base from around the world.”

Mountain Monopoly One man is on a mission to upgrade Aspen.

Q+A

chicago developer Mark Hunt has acquired an

“Aspen has a more cosmopolitan style” than other mountain towns, says Bill Poss (below), in part due to his own designs, + like this home on Willoughby Way.

impressive downtown aspen real estate portfolio over the past three years—more than 15 properties in all, valued at close to $150 million total. His focus has been commercial projects, including major retail renovations, like the structures that now house the Dolce & Gabbana and Theory boutiques, as well as popular eateries and bars—including the Hotel Jerome, Crystal Palace, the Aspen Daily News building, and two mill street mall properties currently occupied by Jimmy’s Bodega and Grey Lady restaurants. But his more contentious developments have been Base1 and Base2, two proposed affordable lodges on cooper avenue and main

Grow Up, Up, and away!

After 40 yeArs in the business, Architect Bill Poss cAn’t help but notice: Aspen is AlwAys growing!

photography by Steve Mundinger (willoughby way)

Poss Architecture + Planning celebrates 40 years of business in Aspen in 2016. Here, principal and founder Bill Poss discusses his frm’s impact on the changing Aspen landscape, development of the Lift 1A base area, and whether or not Aspen’s rapid rate of growth is good for town.

You’ve been in business 40 years—what’s been the biggest change you’ve seen in development in Aspen in that time?

I think the biggest change has been the growth demand and the rate of growth in town.

It used to be everything was on a smaller scale. Now, the growth rate is increasing, and I don’t think that’s necessarily a good thing. Slow growth keeps character in check.

What are your thoughts on Aspen’s current

economic and real estate booms?

If you just look around, there are some of the largest buildings and largest products we’ve ever seen.

It used to be small one- or two-lot project widths. Now, we’re seeing projects that are six-lot widths. A lot of the projects look like they’re on steroids.

How does Aspen architecture compare to other resort towns?

Aspen is truly unique and has a more cosmopolitan or chic style in comparison to, say, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, which has a more mountain feel. Or Vail, which is more European.

There is a lot more contemporary architecture here.

How do you see the development around Lift 1A affecting Aspen as a town?

I think it’s good to see a wider base area and a second portal to the mountain.

I don’t mind seeing bigger growth there. Right up against the mountain is the appropriate place.

605 E. Main St., 970-9254755; billposs.com

street, respectively, that attracted public scrutiny due to their massive scale and land-use code variations.

“First of all, this is my home,” Hunt says. “i fell in love

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with aspen, and i feel lucky to have purchased these

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next generation. Base1 and Base2 are designed to be

properties. But i also think i’m offering an option for the affordable, social, and communal. Frankly, i’m bringing

$1.1b Total value of sales of Pitkin

back a [big part] of aspen that brought people here in the frst place.”

While some have been wary of a single owner controlling so much of downtown—with Mayor Steve Skadron saying it has the ability to “change the fabric of the

County real estate

community”—Hunt’s other projects have been smooth

in 2014

their concern,” Hunt says. “i have a huge responsibility

sailing with aspen’s development offce. “i appreciate because of the sheer number of buildings. i expect to be

$100M Price of the most expensive home currently on the Aspen market

held to a high standard to give people the comfort they deserve. i will work closely with the city and the community to develop a plan we can all be comfortable with and proud of.”

Grey Lady restaurant will see its open patio enclosed in a striking glass structure.

The Aspen Daily News building will house high-end retail boutiques along its façade.

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the Arts

HigH-Art HeAven

A new (and coveted) museum, blue chip galleries galore, myriad endowments and residencies—suddenly, Aspen fnds itself in the art-world pantheon.

Duplex Etching: Blue, Pink

by Ian Davenport, 2014.

Since its opening in 2014, the Shigeru Ban–designed Aspen Art Museum has become the toast of town—and the international art world.

Magic Isle by Ed Ruscha, 1984, on view at Casterline | Goodman; works from master Japanese ceramicist Takashi Nakazato are on view at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center.

from above:

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Aspen has fnally earned a spot on the international art map. With the completion of the new Aspen Art Museum in 2014 in the heart of downtown, a vast array of top-tier galleries that now call Aspen their home, art fairs and auctions that have succeeded in making Aspen a required stop for serious art collectors, and major workshop and residency institutions like Anderson Ranch Arts Center, the Aspen art scene is now one that rivals towns 10 times its size. And as the 2017 FIS Alpine World Cup approaches, and with it even more international visitors, town is ready to show off its worldly bent. Where it was once unheard of for blue-chip New York contemporary art galleries such as Marianne Boesky or postwar art specialists like Chicago (and East Hampton) staple Casterline|Goodman to have successful outposts in Aspen, it is now par for the course in a town where there is one gallery for every 200 year-round residents.

This January, galerie maximillian will mount a second annual exhibition to coincide with an influx of international visitors. Thirty percent of aspen skiing company visitors hail from international destinations each winter, with Brazilians routinely making up one of the largest groups—especially in January. Mila Mayer, who splits her time between são paulo, geneva, and snowmass, will act as both guest curator and exhibiting artist for a show (beginning January 14) featuring her new works, along with five contemporary British artists: Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, Ian Davenport, Julian Opie, and Sarah Morris, all of whom have exhibited throughout Brazil. “The art scene in aspen has been increasingly international over the last several years,” says galerie maximillian owner Albert Sanford, “especially with the opening of the new aspen art museum and the powers art center in carbondale. it seems only fitting to highlight this again with an event to celebrate international visitors curated by one of their own.” 602 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-6100; galeriemax.com

photography by Michael Moran/otto (art MuseuM); © anderson ranch arts center (takashi nakazato)

Brits and Brazilians With a well-timed exhibition, Galerie Maximillian boosts Aspen’s international arts clientele.

Q+A SpotligHt

Gallery 1949 Many of town’s top-tier galleries are imports. Here, we take a look at the latest homegrown gallery making art waves in Aspen.

One of the latest entries

Rorschach by Marilyn Minter, 2011.

Portrait of the Gallerist Baldwin Gallery Owner richard edwards reflects On 22 years Of art in aspen.

Fine arts frontrunner Richard edwards, along with his late partner, Harley Baldwin, opened aspen’s Baldwin gallery in 1994 to showcase artists of both national and international renown.

Here, the 59-year-old englishman discusses aspen’s ever-expanding art scene, and how town is attracting more art aficionados and collectors than ever before.

What was the art scene like in town when you first opened, more than 20 years ago?

There had been a few previous attempts to present interesting contemporary art in aspen, but by the time we opened, there was nothing much happening commercially that would

attract collectors. They all bought elsewhere.

How has the scene changed? it was always our goal that our program be viewed in a national and international context, as well as in a local one. aspen art buyers see work from galleries all over the world. They appreciate the vibrancy of the collecting world in aspen, but only buy here if the right work is available. The scene has changed in that there are now galleries that have risen to fill gaps in the market, such as to deal in multiples or in secondary market works. and there are tons of collectors here now. it became a lot more competitive when people were exposed to the fact that there was great art in

the houses here.

What can we expect from Baldwin Gallery this winter?

We have a full winter schedule of great exhibitions, but our next show features new hyper-realistic paintings and richly colored photographs from Marilyn Minter in the show “pretty/Dirty” (november 27 through December 21). minter is the subject of a touring museum retrospective currently at the museum of contemporary art in Denver, which then travels to other venues, including the Brooklyn museum of art. Her work is an investigation of glamour and beauty, which is perfect for aspen! 209 S. Galena St., 970-920-9797; baldwingallery.com

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into the Aspen art scene,

By The NumBers:

most recently featured

Gallery 1949—which acclaimed shows from

$70M

Abstract Expressionist

The total raised

Bernie Taupin (also the

for the building

writer of many of Elton John’s greatest hits), along

and endowment

with the three-dimensional,

of the Aspen Art

mixed-media assemblages

Museum

of Hunt Rettig—will host solo exhibitions from two Latino artists this winter.

$2.5M

First up is Fernando Al-

Amount raised in

lende (opening December

one night during

30 and running through January), a Mexican

the museum’s 2015

painter, singer, actor, and

summer ArtCrush

director whose colorful

Beneft

abstractions represent the major events that have shaped our collective history. During the month of February, works from Cuban-American artist Nelson De La Nuez, whose unique blend of Pop Art and surrealism created the movement known as “art juxtaposed,” will take center stage. 402 S. Hunter St., 970-710-7138; gallery1949.com

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fAshion

The Bling Rush

Strike Gold!

Aspen gets bejeweled this winter with marquee openings and expansions.

The high country gets an über-luxe makeover as new high-end retailers and jewelers explode onto the Aspen scene.

Top-of-the-line jewelry and accessory lines are commonplace in aspen, but unprecedented expanDionysus Blooms print shoulder bag, Gucci ($2,700).

sions by ultra-glam brands have created a new standard for luxury in town. Meridian Jewelers (525 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-3833; meridianjewelers.com)—which carries everything from Alessandro Barellini to Yossi Harari— bought out the adjacent store last year to expand its space and introduce a Rolex specialty shop.

Make rooM for luxe The Aspen 1 Building’s new look means “high-end all the way” in downtown Aspen.

“We’ve been a partner with Rolex

When the building that housed

boutique with his wife, Robin.

While Aspen has played home to the rich and famous for decades, the last few years have taken the idea of highmountain luxury to a higher peak. For a town of barely 6,000 year-round residents, Aspen boasts an unprecedented and coveted cache of luxe brands and boutiques that would be as at home on Fifth Avenue or the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré as they are on the Mill Street Mall. We already have the staples—Gucci, Prada, Fendi, and the like; the only-in-Aspen shops, like haute couture boutique Pitkin County Dry Goods or high-end vintage and Western retailer Kemo Sabe; and the glittering panoply of jewelers that keep Aspenites and visitors alike alight with shimmering bling. But, even still, new stores continue to fock to town like skiers to fresh powder. Retail sales in Aspen topped $600 million in 2014, when the luxury market saw a full 16 percent increase over 2013. With the rate of new development, and the slate of high-end retail storefronts already in the works, those numbers are only expected to rise.

