The snow in Shimukappu motivates my neighbors to wrap even their sturdiest-looking shrubs in burlap to protect the branches from being snapped by the weight of a February storm. Now... read more →
"I chaperone Sister Cities trips because I see firsthand the wonder and curiosity from these kids. I witness the fear of being unfamiliar with a place and the people there.... read more →
Katherine Sand, Renee Giles and Megan Monaghan, Growing Community. Aspen Daily News- May 17, 2023 In this column we frequently talk about the challenges of modern parenting, and that’s undoubtedly... read more →
Nolan Balmat, from our sister city of Chamonix, France has been in Aspen since August, 2022. He has been going to Aspen High School this year and has had many... read more →
Middle School Student Exchange 2023. After four years Aspen received the Bariloche students again! A group of fifteen students and two chaperones from Capraro, San Patricio and Woodville schools came... read more →
Building genuine bonds between different communities. From February 5-14, 2023, Aspen families hosted 13 students and two chaperones from Abetone, Italy, and the surrounding region. While in Aspen, the Abetone students... read more →
Dear Members of Sister Cities and Challenge Aspen, Thank you would be the single word I would use to describe the 2023 Bariloche-Aspen adaptive skiing exchange. Every situation, with every... read more →
Challenge Aspen organized an apres ski event to celebrate and support its sister program "Desafio Bariloche". Three members of this organization, Paul Wray, Joaquin Garcia Jurjo and Mariana Neira, came... read more →
Please join us in celebrating the growing relationship between the artist community of both the Roaring Fork Valley and Bariloche, Argentina. Along with other past exchange artists, Deb Jones will... read more →
Aspen and Bariloche complete another successful medical exchange. "To everyone who gave us their time and space, thank you! Everyone participated in one way or another to make us feel... read more →