MTN Town Magazine Spring 2017

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So here we go! This is our 3rd Annual Women Who Rock The Rockies issue of MTN Town Magazine. I was so proud to produce our first issue. Seeing this third annual issue come to fruition once again and honoring some of the incredible women who populate and make our communities unique is a dream come true. The original women’s specific issue was produced to help balance the fact that the majority of our issues covered many men and the male dominated mountain sports culture. I went through a year of publications and realized that only 15% of each issue touched on our remarkable women. It was at that point that I vowed we would talk about these women and dedicate one issue per year to them.

Women, Women’s Rights, it is a hot topic right now, and I would like to let you know that the guys in our mountain towns are incredibly supportive of women and their pursuits. Further, It was encouraging to pick up the latest and greatest copy of Outside Magazine’s Special XX Factor Issue featuring The Future of Adventure is Female - The New Icons. Knowing that the Outdoor industry is embracing women warms my heart.

There are so many amazing, brave and adventurous ladies inhabiting our towns. Some are athletes, some are entrepreneurs, others are doctors, artists, chefs and 6

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homemakers. All of them have a common thread, they hope to help others; that in my book, is the most Inspiring attribute and the reason this issue is in your lap (or on your screen).

I want to tell you about the cover photo. This is a photo of Breckenridge local, Leila Spilman, who was raised a mountain girl and has been very successful in the international fashion and modeling industry. I watched her grow up and carve a career for herself, all by herself.

In addition to her staying on top of her career, she has launched a nonprofit, Beneficial Sounds, to empower fostered youth for a successful transition into adulthood through the power of music. We thought the photo perfectly represented this issue, a strong woman standing tall looking toward the future (sidenote: you will notice how Leila’s dress seems to match the skyline, that was pure luck and not staged, kind of fun).

We hope you love this issue as much as we do and share it with your friends. Put that phone down, turn the pages and enjoy. ~Happy Spring!

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12 PLACE 16 FAVS 18 VIEWS 20 PRIORITIES 22 GEAR 24 ENTREPRENEUR 26 WELLNESS 30 FAMILY 32 BIZ 34 Feature 44 REAL ESTATE 48 ART 50 STAY 52 NIGHTLIFE 54 EAT 56 COCKTAILS 66 GO!GUIDE 70 CALENDAR 82 TOKEN MALE

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FRUITA

Not Just Another Tourist Town

Story by Kristen Lummis Photos by Tyler Logan

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WTF - Welcome to Fruita!

In many ways Fruita is a quintessential American farm town. The town’s skyline is dominated by a grain elevator. There’s a busy local co-op and the small main street is grounded by the western equivalent of a village green, a circular park near the center of the town. Area families farm and ranch and the Future Farmers of America chapter at the local high school routinely wins national awards.

Take a second look and note that the towering grain elevator sports the image of a giant mountain biker. The town park is home to Greta the dinosaur.

And at that same high school, the mountain bike and ski clubs are popular extracurricular activities.

In the heart of Fruita, walk along Aspen Avenue and find gourmet coffee shops, brew pubs, bike shops, an independent bookstore and boutiques.

Scattered among the retail offerings is an assortment of sculpture, most notably an iron rendering of Mike the Headless Chicken, a local fowl whose life was famously extended when a farmer’s axe missed it’s mark.

Voted one of Colorado’s Top Adventure Towns in 2015 and 2016 in an Elevation Outdoors poll and one of America’s Top 20 Coolest Outdoor Towns

by Matador Network, Fruita is no longer just a farm town. More importantly, Fruita doesn’t want to be just another tourist town.

Instead, Fruita locals pride themselves on wholehearted hospitality.

As City Manager Mike Bennett puts it, “We want visitors to Fruita to feel like locals. People come here to have amazing outdoor adventures and we want them to feel like they belong here.”

It’s no wonder the town’s unofficial motto (as seen on countless black and white stickers) is WTF or Welcome To Fruita.

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Celebrating the Outdoors Much of what makes Fruita unique is it’s location. Frank Ladd, Executive Director of the local Chamber of Commerce, explains.

“I’ve been in western Colorado for twenty-two years, but I’m originally from the midwest. Of everywhere I’ve been, Fruita is unique. It’s a downto-earth home town, but with all the beauty of the mountains, the canyons and a vast array of outdoor activities.”

Fruita is the gateway to the Colorado National Monument, a 32-square mile wonderland of red rock spires and canyons that became part of the National Park Service in 1911.

A magnet for climbing, hiking and road biking, the Fruita entrance to the Monument offers the easiest access to developed camping and the park’s visitor center.

In autumn, the Icon Eyecare Tour of the Moon cycling event is held on the Colorado National Monument.

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independent cyclists can ride Rim Rock Drive through the park at any time, provided they have bike lights.

Rim Rock Drive is also the site of the Rim Rock Marathon held in November. An up, across and down route with a net elevation change of over 2,000 feet, it’s one of the most unique, breathtaking and challenging 26.2 (and 13.1) mile races in the country.

Perhaps most famously, Fruita is a mountain biking epicenter, with over 50 trails serving up hundreds of miles of rides for all levels.

New trails are being added this season at Kokopelli Loops and a new paved bike path, with some single track portions, will soon link Fruita to the Kokopelli trailhead.

Other trail systems in the area include 18 Road, with the largest trail network and a popular campground; Rabbit Valley, home of the Western Rim Trail; and Highline Lake State Park, a magnet for families and beginners, as well as host to the 18

Hours of Fruita Mountain Bike Race, held this year on May 5-6.

Rafters are at home in Fruita with easy access to the Colorado River and Ruby Horsethief Canyons from the James M. Robb - Colorado River State Park. New this summer, rafters can reserve their river campsites online, making the float through these glorious canyons all the more relaxing.

As for dinosaurs, the Museums of Western Colorado’s Dinosaur Journey is a research center for working paleontologists and an interactive museum with animated and handson exhibits. Dinosaur excavations are ongoing at the Mygatt-Moore Quarry west of Fruita and the Museum schedules days when the public is invited to help dig.

Fruita Festivals The Fat Tire Festival is Colorado’s premier mountain biking event, with skills clinics, guided rides, bike demos, lots of beer and live

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music. Fat Tire weekend is a must-do for mountain bikers and is scheduled for April 27-30.

On May 20th, Fruita hosts Beer, Gear and Grub, a summer gear swap with beer and food from local brewpubs and restaurants on Fruita’s South Side.

The Mike the Headless Chicken Festival begins on June 2nd. Music headliners this summer are the Williams Brothers Band and the Smithereens. Concerts are free and other activities include a 5K run, a disc golf tournament, a regular golf tournament and more.

The Fruita Fall Festival is Fruita’s oldest festival, founded in 1914. A community harvest celebration, the Fruita Fall Festival involves local schools, businesses and visitors in a parade, outhouse race, carnival and features three stages with live music Kristen Lummis is the owner, writer and head ski tech at www.braveskimom.com. Mother, wife and trail boss in a busy outdoor family, Kristen writes about skiing all year round, tossing in some biking, hiking, parenting and even a bit of reflection during the offseason. While her recreational passion is for all things snow, her real passion is for her family.

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Backpacker Chocolate Chocolate on a camping or backcountry trip is a treat, but it can also become more of a topping than a lovely solid bar of deliciousness. Backpackers Chocolate is the solution. Clif Perry had climbed Santa Fe’s Mount Baldy one hot summer day and his bag of melted chocolate spurred the idea of weatherproofing chocolate by encasing it in wax. The wax is both waterproof and heat tolerant as well as uniquely beautiful. If exposed to heat the chocolate will soften inside the wax casing but quickly returns to the original consistency after cooling down.

When making Backpacker’s Chocolate they start with an organic dark chocolate combined with organic dairy products and cane sugar. These treats are made by hand and infused with peanut butter, orange chili, Raspberry, mint or with nothing at all to create a treat that is delicious anywhere.

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WOODS DISTILLERY BACKCOUNTRY BOTTLE Heading out on the river, up to a hut or out into the backcountry? Here’s a great way to bring a toast to the end of the day. Grab a bottle of Wood’s Tenderfoot Whiskey in their new Wood’s High Backcountry Bottle. The bottle is a resealable, 750-ml aluminum bottle that lets you take your whiskey along with you with less weight and more convenience than traditional glass bottles. It is a whole lot safer too. “After years of taking glass bottles on numerous rafting and backcountry ski trips, we’ve been looking for a lighter, non-glass alternative for spirits,” said PT Wood. It’s a great outdoor container and the biggest plus, it comes with a smooth balanced whiskey with a hint of chocolate and a long spicy finish on the inside.

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MRS BARR’S

Mrs. Barr’s Natural Foods was born in the moutains of Aspen and stands out from other granolas for its incredible flavors and moist and chewy texture. Mrs Barr and her team keep their ingredients simple and pure, focusing on fabulous flavor combinations, nutritious ingredients, all the while supporting local businesses whenever possible. They cook small batches in the heart of Basalt, putting extra care into the hand crafting of each product. Mrs. Barr’s goal is to create delicious products that also allow their customers to maintain a healthy lifestyle

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Mountain Trucker Hats

We love these handmade trucker caps produced in a little log cabin in the San Juan Mountains outside of Ridgway, Colorado. Aptly called the “Wilderness Cabin” trucker hat all of the wilderness inspired Mountain Trucker Hats products are produced by the husband & wife artist-cabineers, Michael & Magda (and their Husky/Border Collie, Shane). They hand carve an original design onto lino-

blocks, then carefully print the design one by one onto repurposed cloth; lastly, the label is hand-stitched onto the hat.

No mass-produced silkscreen printing!

They do everything themselves up there in a little Colorado mountain cabin where each hat is one of a kind and all cloth labels are printed to have a vintage distressed look. Inspiration comes from their town and way of life. We love the

‘Wilderness Cabin’ hat inspired by their little abode in the woods. The ‘Sneffels Ranger’ is a hat that embodies their admiration for one of Colorado’s most stunning peaks: Mt. Sneffels (14,157 ft.) and the ‘Run’ is a hat produced by a passion for trail running. Many more unique hat styles are available. Head to their website to place an order.

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BEAR PROOF COMPOSTER Are you planning your garden for the season?

Compost is an amazing way to fortify your dirt.

Compost can be purchased in stores and from your local conservation office. But, one of the best places to obtain compost is from your own trash. You can make it yourself. I know, you’re worried about Bears and other critters getting in, or worse destroying an expensive composter.

We discovered an amazing do it yourself product through Jon Morse, a Summit County local, who found plans and built this animal-proof composter from Critter Proof Composting. This is an online site, dedicated to protecting bears and other wildlife. Download these plans for $40 and get building, or if you don’t feel handy hire someone local and get your composter up and running. It will look beautiful in your yard and last for season upon season in your yard.

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SHIFTING GEARS FOR SPRING HIGHWAY ROAD TRAVEL

BY MARA SHELDON

Road trips across Colorado’s highways can offer perfect road conditions one minute and then in the next, you are driving in harsh conditions and on very different terrain.

According to Stacia Sellers, Region 1 Communications Specialist at Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), “it is easy to have a false impression when driving from Denver to the mountains.

Warmer temperatures in the city can be far different from the temperatures at higher elevations, so it is important to check cotrip.org before traveling in either direction on I-70 to ensure you are prepared for all types of road conditions.” While CDOT remains busy working to post closures, chain law warnings, and plow and treat snow, as the seasons change from winter into spring and spring to summer, there are important road rules to keep in mind for safe travel. Sellers says black ice can also be problematic during the spring to summer season change and while CDOT works with Colorado State Patrol (CSP) to sand and use magnesium chloride to help with tread or snow melt, there is no way to eliminate all black ice on the road. “Temperatures in the mountains are still freezing at night, so it is important to be on the lookout for icy conditions, “ said Sellers who also offered some helpful tips for highway driving, especially during seasonal change:

Tips for a better, safer drive to and from the mountains: In case of a flat tire or possible road closure, it is important to have emergency items in your car at all times. To ensure you, your friends and family are always prepared, Sellers recommends you keep the following items handy in your car: Water Phone charger Snacks or food Blankets Toilet paper Flashlights Having the right tires is also important for accident prevention and ensures safer travel. While you may think all-season tires are the way to go, they may not necessarily be the best tires for every season.

CDOT recommends investing in safety by having a separate set of winter tires so you can be prepared for any and all types of winter conditions.

Traction Laws are very common throughout the winter and spring seasons and your all-season tires may not meet the criteria for the right kind of tires needed in severe conditions.

Additionally, if you don’t have the proper equipment during a Traction Law, you could face fines between $130-$650.

Check Your Tread with the Quarter Test. Insert a quarter into the tire tread upside down, with Washington’s head going in first. If the top of George’s head is covered by the tread, your tires are OK. If not, you should consider new tires.

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COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE - 50 YEARS 50 years ago the National Association of Junior Colleges was contacted about the idea of starting a junior college in our Colorado mountain towns.

Two original campuses were built simultaneously in Glenwood Springs and Leadville with modular buildings transported from Denver. Classes opened on October 2, 1967. Within five years, classes were also offered in Aspen, Rifle, Salida, Eagle and Summit County. Today, there are 11 locations serving 20,000 students each year.