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portunity to get additional space to better highlight the brand, we took it,” says kenny smith, who co-owns the 12-year-old jewelry similarly, Van Cleef & Arpels

aspen 1 Building—located on

(400 E. Hyman Ave., 970-544-

the corner of east Hopkins

1852; vancleefarpels.com), whose

avenue and south galena

jewels and watches are the height

street—was bought by de-

of fairytale opulence, is renovating

veloper mark Hunt for $13.25

its pop-up space on the Hyman

million in 2012, there was little wonder what would take its place. Hunt’s plan was to divide the formerly large space at the gap into three separate retail storefronts. and though some lamented the loss of the moderately priced clothier, the overwhelmingly positive response to the new tenants swiftly quelled dissent: Dolce & Gabbana (970-925-2367; dolce gabbana.com), new York– based contemporary fashion label Theory (970-5440079; theory.com), and yoga-inspired athletic apparel company Lululemon (970-

avenue mall to create a three-foor, 2,500-square-foot facility that features not one but two Vip rooms with sweeping mountain views. “given the quality of our products and the fact that the aspen clientele truly has a taste for the best, it was easy for us to make a permanent home here,” says boutique director Ignacio Munoz, who also oversees the Audemars Piguet (970-544-1868; audemarspiguet. com) and Panerai (970-544-1868; panerai.com) boutiques on the same corner. “We’re creating a real jewelry hub,” says munoz. “and, [given how] aspen is [growing], this is the perfect place.”

925-2033; lululemon.com) all opened in the ground-level retail space in 2014. Their arrival, along with the booming economy, marks a welcome trend on the aspen fashion scene, as well as the hint of more high-end retail to come in 2016—and beyond.

Swiss watchmaker Panerai holds court on “luxury corner” with Van Cleef & Arpels and Audemars Piguet.

photography by rony Shram, Styling by amanda Weiner (model)

the gap, also known as the Absolutely Aspen! Haute couture and high country go hand in hand in the Roaring Fork Valley.

for years, so when we had the op-

sports

Skiing On the edge

Q+A

mayor: Get Uphill!

In the Aspen wonderland of winter sports, downhill skiing is just the beginning.

it’s called uphilling. skiers use special gear to essentially

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photography by NathaNiel Wilder (uphill); billy rood (skadroN); aspeN historical society (ski); c2 photography (fatbikiNg)

Going the wrong way! Uphill skiing is the latest thighburning sport taking hold in Aspen. below right: Aspen hasn’t hosted the FIS World Cup Finals since 1950.

From the frst FIS World Ski Championships in 1950—an event that cemented Aspen’s reputation as an international skiing nexus—to the impending 2017 FIS Alpine World Cup Finals, Aspen has been a leader in the winter sports industry. But its position at the forefront now extends well beyond just downhill skiing. In 2015, town hosted the frst Aspen Uphill Festival, the brainchild of Mayor Steve Skadron, in celebration of the nearly four decades of uphill ski and ski mountaineering races that have resulted in a burgeoning uphill ski gear and apparel industry in town. And that innovation continues with winter mountain biking, also known as fat biking, a niche sport embraced on many of the mountains. Aspen has redefned itself again: It’s no longer just a ski town—it’s a winter sports town. And if downhill skiing was the beginning, the end is far from sight!

Fat Biking in Fat City

The frst time the World Cup Finals will be held outside of Europe since 1997

ski up the mountain, in what would seem to be exactly the wrong direction.

But the last few years have seen it take aspen by storm. Mayor Steve Skadron (right) is

What is your goal

hoping the sport

with the festival?

can bring both

my vision for this

fun and money to

really has to do with

aspen, an initiative

the preservation

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he launched last

of mountain-town

year with the

culture and making

The last year Aspen hosted the Finals, and the frst time the event had ever been held outside of Europe

inaugural aspen

aspen the epicenter

Uphill Festival. He

of this growing niche

has an ally in aspen

[of uphilling].

skiing company—

How does that

while most ski

vision play out?

areas have banned

Long-term, we would

uphilling, thinking

like to see aspen as

it takes away from lift-ticket sales, skico has offered free, specially marked uphill trails on each of aspen’s four mountains. as plans solidify for

the north american epicenter of uphilling. We’d like to see R&D happening here. We’d love to see product testing happening here. We

the second Uphill

have incredible high-

Festival this winter,

end retailers here,

the mayor expounds

but i want to ensure

on the initiative, one

that our downtown

he hopes will be a

mix isn’t simply like

major achievement

every other high-end

of his aspen legacy.

shopping mall.

Aspen rips its beloved mountain biking trails—even through the snow.

Fat bikes, or shock-less winter mountain bikes with wider tires able to grip snow, have been around for years. But only recently has the sport really taken off in the Roaring Fork Valley. Fat bike enthusiasts are able to ascend and descend many of the same trails used by summer bikers—such as jaunts up to the Maroon Bells or more

technical rides in the Hunter Creek valley.

And now they can boast the Aspen Chamber Resort Association as an unofficial sponsor—this year, the Chamber added fat biking races to town’s annual Wintersköl celebration (see page 20) in January. “This event will pave the way for a fat-bike revolution in Aspen,” says Julie

Hardman, the Chamber’s former senior event manager. “The sport is gaining popularity and is really blowing up.” Aspen is also among the first ski areas in the country to allow fat bikes on its cross-country trail system—one of the largest Nordic networks in North America. Side-to-side or up-anddown, fat bikes are coming to town! AP

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Coat, Emporio Armani ($395).

Neiman Marcus, Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, 303-329-2600; armani.com.

Pants, Polo Ralph Lauren ($125).

501 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-5147; ralphlauren.com. Headband, KJUS ($49). Performance Ski, 614 E. Durant Ave., 970-925-8657; kjus.com. Gloves, Parajumpers ($185). Gorsuch, 611 E. Durant Ave., 970-920-9388, gorsuch.com.

Native Wolf Rave RL 174cm skis, Skilogik ($800). Gene Taylor’s Sports, Snowmass, 970-923-4336; genetaylorssports.com

photography by tk; illustration by tk

NortherN ExposurE

This season, slope sTyle goes high sTyle wiTh super-cool skiwear à la Mod.

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opposite page: Turtleneck,

Gorsuch Exclusive ($110). Gorsuch, 611 E. Durant Ave., 970-920-9388; gorsuch.com. Lilo bib pants, Toni Sailer ($779). Miller Sports, 408 S. Hunter St., 970-920-1500; tonisailer.com. Cashmere gloves, Chanel ($625). Neiman Marcus, Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, 303-329-2600; chanel .com. Technologic sunglasses, Dior ($520). Silver Threads, 308 S. Galena St., 970-429-4670; dior.com

this page: Sweater, Jet Set ($708).

Gorsuch, 611 E. Durant Ave., 970-920-9388; gorsuch.com.

Men’s Formula Pro pants, KJUS ($649). Performance Ski, 614 E. Durant Ave., 970-925-8657; kjus.com. Helmet, Osbe ($299).

Incline Ski & Board Shop, 555 E. Durant Ave., 970-925-7748; inclineski.com. Seattle Skyline Ullr’s Chariot RL skis, Skilogik ($800). Gene Taylor’s Sports, Snowmass, 970-923-4336; gene taylorssports.com. Boots, his own

Sweater, Theory (price on request).

204 S. Galena St., 970-544-0079; theory.com. Pants, Bogner ($749).

Gorsuch, 611 E. Durant Ave., 970-920-9388; gorsuch.com.

Goggles, Lacroix ($159). lacroix-skis.com opposite page: Jacket ($1,130) and pants ($540), Moncler Grenoble.

432 E. Hyman Ave., 970-544-5558; moncler.com. Marna turtleneck, Bogner ($259). Gorsuch, 611 E. Durant Ave., 970-920-9388; gorsuch.com. Goggles, POC ($220).

Stapleton Sports, 430 S. Spring St., 970-925-9169; stapletonski.com.

Gloves, Gordini ($95). Four Mountain Sports/D&E, 520 E. Durant Ave., 970-920-2337; gordini.com. Native Wolf Rave RL 174cm skis, Skilogik ($800). Gene Taylor’s Sports, Snowmass, 970-923-4336; genetaylorssports.com

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Coat (price on request), goggles (price on request), and shirt (price on request), Fendi. 208 S. Mill St., 970-920-3100; fendi.com. Pants, Postcard (price on request). Miller Sports, 408 S. Hunter St., 970-920-1500; postcard.it. Native Wolf Rave RL 174cm skis, Skilogik ($800). Gene Taylor’s Sports, Snowmass, 970-923-4336; genetaylorssports.com. Boots and poles, her own opposite page: on him: Vest, Marmot ($150). 210 S.

Galena St., 970-925-7719; marmot.com. Sweater, Brunello Cucinelli ($1,900). 508 E. Cooper Ave., 970-544-0600; brunello cucinelli.com. Pants, Lacroix ($595). lacroix-skis.com. Hat, Chaos ($35). Pitkin County Dry Goods, 520 E. Cooper Ave., 970-9251681; pitkincountydrygoods.com. on her: Jacket (price on request) and goggles (price on request), Fendi. 208 S. Mill St., 970-9203100; fendi.com. Pants, Postcard (price on request). Miller Sports, 408 S. Hunter St., 970-920-1500; postcard.it. Cashmere hat, Chanel ($550). Neiman Marcus, Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, 303-329-2600; chanel.com Assistance by Emery Holton Hair by Rita Bellino Makeup by Elizabeth McGuire Models: Sam Ferguson and Elbe Van Der Merwe

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THE LEGACY BOYS

THE ASPEN THAT WE KNOW TODAY DID NOT JUST HAPPEN. IT WAS FORGED. MEN WHO WERE PIONEERS CREATED BUSINESSES, DEVELOPED SKI RESORTS, AND BUILT HOMES, SCHOOLS, AND ENTERTAINMENT HUBS, ALL TO SUPPORT THE DREAM OF A PLACE THAT COULD NURTURE THE MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT. MANY HAVE PASSED ON THOSE LESSONS LEARNED TO A NEW GENERATION THAT IS TAKING THE BEST OF THE PAST AND CREATING A NEW FUTURE. MEET THE FAMILIES THAT ARE PUTTING ASPEN ON THE GLOBAL MAP.

