As our 30+-year neighbor in the Roaring Fork Valley and hut user (his most memorable hut trip included an overnight bivy while leading a group of students), Auden Schendler is a valued resource when it comes to climate change education and activism. As Senior Vice President of Sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company and former board […]

If you’ve followed a trail to a 10th Mountain hut, burned wood in one of the hut’s woodstoves, or appreciated a hut’s cleanliness, you most likely have Scott Messina or his proteges to thank. No other Coloradan knows the huts better than Messina, a 36-year 10th Mountain Division Hut Association hut caretaker, former field supervisor […]

Aspen local Christy Mahon is a woman of many talents. She’s a board member of 10th Mountain Division Hut Association, the Development Director of Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, a ski mountaineer, ultramarathoner, and mentor to Elsie Weiss, one of the youngest women to ski a 14er. Mahon was nominated for the Sportswomen of Colorado […]