Colorado Mountain College offers programs from ESL and GED to bachelor’s degrees. In addition, CMC partner’s with local school districts through the Mountain Futures Fund, securing private and public funding to ensure that every local high school student can have the opportunity for a college education. Clebrations will be held throughout the year. To find out more: www.cmcbecauseofyou.org

NORDIC CENTERS WILL KEEP YOU MOVING As the snow flies, certain areas provide access to cross country skiing and snowshoeing, fat biking and skate skiing. However, as the snow melts and the days lengthen, these playgrounds turn into basecamps for outdoor recreation and family gatherings.

“We’re truly a year-round destination here in Colorado, but many people might not realize how many places truly transform from season to season,” said Cassidi Brickner with Colorado Cross Country Ski Association. It’s a wonderful transformation that lets our guests enjoy their favorite locations in both winter and summer.”

Summer is the time to experience these places when the green eclipses winter’s white.

Family Fun Taking the family to the Nordic Center in the summer is a wonderful way to spend a weekend or a day. At the Frisco Adventure Park, tubing and sledding turns into summer fun with a free bike park, free skate park, free disc golf course, hiking and biking

trails, camping spots, wagon rides and more.

Saying “I do” There are few places as picturesque as the wide-open spaces in northern Colorado. When planning for the big day, picking the perfect spot, with plenty of room for family and friends, can be difficult. These destinations, which are spectacular in the snow, become picture-perfect in the summer.

Devil’s Thumb Ranch Snow Mountain Ranch Tennessee Pass Thunder Mountain Lodge Trails to Fairways Perhaps one of the most striking changes when the snows melt is realizing that many of those impeccably groomed cross-country ski and snowshoe trails were created over the foundation of impeccably groomed fairways and greens. Try these award-winning golf courses.

Grand Lake Golf Course Vail Golf Course Keystone Golf Course

Cross-Country to Corrals During the winter months, you may have heard the soft nicker of a horse on your cross-country journey; perhaps you saw the barn in the distance, with its residents clustered close, dark spots within the snow.

It’s in the summer months that these stellar trails come alive with equine residents, and they’re all ready to take you on a ride. Explore the trails that you thought you knew at these dude ranches. It’s an experience that might make you forget your winter escapades!

Home Ranch Latigo Trails Vista Verde From playing 18 holes to riding into the sunset or simply spending quality time with the family, there is just as much adventure to be had at Colorado’s Nordic Centers in the summer as there is in the winter. So strap on your skis for another skate, but be ready: summer is on its way!

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MHM BACKPACKS

Carry Your Gear with Denver-Based MHM Backpacks

BY KIM FULLER

MHM Gear is a backpack company that is as native to Colorado as its creators. You’ll even notice a nod to the state in the brand’s logo. MHM has been in business out of Denver for eight years, and at the helm, founder Jeff Popp and vice president Casey Lorenzen are both originally from Colorado, and proud to say it. “At the time when MHM was getting started, nobody in the pack world was really push-

ing the fact that they were from Colorado and proud of it,” says Lorenzen. “MHM is born and bred Colorado, and over the years that has resonated with a lot of people.”

Another standout aspect of the brand is a feature that has already given them some awards and attention in the outdoor gear industry. Their Snake-Loader™ zipper system wraps around the entire pack in the shape of an “S.” This allows access to any panel of the backpack, or you can open up the pack fully and organize your gear with it flat and unzipped. Not all the MHM packs have this design, but the ones that do are notable in terms of how they look and how they function.

“Access to us is a huge component to how we build our packs,” shares Lorenzen, “and making it as easy as possible and convenient for people to pack their bags and then get into their bags for their stuff. This design changes a pack from a top-loader to a side-loader to pretty much every angle, so you can get whatever you need.”

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months, and Popp says the Sultan really represents all the best designs and features from their other bags.

“It has the Snake-Loader zipper and is also a multi-day larger bag,” he explains. “It’s just super versatile. I can basically be a day pack, but it can expand to be a multiday, 60-liter bag if you max out the whole top expansion.”

In other exciting news, MHM has recently switched their business model to direct-to-consumer.

After being fully engaged in the retailer game, Popp says they saw some successes with it, but that this updated model allows the brand to be more competitive with their prices.

“With our biggest bag, we are able to shave $100 off the MSRP of that pack, just by making this move,” he explains.

“It also enables us to keep that close attention to our end consumer, and eliminate a lot of stuff that we weren’t finding value in with the middle man.”

Lorenzen says this not only translates to better prices, but also more interaction with consumers.

“We can design stuff more directly,” he shares, “so it really makes better product.”

I recently tested the MHM Switch 26 pack. This multiuse bag has the Snake-Loader zipper system that put MHM on the map, and I definitely found it functional for easy packing and gear access. The Switch is a versatile yet manageable size and has a removable hip belt, so you can use it for hiking, ski touring or daily commuting. It’s super comfortable, and I love how loading the pack and grabbing gear from it is such a seamless process.

This pack is $139 and can be found with all the other bag styles and sizes at www.mhmgear.com. If this pack were sold through traditional retail, it would cost $169. Now that you can really see the appeal of direct-to-consumer purchasing, find your perfect MHM pack and let’s hit the trail. www.mhmgear.com

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TELLURIDE WINE F E S T I VA L

BY HOLLY RESIGNOLO

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There is nothing easy about producing and running a festival but if you’re passionate about the festival’s focus and can bring together the right people to help, then success will be imminent.

Meet Laurel Robinson, Executive Director of the Telluride Wine Festival. In 2014 Laurel took her passion for great wine and cuisine and made the bold decision to purchase the assets of this nonprofit celebration of viniculture . Laurel then set off on a path to raise the bar on this intimate wine festival experience.

Laurel anticipates this year will be her best yet with an expanded celebration of epicurean delights June 22-25th, 2017.

The festival is set to premiere a renewed regional focus on food and wine with a new Culinary Village, Thursday Night Speakeasy, and Sunday Brunch. Both beer and spirits will complement the more than sixty wineries who will be in attendance. This year also marks a movement towards a larger focus on regional and international culinary arts.

The Telluride Wine Festival opens with a free seminar on Thursday and is followed up by the iconic ‘Toast of Telluride’, a progressive wine and food tasting hosted in various galleries, shops, and restaurants around town. Later that evening, attendees are encouraged to find the late-night Speakeasy replete with hand-crafted spirits and other diversions of ill-repute (stay tuned).

Friday the celebration continues with the grand opening of the Inaugural Culinary Village in Mountain Village’s Heritage Plaza.

This new addition to the festival will feature fantastic regional restaurants showcasing their establishments as great eateries to enjoy when visiting our other mountain town communities. Live cooking demonstrations, performances by local musicians, an artisan food and craft tent, Colorado wine tastings and a spirits tent complete with signature cocktails created live by professional mixologists will also play a part in the Culinary Village.

Throughout the weekend, guests will have the option of attending individual luncheons and seminars at unique venues and homes throughout the area. Each restaurant’s luncheon will host a single winery, allowing attendees to have a more in-depth interaction and understanding of their paired winery and wines poured. Picnics in the surrounding area will be learning events; each one featuring a different topic and at least four different wines.

The culmination of the Telluride Wine Festival, the iconic Grand Tasting on Saturday, is an all afternoon affair that allows four hours to explore and sample wines from all over the globe and food from regional restaurants!

A new Sunday Brunch on Main Street will showcase Telluride’s best restaurants as they whip up breakfast offerings for over 600 attendees. Guests will be seated at a three-block long banquet table stretching down the median of Colorado Avenue, framed by Telluride’s iconic views.

As a non-profit, this year’s event will benefit the Telluride Pinhead Institute and local, young farmers in Mancos. In the near future, Laurel would like to see the creation of a local community kitchen as a beneficiary of the event. Robinson’s ambition for excellence and passion for great food combined with her culinary skills and working knowledge of the food and beverage industry will result in a world-class event that will be a highlight of the summer.

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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO P R O T E C T Y O U R S K IN AT A LT I T U D E

BY MARA SHELDON Whether traveling to or living at high altitude, Colorado’s extreme weather can be particularly unforgiving on your skin. We talked with skin expert and paramedical esthetician, Lisa Haigh at The Face Experts in Denver on ways to help locals and visitors with the changes high altitude can bring to your skin.

No matter if you live here or are just visiting, how you take care of your skin is virtually the same, said Haigh who has been a paramedical esthetician for ten years.

“You need to moisturize, protect and drink more water.

It’s also important to use skin care products that don’t strip the skin (i.e.; no squeaky clean cleansers). Skin is healthier when natural oils aren’t stripped from it.”

Adding serums can also help. Haigh suggests looking for anything with Hyaluronic acid. “Hyaluronic binds moisture to the skin and prevents water loss. If you are visiting Colorado, it is especially important in addition to hydrating and moisturizing, to protect your skin with sunscreen using an SPF of at least 30,” she says.

Scientific evidence proves using sunscreen can help to prevent skin cancer. “Sun rays at higher altitudes can be very harsh,” said Haigh. “The protection offered by the atmosphere from sunlight decreases the higher up you are causing your skin to become dry and much more prone to burning very quickly. “ If you are skiing, snowboarding, hiking or biking, it is important to keep in mind that extra sunlight bounces off of mountains, snow, or water and can hit you at different angels leaving you prone to burning in places you wouldn’t normally expect like: the chin, under the nose, ears and lips, said Haigh. “Try to remember all areas when applying sunscreen and remember to reapply at least every two hours. Regardless of what your sunscreen bottle says, water resistant doesn’t mean waterproof. If you are sweating, you need to reapply sooner.”

If you do get a sunburn, Haigh recommends treating the burn by cooling your skin immediately, hydrating often, and taking aspirin or ibuprofen to help reduce swelling, redness or discomfort.

Haigh also advises using Vitamin C serum to maintain and keep your skin healthier at high altitude. “Sun damage is an oxidative process,” said Haigh. “UV rays and other environmental stressors cause the release of damaging free radicals. Free radicals lead to premature signs of aging. Vitamin C neutralizes the free radicals and helps shield your skin from this damage so pairing Vitamin C and sunscreen is ideal. It’s also important to exfoliate but not over exfoliate, I would suggest starting at once a week. Of course sunscreen protection and hydration, internally and externally is still essential.”

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Must-haves for a day in the mountains: Sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher Lip balm with sunscreen Sunglasses Rimmed hat or helmet (for skiing, snowboarding or biking) Moisturizer with antioxidants Water bottle Haigh also suggests regular skin treatments to keep skin looking younger and healthier and endorses the following for monthly treatments with descriptions from The Face Experts website: Exfoliating facial treatments: Exfoliation helps remove dead skin cells, smooths the texture of your skin, and improves the penetration of medical grade products.

Dermaplane and microdermabrasion: Exfoliating treatments come in two forms: physical or chemical. Physical exfoliation is exfoliation with the use of small grains (microdermabrasion) or a scalpel (dermaplane). Not all physical exfoliation treatments are the same. Dermaplane is less aggravating to sensitive skin and additionally removes unwanted “peach fuzz” from the face. Microdermabrasion grains tend to be harsher on skin, especially for patients who have rosacea or redness.

Light chemical peels: All chemical exfoliations mean the product is doing the work, rather than microderm grains or a scalpel.

Chemical peels are great for exfoliation and can also smooth and brighten the skin and stimulate collagen and elastin.

“These treatments exfoliate the top layer of skin which leaves the skin looking bright and allows your serums and moisturizers to penetrate better. For skin already damaged by the sun, I recommend IPL (Intense Pulse Light) treatments to pick up sunspots and lay down red vessels, leaving the complexion even and vibrant.” For more information on how to take care of your skin at higher altitudes go to www.thefaceexperts.com.

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WHAT IS THE RIGHT YOGA FESTIVAL FOR YOU?

to build and grow your practice, with the help and support of the surrounding yogi community. The name of the festival is

STORY BY W.M.CHANDLER

We all have different intentions when seeking out a yoga festival. The uplifting feeling of experiencing meditation and movement with others of the yoga community is something many people find enriching to their practice. Attending gives you first-class access to the newest trends and products that can help elevate your practice that may have been inaccessible in your hometown. Yoga festivals can also serve as a mini vacation from the high speed of everyday life.

Whether it is your first time or you are a festival veteran, the number of festivals springing up all around the world can feel overwhelming to choose from. Take a moment to sit with where your intentions and goals lie in attending a dedicated multi-day practice. Each festival has something different to offer its attendees, and you will want to be sure to choose the right offerings to suit your wants and needs.

All Levels

The following festivals make yoga available to all levels of yogis, and make for great options for those attending with partners or friends that may be at different levels in their practice.

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in reference to Hanumanasana — the stance that celebrates humans for all that they are and what they have the ability to be. This festival’s intention is to allow all humans to express the devotion of the heart at all levels of practice. You can choose from a variety of classes to learn about different styles, such as yoga nidra, arm balances, and meditation.

Dance-centric

For those that look forward to their instructors new playlist each week, you may want to consider attending a musicoriented festival. This way you get to listen to your favorite bands while getting your “om” on.

