Aspen hosts send-off celebration for Olympians

Aspen Public Radio | By Elizabeth Stewart-Severy

Published January 30, 2018 at 7:22 PM MST

Six local skiers from three disciplines will represent the United States at the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. Freeskiers Alex Ferreira and Torin Yater-Wallace will compete in half-pipe; Wiley Maple and Alice McKinnis have qualified as alpine racers; and Simi Hamilton and Noah Hoffman will race in cross country events.

Aspen Snowmass is hosting a send-off celebration for these athletes Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Aspen Mountain gondola plaza. Former Olympian Chris Klug will introduce Ferreira and Yater-Wallace and the families of the other skiers.

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Elizabeth Stewart-Severy

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.

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