This year 2025 in July we hosted 49 friends over 2 weeks from Baltimore at the incredible Hearthstone House and this was our 25th year = awesome.  Photos of some of our group of 49 and Hearthstone House starting with Aspen town below 

The nice thing with this trip is everyone can do their own thing and Arden and I provide itineraries that include: hiking, biking, paddle board, golf, paddle, tennis and then in the evening we take all that wish to the: opera, theater, synphony, recitals and early in the morning I take any that wish to the Benedictine Trappist Monastery and it is so spiritual.  We and the Hearthstone also provide about 3 hours of happy hour starting at about 4:30 that include: wine, beer and drinks plus: shrimp cocktail, salmon, sushi, guacamole dip/chips and cheese and crackers and again everyone can do their own thing.

Below are photos from the 2025 Aspen trip focusing on our activities and starting with hiking. We did about 20 miles of total hiking climbing: Hunters Creek, Lost Man trail, Independence and the Ute Trail and reached almost 13,000 feet and here are photos 

We went biking and I rode 165 Miles doing the Rio Grand Trail, and biked to Ashcroft and Marron Bells all a few times and photos below 

Almost all went paddle board and it is awesome and photos below

We went fly fishing and golfing and photos below 

Some went ZIP Lining and photos below 

Horseback riding we go about every other year but did not this year but here are a couple photos as horseback riding is awesome

EVENING: In the evening we went to the Theater, opera, symphony and music concerts and Aspen is world famous for them and photos below including music provided in the town and at the top of the Lift for lunch 

The happy hour was awesome with Sushi, Salmon, Shrimp cocktail and we included Pizza and Thai food at time plus we included: wine, beer and drinks and photos below

Some additional Photos below 

 

 

 

The Church in town and the Benedictine Trappist monastery photos below