Arise Located: Loveland, Colorado If waking up and falling asleep to the sound of music sounds like your kind of yoga festival, look into the Arise music festival. Big name artists like Michael Franti and Beats Antique can be seen on the roster, but this music festival also has a big time yogic following. The festival is held every August on recently plowed fields of a 350-acre organic farm and retreat center. Arise is a conscious, independent, family run, leave-no-trace event that plants a tree for every ticket purchased. The three day event also has a variety of different workshops, lectures, and documentary film showcases for when you need a break from the yoga tent.

Taking in the View

Some of us benefit from long distance vantage points and wide open views

when deepening our yoga practice. For those that crave a treat for the eyes and open skies, consider one of the following festivals.

Telluride Yoga Festival Located: Telluride, Colorado The peaks of Telluride are an iconic view of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The views are spiritually stimulating, and serve as a stunning setting to enhance your practice over this four day yoga festival.

Escaping the city madness, this small mountain town encourages you to slow down, and to meet the calm demeanor of the locals. The event has been organized to allow you to take advantage of the breathtaking landscape. In addition to the copious yoga class offerings, there are also mountain hikes and paddleboard yoga on the schedule. This world renowned ski town turns into a lush green paradise in the summer, when this yoga festival takes place.

Connecting Inside and Out

If you are needing a festival to help reconnect your mind and body wiht the outdoors, consider an outdoorsy festival that will help guide you on your mental and physical journey with adventures with yogi Stand Up Paddleboarding and sunrise mountain side hikes.

Steamboat Movement Festival Located: Steamboat Springs, Colorado Steamboat Movement Fest is a transformative four-day experience of Consciously Connecting through yoga, live music, and outdoor adventure, while showcasing Steamboat’s talented community of yoga teachers, musicians, and artists. The intention of this festival is to connect yogis and outdoor adventurers from around the U.S. to consciously deepen awareness and appreciation of our bodies, our environment and our global community. The Movement Festival is here to celebrate yoga, live music and movement in the authentic mountain beauty of Steamboat Springs

No matter your intention, you are sure to find there are a number of ways to build upon your yoga foundation by attending a yoga festival. Meeting new people with varying knowledge, attending lectures and demonstrations or meditating for your first time, are all experiences that will travel with you throughout your yogic journey.

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THE WILDLIFE WHIZ DIGITAL BADGE Snap a photo of wildlife, go on a critter scavenger hunt, or take a selfie in a state park and post it to social media with the hashtag #coloradooutdoors. These are just a few of the simple and fun wildlife-related stewardship tasks that anyone can complete to help them earn their Wildlife Whiz digital badge (pictured right). The Wildlife Whiz badge was developed in partnership between the statewide nonprofit Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) and Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW), and funded in part by the Lauren Townsend Memorial Fund. It is intended to spread Lauren Townsend’s love of wildlife and inspire thousands of children and adults to take direct action to improve wildlife habitat across the state.

“The Wildlife Whiz badge is designed to encourage and reward people for stepping into nature more often and learning about Colorado’s wildlife and their habitats – all on their own time,” said Anna Zawisza, VOC’s Director of Community Relations & Strategic Partnerships. “While the badge was created to appeal primarily to children, that does not mean adults can’t join along and have fun.”

To get started, users simply download VOC’s YourCO mobile app from the App Store or Google Play. Once logged in, people find the Wildlife Whiz badge under the “badges” tab and start completing tasks – each worth a certain amount of points – associated with the badge.

Once the badge is earned, it can be easily shared on social media as a way to inspire others with a little friendly competition. As an added incentive, various raffle prizes – such as free passes to Colorado State Parks – will be awarded periodically to lucky badge earners.

O UR AY HO T SPRINGS POOL Did you know that the Ouray Hot Springs Pool holds almost 800,000 gallons of water? That’s 16,000 bath tubs, 360,000 bowling balls or 5 million Venti Coffees!

(OK, so it’s still only half the volume of the Goodyear Blimp). It’s a really big pool and they are in the midst of a MASSIVE renovation project that will completely upgrade the entire complex. With summer on its way, you must make plans to visit once it is done. There will be a number of new individual pools, some private soaking pools and fun amenities for kids and families to enjoy including slides and a climbing wall. Other project improvements will include new pool lighting, ramps, waterfall lap lanes and an upgrade to the bathhouse in the Fall of 2017. www.ourayhotsprings.com

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BACK TO THE WAR PATH ON THE PINK TAX

BY LARRY STONE

Photo Credit: Memry Anderson

America is a land of tradition, and one of our greatest American traditions is protesting unfair taxes. Ever since a band of patriots, disgusted with the tax policies of King George III (the “Sons of Liberty”), snuck aboard three British ships and tossed 92,000 pounds of tea in the Boston Harbor, we haven’t been afraid to express our misgivings related to tax issues. The Boston Tea Party was just one of many boycotts and protests over taxes on tea, glass, lead, oil, paint and paper passed by Parliament in 1770. As King George III was soon to discover, our American founders were not afraid to fight back against unfair taxes.

This tradition continues today. While we don’t usually mix war paint or don Indian garb, we continue to express our dislike of certain taxes and seek to change them. And the “Pink Tax” is just the latest example of this tradition.

Many states don’t apply sales tax on everyday items which they consider essential necessities. These items generally include groceries and certain medical items.

However, the same states generally do tax feminine pads and tampons. The sales tax on these products are now being labeled the “Pink Tax.” According to the Washington Post, “Tampons (and other similar products) are taxed by sales tax in most states.” Only a few states exempt these products, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/ wonk/wp/2016/01/08/the-tampon-tax-explained/?utm_ term=.2ab1f7ced4ca.

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UCLA students Rachel and Helen Lee recently wrote in the Huffington Post that, “The tax on pads and tampons is a tax on being a woman, plain and simple.” They identify this seemingly innocuous sales tax as another example of gender inequality. Why? Because men’s essential products aren’t taxed. As a result, the Lee sisters started a petition to kill the tampon tax in California. Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia was inspired enough to submit Assembly Bill 1516 to end the sales tax on feminine hygiene products.

(Unfortunately, Governor Jerry Brown wasn’t inspired enough to sign the bill.)

But now the battle has changed ground. In both Ohio and Colorado, the state legislatures are considering bills to exempt feminine hygiene products from the tax. According to Brigid Kelly, co-sponsor of the Ohio House Bill 61, “Continuing to nickel-and-dime women adds up, especially for minimum wage workers who will lose an even greater proportion of weekly earnings to the unfair state tax.” In Colorado, House Bill 17-1127 would similarly provide a sales tax exemption for feminine products. Go to http:// leg.colorado.gov/find-my-legislator, to support this effort in Colorado.

Nowadays, you no longer have to apply your war paint and go on the warpath in regards to changing your tax situation. (Isn’t 2017 great?) It’s as easy as a phone call (970-668-0772); we’re glad to scout out the situation for you and recommend legal ways to reduce your taxes.

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3rd Annual WOMEN WHO ROCK THE ROCKIES INSPIRING . CARING . COMMUNITY ORIENTED

Women living in mountain towns are modern pioneers. Blazing paths through snowy drifts and high altitude trails to obtain their goals.

These mountains attract and help build strong females. Ladies who are willing to push a little harder to realize their dreams and willing to share their experiences to help others.

From Chipeta wife of Chief Ouray, to the Unsinkable Molly Brown who took up residence in Leadville to the Outdoorswoman Gudy Gaskill who literally forged a path from Denver to Durango as the organizer of the Colorado Trail; they all stood up to make their communities a better place to live. You have to want to live in the mountains, and to do so many have to forge their own paths in order to stay.

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by Rachel Ratcliff, inspired by my mother’s dream

We profiled a few outstanding women who make Colorado’s mountain towns their home in this feature and hope their stories inspire you.

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Kayce Anderson

For The Good Period Photos and Story By Kate Lapides

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or most of her professional life, Glenwood Spring’s Kayce Anderson, PhD, was an ecologist happily immersed in scientific research in South America. She spent a third of each year hitch hiking through the mountains of Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, camping out in tiny Quechan villages at 14,000 feet for weeks at a time to collect butterfly and aquatic insect samples to take back to her labs at University of California at Davis and later, Colorado State. The last time she went, she was six months pregnant with her daughter Blu, now three years old. “I loved it,” says Anderson. “Being out in the field in Ecuador. I love science. It’s important to me.”

Late in 2013, as funding for Anderson’s CSU-based National Science Foundation project was winding down, a good friend happened to ask her an unusual request: Would she be willing to volunteer to sew some sanitary pads for girls in Kenya? That simple, innocuous query introduced the passionate ecologist to a little known development issue that ultimately changed the course of her professional life. Anderson delved into the data and learned a stunning fact: Millions of girls in the developing world drop out of school every year once they reach adolescence due to simple lack of access to a sanitary pad. The disparity in opportunity for girls this figure represented struck her so profoundly, she chose to forego pursuit of a professorship and dedicate her life to reducing this barrier to education for girls.

Anderson’s vehicle for social change is For the Good Period, a non-profit she founded in 2014 with the help of a fellow scientist and an entrepreneur. The organization partners with villages in rural Kenya to supply girls with human rights-based reproductive health education and reusable sanitary pads good for three years. The health education is as critical to their work as the pads: Girls in these regions are highly vulnerable to pressures for coercive and transactional sex, increasing their exposure to HIV and other health risks. When they stop going to school, their vulnerability to these pressures increases, with the correlative likelihood that they will marry young, endure high-risk pregnancies, and be coerced into the practice of FGC (female genital cutting), still highly practiced in the region despite the fact that the practice was outlawed in 2011.

For Anderson, the mid-course professional shift has been exciting, but hasalso meant the loss of something deeply loved.

“For most of my life, I’ve been equally impassioned about education and opportunity as I have by science,” says Anderson. “But I also knew that once I stepped out of that life –– the life of academia –– there was no going back. I was sad to leave science behind, because I love it. But I was also excited, because it felt like the new work might create something tangible that could really make a difference.“

To date, the organization has reached nearly 2000 girls in 25 different rural villages in Kenya. One of their first steps was to hire a Kenyan staffer, Millicent Garama, who possesses two decades of experience in grassroots community development work focused on girls’ health and water and sanitation issues. They also created a Kenyan advisory board to ensure their work is culturally sensitive and relevant. Garama regularly meets with community and school leaders to organize education sessions and to coordinate pad distributions in the schools. Twice a year, staff and volunteers in the U.S travel to Kenya to bring new pads, explore new community partnerships, and evaluate the impact of the pads on girls ‘health, school attendance and successful progression onto secondary school

“We have a lot of big problems to overcome, yet we’re excluding the potential brain power of a significant percentage of the world to solve them when we exclude girls living in rural, impoverished regions from the opportunity to gain an education.”

For Anderson, it’s critical that the work goes beyond pad distribution. The organization is committed to thoughtful, community-driven development work that is in step with the communities’ own capacity to change. They work with villages to transform more systemic barriers to girls’ educations including poverty, water and sanitation challenges and patriarchal cultures that have historically valued girls’ education less than those of boys.

“There’s a time element to that process of building human capacity and buy-in, and there’s simply no shortcut to that,” says Anderson.

“We have a lot of big problems to overcome, yet we’re excluding the potential brain power of a significant percentage of the world to solve them when we exclude girls living in rural, impoverished regions from the opportunity to gain an education. Meeting with mothers and girls and teachers on our last trip and learning that the pads are working was affirming. We also realize that to truly see the transformation that we want to see, it’s going to take a change in the larger mindset of the community. I feel like we’ve found our niche, our role and our pathway. I feel very confident in our approach.”

For the Good Period’s work is currently funded by individual donors. Financial gifts of any size are incredibly meaningful to the organization and allow them to continue their work and increase the impact they are having in one small corner of the world!

Left: For the Good Period founder Kayce Anderson with Kenyan school girls during a game of Hokey Pokey before a large pad distribution and reproductive health education session at the village of Magutuni in 2015. Singing, dancing and games are often used to break the ice prior to the reproductive health lessons and pad distributions with school girls in Kenya.

Below: Girls at Kariabage Primary School-2016l just after they received their first pads and listened to a reproductive health education session. Girls at Kariabage have a powerful advocate in their male head teacher, who reached out to the families of two girls who had become pregnant the preceding year to ensure they and their families knew that there were welcome to return to school after having their babies.

Above: Vivian, age 9, was an intensely bright young girl For the Good Period staff an volunteers met and interviewed at Kajiampau Primary School in 2016. As a class prefect she helps run the classroom when the teacher is guiding students in other classrooms through lessons; there is one teacher per four rooms full of varying ages of students at this resource-poor primary school. .

Right: For the Good Period began expanding its education and development work in 2016 to include mothers in the communities they work in.

Laurie Benson

Pursuing Positive Change Photos and Story By Anna Sitton

“There is an entire world waiting for you on the other side of fear.”

It’s been a winding road and a brave adventure for Laurie Benson up to this point, sitting next to the Arkansas River, over a steaming cup of coffee, telling me about the past 25 years. The common vein rolling through all the changes- Perspective, passion, and a willingness to step out of comfort and into fear.

