Aspen Snowmass is more than just a four-mountain destination. It's a community of passionate individuals who embody the Aspen Idea: the notion that our special corner of the world helps foster a holistic nourishment of mind, body and spirit.

Over the years, we've profiled many of the people who make Aspen Snowmass' culture what it is today: naturalists, activists, entrepreneurs, ski bums, award-winning authors, B-movie-extras-turned-ski-patrol-legends and, yes, Olympic athletes. Get to know them with this archive of stories.