* Aspen Mountain ( Colorado ), United States, also known as Ajax Mountain

In the years before the World Cup circuit, the Harriman Cup at Sun Valley was one of the major ski races held in North America, along with the " Snow Cup " at Alta, the " Roch Cup " at Aspen Mountain, and the " Silver Belt " races at Sugar Bowl, north of Lake Tahoe.

In the earliest spring, Mountain ( Aspen ) Bluebell ( Mertensia arizonica ), spring beauty, Lavender Fleabane, Subalpine Larkspur ( Delphinium occidentale ), and various Penstemons appear.

Since 2002, the Winter X Games have been held at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado, and according to ESPN they will continue to be held there in 2012.

It was the first year that the games were held in Aspen Colorado at Buttermilk Mountain.

Balsam Fir, Tamarack, White Spruce, Red Spruce, Black Spruce, Jack Pine, Red Pine, White Pine, White Cedar, Eastern Hemlock, Balsam Poplar, Largetooth Aspen, Trembling Aspen, Speckled Alder, Yellow Birch, White Birch, Blue-beech, Ironwood, American Beech, Bur Oak, Red Oak, American Elm, Pin Cherry, Black Cherry, Choke Cherry, Striped Maple, Silver Maple, Red Maple, Sugar Maple, Mountain Maple, Basswood, White Ash, Black Ash and Red Ash.

Other notable species include the Mountain Aspen Acronychia chooreechillum, Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis, Polyscias bellendenkerensis, the vine Parsonsia bartlensis and Australia's only native rhododendron, Rhododendron lochiae which grows on top of the large granite boulders or as an epiphyte in the cloud forest canopy.

* Canadian ( fir forest ): Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir, Quaking Aspen

In 1986, Intrawest acquired Blackcomb Mountain from the Federal Business Development Bank, a Canadian Crown Corporation, and Fortress Mountain of Alberta ( no relation to Fortress Investments LLC ), a wholly owned division of Aspen Skiing Company.

" Nonetheless, Chrysler sponsored the 1976 Dodge Aspen Team K2 Freestyle and opened up World Pro Skiing's seventh season in Aspen, Colorado as the Dodge Aspen Cup running courses on Aspen Highlands and Aspen Mountain.

Denver " wrote this song in about ten-and-a-half minutes one day on a ski lift " to the top of Ajax Mountain in Aspen, Colorado, as the physical exhilaration of having " just skied down a very difficult run " and the feeling of total immersion in the beauty of the colors and sounds that filled all senses inspired him to think about his wife.

In addition to all of the ski shops in the Vail Resorts portfolio of ski areas, the SSV chain of stores includes Bicycle Village in Denver, Colorado Ski & Golf, Boulder Ski Deals, Aspen Sports, Telluride Sports and Mountain Sports Outlet in Summit County and Glenwood Springs and many others.

arizonica ), Quaking Aspen ( Populus tremuloides ) and the Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine ( Pinus aristata )..

Big Sky started to take over Exec Express II d / b / a Lone Star Airlines / Aspen Mountain Air's EAS routes in October 1998, following their bankruptcy.

* John Majors is a slick businessman from Colorado who wants to buy Bull Mountain and turn it into a yuppie resort town, along the lines of Aspen, Colorado.

* Aspen Mountain, the oldest of the four areas, located on Bell Mountain and the Aspen Mountain above the town of Aspen.

Towns on the Torne River often have both Swedish and Finnish names, like Haparanda ( from Finnish Haaparanta, " Aspen Shore ") and Tornio ( from Swedish Torneå ).

Frazin's music is for the most part recognizably tonal, and is characterized by an expressive style that often develops and repeats distinctive small motifs, Frazin's works have been performed throughout the US, Canada, France, and Russia, including festivals at Aspen, the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Gamper Contemporary Music Festival, Yellow Barn Summer Music Festival, the Janus 21 Ensemble Summer Series, the Composers ' Forum of New York, the Society of Composers National Conference, and elsewhere.

While it is often reputed to be the most photographed site in the state, this is logistically impossible, as compared to easily accessible and heavily visited Maroon Lake, near Aspen.

Other forested areas ( mainly above in elevation ) are marked by stands of Ponderosa Pine, Douglas Fir, White Fir, Western Larch ( a deciduous conifer commonly called “ Tamarack ”), Lodgepole Pine, Spruce stands in some higher elevation sites and a few stands of White Pine, as well as Cottonwood trees along some rivers and streams, and Birch and Quaking Aspen groves, mainly at higher elevations.

The very first commercially available recording of the Velvet Underground, an instrumental track called " Loop " given away with Aspen Magazine, was a feedback experiment written and conducted by Cale.

The oldest known plant ( possibly oldest living thing ) is a clonal Quaking Aspen ( Populus tremuloides ) tree colony in the Fishlake National Forest called Pando ( tree ) at about 80, 000 years.