Laurie spent her 20s like many of us did, or many of us who were lucky enough to do. The traveling spirit grabbed ahold, and she spent her time living in different towns in the west, exploring different ways of life through her interactions with sceneries and people. Never really pinpointing a home, she embraced travel and change. What came out of this time was the self-knowledge that it’s a big world, and it will always need a helping hand.

Into her 30s, Laurie began her work at the Savory Institute, which focuses on holistic management of natural resources by providing tools and insights needed to make informed decisions that will balance the social, environmental, and financial worlds. She wanted to bring her worldview and subsequent experiences to the local playing field, and she aimed to go big. Driven by her passion for the environment, Laurie spent a good chunk of this decade implementing marketing strategies for the Savory Institute, and getting her feet wet in all corner of the world. Her perspective was widely scaled, and life began to give her hints that the focus should be narrowed, and the result more deep.

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Laurie’s work at the Savory Institute paved a way for her to realize her true passion, empowering women.

With this in mind, Laurie founded 1% for Women, a company that works with businesses that commit 1% of their net profit to microcredit loans for women in agriculture around the world. According to Laurie “these loans uplift and empower women whose work is creating positive change for their families, communities, and the land.” The idea of bringing local changes to a global level really took root here. The big question of how to support women across the globe with local businesses was a maze with such a simple answer. Laurie traveled speaking at conferences and networking to spread this powerful idea, and the impact was a ripple effect that changed the lives of women all over the world.

Through her work at the Savory Institute and 1% for Women, Laurie was very focused on the big picture, power moves with big results. Even as she began to narrow her focus on empowering women, she had an intuitive thorn in her side that said she wasn’t quite fulfilling her purpose.

As she looked at her own life, she began to realize that while focusing outwardly, she was doing good, but at what expense to herself? You can’t change the world without watering your own garden, and you can’t water your garden with an empty cup. After five years of running 1% for Women, Laurie closed the company to focus on herself and cultivate strength from within. The hypothesis: by focusing on self-power and self-care, one can make a bigger difference locally and globally. By slowing down, taking a

step back, a certain peace can be found in Laurie’s smile.

This branch of Laurie’s trek through life began with intensive yoga studies, and today she is certified in both Hatha and Yin yoga. You can find her at Buena Vista’s local yoga studio, “Jala Blu” and giving private sessions in her home studio. The final cumulating idea that brought Laurie to her one true purpose is her “Awakened Woman” program. By passing through the often-difficult process of leaving behind all things not serving her true self, Laurie brings her life work and experiences to the table to help women, individually, step towards their true purpose and awaken their intuition. This is not the general path that society pushes us towards today, and while juggling work, families, and responsibilities, we often put ourselves last. Laurie believes that “in order to show up for others, we must first show up for ourselves.” This distinctive shift in the way Laurie sees her life’s purpose allows her not measure her success tied to big results. Her release and recognition of this unique way to pursue positive change focuses on one-on-one and small group interactions, unleashing a powerful domino-effect that can and will surely change the world, one awakened woman at a time. You can learn more about this program at lauriebensoncoaching.com.

Laurie practices what she preaches, and won’t start the day without her daily practice, so her guiding of others remains focused on integrity and strength. You can find her living life in Buena Vista, CO with her husband and daughter

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Dr. Gloria Beim

An Olympian of an Orthopedist Story By Holly Resignolo

They say she always has a smile on her face.

Living in the mountains you hear a lot about broken body parts and along with that, you hear even more about the doctors providing patient care, as people are always looking for references. I personally have been fortunate enough to not need a reference but, over the years I kept hearing indirectly about the care some of my friends had received from a remarkable Crested Butte Orthopaedist, Dr. Gloria Beim M.D. The Head Freeride Coach of the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team, William Dujardin, said: “Dr. Beim is super Pro and recognizes how you want to get back in action ASAP.” He and many of his athletes and friends have experienced first hand (or leg or arm) her incredible care and hold her in their highest regard.

I thought she might be a good fit for our Women Who Rock the Rockies issue and it wasn’t until I actually sat down and had a conversation with her that I realized how fitting it was that we include her. Here is what I learned from Dr. Gloria Beim of Alpine Orthopaedics in Gunnison and Crested Butte.

“I was a shy, scared and introverted kid that loved medicine and wanted to be a veterinarian. I had no friends and I was severely bullied in school. At age 14 I had had enough of it and thought “I am going to follow my dream and get out of here”. I went to the school’s Board of Education to petition them to allow me to start college early and was approved. As soon as I went to college I made friends, came out of my shell, and I wasn’t a scared, bullied kid anymore. I was pretty happy.

While I was at college I had a really bad knee injury.

My whole focus changed from my vision of being a vet to human medicine. I was 16 and decided I just had to be an Orthopaedist. When I told my own Orthopaedist he told me, well, “women just don’t go into Ortho, they are not physically strong enough” but that wasn’t going to stop me. I joined a gym and became a bodybuilder, and got REALLY strong. I was just not going to let that perception stop me.

I got into medical school at UC San Diego, my dream school, and when I was preparing for the residency trail for Orthopaedics, which is one of the most competitive residencies you can get into, I was pretty much the only woman in the interviews. It was all guys and me. During those interviews I heard it again; the same question came up over and over again, “women aren’t strong enough to do this work, how are you going to do this?” I thought I am strong enough 40

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for this and I have worked hard and it is my passion, so I will not be deterred. In the last interview I went to, the guy conducting the interview reiterated the same limiting belief, that a woman could not be strong enough, and I told him “I am so tired of hearing that, I‘ll tell you what, I will arm wrestle you right now. If I lose I will leave right away and if I win you will treat me like every other guy in here”...and beat him. If he was Arnold Schwarzenegger I would have won, my adrenaline...you have heard of moms picking cars up off their kids, I could have lifted a car. I was that pumped and there was no way I could have lost, and I didn’t, I won.

He offered me a spot right there. I ended up going to the New York Orthopaedic Hospital at Columbia where it was me and 35 guys. During that time there was one woman who was just finishing up her residency and another woman who was in the program for a couple of years, so I wasn’t completely alone. I just tried to fit in, I went to the gym with the guys and asked them to treat me the same and for the most part, they did. I had some bumps here and there but I never let it get to me, I just held my own, I was always happy.

I am always smiling, you can ask anyone. My colleagues and students would always ask me why am I always smiling and always so happy and they still do. One of the secrets of my happiness is because my parents are both Holocaust survivors. They were my inspiration to dream big, they taught me you can do anything, you can survive anything. I mean, if they can survive that, I can survive anything and that was my secret to grasping a dream and never quitting until I got it. I remember in medschool people were dropping like flies and complaining how the program was like torture, and I thought what do they know of torture? We grow up free, in a free country.

We can practice our religion, we can go to school and become anything we want, there are no limitations in this life for us versus what my parents went through and I have worked hard in school and here at my practice. I never saw it as torture; I saw it as a privilege and honor that I can get to do this. This is my philosophy in life and it is my driving force.

I take advantage of everything that life has to offer. I have two kids, 8 and 14, they are amazing and I love them so much. Some people ask how can you be so busy in your practice and take care of kids? Do you just dump them at daycare? No, I built a clinic with an extra big office where I could bring my babies to work. A week after I had them they were there with me. I got my Bjorn Bag and my babies would be with me for most of my clinics or I would put them down for naps while attending to my patients.

I would bring them with me when I had surgeries with a

babysitter who would watch them until I was done so I could go nurse them.

I just balanced it, it wasn’t really that hard. As they got older they would come to the office and ER with me.

By the time my daughter was three she could diagnose an X-ray. Instead of teaching them the regular names of body parts I taught them the correct terminology, they knew a knee was a patella and an elbow was an olecranon. One time I was in the ER with a 16 year old girl who had broken her leg, we walked over to the X-ray monitor, pulled up her X-rays and she said “oh yes, she has a tibia fracture.”

My kids have been by my side every step of their lives. My daughter wants to be an Orthopaedist too. She studies very hard. Today she helps in the office during the summer rooming patients, taking vital signs and helping put casts on. She is not shy like I was at that age. Again, my secret was my parents. I owe everything to them, especially my father.

I cannot imagine any other profession that gives you such gratification. I live to help another human being out, to help them get back to their sport, their work or their life. I love my work so much. I could not imagine getting up and not have

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this profession to help others. Taking care of all people, young and old is my passion.”

What Inspiration. Dr. Gloria Beim is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery in Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine. She is also fellowship trained in shoulder surgery, knee surgery, arthroscopy and sports medicine. Her Orthopaedic credentials were earned at the New York Orthopaedic Hospital at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. She then completed her sports medicine, knee, shoulder and arthroscopy fellowship training at the University of Pittsburgh, Center for Sports Medicine in 1996.

Dr. Beim has been practicing in the Gunnison Country since 1996 and founded Alpine Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Clinic, located on the Western Slope of the Colorado Rockies in 1999 and holds clinics at three different locations: Gunnison, Crested Butte, and Telluride.

In April of 2006 Alpine Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Cilnic opened its doors to a new 11,000 sq.ft., state-of-the-art facility, including Alpine Surgery Center, Gunnison County’s first ambulatory surgery center. More remarkable

is the fact that she has been chosen to assist our Olympic and International athlete’s 9 times and as a Chief Medical Officer 7 times.

Dr. Beim was Venue Medical Director at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England.

Dr. Beim was honored to be the Chief Medical Officer for Team USA at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

In 2015, she was selected to be the Chief Medical Officer for the Parapan Games in Toronto.

Dr. Beim was chosen to be the Chief Medical Officer for the 2016 Paralympics in Rio De Janeiro.

And, most recently, Dr. Beim was tapped again to represent Team USA as a Chief Medical Officer in the 2018 Paralympics in Korea.

Dr. Beim is trusted worldwide to provide the best care to the pinnacle of the world’s athletes!

She is one doctor who I would travel miles to see and be cared for. Preparing this story has been a pleasure and put a huge smile on my face too. I know you’re smiling too, I think it is infectious.

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A Driving Force Story By Mandy Gauldin

Mogli Cooper is one of the driving forces behind the fantastic new therapeutic natural hot spring destination, Iron Mountain Hot Springs, in Glenwood Spring. With her hard work and dedication, Mogli has made a significant and long-lasting contribution to Glenwood Springs’ economy. From researching water rights and negotiating the purchase of the property to selecting construction materials and working with the city on the necessary approvals, she’s had a hand in every aspect of the business.

From the get-go, Mogli was determined to make the Iron Mountain Hot Springs a world-class wellness destination. She dove in and learned as much about the industry as fast as she could. She visited hot springs around the state to gather ideas and traveled to Marrakesh, Morocco, and Mexico City to participate in Global Wellness Summits. During these conferences, she made connections with hot springs owners from around the world who continue to provide guidance and answer questions. She was at the construction site most days and even learned how to plasma cut the metal fence shielding views of I-70 herself!

The Iron Mountain Hot Springs has had a big impact on Glenwood Springs by creating more than 50 full- and part-time jobs, supporting local organizations and attracting tourists and media coverage from around the world. All of the contractors on the project were local, and as much of the construction materials

as possible were supplied by local companies. Iron Mountain Hot Springs has supported more than 60 local organizations in during the first five months it was opened and its ‘The Benefit on the Riverbank’ event in November resulted in more than 500 donated food items for LIFT-UP. Mogli lived in Lucerne, Switzerland, until the age of 20, then she packed her bags and headed West, far West until she came to a country where the streets were promised to be paved with gold. Prior to starting the Iron Mountain Hot Springs, she went from selling Band-Aids in Paris to selling real estate in Colorado, which, she says, is not such a stretch when you really think about it.

Today, like many entrepreneurs, she is also running another business — Plan B Real Estate — and volunteering for several local non-profit organizations at the same time.

Mogli serves on the boards of directors for Habitat of the Roaring Fork Valley and Mountain Judicial Mediation, and regularly volunteers as a mediator for the courts.

Mogli, along with her husband Coop and partners Steve and Jeanne Beckley, are already working on more plans for the Iron Mountain Hot Springs site, including a spa and boutique hotel. Her drive, determination and entrepreneurial spirit made her the 2016 winner of the DECA Entrepreneur of the Year for all of her community support and hard work.

It is community members like Mogli that keep us inspired and thankful.

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BI NUD OW I L NDT IOWNNGBUAE N ACVOI S TA MMUNITY Story By Anna Sitton

“We were all crazy back then.” What community and family truly meant to Cheryl Richmond began to take shape in her years in Breckenridge, Colorado. Her ten years there allowed her to begin to define what a sense of community and family were going to mean in the years that followed.

Cheryl reminisces about her first mountain town family that evolved from being a server, manager, and bartender at the The Breckenridge Brewery and being a co-owner of Summit Kayak. These early days were taken by the usual shenanigans, and she tells the tale of a day when you could play Frisbee, during mud season, on Main Street in Breckenridge, only pausing every 10 minutes or so to yell “Car!!” As the days of a non-hectic Breckenridge began to fade into the sunset, Cheryl would often find herself and husband Earl, heading down to Chaffee County to escape winter and enjoy a piece of a quieter scene.

