Huts for Vets

• Locations: News By Ken Pletcher Published Jun. 8, 2022

  Huts for Vets set to kick off 10th season

  Huts for Vets was founded in 2013 provide wilderness therapy for veterans. The program has since served more than 200 people. Courtesy photo

  Huts for Vets (HFV) is preparing for its 10th season of operation in the Roaring Fork Valley. The Carbondale-based nonprofit’s first of six four-day, all-expenses-paid retreats for military veterans to backcountry huts will depart June 18.

  HFV is the brainchild of longtime local journalist, author and environmentalist Paul Andersen. It… read more →

• Locations: News By Ken Pletcher Published Feb. 23, 2022

  10th Mountain huts film to screen at TACAW

  This animation by Aleksandr Arkashin depicts John Seipel in action. Courtesy still from Pevec's film

  “We have finally arrived at the next chapter in this four-year saga!” So began an email from Carbondale filmmaker Hamilton Pevec to The Sopris Sun about the upcoming premiere screening of his film, “It’s All Up Hill from Here: The John Seipel Story,” scheduled for Feb. 24 at The Arts… read more →