Warren Miller Soundtracks

36 Hours in Aspen, Colo.

IT’S an open secret that Aspen isn’t just a glamorous winter resort. As the lineup of private jets at the tiny airport will attest, summer is when the mountain town’s festival scene brings in celebrities of almost every category — the likes of Yo-Yo Ma for the seasonlong Aspen Music Festival, Mario Batali for the Food & Wine Classic and Sandra Day O’Connor for the Ideas Festival. Along with them come classical-music fiends who carry their own scores and Food Network fans who go wild for live knife-skill demos from the stars of “Iron Chef.” Your seatmates on the puddle-jumper from Denver , however, are just as likely to be semi-pro cyclists or whitewater hounds sniffing out the best place to shoot the rapids. They know that summer in Aspen is when nature is in full swing, and the glowing fields of wild blue flax, prairie smoke and sunflowers, framed by snowcapped peaks and groves of aspen, do a fine job of wooing attention away from the glitterati. Not that you have to choose one world over the other. It’s entirely possible to go high-adrenaline by day and highbrow culture by night.

The nonprofit Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, or ACES, offers a bounty of guided hikes, beekeeping seminars, mushroom-foraging classes and photo safaris. Stop in for a late-afternoon visit at the Hallam Lake Center (100 Puppy Smith Street; 970-925-5756; aspennature.org ; open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday, closed Sunday) to get acquainted with rehabilitated birds of prey — currently a golden eagle and a great horned owl — that call the center home. Check the ACES calendar for programs that might coincide with your visit; outdoor classes in astronomy and field sketching are scheduled for August.

5 p.m. 3) A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

The summerlong Aspen Music Festival (980 North Third Street; 970-925-9042; aspenmusicfestival.com ; $10 to $76 for ticketed events) offers opportunities to watch classical stars perform at venues ranging from the Victorian-era Wheeler Opera House to the local library. Many of the events, which include symphonies, chamber music, master classes and lectures, are free. Grab a seat on the lawn at the Music Festival campus for one of the evening concerts, frequented by picnicking families and other music lovers who bring wine and cheese to pair with the crisp notes sailing out into the cool night air (those with paid tickets sit inside the tent). Coming in August: the violinist Sarah Chang, and a performance by the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet with the Aspen Concert Orchestra.

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Yes, there is a lot of commercialization. Yes, the Warren Miller movie scene is changing. But how can you argue with another installment of a Warren Miller movie. I have been seeing the movies for more years then I can remember and Higher Ground level-headed had the Warren Miller feel.

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One of the most confusing aspects was the lack of Warren Miller. I was dissapointed that he didn’t have any fresh lines in it. However, there was serene some awesome skiing and a substantial soundtrack. If you are a Warren Miller fan, this movie is definately worth seeing. If you want a noble ski movie, check out some of his other new movies. My personal approved is Storm.

This year’s film, Off the Grid, definately improved over his past two (Higher Ground and Impact) . Go eye it if you have the chance!

The best film that the Warren Miller team released, in my concept, was “Chilly Fusion”. That movie had the best music and some awesome unfavorable jumping in addition to the tall skiing and boarding. I collect the feeling that many, including the WM team, respond that this was one of their best. The sound track to “Wintry Fusion” was their best. I even wrote all of the songs down from that movie and made my beget soundtrack CD. I feel that “Higher Ground” was an attempt to return to that formula. I found it more enchanting than the past two films but the soundtrack didn’t match “Cool Fusion”; not a colossal deal though.

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