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was planted, the idea of what Earl and Cheryl wanted in a community and a life was also beginning to form. When the original owner of Colorado Kayak Supply called them up with the news that he was ready to sell, they decided that whatever it took, that was the calling they’d been waiting for, to let them start their journey to Chaffee County. They scraped together every penny, borrowed from every willing relative, and made the dream happen with their partners and dear friends Co-owners Chad and Heather Gorby summit county folk as well.

“Whatever it takes” For the first year, Cheryl and Earl, camped in the actual CKS store in Nathrop, Colorado before purchasing their home a block off of Main Street in Buena Vista, where they still reside.

The early days of owning CKS were

sprinkled with memories of missing a sense of community and the realization that once the water was gone, the river folks would start their migration back to where they came from. With each passing summer, a few more folks would decide to test the waters of a Buena Vista winter. This small mountain town was capturing the hearts of the outdoor community.

2004 was a pivotal year in the swinging of the pendulum toward a different sort of town. It was this year that Earl and Cheryl moved both the Colorado Kayak Supply to Main Street, Buena Vista, and the year they became three with the addition of their daughter Tanner Rose.

“How do you think a KAYAK STORE will make it year-around?!”

Cheryl and Earl continued to hear this phrase as they begin to build Colorado

Kayak Supply a new home on Main Street. During this era, the vision of creating a small mountain town, full of community and the familial aspect they found themselves missing, begin to quickly bloom. Looking at that 2004 version of Buena Vista through Cheryl’s eyes begged the question, “Why wouldn’t people love to live here?”

“Building a community, one neighbor at a time.” As Earl dove into creating Buena Vista’s river park, which has since grown into a riverside community, boasts five amazingly fun play waves, and has a trail system that people can only dream about, Cheryl decided to pursue the obvious next piece of the puzzle, more interest in downtown by building small, efficient homes for people to live in. As destiny would have it, several lots became available a block from Main Street, and mtntow nm a ga zi ne. com | S PR I NG 2 0 1 7

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that was Cheryl’s door to opportunity swinging open. Once she got her first permit, and found an architect to draw her vision, away she went. Five months later, house number one made its mark in downtown BV. “That was fun, Why not do another?” As Cheryl’s confidence grew, her vision of what the community needed started to play out. She found herself fascinated with a minimalist view. She wanted to create more efficient homes, without wasted resources. These homes would promote outdoor living, and bring forward the reason why we are all here, the great big backyard that surrounds Buena Vista.

As Cheryl puts it, “The Midland Trails and River Park are my front yard, and the 14,000 foot peaks are my backyard.” For Cheryl, she wants to bring the focus inward, to the heart of the town. Cheryl and her team of friends, doubling as skilled professionals, are now solid and busy. For her part, she brings the design, materials, and vision to the table. You can often find her at the job site, pitching in with whatever is on the agenda that day, sometimes with her entire family. She is there for the moment her floor plan comes alive. Each creation is an artistic process, her original vision, and a fully painted picture. One more house, one more neighbor.

“It takes a village”. Five houses later, Cheryl, Earl and Tanner began discussing bringing another child into their world. One of the most appealing aspects of any community is the ease with which a child can be raised. “Raising our daughter in Buena Vista has been incredible. The opportunity for kids to flourish here is such a natural path.” Walking around downtown Buena Vista on any given day, you will be able to see and hear how incredible being a kid in BV can be.

Cheryl and Earl had the relationship, flexibility, and availability to be front and center of raising their daughter, and this allowed them to discover Buena Vista through different eyes, and they fell in love with the town more and more each day.

“Why wouldn’t you want to allow more children to live this life?” Cheryl and Earl timed the selling of Colorado Kayak Supply with bringing their seven-year-old son Muez home. Adoption was an easy decision for Earl, Cheryl, and Tanner, as they all understood that it takes a village, and they have an awesome one. “Our son acts like he hit the jackpot.

Very similar to the Ethiopian culture, this community has wrapped their arms around him (and us), making him feel so welcomed and loved. Within a year of living here, he is ski racing, surfing the river, and mountain biking, and the world is now his oyster.” Much like the homes Cheryl has created, the amount of love, compassion, and strength has gone into building her family.

The foresight Cheryl had when she decided to make downtown Buena Vista home has come to fruition, as her family and the surrounding community can enjoy life in one of the last great mountain towns. Back in the day, no one was investing in downtown, but Cheryl saw the value of Main Street, Buena Vista. By building a neighborhood and community one house at a time, Cheryl has helped to create a shift. Today, down town is thriving. People are flocking to the simplicity of Cheryl’s vision, a new urbanism that puts enjoying all that this valley has to offer front and center.

“Every day we are living the dream.

Could it get any better?” As her neighbor, I’ve never been happier to agree.

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J U L I A T AY L O R - A D V E N T U R E & F I N E A R T If you love adventure in the outdoors then you will love the artwork of Julia Taylor. Julia Taylor is the artist behind Wild Blue Dream, Art for Adventurers and Julia Taylor Fine Art. She takes her passion for all things outdoors and transforms them into colorful works of art and monochromatic graphic prints. She paints and designs scenes of the outdoor world from snowy mountaintop scenes to the sunlit seashore. Her selection of monochromatic prints are customizable and have become very popular as gifts for others.

As a fine artist, Breckenridge-based Julia Taylor uses vibrant colors and textures to depict outdoor activities and landscapes.

She was chosen as one of 10 finalists in a recent USA Pro Challenge Poster Contest. She has had many art showings with her vibrant oil on canvas paintings. She has been covered in 5280, SUP Magazine, Bike World News, The Summit Daily News, BraveSkiMom.com and the SKiDiva.com most especially for her prints diverse monochromatic prints.

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fell in love with the wide open spaces and natural beauty of the Western States. She never forgot how good that trip made her feel and finally settled for good in Breckenridge. Art had always been a part of her life but was hard to pursue as it required more space than she had available to her when she first came to the area. In late 2013 Julia was recovering from surgery and missed being active in the outdoors. Her daydreams of skiing were turned into art and her first product was born. She opened her first etsy.com shop in 2014 and was soon asked to produce a customized image of a close friends family skiing. That was when she knew she was on to something.

Today she has a plethora of outdoor activity scenes to choose from; Camping, Hiking, Backpacking, Stand Up Paddling, Surfing, Mountain Biking, Road Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding Fishing and even has a Search & Rescue selection to choose from. They are all beautiful and customizable.

Being active is important to her and she knew that is one of our mountain towns greatest passions. Check out her artwork. It would be a perfect gift for Mothers Day, Fathers Day or any other special occasion.

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The perfect setting to conquer cancer.

What brings patients to us is our impeccable reputation, Ivy League doctors, and top-of-the-line equipment – including a new Linear Accelerator and 3D Mammography. But it’s the rest of the care, courtesy of a dietician, exercise physiologists, nurse navigator and a complimentary 12-room cancer caring lodge in a stunning setting, that keeps everyone’s spirits lifted to their absolute peak.

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T HE SKI TIP LODGE ROM A NCE & A DV EN T UR E A H i d e away at k e y s t o n e r e s o r t The Ski Tip Lodge was originally a stagecoach stop in the 1800s, and was once home to Keystone, Colorado, founders, Max and Edna Dercum. Now, the cozy bed and breakfast is a tranquil retreat, set just enough out of the way from the bustle of the ski resort to create true mountain serenity. Just a few minutes from the center of Keystone by car, visitors can take advantage of everything fun in and around the town, and the abundance of recreation opportunities waiting to be experienced in the area.

Some of the cozy guest rooms are private and perfect for a couple, and the bed and breakfast also has two-bedroom suites with twin beds to accommodate a family getaway.

Overnight guests, as well as anyone looking to celebrate a special occasion or set up a nice date, can go to The Ski Tip Lodge restaurant for a romantic dinner. This reservations-only dining destination offers a stately four-course menu and an impressive wine list, along with a personable staff and topnotch service.

Starters like apple, pear and cauliflower soup are followed by an appetizer or salad course, then an entree and dessert.

Outstanding main courses highlight hearty yet refined cuisine, including options like filet of beef with lobster risotto, duck breast with lavender wild rice, and salmon with bell pepper couscous. Dishes and their accompanying flavors change here often to reflect the kitchen’s current inspirations, as well as changing seasons.

For their sweet finale to dinner, guests are invited to enjoy dessert fireside in a lounge. Apple strudel is a signature ending at The Ski Tip Lodge, and every bite helps you sink into your seat a little more.

It’s easy to feel the history here. The property exudes a rustic nod to its heritage, but also maintains a timeless elegance that keeps generations of guests engaged. Actual skis comprise the handle of the entry to the lodge, and once inside, exposed wood beams sustain an authentic charm, while lit stone fireplaces wrap every person resting in an over-stuffed chair with warmth and sparks of nostalgia.

Guests staying at the Ski Tip Lodge are greeted in the morning with breakfast and another serving of the hospitality that had made the property a staple for so long. Begin a day here an you’re off to a great start; end it here as well, and you’ll see how it could easily become a home-away-fromhome for years to come.

PICTURE PERFECT: Top: One of the many beautiful lodging rooms Center: Five Star Dining at the Ski Tip Lodge Bottom: The comfortable and rustic Piano Room Right: The Ski Tip Lodge Entrance

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Pictured Above: Telluride’s New Sheridan Opera House

PERFORMING ARTS Theater, Music and the world of Performance Art is alive and well in the high altitude towns of Colorado.

Performance Art facilities date back to the time of the miners in Colorado’s mountain towns and several of the listed theaters are just as old as that time period, defining that era. Today you will find these theaters and more recently constructed Performance Art complexes in almost every mountain town community. Dance, theater, music, creative arts, film, presentations and more fill their calendars of events each and every week.

Some are equipped with the most technologically advanced sound and lighting systems. All are enlivened, vibrant, thriving, public regional centers of entertainment and enlightenment. There is something for everyone and we have listed each Colorado mountain town’s theater and performance art complex to assist in your event planning for the season.

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Aspen - Benedict Music Tent - www.aspenmusicfestival.com Wheeler Opera House - www.wheeleroperahouse.com Beaver Creek - Vilar Performing Arts Center www.vvf.org Bond - State Bridge www.statebridge.com Breckenridge - Backstage Theatre www.backstagetheatre.org Riverwalk Center www.townofbreckenridge.com Crested Butte - Mountain Theatre www.cbmountaintheatre.org Dillon - Dillon Amphitheatre www.lakedillontheatre.org Durango - Henry Strater Theatre www.henrystratertheatre.com Durango Arts Center www.durangoarts.org Estes Park - Fine Arts Guild of the Rockies www.fineartsguild.org Glenwood Springs - Center for the Arts www.glenwoodarts.org Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park www.glenwoodcaverns.com Grand Junction - Avalon Theatre www.avalontheatrefoundation.org Keystone - Warren Station Center for the Arts www.warrenstation.com Ouray - Wright Opera House www.thewrightoperahouse.org Ridgeway - Sherbino Theater www.sherbinotheater.com Salida - SteamPlant Event Center www.salidasteamplant.com Silverthorne - Lake Dillon Theatre Company www. lakedillontheatre.org Telluride - Michael D. Palm Theatre www.telluridepalm.com Sheridan Opera House www.sheridanoperahouse.com Vail - Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater www.vvf.org

BREW: Ideas + Creation Lab | Jan 19

National Geographic Live | Feb 18, Mar 18, Apr 15

Fire Arts Festival | Jan 26–29

Donavon Frankenreiter | Mar 10

Int’l Snow Sculpture Championships | Jan 28–Feb 5

Spring Creativity Crawl | Mar 11

Discover the creative side of Breckenridge with a year-round calendar of concerts, performances, festivals, exhibitions, as well as classes, workshops, and special events in the Breckenridge Arts District. breckcreate.org

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WINEL ANDS OF COLORADO A beautiful new book, The Winelands of Colorado, discussing Colorado’s wine growing regions, winemakers and the modern viticultural science being implemented to produce national and international award winning wines will be released June 1, 2017 by writer Christina Holbrook and photographer Marc Hoberman. Christina travelled through the land of the ancient Pueblo to the lush farmlands of the Grand Valley and over the Rocky mountains onto the Denver Front Range to discover the diverse group of winemakers making this state their wineries home and a rising star in today’s wine scene.

Beautiful photography by Marc Hoberman enhances the stories intricately captured and woven into the book by Christina Holbrook. Portraits of farmers, innkeepers, chefs, artists and their stories are encapsulated between the book covers, making this work more than a compilation of gorgeous images.

The story of lives lived through the vine and each individual’s experience will aid the reader’s knowledge of Colorado’s Wine country and the people establishing the state’s Internationally renowned region.

Christina is is a freelance travel writer based in Breckenridge that regularly contributes to local and national publications on food, wine and

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outdoor adventure. Her research and preparation for the book took her around the state more than once with project partner and photographer Marc. It became a passion as she began connect with each subject of the story. She is so delighted by the outcome of the book, although she had very high expectations going into the project. There are over 300 original photos within the pages this 10” x 12” hardcover book complete with soft touch laminate and gold and silver foiled titles.

