23-539: Snowmass may refer to: Snowmass Village, Colorado , a town in Pitkin County, Colorado, U.S. Snowmass (ski area) Snowmastodon site , an archaeological excavation near the town where well-preserved fossils of mammoths, mastodons, and plants were found in an ancient lakebed (subject of a 2012 Nova documentary) Snowmass, Colorado , an unincorporated town in Pitkin County, Colorado, U.S. Snowmass Mountain ,
46-592: A Pleistocene ecosystem in the ice age lake bed at the Ziegler Reservoir (commonly referred to as the Snowmastodon site ) put Snowmass Village prominently on the paleontological map of North America. The Brush Creek Valley was settled circa 1910 by ranching families including: Sinclair, Melton, Stapleton, and Hoaglund. As a child, Hilder Hoaglund would ride her horse into Aspen to go to school. Her father, Charles Hoaglund, immigrated from Sweden in
69-594: A 3,500-acre (14 km ) part of the Bernardo Yorba Rancho Cañón de Santa Ana property and named the new town "Yorba Linda". Sons Edwin Janss Sr. and Harold Janss developed Van Nuys and Owensmouth , now called Canoga Park . In 1911 Harold Janss married Arthur Letts 's daughter Gladys. In 1923 after Arthur Letts, Sr., died, they took control of the 3,300-acre (13 km ) William Wolfskill ranch on Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres . In
92-631: A ceramic artist noted for developing American Raku , established a studio in the Anderson Ranch buildings in 1966. He founded the Anderson Ranch Arts Center and incorporated it into a non-profit in 1973. The Anderson Ranch Arts Center on Owl Creek Road uses many of the original buildings from the Hoaglund Ranch, although not in their original location, farther down stream on what is now Snowmass Club Circle. Under
115-472: A deal to get the University of California, Los Angeles , in 1925 Janss Investment Company sold 375 acres (1.5 km ) to the cities of Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills at the bargain price of $ 1.2 million — about a quarter of its value. The cities, whose voters had passed bond issues to pay for the site, turned around and donated it to the state. The UCLA campus's "Janss Steps" are named for
138-756: A home for its members and students near campus. The university appeared to be wanting to sell the building for this purpose, but while some of Janss was willing to sell, one was unwilling to sell to "Orientals". The Janss Brothers' headquarters in Westwood Village, the Janss Investment Company Building or Janss Dome, was opened in 1929. The Dome stands today as one of the iconic buildings of Westwood Village. The firm's Janss Investment Co. "stamps" appear on sidewalks in many Westside residential neighborhoods. Edwin Janss Jr.
161-817: A mountain in the Elk Mountains in Colorado, U.S. Snowmass Process , the name of the Particle Physics Community Planning Exercise organized by the Division of Particles and Fields (DPF) of the American Physical Society about once per decade. See also [ edit ] Aspen/Snowmass , a ski resort complex [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
184-618: A respective hotel in Snowmass. Snowmass Village is also experiencing a rising influx of wealthy tourists and skiers. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 25.6 square miles (66 km ), of which 25.5 square miles (66 km ) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km ) (0.35%) is water. Snowmass Village is to the north and at the base of the Snowmass Ski Area . It
207-543: Is a home rule municipality in Pitkin County , Colorado , United States. The population was 3,096 at the 2020 census . A popular winter resort location for skiing and snowboarding , the town is well known as the location of the Snowmass ski area , the largest of the four nearby ski areas operated collectively as Aspen/Snowmass . In 2010, the accidental discovery by a bulldozer operator of fossilized elements of
230-634: Is located on Brush Creek, not Snowmass Creek . Within the area of the town, Owl Creek and Brush Creek join and then flow north into the Roaring Fork River . Visible from the village from east to west are Burnt Mountain Ridge, Burnt Mountain, Baldy Mountain , Chapel Peak, Garret Peak , Clark Peak , Mount Daly , and Capitol Peak . Neither Snowmass Mountain nor Snowmass Peak , at the headwaters of Snowmass Creek , are visible from Snowmass Village. The geologic unit Mancos Shale underlies most of
253-756: The 1800s. After a school was built in Brush Creek valley, she attended the Brush Creek Frontier School, now called the Little Red Schoolhouse, located on Owl Creek Road. She became a teacher at that school and then at the Red Brick School in Aspen. At the schoolhouse, she played the accordion or piano for community dances. When she married Bill Anderson, the Hoaglund Ranch became the Anderson Ranch. Paul Soldner ,
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#1732764910083276-624: The Opticon Movie Theater or in the open air Aspen Grove Chapel, where benches were set up under aspen trees separating two ski runs. Later the area was cleared for more condominiums off Wood Road. Today, Snowmass Village has experienced a building boom, as new condominiums, luxury homes, mountainside mansions, and Base Village have recently been constructed. Westin Hotels and the Viceroy Hotel Group have recently built
