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KTND "Thunder 93.5" is a radio station located at 93.5 FM and licensed to Aspen, Colorado. It airs a classic hits format and is owned by David Johnson, William Conn, III, and Michael Waters, through licensee Roaring Fork Broadcasting Company LLC.

KGHT (100.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio music format. Licensed to El Jebel, Colorado, United States, it serves the Aspen area. The station is owned by David Johnson, William Conn, III, and Michael Waters, through licensee Roaring Fork Broadcasting Company LLC.

KPVW (107.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Mexican Regional format. It is licensed to Aspen, Colorado, United States, and serves the Aspen area. The station is owned by Entravision Holdings.

The Rocky Mountain Institute, commonly abbreviated to RMI, is an organization in the United States co-founded by Amory Lovins dedicated to research, publication, consulting, and lecturing in the field of sustainability, with a focus on profitable innovations for energy and resource efficiency. RMI was established in 1982 and has grown into a broad-based institution with over 600 staff and an annual budget of $120+ million. RMI's work is independent and non-adversarial, with an emphasis on market-based solutions. The institute, which includes the Carbon War Room (which merged with RMI in December 2014), operates many global programs. RMI is headquartered in Basalt, Colorado, and also maintains offices in Boulder, Colorado; New York City; Washington, D.C.; Oakland, California; and Beijing, China.

Snowmass (sometimes known locally as Old Snowmass) is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. It is situated in the valley of the Roaring Fork River, near the mouth of Snowmass Creek along State Highway 82 between Aspen and Basalt. It consists largely of a post office, several commercial businesses, and surrounding houses and ranches. The Snowmass Post Office has the ZIP Code 81654.Snowmass should not be confused with the Snowmass Ski Area or with the Town of Snowmass Village, the location of the ski area.

St. Benedict's Monastery is a Catholic monastery in Pitkin County, Colorado, in the unincorporated community of Snowmass about 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Aspen. The monks are members of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, commonly called the Trappists. St. Benedict's is located on over 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) in the foothills of the Elk Mountains, near the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. The monastery protects a large amount of open space in a sensitive area near important wildlife migration routes. The monks manage their ranchlands, operate a cookie bakery, and offer retreat facilities for groups and individuals. A retreat house and guest hermitages are located about 1 mile from the main monastery building. The monastery was founded in 1956 as a foundation established by the Trappist community at St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts. The community celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2006. St. Benedict's was the home of Father Thomas Keating, a popular writer on centering prayer and one of the founders of Contemplative Outreach. In April 2023, St. Benedict's signaled that it would close, and that Dom Damian Carr, former abbot of St. Joseph's Abbey, had been appointed as monastic commissary to oversee the closure process.

KSNO-FM (103.9 FM), is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Snowmass Village, Colorado, United States, it serves the Aspen and Roaring Fork Valley area, broadcasting from Glenwood Springs to Aspen and into the Snowmass Creek Valley, Redstone and beyond. KSNO was founded as an AM station in 1964 and received its FM licence in the 1980's. The station is owned by Wild Goose LLC and Managed by Andrew C. Scott, founder of the Open Mind Project (www.openmindproject.com), through licensee Wild Goose LLC. KSNO also broadcasts live on the web at www.KSNO.com.

Woody Creek is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The Woody Creek post office has the ZIP Code 81656 (post office boxes). At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Woody Creek CDP was 290. The Woody Creek Metropolitan District provides services. The CDP is a part of the Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Basalt is a home rule municipality located in Eagle and Pitkin counties, Colorado, United States. The town population was 3,984 at the 2020 United States Census with 2,917 residing in Eagle County and 1,067 residing in Pitkin County. Basalt is a part of the Edwards-Glenwood Springs, CO Combined Statistical Area.

The Fryingpan River is a tributary of the Roaring Fork River, approximately 42 miles (68 km) long, in Eagle and Pitkin counties in Colorado, United States.

The Roman Abramovich Wildcat Ridge house is a 14,300-square-foot (1,330 m2) mansion at Wildcat Ridge near Snowmass Village, Colorado. The 11-bedroom, 12-bath mansion, and 200 acres (81 ha) of land it stands on, called a "ranch" by The Wall Street Journal, have an estimated worth of $50 million as of 2022, and was owned by Roman Abramovich. He bought the property for $36.375 million in 2008, at the time the third most expensive residential real estate transaction in Pitkin County, Colorado.Built in 2004, the architect was Bart Voorsanger, who also designed the Asia Society Museum in Manhattan.Media reported that the property could be subject to sanctions by the United States government during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. County commissioner Greg Poschman asked Colorado Deputy Attorney General Kurtis Morrison to investigate why sanctions to date did not target the property, stating to media his question was "if there was illegal activity and the [United States government] overlooked it for some reason".

The Lake Christine Fire burned near Basalt and Carbondale, in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The fire was the result of an act of criminal arson. It started on July 3, 2018, and was later downgraded to a Burned Area Response on September 4, 2018, after 13 weeks. It destroyed a total of 12,588 wilderness acres on Basalt Mountain and seriously injured a volunteer firefighter. The Lake Christine fire also destroyed the home of a long-time volunteer firefighter who was battling the blaze in response to his call of duty on the evening of July 4. Several structures were destroyed.