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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Andrew, Danny, David, and Michael Goldberg

WARDROBE-MUST: “Jeans and a T-shirt.”

—Michael Goldberg

FAVORITE APRÈS-SKI LOCATION: “After a long day of skiing?

My couch!”—Danny Goldberg

T H E F O U R M U S I C-T E E R S

THE GOLDBERGS “We really grew up in this place,” says Danny Goldberg, the middle son of the three Goldberg boys, all of whom work with their dad, Michael Goldberg, overseeing one of the nation’s best small music venues, Belly Up Aspen.

In the 10 years since 66-year-old Michael—a former defensive tackle for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers who later built a successful career in the aviation-leasing industry—opened Belly Up Aspen, it has become a must-stop for the elite of the music world, as well as a significant part of Aspen’s musical heritage. “Music was here before I came, but I hope we have made a consistent and varied contribution to the Aspen music scene,” Michael says.

Perhaps the biggest change in the recent history of Belly Up has been that sons David, 27, Danny, 25, and Andrew, 24—all raised in Aspen before matriculating at the University of Colorado—have returned to help manage the club and foster its future. “Belly Up has become a part of this town,” says David, “and we all believe that anyone who has ever been inside, bought a ticket, or played here as an artist has an ownership stake in Belly Up.” The Goldbergs are also moving into band management. “We love working with artists,” says Danny, who has stints at the William Morris Agency and concert promoters C3 Presents on his résumé. Their first act, the Canadian-via-Austin duo Black Pistol Fire, has become a much-sought-after band on the festival circuit.

And the future? “We’re committed to Aspen,” enthuses Andrew. “Aspen would be Aspen without the Belly Up, but we all think it is much better with it.”

GUILTY PLEASURE: “Not too guilty, but anything involving football.”

—David Goldberg

WHERE YOU TAKE FRIENDS WHEN THEY COME TO TOWN: “Independence Pass!”

—Andrew Goldberg ON ANDREW: Coat, Lone Pine ($3,385).

Pitkin County Dry Goods, 520 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-1681; pitkincounty drygoods.com. Shirt, pants, and shoes, Andrew’s own. ON DANNY: Morvek L jacket, Theory ($995). 204 S. Galena St., 970-544-0079; theory.com. Shirt and pants, Danny’s own. ON DAVID: Cashmere jacket, Hastego ($3,500).

Mark Richards Fine Outerwear, 427 E. Cooper Ave., 970-544-6780; mark richardsaspen.com. Shirt, pants, and shoes, David’s own. ON MICHAEL: All clothing, his own

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WARDROBE-MUST: “Some old Stein Eriksen sweaters.”

FAVORITE NIGHTSPOT: “Rustique Bistro (216 S. Monarch St., 970-920-2555; rustiquebistro.com), ’cause Steve [Smith] from Liverpool is our favorite bartender.”

GUILTY PLEASURE: “I love going into town, but I sometimes hate to admit it.”

FAVORITE APRÈS-SKI LOCATION: “The Red Onion (420 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-9955; redonion aspen.com).”

Cashmere jacket, Doriani ($1,495).

Pitkin County Dry Goods, 520 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-1681; pitkincountydrygoods.com.

Shirt, sweater, pants, socks, and shoes, McBride’s own

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T H E G R E E N G UA R D I A N S

THE MCBRIDES

“He’s a pretty good wingman,” Pete McBride says with pride of his father, John (PICTURED), a pilot. The McBrides, both avid conservationists, have spent many hours together surveying the changing West in a slow-flying, twin-seat, single-engine Piper Super Cub, as Pete takes photos to chronicle both the beauty of the area and the ravages that have been inflicted on it.

John, 77, came to the valley in 1966 to be a part of the development of the Snowmass Ski area. In 1969, sensing a community need for a place to foster business, he developed the Aspen Business Center (ABC), which gives many entrepreneurs and innovators comparatively affordable places to thrive in a town long devoid of affordability.

He followed the ABC with the creation of the North Forty, a place where locals could buy and build a piece of the Aspen dream in a community designed for families. All the while he and his wife, Laurie, raised their own family, kids John, Katie, and Pete, on a ranch in the Capital Creek Valley.

Influenced by the efforts of local conservationists, John took a seat on the board of the Wildlife Conservation Trust. Along with daughter Katie, he also created the Sopris Foundation. John passed the conservationist gene along to all of his children, but it is Pete, 44, who has made a life of following the fate of the world’s greatest rivers. Using both still photography and film, he documents the growing trauma faced by the great global arteries, including the Ganges, the Nile, and our own Colorado River.

On countless trips, he has seen the slow death of rivers caused by drought and misuse of water. He tells his tales in books and publications like National Geographic, and during personal appearances. Over a 20-year career Pete has become a de facto “Paul Revere of the Rivers,” heralding a call for action. “We are watching a locomotive, a drought train, coming our way,” he says with conviction, “and nobody is getting off the tracks.”

As for John, Pete has nothing but respect.

“I wish I could do half the things that he has done for this community,” he says. “As both a developer and a conservationist, he has unique balance.”

Dave Stapleton

THE LOCAL S

THE STAPLETONS The first Stapletons came into this valley over Taylor Pass in 1881 and homesteaded land on what is now the airport. David Stapleton, 81, a member of the family’s fifth generation, and his wife, Sigrid, were instrumental in making Aspen what it is today. “Our story is simple,” he says with a hearty laugh, “If there was a job to be done, we did it. That’s all there is to it.”

In addition to raising five children and running a successful insurance business, David wore many hats—city councilman, firefighter, president of the hospital board, president of the Hall of Fame, president of the ski club, 17 years on Mountain Rescue, technical delegate for the Women’s Downhill at the 1980 Olympics. “Do you want me to go on?” he asked in response to a question about some of his accomplishments. “We always tried to pass the message to our kids to get involved.”

His eldest son, Dave ( PICTURED), 57, heeded the advice. As a kid, he was perhaps the fastest skier this valley has ever seen. “I was racing World Cup at 17. I traveled the world nine months a year skiing,” he recalls wistfully. After his time on the Pro Ski Tour ended, he returned to Aspen, where he opened the ski shop Stapleton Sports.

Both Stapletons cut their teeth as members of the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club, and when Dave saw that the club needed a worthy training facility, he rolled up his sleeves and got to work. The $15 million capital campaign he spearheaded has given the AVSC one of the premier ski-racing facilities in the world.

The Stapleton Training Center, as it has been designated, not only helps local skiers get ready for high-level competitions, but it also plays hosts to the fastest men and women on skis. “This year we’ll have the Austrian, the Swiss, and the Norwegian national teams training here before the World Cup races,” Dave says. “Our kids get to shadow the very best skiers in the world.”

For more than a century, the Stapletons have left their marks in Aspen. And Dave, continuing his family’s long legacy in the Roaring Fork Valley, wants to make sure that dreams do come true: “The goal today is to make ski-racing available to every kid who wants to race.”

WARDROBE-MUST: “I have no wardrobe. But I do have an old cloth race bib that I wore when I skied the Hahnenkamm, in Kitzbühel [Austria], that I actually just had framed. It was the coolest thing I’ve ever worn.”

FAVORITE NIGHTSPOT: “Campo de Fiori (205 S. Mill St., 970-920-7717; campo defiori.net).”

FAVORITE APRÈS-SKI LOCATION: “Mezzaluna (624 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-5882; mezzalunaaspen.com).”

WHERE YOU TAKE FRIENDS WHEN THEY COME TO TOWN: “Ruthie’s Run, on Aspen Mountain, and I make sure they have GS skis and a helmet—’cause I’m gonna torture them.”

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Wardrobe-must: “My concho belt buckle, a gift from Tom Kuhnen, an original partner in Snowmass, from 1978.”—Jim Light best eats: “Dinner at Cache Cache (205 S. Mill St., Ste. 106, 970-9253835; cachecache.com) when chef Chris Lanter is holding court.”—Andrew Light Favorite nightspot: “Home with my wife, Dianne!”—Jim Light guilty pleasure: “Coffee ice cream from Paradise Bakery & Café (320 S. Galena St., 970-925-7585; paradisebakery.com).”

—Jim Light

Favorite après-ski location: “A hot tub with a view.”

—Andrew Light on andrew:

Chevron jacket, Burton ($95). Radio Boardshop, 400 E. Hopkins Ave., 970-925-9373; radioboardshop.com. Flannel shirt, Inis Meáin ($685). Pitkin County Dry Goods, 520 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-1681; pitkincountydry goods.com. Haydin pants, Theory ($195). 204 S. Galena St., 970-5440079; theory.com. Alberto shoes, Vince ($395). Nordstrom, Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, 720-746-2424; nordstrom.com. on jim: Jack shirt, Rag & Bone ($350). 433 E. Hyman Ave., 970-925-2816; rag-bone.com.

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THE VISIONARIES

THE LIGHTS In fall 1977, when Snowmass Village had just been incorporated as a community, a pair of young developers from the Carolinas saw opportunity. “There was a 3,000-acre parcel that became available in Snowmass, and we thought we could do something with it,” 72-year-old Jim Light recalls about his first major project in the Valley.

That timing was crucial for what now exists in Snowmass and downvalley at the Roaring Fork Club. It could be argued that the projects, and the stewardship of the common community land in both ventures created by Light and his partner, Jim Chaffin (together Chaffin Light), set the standard for responsible development in the Roaring Fork Valley.

“We both learned from Charles Fraser [the developer of Hilton Head in South Carolina, where both Jims worked] that you had to be careful about creating integrated communities,” Light says. “As a developer we wanted to have diversity.”

