"Seventy percent of the world's fresh water comes from mountains. Sustaining mountain environments and the availability of this vital resource is critical to resolving the global climate crisis. This meeting of Mountain Partnership members is an important opportunity to develop and share action plans to protect mountains and the global... read more →
Sep
09
Aug
26
Jill Sheeley hosted a wonderful gathering of City of Aspen as well as Aspen Sister Cities members to welcome Nolan Balmat who is from Chamonix and attending Aspen High School for the entire school year. His mom, Agnes, was happy to meet our little group and know that he would... read more →
Aug
05
Tijuana, BC- San Diego, CA. October 11-14, 2022 For more information visit www.sistercities.org
Aug
05
Former Aspen city council member and Mayor Pro Tem, Pat Fallin, has been honored with the highest award given by Sister Cities International. Fallin, who lived in Aspen from 1970 to 2011, was an active participant in the formation of the Aspen Sister Cities Committee then became involved with the... read more →
Jul
22
Aspen's past and Shimukappu's present offer lessons for our culture's future Shimukappu is at a turning point. Or that’s the belief of Yoshiharu Hoshino, anyway. He’s the CEO of Hoshino Resorts, the hotel brand with four 36-story hotels at the town’s local ski resort. When COVID halted global travel, Hoshino... read more →
Jun
06
Matías Sanchez has been a ski patrolman at Bariloche’s Cerro Catedral for eight years. In November of 2021, he traveled to Aspen to report for duty at the Snowmass Ski Area as part ski patrol exchange program for the 2021/22 ski season. Matias was the ninth ski patrolman from Bariloche... read more →
Jun
02
Self-care in Shimukappu is part of the way of life. I sensed that the toilet advertisement was a promising sign, but I struggled to grasp the meaning. Two children wearing evil-looking headgear gasped in pain above a set of futuristic TOTO toilets — the largest toilet manufacturer in the world.... read more →
Jun
01
After ten unsuccessful years of trying to gather a team to compete in Chamonix’s international women’s Ice Hockey Ida Chappot Tournament, 2022 proved to be the winning year. Normally, at least 10 players and a goalie would be the minimum to compete but with Aspen’s ski season still rocking and... read more →