By Dawne Belloise Nala, Marcia Hegeman’s goldendoodle, sits in a cushy chair that faces large windows that look out over Paradise …

Coming back to the mountains By Dawne Belloise Upstairs in the gabled offices and archives of the Crested Butte Heritage Museum, …

A Northwoods man in the West Elk mountains By Dawne Belloise John Polzin’s Facebook pages are filled with photos of high …

A king among ski instructors By Dawne Belloise Dave McGuire’s Crested Butte Mountain Resort name tag says he’s “David” and tourists …

By Dawne Belloise Jeff Dautrich presides over the opals and lapis, the labradorite and the turquoise, a structured amalgamate of stones, …

Fashioning a rich life in the mountains By Dawne Belloise Missy Ochs was rather British until her second birthday, when her …

Huntress and bartender By Dawne Belloise Andrea Rybarz proudly claims that she grew up in a trailer next to the dunes—the …

By Dawne Belloise The lines at the post office have lengthened exponentially as the holiday season takes on the frenzy of …

Going with the Flow By Dawne Belloise “I’m a hopeless experimenter,” artist Michael Mahoney grins from his upholstered chair in the …

By Dawne Belloise “Dirt is my church,” Amy Nolan confesses joyfully, fully recovered from a strict Catholic upbringing in Dubuque, Iowa, …

Getting sorted into 81224 By Dawne Belloise Patience is one virtue Alex Garza has learned and he marvels at the generally …

Royalty of Cluckingham Palace By Dawne Belloise It’s not Ayla Scott who greets you at the former saloon doors of the …

Of Shakespeare and Tribbles By Dawne Belloise Tribbles the cat stares unwaveringly at Kathleen Mary from his perch on the small …

Rebel muse By Dawne Belloise Rachel VanSlyke sits down on a tall stool and picks up her well-worn guitar. Sandy blonde …

“Everybody knows me by ‘Ski.’ No one knows me by Dan and no one forgets my name,” grins Dan Zeroski. “There’re …