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  • Fresh powder aplenty for First Tracks on Aspen Mountain
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    Fresh powder aplenty for First Tracks on Aspen Mountain

    ByAndy Yemma March 9, 2012November 10, 2025

    There are options for First Tracks every morning, but on Wednesdays for $25 you are treated to this sumptuous spread and then the chance to ski down the mountain any way you like,

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  • Eileen’s advice on flying nannies in ABCNews.com blog.
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    Eileen’s advice on flying nannies in ABCNews.com blog.

    ByEileen Ogintz March 8, 2012July 16, 2021

    Eileen’s advice on flying nannies in ABCNews.com blog. The service could work especially well for a mom or dad traveling solo with a couple of young kids.

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  • The Silver Queen Gondola on Aspen Mountain
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    A trip down memory lane for a pair of ski bum brothers

    ByAndy Yemma March 8, 2012November 10, 2025

    Years ago, they drove 18 hours from Texas, staying in the cheapest place they could find, eating greasy burgers and paying just $25 for lift tickets. Now they’re back in Aspen with their kids.

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  • Snow-shoeing to a gourmet meal in the shadows of Aspen, CO
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    Snow-shoeing to a gourmet meal in the shadows of Aspen, CO

    ByEileen Ogintz March 8, 2012July 16, 2021

    The highlight—after the snowshoe in the wilderness–is the food—Pine Creek Smoked trout, … Colorado elk bratwurst, a smoked trout melt on sourdough and buffalo tenderloin..

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  • Inside the Ice Age Discovery Museum in Snowmass CO, where Mastodon bones were discovered recently
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    Back to the Ice Age on Snowmass Mountain

    ByEileen Ogintz March 7, 2012July 16, 2021

    Incredible! Just in the past two years Snowmass Mountain in Colorado, famous for its ski slopes, has become the site of one of the largest finds of Ice Age animals on the planet.

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  • To Aspen-Snowmass for a trip down memory lane
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    To Aspen-Snowmass for a trip down memory lane

    ByAndy Yemma March 6, 2012November 10, 2025

    You’re never too old to take the kids. And they’re not too old for a trip with mom and dad. Sometimes, that can include a trip down memory lane—on snow.

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  • Thirty years later son learns dad was right about Aspen
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    Thirty years later son learns dad was right about Aspen

    ByAndy Yemma March 5, 2012November 10, 2025

    Turns out, my dad was right. Aspen and neighboring Snowmass — where we spent the first three nights — lived up to the old man’s hype. And then some.

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  • Spas are increasingly prominent at ski resorts
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    Spas are increasingly prominent at ski resorts

    ByEileen Ogintz March 4, 2012July 5, 2021

    Skiing these days isn’t only about skiing with an ever growing array of spa services, including a growing number for teens and younger children like at the Park Hyatt in Beaver Creek. Take your pick of massages, scrubs, wraps and more.

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  • Mexico’s Riviera Maya is a safe place for kids to learn
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    Mexico’s Riviera Maya is a safe place for kids to learn

    ByEileen Ogintz March 1, 2012July 7, 2021

    I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention we’re less than a year away from Dec. 21, 2012, the date the ancient Mayan Long Count calendar forecasts will signal the end of all humanity. But experts aren’t convinced and I’m not worried.

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  • Attention moms — take a lesson from a skiing First Lady
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    Attention moms — take a lesson from a skiing First Lady

    ByEileen Ogintz February 26, 2012July 5, 2021

    She could have arranged to take her girls to the slopes and not gotten on skis. It had to have been scary her first time out. But she was game to try.

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