Governor John Hickenlooper gave the book advanced praise by summing up the publication saying, “Hoberman and Holbrook’s The Winelands of Colorado takes the reader on a beautiful photographic tour of wine-producing regions throughout the state….Above all, here are the stories of Colorado’s winemakers, an inside look at the passion and dedication that drive them to create wine in this rugged, remarkable land.” It is truly a portrait of a region that can now be explored intimately through Christina’s words and Marc’s beautiful photography.

This book is sure to become a classic, order one online or through your local book seller.

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Mawa’s Kitchen They say that the key to big success is not just simple luck or hard work alone; it is a combination of the two.

When opportunity knocks, one must be ready to dive in head first and see where the winds lead. Just ask Aspen chef and entrepreneur Mawa McQueen

BY CAITLIN CAUSEY

They say that the key to big success is not just simple luck or hard work alone; it is a combination of the two.

When opportunity knocks, one must be ready to dive in head first and see where the winds lead. Just ask Aspen chef and entrepreneur Mawa McQueen.

“I was born in Africa, in Ivory Coast, which was a French colony. My family moved to France when I was younger, but I didn’t really connect with the culture there,” McQueen recalls. “I saw women on TV who looked more like me, and they were all African-American, not AfricanFrench. So I told my family I had a dream to go to America, and I thought, ‘I’ll be someone like Clair Huxtable.’ These women were my role models.”

McQueen also told her family she wanted to meet the U.S. president someday. They thought she was, well—a little crazy.

“My family was not rich, and I didn’t grow up having a lot,” she says. “They didn’t always understand me or what I dreamed of doing someday.”

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England, where she took up a nannying gig for a short time. The mother of the family she worked with was very accomplished, and McQueen noticed that she always watched “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on television.

“One day she said to me, ‘This is one of the most powerful women in the USA,’” McQueen remembers.

“I couldn’t believe that. But I made a point of watching it afterward, and saw Oprah do so many brave and empowering things. I started learning that I really could do anything I wanted to do.”

Like magic, McQueen soon found herself the winner of a special lottery that allowed her to obtain an American green card. She filled out all the necessary paperwork and within a couple months she was on U.S. soil, working as a waitress in Kennebunkport, Maine. One day, her restaurant received a very important call: The President of the United States was on his way for a bite to eat.

“I thought it was a joke, but within an hour the Secret Service were circling the place,” McQueen says. “Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever dreamed this could happen to me.”

And just like that, McQueen got to meet the president after all. She served George H. W. Bush that day, proving

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everyone back home who had doubted her wrong. After her first American summer in Kennebunkport, doors continued to open along her path and she soon found herself in the Rocky Mountain wonderland of Colorado.

Nowadays, when McQueen describes her journey to becoming a respected chef and businesswoman in Aspen, it seems as though her life has been filled with one charmed experience after the next. But, that doesn’t mean she hasn’t worked extremely hard for her achievements.

As owner of Mawa’s Kitchen, her restaurant and catering service that also provides private chefs and in-flight dining, McQueen proudly runs the show and peels the potatoes.

“It is definitely hard work, and sometimes even harder as a woman chef in the mountains,” she says. “Women here do not often receive enough credit for all that they do.”

Still, McQueen appears to have a knack for inviting good fortune into her life. Charismatic, bubbly, optimistic and confident in her own abilities, she is never afraid to try something new or seize an opportunity as it comes.

“I represent the American Dream today in this valley,” McQueen says. “Not only as a female but as a minority and immigrant.”

If You Go: You can find Mawa’s Kitchen in Aspen at 305 Aspen Airport Business Center Suite F with Mawa McQueen welcoming guests to join her for breakfast 8a.m. to 11a.m., and lunch, Monday thru Friday, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in her newly renovated kitchen and dining room. Her menu selections incorporate a feast of healthy selections in a beautiful, relaxing atmosphere. Mawa’s menu has an amazing variety of breakfast dishes, salads, soups, sandwiches, and crepes inspired by Ms. McQueen’s African-French heritage.

In addition to her restaurant, Mawa’s Kitchen offers event catering, private chefs and in-flight catered meals for private aircraft. Her most fun offerings are her private cooking classes where Mawa offers hands-on culinary workshops designed for people of all cooking levels who would like to learn more while gathering with friends and family in her kitchen!

Learn more about McQueen’s story and Mawa’s Kitchen at www.MawasKitchen.com.

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Mom’s Baking Company PHOTOS AND STORY BY MARA SHELDON Walk into Mom’s Baking Co. in Breckenridge and you immediately feel at home. From the cozy oversized pillows on the sofa, to the aroma of pastries baking in the oven, the cafe has a warm, mountain, European feel that makes you want to sit down partake in the sweets, and stay awhile.

Owner, Operator and Chief Baker, Ema Landis has lived with her husband and two children in Breckenridge for more than a decade and has worked in some of the town’s well-known restaurants, but it was when she worked at All Events Catering, that she got the idea to open her own shop. “Simple food. I like that, “ said Landis. “Small and simple was the goal.”

The name, Mom’s Baking Co. came from her colleagues in the kitchen at Modis, where she served as Pastry Chef.

They fondly called her “Mom” because she was older than most of them. It was there she began introducing her desserts to the town and the restaurant’s patrons. At Mom’s Baking Co., Landis also uses many of her own mother’s recipes, including her famous Baked Tea, made with a variety of baked seasonal fruit. Landis offers the Baked Tea as one of the teas in her café and sells it separately packaged in a small, glass jar with instructions on how to make it at home.

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focus on pastries, is originally from the Czech Republic.

She was inspired by the Czech coffee shops back home and offers items on her menu varying from light and flaky sweet and savory strudels, to a variety of quiches (try the Cowboy Quiche), baked oatmeal, Paninis, soups and always offers a Czech-type sandwich. “There is a nicesized Czech community in Breckenridge and when they come in, they look for that sandwich,” said Landis.

The menu changes regularly for a fun variety but there are staples Landis and her staff are always baking, including, custom cakes, birthday cakes and cheesecakes. “We bake how we feel, “ Landis said. “ We want our customers to enjoy the variety of our menu so try to create a new one each month.”

In addition to her mother’s Baked Tea, Landis also sells the handmade mugs hanging from the ceiling of her café, made by a friend.

Open for breakfast, lunch and après, Landis, also offers bottled drinks, and a selection of beers, wines, coffees and teas. “We love when customers also stop by in the afternoon for some wine and a little dessert,” said Landis.

100 N. Main St., Suite 214, Breckenridge, CO 80424. www.momsbakingco.com

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Take a bite of a Village Bagel and it’s easy to taste the love. Connie Leaf, owner-operator, hand rolls each one, then boils and bakes them all in the New York-style tradition.

She’s from New York, and as a Vail Valley resident for going on 10 years, Leaf said she wanted to bring the legacy, flavor and texture of the authentic New York bagels to the mountains.

“I’ve always wanted a food operation of my own,” says Leaf. “I’m a New York girl looking for a piece of home, and this is my new home, so I wanted to provide the community with something fresh, fast and casual, and also bring a bit of New York.”

Leaf’s partner in the business and in life, professional chef Tony Mazza, helped her develop the on-point high-altitude recipe. Flavors include all the classics: plain, salt, poppy, sesame, onion, everything, garlic and cinnamon raisin. The Village Bagel shmears are homemade, too, so top your bagel with hatch green chili, honey rosemary, bacon, veggie, chive and onion, or whipped plain, or go sweet with Nutella swirl or maple walnut. Spreads like avocado, almond butter and hummus offer hearty and heathy options as well.

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Village Bagel doesn’t have a shop yet, but uses a commissary kitchen for morning bakes. Bagel-lovers can stop by the kitchen entrance of Mirabelle restaurant in Avon for Back Door Bagels, available most mornings until they sell out.

“This is a concept where we’re providing the freshest product possible at the lowest rate at $2 a bagel,” Leaf shares. “It’s really word-of-mouth, an in-the-know kind of thing.”

And now you know.

Find Village Bagel at local vendors, including Yeti’s Grind in Vail, Four Seasons Resort Vail, Sticky Fingers in Minturn, Stout House Coffee & Kitchen and Color Coffee Roasters in Eagle.

Bagels also pop-up around town at places like Root & Flower, Vail Brewing Company and 10th Mountain Whiskey for designated events every week. Keep on eye on Village Bagel, as they may have a shop popping up at some point in the future.

For more information and to order your bagels, check out www.villagebagel.com

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DIRTY GIRL MUD RUN On June 10, get down and dirty with the Dirty Girl Mud Run at Copper Mountain. This womenonly 5k run is designed for all ages and athletic abilities. This untimed “race” is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before with 14 obstacles for you and your gals to tackle – with lots of mud of course! As the World’s Largest Women’s Only Mud Run, Dirty Girl not only allows you to unleash your fierce but run for a good cause. A portion of registration fees go to breast and ovarian cancer awarness. #LetsDirtyGirl Make a weekend out of it! The ultimate girl’s getaway full of adventure and camaraderie mixed in with a little mud, music, food and even some beverages….all for a great cause.

1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime and 1 in 67 will develop ovarian cancer. These women are our sisters, mothers, daughters and best friends.

What are we going to do to ensure that we and our loved ones do not become a statistic? We are going to band together to raise awareness and have quite a bit of fun in doing so #ForTheGirls.

So, what are you waiting for? Book a room and pack your bags.

Activities Amplify the fun with an Activities Day Pass! Passes can be purchased for $39 at Copper Sports in Center Village. Activities include: unlimited access to Copper

Mountain’s mini golf, scenic chairlift ride and bike haul, digglers (scooter), bumper boats, hydro bikes, the climbing wall and (3) bungee, (1) go kart ride, (1) zip line.

Activities are open from 10:00am – 5:00pm daily and 10:00am to 7:00pm on Saturdays.

Kids Night Out Friday and Saturday from 5:30pm10:00pm FREE three-hour childcare services are offered to parents on the condition that $30 per child is spent in any commerical outlet at the resort during the three hours that your children are in the program. For more information or to make an advanced reservation, please call 970.968.2318 ext 38101 www.coppercolorado.com

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PA D D L E F E S T BUENA VISTA Paddlefest 2017 is the Memorial Weekend kick-off to summer fun in Chaffee County and Colorado. Paddlefest is the interactive and hands-on experience of the year providing endless opportunities to demo 2017 paddle gear, choose from a host of on-water, kayak and stand-uppaddleboard (SUP) workshops, and talk to the industry experts about this years’ best new gear! Paddlefest is host to professional and amateur kayak and SUP competitions; running, bouldering, and bike races; river competitions; kids clinics and fitness and yoga workshops; free f latwater and whitewater demos; and is a weekend of music, and fun-filled celebration of spring outdoor activities in the quaint town of Buena Vista, Colorado.

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YA MPA R I V E R F E S T I VA L STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Now in its 37th season, the annual Yampa River Festival raises awareness for and helps to protects the 270-mile Yampa River in Northwest Colorado, the last remaining major, wild river in the seven-state Colorado River basin. This event promises a fun-filled weekend for the whole family, with slalom and downriver races, fun for kids, freestyle competition, 5K Fun Run, the SUP Cup, crazy river dog contest, tubing and raft races and more. Find more information and weekend schedule on the Friends of the Yampa website.

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FIBARK SALIDA The oldest river festival in the nation Fibark 2017 marks the 69th anniversary of FIBArk, the nation’s oldest whitewater festival and Salida’s signature event celebrating the Arkansas River. Since 1949, every June during the Spring snow runoff, Salida has hosted FIBArk, “First in Boating on the Arkansas.” The event begins on a Thursday and features both on water and on land events along with music, food and vendor merchandise displays. The dogs even get an opportunity to compete. Get in on the fun and register for an event or just enjoy yourself and the town of Salida while taking it all in.

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TRUE WEST RODEO DURANGO True West Rodeo has come together to bring back the western heritage of Durango for the 2017 rodeo season. This year will consist of 8 rodeos with over 4,000 spectators with the last being the Championship Event. True West Rodeo is proud to honor their western roots with broncs, bulls and wild west entertainment. The rodeos will be held every Wednesday, June 7th - August 2nd at the La Plata County Fairgrounds (2500 Main Ave. Durango Colorado 81301).

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CRESTED BUT TE BIKE WEEK CRESTED BUTTE Bike week is now a 4 day celebration of all things mountain bike in the Gunnison Valley. We still have the big thigh burner of a singletrack race, the Fat Tire 40, but now CB Bike Week is more of a celebration of how mountain biking defines our community in the summer. Clinics, a Film Festival, the Chainless World Championships, good beer, and a great party.

Whether you’re looking to cruise down Kebler on a townie, mash singletrack miles on your XC bike, or ride lifts at Evolution Bike Park, we’ve got you covered with Bike Week: Jr. Crested Butte Wildf lower Classic get your little ones involved!

Clinics: gO Ride Team Members will be on hand to lead clinics. Film Fest: an evening full of mtb films.

Races: Chainless, Fat Tire 40, Downhill. Bridges of the Butte Townie Tour to support Adaptive Sports Center.

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events calendar S P R I N G 2 0 17 April March 30 – April 1, 2017 Gore-Tex® Grand Traverse, Crested Butte - Aspen March 30 - April 2, 2017 Vail Film Festival, Vail April 1, 2017 Banked Slalom, Aspen/Snowmass April 1, 2017 Elk Mountain Grand Traverse, Aspen/Snowmass April 1 – 16, 2017 Beaver Creek Loves Kids – Springfest, Beaver Creek.

