Category: Podcast

Ian tells a great story about how RMBL started (you’d never guess the KKK was involved), and talks about some of the science that is currently happening in Gothic.  Another question I asked is “How does RMBL fit in with competing interests like recreation as Crested Butte grows?”

In this episode, Yon and I talk about the recreational opportunities in Sargents- including a free Nordic skiing track that he’s been working on.  It’s a great story involving a partnership between a local ranch owner, a Uranium mine located up Marshall Pass, and the Tomichi Creek Trading Post.

Eventually, however, other opportunities began to present themselves.  He was asked to be the soccer coach for the high school team, and was able to lead the Titans to a state championship in 2018.  Meanwhile, an “off the cuff” tale of a soccer tournament in Grand Junction led to his job as the long-time sports reporter for the Crested Butte News.  In fact, he even helped start the News when it split off from the Crested Butte Chronicle and Pilot, which is a great story as well, which we cover.

For most people, that would be enough.  But Ben Breslauer is also highly involved with local non-profits and public lands committees.

Growing up in Boston, Danny Hartigan developed a love of skateboarding as well as snowboarding.  He recalls the early days of snowboarding when he had to take a test to prove he should be allowed to snowboard at “ski” areas.  Snowboarding brought him west, to Western Colorado University in Gunnison.