Chaffin Light provided land and resources to support the Snowmass Chapel and Community Center and the Snowmass Conference Center, and donated buildings to the Anderson Ranch Arts Center. In addition, the company provided Snowmass Village with significant attainable housing opportunities. “We built more affordable housing than had been built in the valley in the previous 10 years,” Light says.

Jim’s eldest son, Andrew, 42, watched and learned as a boy growing up in Snowmass. He left for private school at 14, then went on to Duke University and Stanford Business School before a career in real estate finance in San Francisco. But the valley beckoned.

Now as one of the four directors of Aspen Snowmass Sotheby’s International Realty (a company formed in February 2012 by the merger of Morris & Fyrwald and Chaffin Light real estate) and the owner of Two Creeks Investments, Andrew is well positioned to make a difference in the community he calls home.

“It’s such a wonderful place to raise a family,” he says, “and I don’t think people recognize what a great network there is of 30- to 40-year-old young professionals who choose to live here.”

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FAVORITE NIGHTSPOT: “The Hotel Jerome Living Room (330 E. Main St., 970429-7778; hoteljerome.com).”

FROM FAR LEFT: Dave and Jeff Gorsuch

—Jeff Gorsuch

FAVORITE APRÈS-SKI LOCATION: “Crêperie du Village (400 E. Hopkins Ave., 970-925-1566; lacreperieduvillage.com).”

—Jeff Gorsuch

GUILTY PLEASURE: “Single-malt Scotch and red wine, but I don’t feel guilty about it!”—Dave Gorsuch ON DAVE:

Vest ($1,125) and shirt ($575), Gorsuch Exclusives.

611 E. Durant Ave., 970-9209388; gorsuch.com. ON JEFF: Vest ($1,650) and shirt ($270), Gorsuch Exclusives. SEE ABOVE

THE SKI MERCHANTS

THE GORSUCHES “The roots of this community lie in the magic of the mountains,” says Jeff Gorsuch, 51, the second generation of the ski-racing family that created the iconic Gorsuch ski shops in Aspen and Vail. “Our stores are an authentic reflection of that.”

The family patriarch, Dave Gorsuch, 77, spent much of his youth at ski races in Aspen, even winning the Roch Cup Downhill in 1956.

“In 1941, when I was 4 years old, [my dad] brought me to Aspen in a rucksack for the Winter Nationals, and it has been a part of my life ever since,” the elder Gorsuch explains.

Dave met the woman who would eventually become his wife when they were just 14 years old at the Junior National Ski Championships in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and he and Renie later became members of the 1960 US Olympic ski team together.

Following the Games, they began opening ski shops, and now their son Jeff runs the Aspen shops and works within the community to promote the best of skiing. “When my parents first started the shops, there was a lot of energy in this town,” Jeff says.

Giving back for Jeff means working with organizations like the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club, the Aspen Education Foundation, and Aspen Community School.

He is most proud of the kids program Gorsuch operates that provides up to 300 pairs of skis a year to people who can’t afford them. “I feel like we are a part of the fabric of this place,” he says.

“To be able to raise my kids here and work in this community is an honor and a privilege.”

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Tom Moore

T H E L A N D LO R D S

THE MOORES

WARDROBE-MUST: “I’m just a rancher, but I have a nice pair of pants to go out in, and I have a great pair of Columbia boots, since I’m in the mud all of the time.”

FAVORITE NIGHTSPOT: “Hotel Jerome (330 E. Main St., 855-331-7213; hoteljerome.com).”

FAVORITE APRÈS-SKI LOCATION: “Elks Lodge, where I used to be a trustee.”

WHERE YOU TAKE FRIENDS WHEN THEY COME TO TOWN: “Maroon Lake!”

“I can only imagine what this land would look like today if my father had been shortsighted and sold it to developers,” says Travis Moore, son of patriarch Tom Moore ( PICTURED), referring to the Moore Open Space, the Aspen Nordic Center, and the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club clubhouse. All are a direct result of the Moore family’s commitment to the community through Tom’s donation of acres of land for the above facilities, as well as a home for the Aspen schools and the Aspen Recreation Center.

Indeed, it took both vision and courage for Tom Moore, 73, to preserve and maintain a hold on the land that he had inherited after the passing of his father in 1991. Additionally, Moore’s development of the Five Trees neighborhood included 31 affordable single-family homes that are a vital part of the community. “We wanted to make sure that people who worked for the city, the hospitals, and the schools had a place where they could live,” Tom says with a sense of pride.

Travis, 49, has since become an integral part of two of the major developments on the very land that was a part of his family heritage. Today he is a beloved teacher of earth and space sciences at Aspen High School and has coached skiers in the Nordic program for 27 years. He also lives on the land that his grandfather first bought in the late 1950s, when Aspen Highlands was just being developed.

For his part, the senior Moore could not be happier with the course of history. The son of a barber who ran a shop in the Hotel Jerome, Tom has left a legacy for the ages. And his son is a key cog in that tradition. “I am as proud as a person can be of Travis,” Tom says with more than a hint of emotion. “He is great with those kids. Hundreds of them have learned about science and how to ski because of him.

I guess it all worked out good.” AP

Eloy jacket ($2,045) and sweater ($335), Moncler. 432 E. Hyman Ave., 970-544-5558; moncler.com.

Standard Issue denim jeans, Rag & Bone ($175). 433 E. Hyman Ave., 970-925-2816; rag-bone.com.

Shoes, Salvatore Ferragamo ($1,600). Nordstrom, Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, 720-746-2424; nordstrom.com Styling by Faye Power Grooming by Marcy DiSalvo and Jordan Brodersen at M Salon Shot on location in Aspen at Doug Paley’s Pioneer Springs estate (price on request). Shane Aspen Real Estate, 970-925-6063; shaneaspen.com

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GREEN is the new LAC BLACK

the Queen of Egypt to Queen Bey. Now they’re capturing the market, too, with increased demand and boundary-pushing designs that bring emeralds’ ancient allure to modern collectors.

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egend has it that an emerald placed under the tongue can endow a person with the ability to see the future. Another ancient belief is that an emerald protects its wearer from evil spirits and spells. The gem’s vivid green color has sparked the imagination for centuries, and its allure remains as powerful today.

In the recent must-read New York Times best seller Luckiest Girl Alive, the emerald engagement ring worn by the protagonist—an über-glamorous magazine editor—represents not just a pledge of love, but the perfect life she aspires to. The 2015 Grammy Awards saw no less a luminary than Beyoncé rocking 80 carat emerald and diamond earrings on the red carpet. Queen Bey is just the greatest and latest star to adorn herself with emeralds, a trend that was kicked into overdrive

by Angelina Jolie when she wore dramatic emerald drop earrings to the 2009 Academy Awards. Since then, a slew of celebs, including Taylor Swift, Emma Stone, and Miranda Kerr, have embraced the emerald craze.

This renewed obsession with emeralds is increasing demand for the gem and yielding an abundance of new designs in the fine-jewelry market. “Now more than ever before, the world is paying attention to color in jewelry,” says Melvyn Kirtley, chief gemologist at Tiffany & Co. “Color allows more individuality when complementing a wardrobe, and as people become more educated about emeralds and their rarity, they find themselves wanting to own these enchanting stones.”

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In response to this heightened interest, top players in the jewelry and gemstone industry, as well as private and government-owned emerald mining companies, gathered in Colombia in October for the first International Emerald Symposium. Experts from the major emerald-producing countries—Colombia, Brazil, Zambia, Russia, Afghanistan, Madagascar, and Pakistan—came together to discuss the many facets of mining and marketing, with a focus on how to modernize production, set uniform standards worldwide, and provide consumers with more information.

FROM THE GROUND UP Emeralds were born in the earth’s crust 500 million years ago, in a process initiated by the tremendous heat and pressure created by the movement of tectonic plates. Most of the world’s emeralds are mined in Colombia, Brazil, and Zambia, with the rough stones in each region having a slightly different coloration, depending on the amount of chromium, vanadium, and iron in the crystal. According to the Gemological Institute of America, experts differ on how green a stone must be to be called an emerald rather than a less-valuable beryl, but the consensus is that an emerald is saturated with color—a deep, verdant green—while a beryl is lighter.

The pricing of emeralds is largely a function of supply and demand—and their supply has always been quite limited, due to the rarity of beryllium, an essential component of emeralds’ molecular structure. In fact, emeralds are rarer than diamonds. “But in the past few years, with the emerald mining in

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Emeralds have captured the imagination of fine jewelry lovers from

18k white-gold Cento Diamond Frizzante and emerald necklace and 18k yellow- and white-gold Cento diamond and emerald cocktail ring, Roberto Coin (prices on request). robertocoin.com. 13.67 carat emerald and 14.80 carat diamond Infinity bracelet, 2.33 carat emerald and 7.77 carat diamond Graff Butterfly watch, and 4.07 carat emerald-cut emerald ring with 1.05 carat heart-shaped diamond shoulders, Graff (prices on request). graff diamonds.com. Platinum emerald and diamond three-stone ring ($130,000) and platinum diamond and emerald single-row ring ($210,000), Tiffany & Co. Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, 303-322-4747; tiffany.com. Jacket, Dior ($2,900). Neiman Marcus, Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, 303-329-2600; neimanmarcus.com

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Africa, we’re seeing a little bit stronger production,” says Henri Barguirdjian, president and CEO of Graff Diamonds USA. “That has helped spur the trend.” He notes that the stone’s rarity naturally elevates its status.

While the industry’s fragmented nature makes accurate statistics about colored gems difficult to come by, experts estimate that more than 20 percent of retail jewelry sales today involves colored stones, compared to less than 10 percent five years ago, with the price for emeralds increasing by 10 to 20 percent over the same period.

The four C’s—color, cut, clarity, and carat weight—have long been the standards for quality when it comes to diamonds, but how do they apply to emeralds? The experts weigh in.

