The Vail Valley welcomes a global audience while demonstrating its commitment to a thriving, healthy and culturally vibrant landscape. The Vail Valley is a unique and beautiful place worth protecting both now and for future generations. With the opening of the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, the Vail Valley is ready for its spotlight on the global stage. In
DetailsTo me, winter is the accumulation of everything I love about the natural world frozen and put on display, crystalline and shimmering. Bird song seems more vibrant as it echoes off snow-covered cliff sides and tracks left in fresh powder reveal to us the past marchings of wild things. Right around this time, mid-January, the winter season seems to settle
DetailsJoin the Environment Committee of the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Walking Mountains Science Center and Earth Vision Institute on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from 7:30pm-9:30pm at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, CO for a free screening of the Emmy® award-winning film, Chasing Ice. The film will be followed with a live Q&A with James Balog,
DetailsWho would have thought that spending a night in an ice cave 22,000 feet above sea level and picking glass shards out of a companion’s eye could serve as inspiration for a lifelong philanthropic commitment? Certainly not Jim Nowak, and that is only part of the story behind this mountaineer, ice climber, and sustainable champion’s dedication to inspiring and helping
DetailsSometimes being a naturalist is a lot like being a detective. One of the main requirements is to be overly observant of the world around me while looking for clues in the form of interesting specimens, signs, and stages in the forest to share with participants on my programs. This is especially exciting during the wintertime in our snow-covered landscape
DetailsIn Part 1, we learned that snow is always changing as it falls from the sky and then as it settles in our snowpack. Although we associate snow with cold, it actually acts as an important insulator for the ground and all of the Colorado critters that live here throughout the winter. Grains of snow trap air that act much
DetailsLiving in Eagle County, we can all consider ourselves familiar with snow. We either fight it or love it all winter, but how often do we stop to appreciate its intricate and delicate nature? Snow, specifically individual crystals, are unique, but also undergo constant change, or metamorphosis, as they fall from the sky and turn into grains in our snowpack.
DetailsExplore human anatomy from a hands-on, constructive process in an exciting new program partnership with Anatomy in Clay® Centers! During Anatomy in Motion: Muscles of the Knee, participants will build the muscles, ligaments and nerves of the knee using clay on their own scale-model skeleton. They will be able to see and touch the physical evidence, the “how” and “where” of muscle attachment
DetailsThe mountain environment is great for outdoor recreation, but not so great for baking. At some point or another, most of us living in the Rockies have been disappointed by sunken bread loaves, dry cakes or flat cookies. The higher we are above sea level, the lower the air pressure, which greatly affects the already-complex chemistry of baking. To add
DetailsWalking Mountains winter programs brochure is here! Visit our online events calendar or download a copy of the 2015 Winter Programs brochure for safe keeping.
DetailsWe’ve all experienced physical pain at some point or another, and many of us might deal with chronic pain, but why must we feel it? The answer is not quite as existential as the question! Visit Walking Mountains Science Center for the Science Behind Pain on Wednesday, December 10 from 6:30-8:00PM to learn how pain is nature’s unpleasant but crucial
DetailsWondering how to stay warm and comfortable in your home this winter without breaking the bank? Join Walking Mountains Science Center for “The Science Behind Your Home” on Wednesday, November 12th from 6:30-8:00pm to find out more about how your home works and the science behind it. You will learn that there are a lot…
DetailsLocal High School Students Monitor Stream Health for the Forest Service Contributed by Peter Wadden Thanks to ongoing support from the National Forest Foundation and Vail Resorts’ Ski Conservation Fund, 12 local high school students participated in the third summer of the Walking Mountains Natural Resource Internship. The interns worked under the supervision of Matt…
DetailsSucrose, lactose, maltose, dextrin, invert sugar, mono-and diglycerides, maltodextrin, glucose, and galactose… these are only a few of the words commonly seen on ingredients labels these days that really mean sugar. However, not all sugar is the same, and different types affect bodies differently. Come to the next Science Behind on Wednesday, October 8 at…
DetailsAVON, CO – Walking Mountains Science Center announced today that it has been honored with a prestigious 2014 Top-Rated Award by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations. “We are excited to be named a Top-Rated 2014 Nonprofit,” says Nancy Shane, Annual Gifts Officer at Walking Mountains. We are proud of our accomplishments this year. The Top-Rated
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