09/13/2024 to 09/15/2024
The Snowmass Balloon Festival is one of the most anticipated annual events in the Aspen area, offering a spectacular display...
Aspen Foliage
Quaking Aspen
Aspen are remarkable and unique trees. In fact they are so different that it may be better not to think of aspens as trees. First of all, a stand of aspen is really only one huge organism where the main life force is underground. Think of aspens as large 1-20 acre systems of roots that remain hidden underground until there's enough sunlight. (source: http://www.nps.gov/)