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COLOR

Due to their rarity and richness of color, emeralds have for centuries been valued as one of the “big three” colored gems, along with rubies and sapphires. “Emeralds have an extraordinary history,” says Barguirdjian. Cleopatra was said to be enamored of them, and the Russian crown jewels included a number of remarkable specimens, in terms of both size and quality. “All of the best jewelry collections, like Elizabeth Taylor’s, have had spectacular emeralds in them,” Barguirdjian adds. “For customers building a jewelry collection today, the emerald is a must.” Many leading jewelry houses with a long history of using emeralds, such as Bulgari, Cartier, Graff Diamonds, Harry Winston, and Van Cleef & Arpels, are answering consumers’ growing demand for green by incorporating these vivid treasures into their collections in exciting new ways.

Graff, for example, has introduced extraordinary pieces featuring carved emeralds. The art of carving an emerald (as opposed to cutting it in facets) is centuries old, with notable examples from antiquity fetching steep prices at auction today. Graff was fortunate enough to acquire some of these one-of-a-kind stones and has set them into captivating new jewelry pieces, including a brooch that can be separated into two smaller brooches or worn as a pendant. “These are exquisite pieces,” says Barguirdjian, noting that they’re “for the woman who is building a top-quality jewelry collection. Those who really understand the beauty of the art will want these special pieces.”

“The beauty of a carved emerald is to enhance the color and hide the jardin,” says Gary Roskin, executive director of the International Colored Gemstone Association, referring to irregularities in color, known as inclusions (or jardin), which are more common in emeralds than in other precious gems due to their composition. “Emerald is the only gemstone where inclusions are described in a way to make them more appealing: ‘le jardin,’ French for ‘the garden.’” Indeed, inclusions can be considered an aspect of an emerald’s allure, as with the exotic trapiche emeralds that Tiffany & Co. recently featured in its Blue Book, which catalogues the brand’s most spectacular jewels each year.

Trapiche emeralds have inclusions that extend from the center in six lines, creating a starlike effect.

“Each inclusion is different,” says Kirtley. “They are part of the natural beauty of an emerald’s being.”

While many of today’s emeralds continue to appear in classic settings with diamonds, some designers are pushing boundaries, offering modern motifs not typically associated with the emerald, in order to attract edgier customers. Such is the case with Italian designer Roberto Coin, who is releasing dramatic new designs in 2016. “The emerald now can be considered a very fashionable stone, in addition to its historical and natural high value,” says Coin. “Green is the color of the year.” AP

“Emeralds are unique in color and almost seem dimensional. You want green that you can dive right into—that mesmerizes you. That means a vivid, saturated, grassygreen color.”

—Melvyn Kirtley, Chief Gemologist, Tiffany & Co.

FROM MINE TO MARKET

MINING & PROCESSING Emeralds are mined, often using hand tools, then cleaned, weighed, and sorted according to color and clarity.

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SALE OF ROUGH GEMS Rough emeralds are sold through invitationonly auctions to cutters, gem experts, and other professionals, or via private sales to individual buyers.

CUTTING AND POLISHING Expert cutters inspect rough emeralds to determine the shape and size to be expected from each stone. After cutting, the emeralds are sent to polishers to be buffed and finished.

What to look for when buying an emerald.

CUT “Certain gems lend themselves to special cuts, but emeralds are always most beautiful in classic cuts, such as an emerald or cushion cut, which are faceted and extraordinary. But shape is a personal choice.”

—Henri Barguirdjian, President and CEO, Graff Diamonds USA

“Inclusions [variations in color] in an emerald are natural.

They are there because of the very structure of the stone, like a fingerprint of nature. We call the inclusions ‘gardens,’ and a beautiful garden is what makes each emerald unique.”

—Douglas Hucker, CEO, American Gem Trade Association

ORIGIN “The challenge is to explain why some localities are more important than others. Traditionally, [when certain] localities are favored over others, it is simply because the finest-color emeralds have traditionally come from there. But there is no guarantee that just because your emerald comes from a specific place that it’s of the finest quality or color.”

—Gary Roskin, Executive Director, International Colored Gemstone Association

SALE OF POLISHED GEMS Finished emeralds are offered for sale to jewelry houses, designers, and loose-stone suppliers.

SETTING After evaluating the emeralds’ color, cut, and size to determine the proper design, jewelers set the stones and create finished jewelry pieces.

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CLARITY

GEM TRENDS 1. 18k white-gold 31.28 carat emerald and 7.52 carat diamond High Jewelry collection earrings, Chopard. chopard.com 2. 18k white-gold emerald and diamond Arcata necklace from the Bals de Légende collection, Van Cleef & Arpels. vancleefarpels.com

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4. Platinum 25.91 carat emerald and 137.09 carat diamond Red Carpet Collection bracelet, Chopard. chopard.com 5. 18k yellow-gold and platinum emerald and diamond Cluster earrings from The Incredibles Collection, Harry Winston. harrywinston.com

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6. 18k rose-gold 7.26 carat cushion-cut emerald Extremely Piaget ring, Piaget. piaget.com 7. 18k white-gold diamond, emerald, and tourmaline Piaget Mediterranean Garden earrings, Piaget. piaget.com

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8. 18k gold and platinum emerald-cut emerald and diamond drop earrings, Tiffany & Co. tiffany.com

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10. 18k white-gold emerald, diamond, and turquoise Piaget Asmara ring from the Secrets & Lights collection, Piaget. piaget.com

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13. 146.65 carat carved emerald and 42.94 carat diamond double brooch with transferable mechanism, Graff. graffdiamonds.com 14. Titanium 26.01 carat emerald Red Carpet Collection earrings, Chopard. chopard.com 15. 146.65 carat carved emerald and 42.94 carat diamond double brooch with transferable mechanism, Graff. graffdiamonds.com

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16. Platinum, emerald, blue sapphire, and turquoise Extremely Piaget ring, Piaget. piaget.com

MARKET Major jewelry houses sell their creations in their own boutiques, while independent designers and smaller jewelers sell them through retail partners, with the emeralds finally making their public debut in display cases as finished works of art.

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17. 18k white-gold diamond and emerald High Jewelry necklace, Bulgari. bulgari.com 18. 18k white- and yellow-gold 4.48 carat emerald and white and yellow diamond Gateau d’ Amour ring from the Peau d’Âne collection, Van Cleef & Arpels. vancleefarpels.com Prices are available upon request.

supplies emeralds to top jewelry brands; a school in Zambia built by the company; a Fabergé emerald ring; the region’s first maternity hospital, also built by the company.

SOURCE CODE As responsible sourcing becomes a hot topic with global industries, Gemfields makes strides with safety and quality issues and community building at its Kagem emerald mine. BY ROBERTA NAAS When I step off the plane in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, I’m struck by the stunning terrain of this landlocked country, which includes plateaus, grassy hills, and green valleys studded with waterfalls and tributaries of the Zambezi River, all of it home to an incredible range of wildlife. The area is also rich with copper, the country’s major export. But since the London-based company Gemfields—which supplies some of the most recognizable and respected names in fine jewelry, such as Tiffany & Co. and Fabergé—began operating Zambia’s Kagem emerald mine in 2008, emeralds have become an increasingly important feature of the country’s landscape and economy.

The Kagem mine compound has the buzz of a small city, with quarters for workers and supervisors, dining facilities, gemstone washing and sorting stations, and the formidable security gates leading to the mine itself. As I peer into the pit mine from high above, the sprawling work area looks like a movie set, with trucks hauling tons of earth and rock to the pit’s edges until the stratum where the emeralds formed half a billion years ago is uncovered and handwork takes over. Emeralds are surprisingly brittle, so once the mine workers reach the layer of earth that cradles them, they use pickaxes, hand tools, and their bare

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hands to carefully break away the black rock until a shimmer of green appears. While I watch, a miner removes a piece of shale, and inside is the most stunning raw emerald I have ever seen. Being one of the first people to touch something 500 million years old, to have the rock crumble away in your hands as you get a closer look at the green it protects, takes your breath away.

The Kagem mine produces roughly 25 percent of the world’s supply of emeralds. That’s approximately 30 million carats of emerald and beryl (the mineral of which emerald is a variety) each year. Just a fraction of that yield—about 5 percent—becomes top-quality finished emeralds.

When Gemfields took over operation of the 35-year-old Kagem mine (it owns 75 percent, with the Zambian government owning the rest), the company invested some $60 million in cleanup and safety efforts. According to CEO Ian Harebottle, the goal from the start was to make Kagem a top emerald producer while also establishing a new benchmark for responsible mining practices. “We brought in geology specialists, mining specialists, and sustainability experts,” he says. “We cleaned up the area and proposed a plan to not only make the mine profitable, which is important to the

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government and the country, but also to set standards for emerald grading, for environmental replenishment, and for ethical, transparent mining.”

(It’s a point of pride for Gemfields that no major reportable injury has occurred at the Kagem mine since the company took over.)

To achieve these goals, Gemfields had a threeprong strategy. First was to make a capital investment substantial enough to achieve its lofty ambitions. Second was to develop a grading system for rough stones, with the aim of total transparency about the quality of gems going to market. And third was to make a long-term commitment to ethical and sustainable mining practices.

The Gemfields grading system is the first of its kind in Zambia, where most emerald mining had previously been undertaken by a patchwork of small companies without uniform standards for quality. “By properly sorting and grading rough stones before they’re cut, we help the cutters and polishers in their buying process,” says Harebottle, whose goal is to increase consumer confidence in ethically sourced emeralds. “They can be confident about what they’re getting when they buy their lots at auction.”

To follow through on its commitment to corporate responsibility, Gemfields is working with local organizations on a variety of initiatives. These include building the region’s first maternity hospital; constructing and supporting local elementary and secondary schools, including the area’s first high school; launching a sustainable-farming project to feed local families; and investing in reforestation.

