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In the shadow of the Rockies, a remarkable story of endurance, adventure and family legacy unfolds with Aspen natives and identical twins Mike and Steve Marolt. At 5 p.m. Tuesday, Mike Marolt will sign autographs...

Lorrie B. Winnerman

Marolt family member recounts childhood spent on pristine land

Dec. 30, 1932 — May 23, 2023

“Walking on Fences: A Girl’s Life on the Marolt Ranch in Aspen,” by native Vicki Marolt Buchanan, provides readers with three interesting components blended into one book. One is her personal story of growing up...

Dave Gorsuch embodied the mountain life It was a gorgeous winter evening as a young boy joined his father on the T-bar at Chalk Mountain outside Climax, Colo. When they reached the top at around 12,000 feet, a full moon was creeping up over the ridgeline. They looked back down at the majestic floodlit slope. After a moment, dad skied over to the lift shack and flipped a switch, turning off the lights and flipping on the moonlight for a father-son cruise down the backside of the mountain to thei...

Aspen’s first Easter sunrise service in 1951. Photo Courtesy Aspen Historical Society/Renquist Collection Easter has its religious roots and in addition there are non-religious traditions like Easter egg hunts and school and college vacations. Aspen created a few more local interpretations. As a tourist town Aspen’s calendar is marked by seasons, not summer and winter but ski season and trout time. Once the Aspen Skiing Company opened for business it had to have a closing date, Easter was ...

David E. Stapleton stands atop Aspen Mountain in 2019. (Courtesy photo) As a native of Aspen and from a family whose ancestors were some of the first miners to come over Independence Pass, David E. Stapleton had a legacy to follow. He had no trouble doing that, and even elevated it for generations to come. Stapleton died Thursday afternoon from complications due to COVID-19, his sons said. He was 86. After decades of service to the Aspen community, the country with his time in the Army and for ...

David Stapleton Sr. is pictured (back row, middle with tan jacket) on Jan. 18, 2020, during the Aspen Hall of Fame banquet with other past inductees. His cohorts include, front row from left: John Keleher, Dr. Barry Mink, Jack Brendlinger, John Callahan, Katie Bergman, Martha Brendlinger and Carolyn Moore. Back row: Tom Moore, Tony Vagneur, Cherie Gerbaz Oates, John McBride, Stapleton, Lt. Col. Richard Merritt, USMC (Ret.) and Joe Zanin.