April 1 – 23, 2017 Breck Spring Fever, Breckenridge

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MtnTownMagazine.com April 1, 2017 Mtn Dew Spring Open, Breckenridge April 1, 2017 Buena Vista Business Expo, Buena Vista April 1 – 13, 2017 USASA Nationals, Copper Mountain April 1, 2017 Winter Chainless Bike Race, Crested Butte April 1, 2017 CB Unplugged featuring Hayes Carll, Crested Butte

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April 1, 2017 High Hole – The World’s Highest Cornhole Competition, Loveland

April 2, 2017 Closing Day (Tentative), Wolf Creek Ski Area

April 1, 2017 Edesia Wine & Food Festival, Palisade

April 4 – 8, 2017 Taste of Vail, Vail

April 1, 2017 Cody’s Challenge, Steamboat Resort April 1, 2017 College Day, Wolf Creek Ski Area April 1 -2, 2017 Wolf Creek Downhill Challenge Series, Wolf Creek Ski Area April 2, 2017 Buttermilk Closing Day, Aspen April 2, 2017 Bacon Appreciation Day, Aspen April 2, 2017 Bacon Appreciation Day, Aspen/ Snowmass April 2, 2017 Grudge Match, Aspen/Snowmass April 2, 2017 Food Pantry Donation Day, Crested Butte April 2, 2017 Pond Skimming, Purgatory Resort April 2, 2017 Clauson Classic , Silverton Mountain April 2, 2017 15th Annual Brewski, Silverton Mountain April 2, 2017 Sunlight Slushy Cup Pond Skim, Sunlight Mountain April 2, 2017 Closing Day, Telluride Ski Resort

April 5 – 9, 2017 Aspen Film Shortsfest, Aspen April 5 – 13, 2017 Beaver Creek Loves Teens Too, Beaver Creek April 5 – 9, 2017 Taste of Vail, Vail April 6, 2017 First Thursday Art Walk, Durango April 7, 2017 First Friday Art Walk, Carbondale April, 7, 2017 First Fridays Art Walk and Music, Gunnison April 7 – 9, 2017 Father Dyer Postal Route Ski Race and Backcountry Weekend, Leadville April 7, 2017 First Friday Artwalk, Steamboat Springs April 8, 2017 Alpenglow Ascents Rando Challenge- #2, Arapahoe Basin April 8, 2017 Moonlight Dinner Series- A Polynesian Luau, Arapahoe Basin April 8, 2017 Pond Skim and Rail Jam , Crested Butte April 8, 2017 “DISTILLED” A Speaker and Spirits Series, Keystone

April 8, 2017 Palisade International Honeybee Festival, Palisade April 8 – 9, 2017 Sister’s Meeting In The Mountains, Silverton Mountain April 8, 2015 Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert Series, Snowmass April 8, 2017 Red Ball Express, Steamboat Resort April 9, 2017 Aspen Highlands Closing Day, Aspen April 8. 2017 Elin Palmer & Light Racket – Swedish Instruments Concert, Georgetown April 9, 2017 Aspen Highlands Closing Day, Aspen April 9, 2017 Schneetag, Aspen/Snowmass April 9, 2017 Closing Day, Crested Butte April 9, 2017 Keystone Slush Cup and Kidtopia Slush Cup, Keystone April 9, 2017 Closing Day, Silverton Mountain April 9, 2017 Toes on the Nose Surf, Steamboat Resort

April 12, 2017 Ski with a Ranger Day, Loveland

April 16, 2017 Beach’n Egg Hunt, Arapahoe Basin

April 12, 2017 Vilar Performing Arts Center Presents Che Malambo. Vail

April 16, 2017 Easter Grand Buffet at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch

April 13, 2017 Ski Hooky Days, Loveland

April 16, 2017 Closing Day, Aspen/Snowmass, Snowmass

April 13, 2017 Vail Jazz Winter Series, Vail April 14, 2017 6th Alley Bar & Grill Supper ClubFish Fry, Arapahoe Basin April 14 – 16, 2017 Avon Egg Hunt, Avon April 14-15, 2017 Hozhoni Days Powwow, Fort Lewis April 14 – 16, 2017 Desert R.A.T.S. Trailrunning Festival, Fruita April 14 – 16, 2017 Spring Back to Vail, Vail April 15,, 2017 Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Creekside Park, Beaver Creek April 15, 2017 Town Easter Egg Hunt, Carbondale April 15, 2017 Red Bull Slopesoakers, Copper Mountain April 15 – 16, 2017 Sunsation, Copper Mountain

April 10, 2017 Craft Beer Flight Night at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch

April 15 – 16, 2017 Free Admission Days at the Colorado National Monument, Fruita

April 12, 2017 28th Annual Enduro, Arapahoe Basin

April 15, 2017 Winter Bike Series – East Side Epic, Leadville

April 12 – 30, 2017 Springtime Spaaaah s\Special, Devil’s Thumb Ranch

April 15, 2017 Kayaks on Snow, Monarch Mountain

April 12, 2017 Kick-Off to Summer, Salida

April 15, 2017 Cardboard Classic, Closing Day and Splashdown Pond Skim, Steamboat Resort

April 16, 2017 Easter Service At Snowmass Chapel, Aspen April 16, 2017 Closing Day, Beaver Creek April 16, 2017 The World’s Largest Easter Egg Hunt, Copper Mountain April 16, 2017 High Fives Shred-A-Thon, Copper Mountain April 16, 2017 Closing Day, Keystone April 16, 2017 Loveland’s Amazing Giant Easter Egg Hunt, Loveland April 16, 2017 Closing Day and End of the Season Party! , Monarch Mountain April 16, 2017 Golden Bunny Classic, Winter Park April 16, 2017 Closing Day, Aspen/Snowmass, Snowmass April 17, 2017 Craft Beer Flight Night at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail Marathon & Heavy Half, Leadville June 17 – 18, 2017 CBA/RMBC Annual Father’s Day Shoot, Leadville April 19, 2017 Wagyu Wednesdays at Heck’s Tavern April 21-23, 2017 Durango Bluegrass Meltdown mtntow nm a ga zi ne. com | S PR I NG 2 0 1 7

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April 21, 2017 AgriSummit 2017, Salida

April 29, 2017 Georgetown Loop Railroad Opens for the Season! , Georgetown

May 6, 2017 Palisade Brews & Cruise Festival, Palisade

April 21. 2017 Country Western Dance, Silverthorne

April 29, 2017 Ski with a Ranger Day, Loveland

May 7, 2017 Rose Hill Rally Bicycle Ride, Grand Junction

April 22, 2017 Earth Day Celebration, Arapahoe Basin April 22, 2017 The Imperial Challenge, Breckenridge Resort April 22 – 23, 2017 Free Admission Days at the Colorado National Monument, Fruita April 22, 2017 Earth Day Celebration, Glenwood Springs April 22, 2017 Southwest Arborfest, Grand Junction April 22, 2017 Springtopia Concerts, Winter Park June 23 – 26, 2017 Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail 100 Run Training Camp, Leadville April 23, 2017 Closing Day, Vail April 24, 2017 Craft Beer Flight Night at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch April 26, 2017 Wagyu Wednesdays at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch April 27 –30, 2017 Fruita Fat Tire Festival, Fruita April 27 – 30, 2017 USA Cycling Collegiate & Para-Cycling Road National Championships, Grand Junction April 29, 2017 Shakin’ at the Basin Spring Concert Series, Arapahoe Basin April 29-30, 2017 Durango Home and Ranch Show, Durango

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April 29 – 30, 2017 Barrel into Spring, Palisade April 29 – 30, 2017 Chaffee Home & Garden Show, Salida April 29, 2017 Skate Melee in the Mountains, Vail April 30, 2017 Crested Butte Pole Pedal Paddle, Crested Butte

MAY May 1, 2017 Craft Beer Flight Night at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch May 5, 2017 First Friday Downtown Block Party, Carbondale May 5, 2017 Festival Las Americas, Carbondale May 3, 2017 Wagyu Wednesdays at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch May 5, 2017 First Friday Artwalk, Steamboat Resort May 6, 2017 Shakin’ at the Basin Spring Concert Series, Arapahoe Basin May 6, 2017 Collegiate Peaks Trail Run, Buena Vista

May 7, 2017 Closing Day, Celebration, Loveland May 8, 2017 Craft Beer Flight Night at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch May 9, 2017 Vail Whitewater Race Series, Vail May 10, 2017 Wagyu Wednesdays at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch May 12-14. 2017 Mother’s Day Victorian High Tea, Georgetown May 12, 2017 Grand Valley Beer Fest, Grand Junction May 12 – 14, 2017 Hotchkiss Sheep Camp Stock Dog Trials, Hotchkiss May 12, 2017 Salida Chamber Golf Scramble, Salida May 13, 2017 Shakin’ at the Basin Spring Concert Series, Arapahoe Basin May 13. 2017 Dandelion Day, Carbondale May 13, 2017 Canine on the Creek 5K Run/Walk, Dumont May 15, 2017 Craft Beer Flight Night at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch

May 6, 2016 Dakota Blonde in Concert, Georgetown

May 16, 2017 Vail Whitewater Race Series, Vail

May 6, 2017 Grand Valley Marathon and Races, Palisade

May 17, 2017 Wagyu Wednesdays at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch

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May 18 – 21, 2017 3rd Annual Literary Arts Festival, Telluride

June 2, 2017 Idaho Springs Summer Kick Off Parade & BBQ, Idaho Springs

May 19 – 25, 2017 Bonedale Bike Week, Carbondale

May 27, 2017 Shakin’ at the Basin Spring Concert Series, Arapahoe Basin

June 2 – 3, 2017 Yampa River Festival

May 19 – 21, 2017 GJ Off-Road Mountain Bike Endurance Event, Grand Junction

May 27 – 28, 2017 14th Annual Blues, Brews & BBQ Weekend, Beaver Creek

June 2 – 4, 2017 34th Annual Balloon Festival, Telluride

May 19 – 21, 2017 Downtown Music Festival, Grand Junction

May 27 – 28, 2017 14th Annual Blues, Brews & BBQ Weekend, Beaver Creek

June 3 – 4, 2017 Shakin’ at the Basin Spring Concert Series, Arapahoe Basin

May 19, 2017 Country Western Dance, Silverthorne

May 27, 2017 Beaver Creek Microbrew Festival, Beaver Creek

June 3, 2017 19th Annual Bike Fest, Buena Vista

May 20, 2017 Shakin’ at the Basin Spring Concert Series, Arapahoe Basin

May 27 – June 3, 2017 2017 Junior College World Series, Grand Junction

June 3 – 4, 2017 Railroad Days at the Georgetown Loop Railroad, Georgetown

May 20, 2017 Bike Park Competition, Carbondale

May 27 – 28, 2017 The Original Growler Bike Race

June 3, 2017 Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park Music on the Mountain, Glenwood Springs

May 20-21, 2017 Crested Butte/Gunnison Level One Bike Camp May 20 – 21, 2017 Barrel into Spring, Palisade May 26 – 29, 2017 CKS Paddlefest, Buena Vista May 21, 2017 The Original Meowler Mountain Duathlon, Gunnison May 22, 2017 Craft Beer Flight Night at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch

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May 26 – 29, 2017 Mountainfilm Festival, Telluride

May 28, 2017 16th Annual Festival of the Brewpubs, Arapahoe Basin May 28, 2017 Spring Rail Jam, Arapahoe Basin May 29, 2017 Craft Beer Flight Night at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch May 30, 2017 Vail Whitewater Race Series, Vail May 31, 2017 Craft Beer Flight Night at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch

May 23, 2017 Vail Whitewater Race Series, Vail

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May 24, 2017 Wagyu Wednesdays at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch

June 1 - August 17, 2017 Wild West Rodeo Series, Carbondale

May 26, 2017 Guanella Pass Opens for the Season!

June 2, 2017 First Friday Art Walk, Carbondale

May 26. 2017 Mt. Evans Opens for the Season!

