Snowmass Ice Age Discovery Community Celebration

Celebrate an exciting piece of Snowmass history! In 2010, a bulldozer thumped into the tusk of a prehistoric mammoth at Ziegler Reservoir. Hundreds of scientists and local volunteers gathered in Snowmass to unearth thousands of fossils of Ice Age plants and animals, including mastodons, mammoths and giant ground sloths. This weekend celebrates the launch of a dozen new exhibits around the Village that bring the Ice Age Discovery to life through art and science.

Friday, August 11

6:00pm  –  Rediscovering Snowmastodon at Limelight Snowmass

A conversation with Dr. Ian Miller of National Geographic, lead paleontologist on the 2010 dig that unearthed thousands of ice age fossils, and David Heil, president of Aspen Science Center, and Emmy-award winning former host of PBS series, Newton’s Apple.

Saturday, August 12

5:00-8:00pm  –  Community Celebration at The Rink in Base Village

Free fun for the whole family! Be the first to complete the Ice Age Passport Walk, learn about the discovery with education stations from Aspen Science Center, enjoy live music, kids’ activities, a ball pit search, storybook walk, prizes, and more. Follow with an outdoor screening of Disney’s animated film, Ice Age, at Movies Under the Stars staring at 9pm.

Learn more about the discovery at SnowmassIceAge.com