Roaring Fork Valley Organizations Helping Teens and Families
It has been an honor and a journey connecting deeper with the incredible counselors and programs available to our teens in our Roaring Fork Valley, and learning about the organizations
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To all the explorers, thrill-seekers, adventurers, dare-devils, pioneers, and those with wanderlust:
Your next adventure starts here! As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “It’s not the Destination, It’s the journey”, and here at Aspen Real Life, we 100% agree and go the extra mile to experience everything for you to better plan your activities. In our quest to find you the very best of Aspen and the Roaring Fork valley, we’ve traveled every inch of these beautiful mountains and have certainly brought back a tale or two. Whether you prefer strolling around town or venturing off the beaten path, we have something for you. So follow our lead and get ready to be amazed…
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A Romantic Interlude at Sonnenalp Hotel in Vail
The image in my mind of Sonnenalp Hotel in Vail was imprinted years ago when my husband Wade and I joined our friends for their annual tradition of celebrating Mother’s Day
Girl Getaway Weekend in Moab
Spring is the time for we Aspenites to get away. This time it was a girls mountain biking trip to Fruita and Moab and man it felt good! (A waiver has been signed to protect the innocent).
A Girl’s Powder Day in the Life of AspenRealLife
A Girl’s Powder Day in the Life of AspenRealLife It usually isn’t until January when the girls of AspenRealLife get to gather together and hit the slopes, making up for
The Stories You Hear on the Aspen Gondola
Everybody who lives here knows that the place to make business deals and to possibly fall in love, is on the gondola on Ajax Mountain in Aspen. Sure, there are other, darker, things that happen on the gondola like the Colorado Quickie (which originated in Aspen) and Clackwagglers who stand the chance of being tossed out of the gondola by locals. (Haven’t experienced this or don’t know what these are? Look them up in the Urban Dictionary).
Earning Cloud Nine After Hiking Highland Bowl
[su_heading]Earning Cloud Nine After Hiking Aspen Highlands Bowl[/su_heading] Last Saturday I experienced the Highland Bowl and the infamous Cloud Nine restaurant as if for the first time, through the eyes of two
Dogsledding with the Aspen Animal Shelter
[su_heading]Dogsledding with the Aspen Animal Shelter [/su_heading] As one thing tends to lead to another, Hootie-Hoo’s school project to encourage people, especially his mom, to save a dog lead to our getting
The U.S. Paralympic Alpine Ski Team in Aspen
[su_heading]The U.S. Paralympic Alpine Ski Team in Aspen[/su_heading] It has always been a desire of mine to acquaint myself with the adaptive skiing/snowboarding community and to get to know the people
Living and Breathing Freestyle Skiing
[su_heading] Living and Breathing Freestyle Skiing [/su_heading] With the Winter X-Games rapidly approaching, January 28-31, 2016, we are going to be introducing to you our local badasses of whom we
Hiking To Cathedral Lake, Aspen, Colorado
My family and I have been wallowing down in the depths of a turbulent sea but we are coming up for air and as we swim out of the steely blues the light seeps in and the tones get warmer. Soon we’ll be gasping for breath as we break the surface of a new beginning.
