Back in the 1960s, a secluded “base camp” near Marble became home to the very first Outward Bound courses in America. It’s been a hub of outdoor education for decades, with cabins and facilities nestled into a grove of aspens. And now, it’s entering a new chapter. Anjanette Garcia, of Aspen Valley Land Trust, explains why the conservation nonprofit bought the Marble Base Camp from the Colorado Outward Bound School in 2023 and outlines AVLT’s vision for the future of a treasured property.

In the eyes of outdoor educators, resilience and “roughing it” go hand-in-hand, teaching real-world skills while introducing young people to the backcountry. Join students and organizers alike for a conversation on the history of these wilderness programs — and how experiential education is evolving to meet the current moment.

From pre-trip checklists to decision-making in the field, it takes both knowledge and practice to make sure you’re equipped for backcountry safety. The Wilderness Medicine Reference app, designed for recreational outdoor enthusiasts and professionals alike, serves as a digital guide to hone those skills with as much information and material as a thick reference book. App founder Kaen Lapides explains how it can help users respond to illness and injuries in the outdoors — and, crucially, prevent those incidents in the first place.

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing is a literary podcast produced and hosted by Mitzi Rapkin. Each week the podcast features an in-depth interview with a fiction, non-fiction, essay, or poetry writer. The show is equal parts investigation into the craft of writing and conversation about the topics of an author’s work.

The Burlingame Early Childhood Education Center project is published as an example of architecture for wellness of users and responsibility to the broader environment. The project is an active City of Aspen project lead by Kids First.

The Aspen Words Literary Prize is a $35,000 annual award for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture. Annually, open to authors of any nationality, the award is one of the largest literary prizes in the United States, and one of the few focused exclusively on fiction with a social impact.

English In Action’s signature live storytelling event, Immigrant Voices, celebrates the compelling stories of the organization’s adult English learners and spotlights the breadth and vitality of immigrants in the Roaring Fork Valley. Since its inception, Immigrant Voices has wowed sold-out TACAW audiences and become an anticipated and visible event in the Roaring Fork Valley community. Presented by English In Action in partnership with TACAW and Alya Howe’s Writ Large.

Listen in for an Anderson Ranch Visiting Critic Lecture with Lisa Kereszi.

Listen in for an Anderson Ranch Visiting Artist Lecture with Bari Ziperstein.

Vuletić discusses the basic principles of trapping individual atoms in arrays of light beams and describe two applications: the coupling of single atoms to single photons in high-quality cavities and quantum computing using neutral atoms.