If you glance through the viewfinders overlooking Ziegler Reservoir on Rim Trail in Snowmass Village this weekend, you might be shocked to see mammoths, mastodons and giant ground sloths roaming the land like they were 85,000 years ago.
More than 150,000 years ago, 13-foot-tall woolly mammoths and 6-ton mastodons roamed the wetlands surrounding a glacial lake in what is now an international ski destination: Snowmass.
Alpine gear is expensive, but online dealers of used jackets, boots, skis and more are enticing newcomers with bargain prices and promoting recycling in an era of climate change.