After the Republican revolution of 1994 Duke appealed to Speaker Newt Gingrich to help him open a low budget, privatized orphanage in Aspen called " Nothin ' But Orphans ".

* Aspen, a kind of tree sometimes called an Asp

The river drains a populated and economically vital area of the Colorado Western Slope called the Roaring Fork Valley or Roaring Fork Watershed, which includes the resort city of Aspen and the resorts of Aspen / Snowmass.

He tells Aspen that she is a member of a race of aquatic humanoids called the Blue who possess the ability to control water.

In 2007, Chrysler introduced its own version of the Durango, called the Chrysler Aspen.

The release of comics from Aspen was delayed by a year-long lawsuit with Top Cow Productions over the rights to Fathom, and over the rights to the unreleased titles Soulfire ( initially called Dragonfly ) and Ekos, both of which Turner had begun development on before leaving Top Cow and before his diagnosis of cancer.

Most people live in one of four communities: Odanah, Diaperville ( which was also called Old Odanah ), Birch Hill, or Frank's Field / Aspen Estates.

Aspen Mountain is alternatively called Ajax by the locals.

The upper ( southeast ) end of the valley is sometimes called the Aspen Valley, but locals simply refer to it as " up-valley "-Aspen-and " down-valley "-Glenwood Springs.

Though parts of the valley are largely rural, the valley is served by an extensive public transportation system called the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, which provides public transit along the popular commuting route between Aspen and Glenwood Springs.

He also manages a charitable organization called Steel Partners Foundation that is a significant donor to the building of a first Jewish synagogue in Aspen, Colorado.

Formerly called Aspey or Apsey Cove, Aspen Cove was named for the presence of aspen trees in the area.

In August 2008 he joined Robert Thurman at the Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colorado, to speak about " Tibet ’ s Unique Buddhist Heritage " as part of a symposium called " His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Aspen: A Celebration of Tibetan Culture ", organized jointly with the Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture.

The " Gonzo fist ," characterized by two thumbs and four fingers holding a peyote button, was originally used in Hunter S. Thompson's 1970 campaign for sheriff of Aspen, Colorado.

At the 1998 Aspen Comedy Arts festival, the urn was " accidentally " knocked over by Terry Gilliam, spilling the " ashes " on-stage.

The appearance was billed as the " U. S. Comedy Arts Festival Tribute to Monty Python ", although video releases have gone by varying titles, including " Monty Python Live at Aspen ( 1998 )".

" Always Look on the Bright Side of Life " is also featured in Eric Idle's Spamalot, a Broadway musical based upon Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and was sung by the rest of the Monty Python group at Graham Chapman's memorial service and at the Monty Python Live At Aspen special.

She also wrote " Landslide ", inspired by the scenery of Aspen and her inner turmoil over her decision to pursue music.

The Dart was replaced by a new Aspen for 1976, and Coronet and Charger were effectively replaced by the Diplomat for 1977, which was actually a fancier Aspen.

This plot of land was located on both sides of the railroad station, roughly bounded by today's Sixth Street on the west, Aspen Street on the south, Willow Avenue on the east, and Takoma Avenue on the north.

Hired by industrialist and visionary Walter Paepcke, Bayer moved to Aspen, Colorado as Paepcke promoted skiing as a popular sport.

The following year, these same pieces were performed at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, by the Paganini and Juilliard Quartet.

Further est centers opened in Los Angeles, Aspen, Honolulu and New York, and est was enthusiastically endorsed by celebrities such as John Denver and Valerie Harper.

Aspen Hall is a Georgian mansion, the oldest part of which was built in 1745 by Edward Beeson, Sr. making it the oldest house in the city.

The 9-km long, 6-km wide battlefield would be delimited by the village of Kagran and the 350-m high Bisamberg plateau at the west, Glinzerdorf at the east, Aspen and Essling at the south and Deutsch-Wagram at the north.

As one of the top 10 community colleges in the United States ( named by Aspen Institute College Excellence Program 2011 ), SBCC is known for its excellent transfer rates to the four-year colleges and universities.

Music and drama resources are published under the label Lillenas Publishing, which was founded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1925 by Nazarene minister and composer Haldor Lillenas ( born 19 November 1885 at Stord Island, Norway ; died 18 August 1959 at Aspen, Colorado ), and subsequently purchased by NPH in 1930.

The Aspen Movie Map was a revolutionary hypermedia system developed at MIT by a team working with Andrew Lippman in 1978 with funding from ARPA.

Li was named a global leader for tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 2001, and a Henry Crown fellow by the Aspen Institute in 1998.

: The song " Sell Sell " was covered by Widespread Panic on 02 / 19 / 12 in Aspen, CO for the final night of their Wood Tour.

* In Ted Conover's book Whiteout, Conover is asked to deliver five bottles of green Chartreuse to Hunter Thompson, but is turned down by Airport Liquors in Aspen because Thompson had already bought all the Chartreuse they had in stock.