In addition, Gemfields has developed an exit strategy for its mining operations that emphasizes environmental sustainability. In the future, when it closes the Kagem mine (after the supply of emeralds is exhausted), the company plans to convert the deep pits into lakes stocked with fish. “Biodiversity is just as important as social responsibility and transparency,” Harebottle says. “The key is to commit to doing more than you are required and to constantly reassess.”

Gemfields’ initiatives come at a time when ethical sourcing and corporate responsibility are buzzwords in many global industries, from agriculture to fossil fuels. “When you’re a large company, you’re under the spotlight,” Harebottle says. “This means we have to do more.” In other words, Gemfields’ focus on ethical emeralds is right on trend.

clockwise from top left: Emeralds at the Kagem mine in Zambia are sourced from huge open pits; because emeralds are so brittle, hand tools are used to remove them from the surrounding rock; raw emeralds; a worker at the Kagem mine.

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Tech SupporT

New Smart HomeS Perfectly BalaNce form aNd fuNctioN.

by linda hayes

Music. Lighting. Video. Window shades.

Temperature. Communications. Home theaters. Energy. Security... Handling so many seemingly discordant elements in a home environment has long meant juggling a hodgepodge of systems and controls.

However, to the delight of homeowners and architects alike, that’s all changed with the introduction of home automation systems like Savant (savant.com) that puts home operations at a homeowner’s fingertips.

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Get smart! Despite Aspen’s rugged, old-timey charm, you won’t find anything anachronistic in its new homes, where the use of smart tech and automation is on the up and up.

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haute property “AUTOMATION GIVES HOMEOWNERS CONTROL OVER THEIR ENVIRONMENT, AND TAKES THE WORRY OUT OF MANAGING THEIR HOME.”

Lighting, heating, cooling, security, TVs, and speakers: In this McLain Flats home, everything is automated—even the shades! below: Like most other components of the house, this home theater, installed by Xssentials at the Poss Architecture–designed Double Bar X Ranch, can be controlled with a single iPad.

“We’ve had people who spent six-figures-plus for a system but were not utilizing it because they didn’t know how it worked,” says Damon Roth, a partner with Xssentials (109 Aspen Airport Business Center, 970-925-1700; xssentials.com), a Denverbased company with an Aspen branch that has driven innovative home and office automation for more than 30 years. “It’s a much simpler situation right now, with systems that embrace the iPad [for controls]. Every house that had technology as a part of it before that is a legacy system, old and outdated.”

Xssentials recently completed a pair of projects that exemplify how the inclusion of the latest home technology is easily available for both new construction and home refits. For a newly constructed home designed by Poss Architecture+ Planning (605 E. Main St., 970-925-4755; bill poss.com), Double Bar X Ranch, behind the Maroon Creek Club, the tech team installed a dedicated Savant system that “talks to the iPad” to control not only the mechanical and security

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systems but the electronics for a custom home theater with seating for 20.

“Some people want a theater with all the bells and whistles, and that puts the speakers and other elements on display,” says Poss Architecture partner Kim Weil. “This is a very traditional home for a multigenerational family. It’s set up with sound-absorbing walls, an iPad-controlled, 17-footdiagonal screen that retracts to expose a stage where the grandkids put on plays, and a game center where old and young can play together.

Everything else is ‘behind the curtain.’”

Partnering with Rowland+Broughton Architecture & Urban Design (234 E. Hopkins Ave., 970-544-9006; rowlandbroughton.com), Xssentials did an interior remodel and tech update on a luxury home in town known as the Mother Lode. The owners, who often rent the home out, wanted all the latest and greatest technology available. New television cavities were designed to house high-resolution 4K Ultra HDTVs, some of which were tastefully hidden by artwork placed on framed Vision Art panels that roll up for viewing. An update to a current Savant media server allowed for simple streaming of music throughout the house, and a new Sonance landscape speaker system was installed to bring music to outdoor areas.

When Kim Coates, broker associate at Coldwell Banker Mason Morse Real Estate (514 E. Hyman Ave., 970-948-5310; masonmorse.com), customdesigned Waterstone, an 8,100-square-foot home along the Roaring Fork River that’s currently on the market, she made sure it was wired for everything a potential homeowner could want—from remotely operated window shades to a music

system with whole-house and by-room controls to temperature and security systems. Campbell Audio Video (218 E. Valley Road, Ste. 100, Carbondale, 970-510-5489; campbellaudiovideo.com) in Carbondale handled the technology work for the home.

Another new residence, a 9,524-square-foot home located a few minutes from town on McLain Flats and overlooking the Roaring Fork Valley, features a Lutron Control System for interior and exterior lighting as well as a Savant system for audiovisual, security, heating, air-conditioning, and motorized shade integration capabilities. Jill Shore, the broker representing the home for Douglas Elliman Real Estate (630 E. Hyman Ave., 970-925-8810; elliman.com), notes that today’s home automation technology lets homeowners be more hands-on, in-home or remotely. “People can look and see what’s going on with the weather, turn the heat up or down, put the lights on,” she says. “It gives them control over their environment and takes the worry [out of] managing [their home]. Plus, it’s a fun tool. People enjoy showing off what they are able to do these days.” AP

Design of the times A new platform devised by Laura U Interior Design streamlines interior design with high-tech visualization tools.

With the goal of creating well-tailored, inviting environments that are, above all, unforgettable, Laura U Interior Design has created an online platform called designDASH—a technology-based platform that synthesizes the frm’s methods with real-time views of projects.

The software, currently in beta form, aims to transform the interior design process for both established design frms and homeowners alike. A main dashboard with at-a-glance graphics shows various stages of the process, from progress to budget to installation. Currently being tested in-house, designDASH is slated to be released in consumer-friendly form in early 2016. A mobile application is in the works as well. 301 E. Hopkins Ave., Ste. 211, 800-924-8967; laurauinteriordesign.com

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from billionaire’s row to building codes, town’s top experts discuss the latest real estate trends and hot-button topics driving aspen’s (nonstop) development. by damien alexander williamson

Classical French eatery Cache Cache (205 S. Mill St., Ste. 106, 970-925-3835; cachecache.com) played host to a real estate roundtable discussion between some of town’s top authorities, among them three longtime real estate brokers, a developer, and an architect. Together, they discussed the current boom in the local real estate market, the shifting popularity of Aspen communities—from Red Mountain to Starwood, the Downtown core to Mountain Valley—as well as the impact of land-use codes and the effcacy of the employee housing program. Despite disagreements and different points of view, one thing was made abundantly clear: the future of Aspen development is in the hands of those who love their mountain home.

Aspen Peak Publisher Alex Halperin and brokers Gary Feldman, Maureen Stapleton, and Brian Hazen discuss Aspen’s real estate landscape.

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Broker Maureen Stapleton is the first to arrive at the pre-dinner cocktail hour at the swanky-chic Cache Cache bar.

the ParticiPants: RyAn ElSton — partner/Broker, aspen

associates Realty group GARy FEldMAn — Broker, aspen Snowmass

Sotheby’s international Realty BRiAn HAzEn — Broker associate, coldwell

Banker Mason Morse Real estate Bill PoSS — architect and Founder, poss architecture + planning MAuREEn StAPlEton — Broker, aspen

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Growing Up and Out

Aspen Peak: What are your thoughts on where the Aspen market currently stands?

Maureen Stapleton: The market feels good. And things are hot here in the core, Red Mountain, the West End. Some of the outlying areas like Woody Creek and Snowmass Village are still struggling a little bit, but pricing is getting so high in Aspen that buyers are starting to look elsewhere.

Brian Hazen: I have a different take. There are a lot of areas that are not hot. [The amount we show], that activity drops by 60 or 70 percent outside the city limits. In Starwood, there are 19 listings—an all-time high in my opinion, which belies the fact that Aspen’s hot. The West End was really strong this summer, but it’s not that strong right now. There were 12 listings in June—there are now 26.

What drives the shift in which side of town is hot at the moment?

BH: I think sometimes we’re our own worse enemies. We tell sellers that a certain area is hot, so they jack up the price, and vice versa.

Gary Feldman: The only markets that seem to stand out and are always hot are Red Mountain and Willoughby Way. Ryan Elston: [Willoughby Way] is not a market, that’s an address.

GF: It’s billionaire’s row.

BH: But even Red Mountain is not always hot. Two or three years ago, not much product moved. That’s

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because the owners are so strong, and if they’re not motivated, they don’t reduce the price so that it sells.

RE: You have to pull back and look at the macro.

Texas used to be our market, but oil and gas have been hit hard. Texans like big homes, they like estates. Where’s our money? New York. Where do New Yorkers want to be? They want to be in the core. They don’t even want to drive up Red Mountain. Willoughby Way, West End, core. That’s as far as they’ll come.

2008 wasn’t that long ago. Is there any trepidation on the part of buyers that the market won’t keep going up and up?

MS: People who are living here now are coming for a lifestyle.

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Bill Poss: There’s more practicality to buying in this market.

RE: Exactly. Bubbles can be good or bad, but in the sense of Aspen real estate, the bubble is a protective one. People are OK if they have to stick it out in Aspen. The market will eventually go up again.

What about the building and land-use codes, and specifcally Referendum 1 [which now requires any variance of land-use code to go to a vote of the entire town]? Do they change buying or selling patterns?

BP: Building codes, that’s the secret of Aspen.

Growth controls are what make this town so good.

The hardest part is explaining to clients that you can’t do what you want with your land.

RE: I think it’s awakened people to the importance

of their vote. I’m against Referendum 1. What you essentially did, you cast your vote to the crazies who show up to city council instead of the city council itself. I don’t have the time or effort to show up to every meeting.

GF: We have to give some credit to the council.

They were listening to the community who said we needed hotel rooms. They found a developer [Mark Hunt] who was building smaller hotel rooms.

The council wanted these [types of] rooms and they gave him the variances that would entice him to do it. And the community said no. It’s a give and take.

Is there a sense that it’s inevitable that Aspen will get larger?

BP: Everyone wants to keep Aspen as small as possible, but I do think town will keep getting bigger. It’s just like traffc. I don’t think there is a solution. It’s a small valley and so many people want to be here.

