It’s the first day of summer, and while it’s tempting to take some time off and head to the trails, the truth is that protecting our winters means working year-round to keep the movement going. With multiple wildfires burning across Colorado and our snowpack shrinking...
This winter, I found myself sitting center stage, part of a panel discussing climate change at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Sitting to my right was former Vice President Al Gore and to my left was Christiana Figueres, two well-known figures on the...
If you like to ski, snowboard, or snowshoe in the backcountry, then you likely have a probe in your pack. That simple fact makes you uniquely qualified to assist in NASA-funded research to help provide snowpack data for the Community Snow Observations project. The CSO...
Just one week from today within the blank walls of a federal building in Centennial, CO, I will take the Oath of Allegiance—the final step in the climb to becoming a U.S. Citizen. “I will perform work of national importance…without any mental reservation or purpose of...
POW Board Member and Senior VP of Sustainability for Aspen Skiing Company, Auden Schendler, recently wrote about the importance of all Olympians to sound the alarms about climate change. They are uniquely positioned to accomplish this feat at a time when “rising...
After attending a college fair two years ago, Colt Whitley, a junior at Aspen High School, found an opportunity to turn something he loves into a service project that he felt was becoming increasingly important. Colt created Project Ski More, a challenge to ski as far...