June 2 – 3, 2017 Mike the Headless Chicken Festival, Fruita

May 26, 2017 Music on the Mountain, Glenwood

June 2 - September 1. 2017 Market Days, Idaho Springs

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June 3, 2017 Gran Fondo, Palisade June 3, 2017 Kids Fishing Derby at Trent Park, Silverthorne June 4, 2017 36th Annual Steamboat Marathon, Half Marathon & 10k, Steamboat Springs June 4 – 7, 2017 Breaking the Glass: The women’s Leadership Experience, Telluride

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June 5, 2017 Craft Beer Flight Night at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch June 5, 2017 35th Annual Wild West Fest, Telluride June 6, 2017 Vail Whitewater Race Series, Vail June 7, 2017 Wagyu Wednesdays at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch June 8, 2017 Open Water Swim, Avon June 8, 2017 June 8 – 11, 2017 WOW Festival, Telluride June 8 – 11, 2017 GoPro Mountain Games, Vail

June 15, 2017 Summer Evening of Family Fun at Rainbow Park, Silverthorne

June 10, 2017 Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park Music on the Mountain, Glenwood Springs

June 15, 2017 Snowmass Summer Concert Series, Snowmass

June 10, 2017 Snowmass Rendezvous Craft Beer Festival, Snowmass

June 15 – 18, 2017 29th Annual Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup, Steamboat Springs

June 10, 2017 Snowmass Summer Concert Series, Snowmass

June 16 -18, 2017 Food & Wine Classic, Aspen

June 11, 2017 REVEL Rockies Marathon, Morrison

June 16 – 17, 2017 Missoula Children’s Theatre presents The Tortoise Versus the Hare, Avon

June 11 – September 17, 2017 Sunday Farmers Market, Palisade June 12 – 24, 2017 Suzuki Music Camp, Beaver Creek

June 9 – 11, 2017 Rocky Mountain Rumble Motorcycle Rally, Idaho Springs

June 12, 2017 Craft Beer Flight Night at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch

June 9 – 11, 2017 Folk n’ Bluegrass Festival, Pagosa Springs

June 14, 2017 Wagyu Wednesdays at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch

June 9 – 10, 2017 Car Show at Pagosa, Pagosa Springs

June 14, 2017 – October 28, 2017 Farm and Ranch Market, Grand Junction

June 9 – 11, 2017 Palisade Bluegrass & Roots Music Festival, Palisade

June 15, 2017 Open Water Swim, Avon

June 9 – 10, 2017 Ragnar Trail Snowmass, Snowmass June 10, 2017 Yoga in the Park, Avon June 10 – 11, 2017 Stampede Rodeo, Buena Vista

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June 15 – 18, 2017 Telluride Blue Grass Festival, Tellurids

June 11, 2017 Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park Music on the Mountain, Glenwood Springs

June 9 – 11, 2017 Railroad Days at the Georgetown Loop Railroad, Georgetown

June 9 – 10, 2017 Porche Club Rocky Mountain Car Show, Snowmass

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June 10 – 11, 2017 Let’s Go Boating, Dillon

June 15 – 18, 2017 Brevet d’ Beaver Creek – A Cycling Retreat June 15, 2017 Wild West Rodeo Series, Carbondale June 15 – 18, 2017 Country Jam USA Music Festival, Grand Junction June 15 – 18, 2017 69th Annual FIBArk Whitewater Festival, Salida

June 16 – 18, 2017 Gold Panning Championships, Breckenridge June 16 – 18, 2017 Strawberry Days Festival , Glenwood Springs June 16. 2017 Slide & Slip at Rainbow Park, Silverthorne June 16 – 19, 2017 King of the Mountain Volleyball Tournament, Vail June 16, 2017 Craft Beer Classic, Vail June 17, 2017 Yoga in the Park, Avon June 17, 2017 Guanella Pass Hill Climb, Georgetown June 17 – 18, 2017 Wildlife and Wild Places Photography Workshop, Georgetown June 17, 2017 Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail Marathon & Heavy Half, Leadville

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June 17 – 18, 2017 CBA/RMBC Annual Father’s Day Shoot, Leadville

June 22 – September 14, 2017 Downtown Farmers Market, Grand Junction

June 24 – 25, 2017 Attack of the Big Beers, Copper Mountain

June 17, 2017 Ride The Rockies 2017 Finish!, Salida

June 22, 2017 Pagosa Night Rodeo, Pagosa Springs

June 24 – 25, 2017 Grilled Cheese Festival, Copper Mountain

June 17, 2017 Heritage Fire, Snowmass

June 22, 2017 World’s Largest Swim Lesson, Silverthorne

June 24, 2017 Slacker Half Marathon, Relay and 4 Mile Races, Georgetown

June 22, 2017 Snowmass Summer Concert Series, Snowmass

June 24 – 25, 2017 7th Annual Bacon and Bourbon Festival, Keystone

June 22 – August 5, 2017 Bravo! Vail

June 24. 2017 Grand Opening of the Silverthorne Performing Arts Center, Silverthorne

June 18, 2017 Daddy’s Girl Tutu2K, Avon June 18, 2017 - October 01, 2017 Farmers’ Market & Art Show, Vail June 19, 2017 Dunk N’ Dash, Avon June 19, 2017 Craft Beer Flight Night at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch June 19 –September 5, 2017 Grand Junction Rockies Baseball, Grand Junction

June 23 – 24, 2017 Cover Rock Music Festival, Avon June 23, 2017 Village F.A.C (Friday Afternoon Club) , Beaver Creek

June 19 – 24, 2017 AREDAY, Expo & Electric Vehicle Show, Snowmass

June 23 – 25, 2017 Junior Crested Butte Bike Week

June 20, 2017 GRFA Hot Summer Nights

June 23 – 25, 2017 Rapid Grass BlueGrass Festival, Idaho Springs

June 21 – 25, 2017 Breckenridge Bike Week, Breckenridge

June 23 – 24, 2017 Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival, Leadville

June 21, 2017 Wagyu Wednesdays at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch

June 23 – 25, 2017 ArtWalk, Salida

June 21 – 11, 2017 Women & Wine on the Water Tour, Dillon

June 23 – 24, 2016 Cover Rock Festival, Avon

June 22, 2017 Open Water Swim, Avon June 22 – July 1, 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen June 22, 2017 Beaver Creek Rodeo Series at Traer Creek, Beaver Creek June 22, 2017 Wild West Rodeo Series, Carbondale

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June 22 – 25, 2017 Telluride Wine Festival, Telluride

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June 23 – 25, 2017 Vail Arts Festival, Vail June 24, 2017 Yoga in the Park, Avon June 24, 2017 Summer Solstice Trail Run, Beaver Creek June 24, 2017 Culinary Connection, Beaver Creek

June 24, 2017 Prestige Imports Snowmass Loop Mountain Bike Fondo, Snowmass June 24 -25, 2017 Snowmass Demo Day, Snowmass June 24, 2017 Vail Family Fun Fest, Vail June 24 – 25, 2017 15th Annual Blues from the Top 15, Winter Park June 25 - 28, 2017 Mavic Haute Route Rockies, from Boulder to Colorado Springs June 25 – July 04, 2017 Vail Lacrosse Shootout, Vail June 25 – 26, 2017 Blues Fest After Party, Winter Park June 26, 2017 Dunk N’ Dash, Avon June 26 – 28, 2017 Haute Route Rockies, Avon June 26, 2017 Craft Beer Flight Night at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch June 27, 2017 GRFA Hot Summer Nights, Vail June 28, 2017 Free Outdoor Yoga, Beaver Creek

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Alpine Sports has three convenient locations for all your sport rental needs - from skiing to riding and biking to stand-up paddle boarding. We also offer a huge selection of accessories, clothing and outdoor gear to choose from. Alpine Sports can come to you and deliver your rental equipment in the winter. Reservation required. Or take advantage of our summer Bike Shuttle and cruise down from the summit of Vail Pass to Frisco on new cruiser bikes from Specialized.

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June 28, 2017 Concerts By The Creek, Beaver Creek

July 1, 2017 Culinary Connection, Beaver Creek

June 28, 2017 Wagyu Wednesdays at Heck’s Tavern, Devil’s Thumb Ranch

July 1 – 4, 2017 71ST Paonia Cherry Days, Paonia

June 28, 2017 Glenwood Springs Summer of Music, Glenwood Springs

July 1, 2017 Rendezvous Run for Independence, Winter Park

June 28 – July 4, 2017 Telluride Plein Air Festival, Telluride

July 1 – 2, 2017 All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast. Winter Park

June 28, 2017 Vail Summer Bluegrass Series

July 3, 2017 Salute to the USA, Avon

June 29, 2017 Open Water Swim, Avon

July 4, 2017 4th of July Celebration in Clear Creek County, Various Venues

June 29, 2017 Beaver Creek Rodeo Series at Traer Creek, Beaver Creek June 29, 2017 Wild West Rodeo Series, Carbondale June 29 – July 1, 2017 Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail 100 MTB Training Camp, Leadville June 29, 2017 Pagosa Night Rodeo, Pagosa Springs June 30, 2017 Village F.A.C (Friday Afternoon Club) , Beaver Creek June 30 – July 2, 2017 Family Adventure Challenge, Copper Mountain

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June 30 – July 2, 2017 BLUEBIRD Art + Sound, Snowmass

July 4, 2017 Old Fashioned Fourth of July, Ouray July 4, 2017 National Repertory Orchestra 4th of July Concert, Silverthorne July 1 – 4, 2017 Fourth of July Celebration, Steamboat Springs July 4, 2017 7th Annual Rundola, Telluride July 5, 2017 Free Outdoor Yoga at Centennial Park, Beaver Creek July 5, 2017 Vail Summer Bluegrass Series, Vail July 6, 2017 Wild West Rodeo Series, Carbondale

June 30, 2017 Farm to Table Dinner Series

July 6, 2017 Pagosa Night Rodeo, Pagosa Springs

JULY

July 7, 2017 Village F.A.C (Friday Afternoon Club) , Beaver Creek

July 1, 2017 Yoga in the Park, Avon

July 7, 2017 First Friday Art Walk, Carbondale

Ski & Golf

Longest Golf Season, BEST VALUE Open March–December Just minutes from the Eagle/Vail Airport and Jet Center

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SCOTTY STOUGHTON

MUSICIAN . ENTREPRENEUR . PHILANTHROPIST We have told you about many of the Inspiring ladies who inhabit and make our communities such a wonderful place to live. Every year we choose a man who we think deserves some serious recognition for all they do too. Meet Scotty Stoughton.

Creating a tribe for the good, this is Scotty Stoughton’s mission and after attending many Campout for the Cause and WinterWonderGrass Festival’s I am absolutely positive I can attest to the fact that he has accomplished just that. Bringing like minded people together for purposes of joy and communion with nature while raising funds for local and global non-profits is really the first and foremost reason why he created them in the first place.

All of his events are designed to support the environment and local people in need. The 5th Annual Winterwondergrass Festival in Steamboat Springs raised over $20,000 for Yampatika, Routt County United Way, Big Heart Big Hands and the Education Foundation of Eagle. In addition, 385 pounds of food was donated to people in need. Kim Fuller who has worked with Scotty at many of his events says “Scotty has created so much for our mountain community, and he has really amplified the music scene in our mountain towns with annual events like 82

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WinterWonderGrass and Campout For The Cause. We are so lucky to have him here in Colorado. His talent, vision and generous energy shine through to anyone who attends his events or collaborates with him.”

Scotty is a Renaissance man, but rather than sit on his laurels or look down from a proverbial throne, he wraps his long arms around all who have assisted him with his successes and celebrates the accomplishments with them.

As Bobby L’Heureux of Big Heart Big Hands, a nonprofit that raises funds for creating awareness for outdoor and mountain safety, stated so succinctly, “He has a vision and he is not going to compromise his values just to make a buck. He is a truly an inspiring man the way he brings love into his events, creating a community wherever he goes.”

As the founding member of musical group, Bonfire Dub, he and his band members create music derived from experiences in their life journeys weaving in stories of hope, struggle and balance of nature, much derived from Scotty’s travels and humanitarian aid experiences in regions such as Central America and Haiti.

Both his music and events remind us that in life we must remain open to dialog and find empathy for one another because we are all in this together.

Back to what you love.

With mud season upon us, now is the time to get rid of your joint pain.

Have you given up your passions compensating for a bad hip, knee or shoulder? Now is the perfect time to consider joint replacement surgery.

St. Anthony Summit Medical Center’s Total Joint and Spine Center offers the latest technology and experienced physicians to take care of your knees, hips, shoulders and spine to get you back to what you love.

Call today to find out more about our Total Joint and Spine Program, 970-668-9769 or visit summitmedicalcenter.org

340 Peak One Drive, Frisco, CO 80443

We are part of Centura Health, the region’s leading health care network.

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For further information about this policy contact Centura Health’s Office of the General Counsel at 1-303-673-8166 (TTY: 711). Copyright © Centura Health, 2017. ATENCIÓN: Si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. Llame al 1-970-668-9035 (TTY: 711).

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Keystone River Course Legacy Property

Perfectly located on two homesites, this mountain estate offers pristine views of the Continental Divide overlooking the acclaimed River Course Golf Course. The Snake River runs adjacent to the property, enjoy the sounds of the River from the spectacular great room and main floor bedroom. Soaring vaulted ceilings framed with custom built trusses, open-concept great room, private office, 5 guest suites, a media/family room and private outdoor patio/hot tub complete this property.

Offered at $2,000,000

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40 Acre Equestrian Ranch

Located 10 minutes north of Silverthorne. Extensive renovations completed in early 2016 throughout main residence including new kitchen, master bath w/steam shower, Baltic oak floors on main level, to name a few of the highlights. 40 acre parcel can be subdivided into two 20 acre parcels. 17,000 sq ft barn with heated indoor riding arena, 10 stalls, office, half bath, tack room, horse shower stall, etc. Attached 4,000 sq ft workshop. 2 day sheds in the pastures. One storage shed w/power and phone adjacent to RV parking pad w/power. Broker is owner and is a licensed CO realtor.

Offered at $1,875,000

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Ned@NedWalley.com Mobile: 970-445-0735

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