RE: I think Aspen is four blocks by four blocks, and there should be a Historic Preservation Commission overlay for that core. That’s why people come.

They don’t want to see eight-story buildings, like in Whistler.

GF: I like to hear a developer say that!

RE: I have three friends who went to Sun Valley, Jackson Hole, and Park City this year, and they all said they were nice places, but Aspen is special.

And if Aspen loses why it’s special, these people will stop coming here.

So, is there another ski town we want to emulate?

BH: I think it’s more what we don’t want to be, whom we don’t want to emulate.

I would be remiss to not talk about employee housing.

BP: We don’t know if we need more employee housing, or if more employee housing causes more growth.

GF: I’ll go out on a limb. I think the employee housing as it was set up 35 years ago was set up in error because they focused on ownership at a subsidized rate rather than high-density rentals. There is scarcity of housing because people who own it, they’re never going to sell it. They can rent their place out for six months and go to Tahiti.

RE: If you have a family and you want to grow your life, you might have to commute. And by the way, Carbondale is not a bad place.

BP: When I frst moved here, I would talk to my friends that would say, ‘Oh, we have a house. How are you doing in Aspen?’ And I would say I can’t afford to have a house, but I have twice the lifestyle, even if it costs four times as much! AP

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HAUTE PROPERTY Home Tech “Some days I wonder if I really need Housepad [anymore], because it has worked so well that I walk around the house and everything is perfect,” says Michael Bruno of his app (inset), which helps owners manage their homes.

“If everythIng In your home has a home, It’ll just flow smoothly.”

Picture-Perfect

From cataloging Furniture to managing service providers, a new app, Housepad, gives homeowners a visual way to organize it all. by jill sieracki When entrepreneur Michael Bruno was trying to come up with a plan for a new homedesign business, he discovered his next big idea right in his own Tuxedo Park, New York, backyard. “I started looking at all the moving parts of managing a house,” says Bruno, who created his new app, Housepad, to help maintain his 14,000-square-foot residence and its surrounding

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100-acre property. “When you see something that you want done, the best thing you can do is catalog it at that moment.

I can walk through my house at any given time and find a handful of things that bother me. With this app, I can catalog some for my contractor, some for my painter, some for my housekeeper, some for my gardener.”

Housepad allows

homeowners to create a closed-loop network, a visual “user’s manual,” for anyone who accesses your home, such as family members, service providers, or seasonal renters.

Within each room, users can photograph how they want the space to appear, noting, for example, the correct placement of a tablescape or where the flashlight goes in the kitchen. Then they can leave

to-do lists or instructions with itemized icons, such as fixing a cabinet door that’s constantly ajar. “If everything in your home has a home, and it’s always where it belongs, it’ll just flow smoothly,” says Bruno.

At the onset, Bruno tested Housepad at his second home in the Hamptons. He installed the program on his housekeeper’s smartphone, then he found approximately 30 things that bothered him, from the way the home’s towels were folded to fixing a drape on a curtain rod, and loaded them into the app. He missed seeing the housekeeper during her regular visit, however, so Bruno never gave her instructions on its usage. But three days later, his phone started ringing constantly with “done” notifications from Housepad’s checklist function. “When we went to the house that weekend, the house was exactly as I wanted it,” says Bruno. “I realized it wasn’t that she was a bad housekeeper, I was a bad client. I never took the time to tell her in a clear

way what I wanted. Now, everything I need, she does it perfectly.”

In the coming months, Housepad is rolling out a trade-only program for interior designers, which will allow them to catalog all the specifics of a project for a client, including a searchable catalog of the furniture, invoices, warranties, care instructions, and paint colors.

Says Bruno, “I’ve found people want to know what they have, and the more education they have, the more they engage with beautiful things, and the more they want better things.”

Also on the horizon is an editorial component that will give Housepad users an opportunity to see “behind-thescenes” elements of designers’ own personal spaces, such as how they organize their linen closets, or how they make a bed. “Interior designers have always been an inspiration for me in all the work I do,” says Bruno, who over his career has bought and sold real estate and launched 1stdibs, the global online marketplace for antiques and design. “We’re creating short videos from which you can learn from different designers those little moments that actually are great crib notes for anyone trying to bring their home to the next level.” housepadapp.com AP

PhotograPhy by Deena Feinberg (bruno); courtesy oF housePaD (rooms); PhillstuDio/shutterstock (cellPhone)

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RH’s new gallery at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center in Denver brings first-rate contemporary home furnishings ever closer to the high country.

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Widely known for design that offers a unique take on traditional forms, RH (formerly Restoration Hardware) has made a latter-day leap into contemporary furnishings with the debut of RH Modern. The extensive minimalist collection will launch locally from the new fourstory Cherry Creek gallery designed by award-winning architect Jim Gillam. RH Denver will offer not only RH furnishings and accessories for the home, but it will also include a 14,000-square-foot rooftop park complete with a

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forest of quaking aspen trees, a conservatory with Rocky Mountain views, and gallery space for RH’s contemporary art platform that will showcase emerging global artists.

The new Modern collection will include pieces from the stable of world-renowned designers that RH Chairman and CEO Gary Friedman and his design team have curated as the brand continues to expand its aesthetic ambitions.

Here, Aspen Peak talks with Friedman about the stunning new gallery and his plans for the brand’s future.

What made you decide to launch RH Modern now?

A modern collection is something we’ve been talking about and has remained on our list of opportunities.

About a year and a half ago, we started working on it and right away could see multiple trends coming together that could create a market for modern design. It’s like this big wave is coming. But with that said, trends don’t always make a market; outstanding products make a market.

Who are some of the designers and artisans

creating pieces for Modern? What are a few highlights?

We have many new designers, artisans, and people who collaborate and contribute. I would say that the lighting by Jonathan Browning is some of the best I’ve seen in years.

Another favorite is the Cloud sofa and sectional by Timothy Oulton. It has such beautiful lines and shape and is so comfortable you don’t want to get up.

What do you want to inspire in clients with the magnitude and design

of the new Cherry Creek gallery?

We want to create a one-ofa-kind retail environment that blurs the lines between residential and retail, indoors and outdoors, physical and digital—a space where we can showcase the comprehensive breadth of our offerings in dramatic and aspirational installations unseen before.

We love that the number-one comment we hear from guests is “I just want to live here.” RH Denver The Gallery at Cherry Creek, Denver, 303-331-1938; restorationhardware.com AP

PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF RH

ASPEN EMBRACES CONTEMPORARY COOL THIS SEASON AS RH LAUNCHES ITS FIRST THOROUGHLY MODERN COLLECTION AT ITS NEW CHERRY CREEK GALLERY. BY MATT STEWART

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Après-ski Hot spots

Day and night! After its raucous— and we mean raucous—daytime parties, 39 Degrees Lounge, at the Sky Hotel, lights its nights with cocktails and beers indoors.

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If you’re skiing in Aspen, you literally can’t miss Ajax Tavern, located right at the base of the gondola. On sunny days it’s a bit of a scene—and that’s a good thing. 685 E. Durant Ave., 970-920-6334; thelittlenell.com ChAir 9

Aspen Mountain has eight lifts; Chair 9 is the ninth. Get it? The haute spot also features daily live music inside The Little Nell at the base of the mountain. 675 E. Durant Ave., 970-920-4600; thelittlenell.com j-BAr

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Cocktail specials, wood ovencooked pizzas, and Italian staples like beef carpaccio and calamari make Mezzaluna one of Aspen’s favorite après destinations. 624 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-5882; mezzalunaaspen.com nesT PuBliC house

Slope-side (and hot tub-side) dining and imbibing never tasted so good.

Enjoy specialty drinks and pub fare inside the Viceroy Snowmass. 130 Wood Road, Snowmass, 970-9238000; viceroysnowmass.com

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If fireside hot toddies and daily live music (from 3–5 pm) are your thing, then cozy up to one of the many comfy couches at Shadow Mountain Lounge inside the St. Regis Aspen Resort. 315 E. Dean St., 970-9200033; stregisaspen.com

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This town fave serves up mountaininspired cuisine made with the freshest ingredients—well worth the climb upstairs. 525 E. Cooper Ave.,

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The traditional French fare and exquisitely appointed interior make Brexi an unforgettable Euro escape/ experience. 411 S. Monarch St., 970-925-2838; brexiaspen.com CAriBou CluB

With its raw bar, wine list, and Colorado-inspired cuisine, the Caribou, one of only two private clubs in Aspen, never fails to disappoint. 411 E. Hopkins Ave., 970-925-2929; caribouclub.com Chefs CluB

This Food & Wine concept restaurant rotates the magazine’s “Best New Chefs” through the kitchen—and, boy, do they live up to their name. 315 E. Dean St., 970-429-9581; chefsclub.com ContinuED on PAgE 202

39 Degrees 39 Degrees Lounge, located inside the Sky Hotel, will shut down for nearly two years at the end of the 2015–2016 ski season, as the hotel undergoes a major renovation. So this season is the last winter for a while to enjoy the ski-in pool and hot tub as well as one of the most boisterous après-ski scenes in Aspen, especially on sunny weekend afternoons. 709 E. Durant Ave., 970-925-6760; theskyhotel.com photography by matt power

J-Bar, inside the Hotel Jerome, might require a schlep to Main Street in ski boots, but this modern Western saloon—the town’s social hub, from the days of Hunter S. Thompson to today—more than makes up for the trip. 330 E. Main St., 855-331-7213; hoteljerome.com

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BEST OF THE WEST nighttime bar scenes in town. 205 S. Mill St., Ste. 2, 970-925-6020; jimmysaspen.com

Inside the St. Regis Aspen, Trecento Quindici Decano serves up inventive Italian fare, with an emphasis on chef David Viviano’s fresh pasta.

Here, his squid-ink linguine and tomato broth with mussels, shrimp, and chili.

In addition to Chris Lanter’s food (locals swear by it), Cache Cache boasts one of town’s more sophisticated bar scenes.