299-568: The acorns and berries of the south-facing slopes. Janss Investment Company The Janss Investment Company was a family-run, Los Angeles –based real estate development company that operated from 1895 to 1995. The Janss Investment Company was founded by Peter Janss, an immigrant doctor from Denmark . Peter Janss graduated in the class of 1877 in Keokuk, Iowa , and by 1882 he was appointed Hall County physician. He moved to Los Angeles in 1893, planning to practice medicine but discovered
322-454: The area. On slopes too steep for vegetation, this shale is visible as gray expanses of eroding bedrock. On south-facing slopes, the alkaline soil that develops from the shales supports Gambel oak , sagebrush , serviceberry , and chokecherry . The north-facing slopes feature aspen , subalpine fir , Douglas fir , Engelmann spruce , and blue spruce . The area around Snowmass Village has abundant wildlife including black bears which feed on
345-502: The leadership of Bill Janss and DRC Brown , the American Cement Company developed Snowmass Village as a ski resort starting in 1966. * Hayfields were subdivided and the lots sold for houses. Brush Creek is an unappealing name for a ski area, so they named the resort Snowmass after the valley to the west of Brush Creek. Fritz Benidict acted as the architect of the Snowmass ski area. The Campground Chairlift serving
368-516: The raw new resort. Brush Creek Road was paved in 1968. The former hayfields still had mostly alfalfa into the 1970s. The Snowmass Golf Course was first laid out with nine holes in (need date). It was expanded and redesigned several times (need dates), the latest in 2001 by James Engh . The periodic re-landscaping of the golf course led to the relocation of ranch houses and to changes in the valley floor from flat or sloping fields to rolling hills with ponds. The Snowmass Wildcat Fire Protection District
391-629: The real estate industry was much more lucrative. By 1906 he and his two sons, Edwin Janss Sr. and Harold Janss established an investment company, creating subdivisions in Belvedere Gardens , Boyle Heights , Monterey Park , and Yorba Linda . Janss developed Ramona Acres in Monterey Park. Janss subdivided Highland Villa and Belvedere Gardens (now known as East Los Angeles ) in Boyle Heights. In 1909, Janss subdivided
414-483: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Snowmass&oldid=1182246733 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Snowmass Village, Colorado Snowmass Village
437-697: The two brothers. While the UCLA campus was being built, Janss Investment Company went to work developing the Westwood Village commercial area and surrounding residential neighborhoods. Due to racial covenants included in the deeds of the buildings in Westwood Village, people of color were barred from patronizing businesses in the area. After Janss sold the land to help build the UCLA campus, many organizations affiliated with university began to form. Many of these groups were fraternities and sororities whose members were mostly white men and women. The land for
460-487: The university had been sold, but the land surrounding it still belonged to Janss. They sold the land along Hilgard Ave. to twenty one European American groups for the prices between $ 7,500 and $ 9,500, whereas the usual asking price was between $ 8,000 and $ 12,000. In 1938 an Asian American sorority, Chi Alpha Delta , wanted to purchase the UCLA Religious Conference building with the hopes of setting up
483-597: The western edge of the ski area, actually does extend into the Snowmass Valley. Five chairlifts were installed: Fanny Hill, Burlingame, and Sam's Knob, the Big Burn, and Campground. The Snowmass ski area first opened on December 16, 1967. The new ski area hired Olympic medalist Stein Eriksen to direct the ski school. Besides experience as a skier and instructor, Stein Eriksen brought an aura of European glamor to
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#1732764910083506-659: Was chairman of the Janss Investment Company and the third generation of a family of Los Angeles real-estate developers. He and his brother Bill Janss helped expand or develop two ski resorts — Sun Valley in Idaho and Snowmass (ski area) in Colorado — both of which were sold in the late 1970s. Bill Janss was a member of the never-to-compete 1940 US Ski Team . They developed the suburban community of Thousand Oaks on 10,000-acre (40 km ) of land in
529-745: Was founded in 1971 and the firehouse built on Owl Creek Road. Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy abducted and murdered Caryn Campbell in Snowmass Village on January 12, 1975. Her body was later found along the Owl Creek road near what is now the Facilities Maintenance Division. In 1977, the community incorporated as the Town of Snowmass Village. The Snowmass Chapel was built near the firehouse on Owl Creek Road in 1988. Previous to this time, church services were held in
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