Basalt Mountain News Today

Summer travel season begins Tuesday, May 21, which means new travel guidelines in the White River National Forest. Roads and trails will reopen, but some may remain unpassable despite having opened, a Tuesday news release...

Where you can and can’t go in the RVF

“The Shining Mountains” they were called by the Utes, great upheavals of Earth’s crust, creating the beautiful vistas we now call the Rocky Mountains. The Utes (Nuche) were onto something with their naming. The Roaring...

The idea that free markets can solve societal problems and that climate change can be fixed without regulation is a ruse.

The White River National Forest’s Christmas tree cutting season begins Nov. 16. Permits are now available online and at local vendors, with district office sales starting Nov. 15. Tree enthusiasts can purchase a permit for...

Completed in 2021 in Snowmass, United States. Images by James Florio. Designed as a primary residence for a family on a stunning rural site in Old Snowmass, Colorado, with 360-degree mountain views of the Elk Mountain...

March 1, 1959 — Oct. 3, 2023

Longtime producer Osentowski calls this year the most fruitful in 35 years on Basalt Mountain

It sounds like the beginning of a Grimm’s fairytale, but wildlife expert David Neils swears it’s the story of how he found his career path and longtime fascination. He said that decades ago, he went...

It sounds like the beginning of a Grimms fairytale, but wildlife expert David Neils swears its the story of how he found his career path and longtime fascination.