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12/22/08

Is it happening again?!?

It sure seems like it so far. We’re having another one of those winters. For the past couple of weeks, storms have been rolling in with a frequency that feels a lot like December 2007—i.e., Deepcember—which was the beginning of a ski season that missed being Aspen Mountain’s snowiest ever by a few inches (literally) and was Snowmass's all time most bountiful. How good has this year been so far? Check out the video below.

And that was Thanksgiving. It’s snowed several feet since then.

UPDATE: We're experiencing...

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12/10/08

Sojourner Salutes

What a party it was. On December 3, at the 15th annual Sojourner Salutes gala, Aspen Sojourner honored a group of locals for their exceptional contributions to the Aspen and Roaring Fork Valley communities. This year’s recipients of Sojourner Salutes awards were Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum, John and Laurie McBride, and Amanda Boxtel. Nearly 500 people—including two dozen past Sojourner Salutees—packed the Hotel Jerome ballroom to fete this year’s honorees and kick off the holiday party season.

Aspen Sojourner editor in chief Jay Cowan introduced each Salutee with a mix of reverence and humor. (Click here to read the profiles of this year’s Salutees, which...

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11/19/08

Welcome!

Welcome to Aspen Sojourner’s new website! If you don’t know who we are, let us offer an introduction: In short, we’re Aspen’s most respected magazine. For 15 years we’ve been telling Aspen’s story—from its interesting cast of characters to its remarkable cultural offerings to its world-class recreation and much, much more.

In addition to the content from the Midsummer 2008 issue you can see here today, we’ll be adding much more content—years’ worth, actually—over the next few months. So keep coming back. And tell us what you think. We’d love to hear from you.

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