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Switch to occur on June 30, letter to school community says

After seven years serving as Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club’s (AVSC) executive director, my heart is both full and heavy as it nears my time to say goodbye. Today, I write to you not...

Board President Smalls hopes to have new leader by October

We’ve rounded up the top five most-read stories on Aspentimes.com from last week.

AVSC Board President Ryan Smalls broke the news in an email to club members, noting that Mark Godomsky and wife Heidi were driven largely by desire to be closer to family and close friends.

Marc Girardelli compared the Thunderbowl race course at Aspen Highlands to the infamous Kitzbuhel in his native Austria. Some of this may have been in jest, sure, as the “Streif” is among the most challenging courses in the world.

Goodbye, NorAms. Hello, U.S. championships. U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced Thursday the planned NorAm Cup Finals, previously scheduled from April 5 to 16 at Aspen Highlands, have been canceled and will be replaced with the 2021 U.S. Alpine Championships from April 5 to 14, also at Highlands. The event will include men’s and women’s downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined. The change occurred due to strict travel restrictions between U.S. and Canada related to the COVID-19 pande...

A skier competes in the 2019 version of the Audi Ajax Cup on Aspen Mountain. The 2020 event, which takes place Wednesday, has been moved to Aspen Highlands because of the pandemic. (Photo by Austin Colbert/The Aspen Times) Considering the pandemic, it would have been understandable if the Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club wanted to pull the plug on this year’s Audi Ajax Cup, its annual ski racing fundraiser and celebration. However, among the roughly 2,400 AVSC athletes there is a significant...