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JSnow, as it’s known, might be renowned for its intricate cocktails, but this hip, center-of-town eatery gives just as much love to its fresh, Colorado cuisine. 328 E. Hyman Ave., 970-429-8192; justicesnows.com matsuhisa

Enjoy the exceptional and innovative Japanese offerings either upstairs in the lounge or downstairs in the (more) formal dining room.

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The delicious meatballs are just the beginning at this laid-back eatery; the salads and specials make this a Mill Street Mall must. 312 S. Mill St., 970-925-1349 ProsPEct

Colorado lamb T-bones, meatballs with creamy polenta, and seared liver are some of the highlights of the stellar menu served in Prospect’s classic-yet-modern dining room at the Hotel Jerome. 330 E. Main St., 855-331-7213; hoteljerome.com rustiquE bistro

Trecento Quindici Decano (in translation: “315 Dean”) brings the best of Italy to the St. Regis Aspen with hand-crafted Italian cuisine served in a Mediterranean villa-inspired space. Executive Chef David Viviano prepares fresh pasta and sauces daily as well as pizza baked to order. The space is also family-friendly, with an adjacent game room featuring table tennis, air hockey, a Nintendo Wii, and arts and crafts.

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In a mountain-chic setting, Creole comfort food is reimagined with a fine-dining, Colorado twist from chef Will Nolan, a former AP Man of Style.

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Located inside The Little Nell, Aspen’s only five-star hotel, Element 47 showcases modern American cuisine with an emphasis on Colorado produce and meat—and consistently excites. 675 E. Durant Ave., 970-920-6330; thelittlenell.com Jimmy’s

What is Jimmy’s all about? Great steaks, an even better tequila selection, and one of the liveliest

True to its name, expect rustic French cuisine—plus fine, oldworld wines—at this Aspen favorite.

216 S. Monarch St., 970-920-2555; rustiquebistro.com

Serving up modern American cuisine with classical French at its roots, Cache Cache—which translates to “hide and seek”—focuses on the freshest seasonal ingredients, and is home to one of town’s best curated wine lists. Executive Chef Chris Lanter, along with chef de cuisine Nathan King, strikes a perfect balance, keeping long-standing favorites on the menu, like the Tender Belly Berkshire pork tenderloin and veal ossobuco, while mixing it up for regulars with nightly specials that wow even the most discerning foodie.

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This NYC-style steakhouse augments its meat offerings with healthy seafood dishes and superb salads— something for everyone. 316 E. Hopkins Ave., 970-920-1893; steakhouse316.com thE wild Fig

Across from Wagner Park, this intimate European brasserie serves up the flavors of the Mediterranean, from France and Spain to Italy and Greece. 315 E. Hyman Ave., 970925-5160; thewildfig.com CoNTINuED oN PAgE 204

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Much like its impeccably made ski apparel, Stefan Kaelin’s footwear is designed with function and comfort in mind. 416 E. Cooper Ave., 970-9257844; stefankaelin.com AP A recent addition to Aspen’s wellness scene, Shakti Shala offers a range of classes, from yoga and meditation to dance.

To owner Jayne Gottlieb, Shakti Shala is much more than just another Aspen yoga studio. For her, it’s a place “to create conscious community through movement and intelligent, edgy conversation—and sometimes yoga philosophy brings that out!” The name of the studio translates to “house of true empowerment” in Sanskrit, and the 40-plus classes per week—from restorative yoga to high-intensity interval training—serve not only to strengthen the body, but also the mind and spirit. The studio also hosts yoga teacher training and facilitates afternoon and multiday retreats to exotic locales. 422 E. Cooper St., 970-925-1655; aspenshakti.com

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Arjuna, Aspen’s only hot yoga studio, offers a welcome reprieve from the winter chill. The studio offers traditional Bikram-style hot yoga, vinyasa flow, and restorative yoga.

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The club is in the midst of a major renovation, but members and guests still have access to the largest fitness and spa facility in Aspen, as well as more than 60 group fitness, Pilates, and yoga classes every week. 1300 Ute Ave., 970-925-8900; aspenclub.com reMède spA

Remède, inside the St. Regis Residence Club, is undeniably the most luxurious spa experience in town. Book any treatment to hang in the oxygen lounge and steam caves before or after. 315 E. Dean St., 970-429-9038; stregisaspen.com The ViCeroY spA

This 7,000-square-foot spa at Viceroy Snowmass offers a host of signature rituals inspired by ancient Ute,

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Nordic, and Asian cultures, along with traditional massage, facial, and beautification journeys. 130 Wood Road, Snowmass, 970-923-8007; viceroysnowmass.com

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Fine Italian craftsmanship and leather are on display in the brand’s boots, sneakers, moccasins, and sandals, for women and men both.

508 E. Cooper Ave., 970-544-0600; brunellocucinelli.com GorsuCh

Inspired by the Alps but at home in the Rockies, Gorsuch carries everything from winter boots, sandals, and slippers to active styles for the workout set. 601 E. Dean St., 970-925-3203; gorsuch.com GuCCi

From patent-leather pumps to leather driving shoes and crystal-studded high-top sneakers, Gucci delivers with typical top-tier-brand construction—and flair. 203 S. Galena St., 970-920-9150; gucci.com MonCler Aspen

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Mecox Farm Water Mill. A magnificent 3 acre estate, anchored by a fully furnished, James Michael Howard designed, 12,000 SF+/-, 7 bedroom residence, overlooks Water Mill’s bucolic farm fields and the broad waters of Mecox Bay. A roof terrace with heroic views all the way to the Atlantic Ocean is complimented by a covered, 77’ veranda that looks out to the infinity edged pool with spa serviced by a cabana with outdoor fireplace and professionally landscaped grounds.

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Lifton-Green Redefines the Sagaponack South Estate Sagaponack. An explosion of talent has come together as a frst ever collaboration has created a masterfully built, exquisitely furnished and beautifully landscaped 9,000 SF+/- estate on three levels of living space with tennis sprawling across 1.5 acres on Hedges Lane in Sagaponack South as developers Lifton-Green, interior designer James Michael Howard and landscape architect Michael Derrig have brought to market an extraordinary opportunity for one discerning buyer in search of the ultimate Hampton experience. A gracious entry welcomes all over beautifully fnished white oak foors that spread out to fully furnished spaces that include the stunning living room with freplace which, sundrenched by day, will at night be the focal point for all your entertaining. The state of the art eat-in kitchen with professional appliances, eat in area and silestone countertops is more than equipped to service the 19’ X 15’ dining room bolstered by butlers pantry and joined by the 18’ x 18’ family s room warmed by its own freplace. A luxurious guest master suite, powder room and a 2-car garage complete the frst foor. Upstairs the expansive master wing sleeping chamber with freplace and private balcony, sitting room, a luxurious spa like bath for her, elegant bath for him and walk in closets for each. Three additional guest bedrooms, with baths all ensuite complete the 2nd foor. The 3,200 SF+/- fnished lower level s gym, recreational room, fully outftted home theatre with tiered seating and concession area, suite and a powder room. An elevator connects all three levels. Outside, both covered and uncovered stone patios overlook the 55’ heated Gunite pool, spa, cabana and sunken tennis court all set within verdant lawn and a professional landscape plan awash in a cacophony of color. With nothing left to do but to fll the closets, this fully realized estate awaits your arrival.

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Aspen inspired...

Remembrance of Town Past for Art MuseuM Writer-in-residence Tim Griffin, Aspen is the lAnd of beAutiful pArAdox.

Thompson’s candidacy included tearing up the pavement to make dirt roads and issuing fishing licenses only to the locals—who, if they wished, could sponsor visitors, only if they agreed to be responsible for their actions—and one hears strong echoes of today’s environmental concerns that are only more resonant under the constant duress of development in the West.

Thompson’s dirt-road idea brings to mind the question of what might now qualify as “authentic” in a landscape already so transformed—or, more specifically, in a small mountain city whose community and civic structures were buffeted by the Great Depression and the end of the mining era, only to have its architecture “restored” as part of a larger effort to bring other, outside cultures into its fold. Here, I think of The Aspen Institute and its remarkable genesis during the postwar era, weaving into the fabric of Aspen a thread of high culture. Along with the extant counterculture of the Thompson era and before, this new mind-set engaged in an unexpected dialogue with our town’s commercialization and the backdrop of its vast wilderness. Such paradoxes certainly continue to draw artists of every generation to Aspen. The very name prompts great curiosity. And with the newly minted art museum, the platforms for debate, and the mountainous panorama setting one’s imagination in motion, you have a cultural mecca on your hands—with stories out of the past set to make new ones in turn. AP

ILLUSTRATION BY DANIEL O’LEARY

How can a writer visit Aspen and not think of Hunter S. Thompson? Although, I should admit, for me the gonzo journalist was brought to mind through a little bit of happenstance.

Arriving on the last flight into town last year under a big, low autumn moon and going out for a late walk, I was drawn to the stunning old-time architecture and latenight glow of the Hotel Jerome (whose bar, beyond its elegance, had the virtue of being one of two with kitchens still open at that hour). The bartender, sizing me up easily enough, took my bourbon order before pointing to an empty table by the window: “That’s where Thompson sat every night while running for sheriff.” Ready, he added, to receive all visitors. Still, as I would later learn, Thompson stood as only one in a long line of lyrical figures, from Mortimer Adler to Jack Nicholson, who populated the hotel’s barroom over the years.

Of course, such figures and their stories might now be considered vestiges of the past. The architectural bones of those rambling times might remain, but the cultural flesh has changed. Yet in this regard Thompson is only more intriguing—and perhaps even more present—as he represents a kind of cultural history that still seems embedded in the physical landscape of Aspen. True enough, back in my New York, you may well visit, say, the White Horse Tavern to seek out the vagrant spirit of Dylan Thomas, or the Algonquin for traces of “The Vicious Circle,” but the vibrations are not so fresh, and certainly not so immediately ingrained in the fiber of the place. Consider how central planks of

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