Sunlight Mountain Resort Archives

Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published Nov. 23, 2022

Scuttlebutt & Calendar - Nov. 24, 2022

White River Books and Crystal River Elementary School (CRES) are teaming up to grow student book collections. Through the first week of December, a “Giving Tree” stands inside White River Books, as well as outside the library at CRES. Both trees have tagged ornaments describing a particular student’s interests. Any community member can buy as many books as they’d like for one or more children. Trevor Clapper, for instance, is pictured here after purchasing a couple of Pokémon reads — a popular choice these days — to support the cause. Call White River Books at 970-340-4503 for more information, or just mosey in at 65B North Second Street in Carbondale. Photo by James Steindler

Give it Forward
FirstBank is encouraging Coloradans to donate to nonprofits on Colorado Gives Day, Dec. 6, in part by giving away $30,000 in gas to unsuspecting commuters in Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Greeley and Frisco. The “Give it Forward” campaign has taken different forms since it… read more →

Locations: News By Jeanne Souldern Published Jun. 8, 2022

Grovestock festival plants magic at Sunlight

After Grovestock, artist Nico Heins said "Lucy with Diamonds" will have a home at 13 Moons Ranch, located south of Carbondale. Courtesy photo

Three years in the making, a partnership between Echo-Terra, LLC and Sunlight Mountain Resort has sprouted into Grovestock, a three-day music and arts festival at Sunlight from June 10-12.

Echo-Terra, a Roaring Fork Valley-based event planning and production company, was formed in late 2019 by three… read more →

Locations: Opinion By Jaris Elliott Published Mar. 23, 2022

Spring skiing at Sunlight

Sunlight Mountain Resort has had a great season with ample snowpack. Photo by Jaris Elliott

Sunlight is a great ski resort! It is located 12 miles from Glenwood Springs. If you are a beginner, Sunlight offers ski and snowboard lessons and contains many beginner runs. If you are more experienced, the other half of the mountain has more intermediate runs. There are three chair lifts,… read more →

Locations: News Published Oct. 13, 2021

Falling in love with the RFV

Mount Sopris looking majestic, as usual, with the changing leaves in the foreground. Photo by Tommy Sands.

Autumn is in full swing in the Roaring Fork and Crystal valleys. Three of The Sopris Sun’s regular contributors captured the wondrous color changes this season. Sunlight Mountain Resort also kicked the paper a vibrant set of courtesy photos.

A lovely, golden-tinted green ash tree in Sopris… read more →