ACES 2013 - 2014 winter brochure

Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES), a non-profit organization founded in 1968, provides programs in environmental science and ecological literacy for everyone from school children to leaders and decision-makers.

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ACES Programs & Events Christmas Bird Count Daily Snowshoe Tours begin Winter Break Camps ACES Après: Holiday Open House Birding with ACES RBR’s Kitchen: Artisan Bread Full Owl Moon Walk Winter Stargazing Birding with ACES RBR’s Kitchen: Healthy Winter Greens Winter Stargazing Birding with ACES RBR’s Kitchen: Homemade Pasta Spring Break Camps Birding with ACES Daily Snowshoe Tours end

Visit ACES

Hallam Lake, a 25-acre preserve and nature center in the heart of downtown Aspen.

100 Puppy Smith Street, Aspen Monday - Friday | 9AM - 5PM | 970.925.5756

Rock Bottom Ranch, an educational ranch and nature preserve. Farm tours at 11AM. 2001 Hooks Spur Road, Basalt Monday - Friday | 9AM - 5PM | 970.927.6760

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Snowshoe Tours

Potbelly Perspectives

Naturalist Nights

On-Mountain Snowshoe Tours

Exciting accounts of world travel and adventure shared through images and stories.

Wednesdays 7PM | Hallam Lake | $5 / Members free

Presented by ACES, Wilderness Workshop, and Roaring Fork Audubon, this series features scientific research, environmental policy, and natural history.

Thursdays 7PM | Hallam Lake | Free

Includes a two-hour tour, certified interpretive guide, gondola ride, snowshoe rental, snack, hot drink, and basic instruction.

Purchase tickets at any Aspen/Snowmass lift ticket office.

No reservations necessary.

Aspen Mountain Snowshoe Tour

Daily at 10AM & 1PM Meet at the top of the Aspen Mountain gondola. $63 Adults • $56 Youth 13-17 & seniors • $43 Children 7-12

Snowmass Snowshoe Tour

Daily at 10AM & 1PM Meet at the top of the Elk Camp gondola. $63 Adults • $56 Youth 13-17 & seniors • $43 Children 7-12

Ullr Nights Snowshoe Tour

Friday evenings, December 20 - March 28 at 6PM & 7:30PM Meet at the top of the Elk Camp gondola (1 hour tour).

Tour is complimentary with purchase of gondola ticket.

Ashcroft Snowshoe Tour

Discover the beauty of Castle Creek Valley on a half-day naturalist-guided tour. Tour includes a gourmet lunch at Pine Creek Cookhouse, guide, snowshoe rental, and trail pass.

Daily at 10:30AM. Meet at the Ashcroft Ski Touring Center. $110, reservations required, call ACES at 970.925.5756

Hire a Naturalist Guide

January Ancient Shipwrecks & Submarine Volcanoes: Five Seasons of Ocean Exploration - Sarah Fuller 15 Mt. Kenya: Africa’s Second Highest Peak & Its Classic Ice Window Route - Fabrizio Zangrilli 22 80 Miles of Arctic Coast: Birds,Walrus, Grizzlies, & Proof of Climate Change - Piper Foster 29 Lost & Found in the Thompson Divide: Adventures in Journalism from a Public Lands Gas Fight - Tim Mutrie 8

January 9* Wildlife at the End of the Earth: Antarctic Birds & Animals - Dick Filby 16 Moose of Western Colorado - Stephanie Duckett 23* A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet - Film screening 30* Songbirds as Indicators of Healthy Riparian Ecosystems - Dee Malone

February

February

Our Classrooms Never Had Windows: A Mother/Son Global Volunteer Adventure - Shereen Sarick 12 Backcountry Film Festival - Special presentation by Colorado Mountain Club 19 Alaska to Aspen by Bike - Pat Callahan 26 Life in the Alpine: Climbing America’s 50 Classics & Racing Through the Mountains - Janelle Smiley

6* Laser Mapping of Mountain Snowpacks: NASA’s Airborne Snow Observatory - Jeff Deems, PhD 13 Response of the Alpine Treeline to Climate Change: Detailed Analysis from Pikes Peak - Miroslav Kummel, PhD 20* Pecha Kucha: A Fast-Paced Storytelling for the Thompson Divide - The Pecha Kucha Troop 27* The Wilderness Act in an Era of Global Climate Change - Greg Aplet, PhD

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March Stories from the Field: National Geographic Assignments & Beyond - Pete McBride 12 Camino de Santiago: A 500-Mile Trek Across Spain - Glenn Beaton 5

Explore and learn about the Aspen area on your own schedule with a certified interpretive guide. Aspen Mountain, Castle Creek, and Hunter Creek are some options for private snowshoe hikes. Transportation, snacks, and lunch can be provided for an additional cost.

Call ACES at 970.925.5756 to reserve your guide.

Basic fee $50/hr per guide.

March 6* A Fire History of the Hunter Creek Valley - Jason Sibold, PhD 13* Forests During the Time of the Mastodons: Ziegler Reservoir Fossil Site - Dane Miller *Additional presentation at Carbondale’s Third Street Center on the previous Wednesday evening at 5:30PM.

Ski Tour

Ski a run on Elk Camp with a Naturalist guide.

Daily at 11AM & 1PM. Meet at the Wapiti Wildlife Center at the top of the Elk Camp lift. Free.

Tours made possible by partnerships with Aspen Skiing Company, Ashcroft Ski Touring/Pine Creek Cookhouse, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and the US Forest Service.

Dan Bayer

www.aspennature.org

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