https://www.aspentimes.com/news/aspen-highlands-ski-patrol-honors-exchange-patroller-killed-in-bariloche/
Aug
06
Aug
04
https://www.anbariloche.com.ar/noticias/2020/08/03/76153-el-recuerdo-a-mario-ruiz-de-bariloche-a-aspen
Jul
08
"Reimagining Citizen Diplomacy: New Connections in a Virtual World" This July 8-9 Sister Cities International is offering an online conference. There will be no cost to participate. To register and view the agenda please visit: https://sistercities.org/annual-conference/2020-annual-conference-and-meeting/ We encourage our sister cities and others who may be interested to join this... read more →
Jun
15
A unique program that Aspen and Shimukappu have shared since March of 1991, is an English Teacher position. An individual from the Aspen area lives and teaches English in Shimukappu for approximately two years, working closely with the local public schools and the Board of Education to provide students of all ages the opportunity... read more →
May
31
By Nancy Gensch Gretl Uhl and her husband, Sepp, moved from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Aspen, Colorado in 1953. Gretl grew up IN the Ski Jumping Stadium in Partenkirchen where the opening ceremonies of the 1936 Winter Olympics were held. Gretl’s parents owned the restaurant in the stadium, so skiing was a way of... read more →
May
11
Visiting Aspen was an amazing experience, not only is it beautiful (and in similar and different ways Bariloche is), but it has an incredible art scene, especially because it´s such a small town, much smaller than Bariloche. I couldn´t get enough of it's many art galleries and art centers, festivals, artists’... read more →
Apr
21
Mario Ruiz, from Bariloche, Argentina, was named “Ski Patroller of the Year” for Aspen Highlands at the end of the 2019/20 season after completing his Sister Cities ski patrol exchange. Mario, who is the ski patrol leader at Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, had many valuable experiences in Aspen which he... read more →
Apr
20
Juan Vargas, adaptive ski instructor from La Hoya and representing "Adaptado Patagonia", worked as an intern for Challenge Aspen during March 2019 and March 2020. Adaptado Patagonia is an adaptive ski program that runs in Cerro Catedral ski resort (Bariloche), La Hoya ski resort (Esquel) and Cerro Bayo ski resort... read more →
Mar
20
This event has been suspended due to COVID-19 global pandemic. Aspen Sister Cities is offering a Sister City trip to Oberammergau, Germany in the summer of 2020 to see the internationally renowned Oberammergau Passion Play. Oberammagau Passion Play History This unique presentation was born in 1634 when the Black Plague... read more →
Nov
10
Last February, a group of four medical professionals from Hospital Zonal Ramón Carrillo visited Aspen as part of the annual medical exchange program. They were; Gaston Duwavram, Orthopedics, Belén Milleron, Physical Therapy, Leonardo Bonfati, Orthopedics and Cecilia Habjan, PT/respiratory therapy. This was Cecilia’s second year of participation in the... read more →