Backstory

In this week’s episode of BackStory, Times podcast producer Anna Coburn attends Opening Day at Crested Butte Mountain Resort and explores the inevitable changes this season brings.

In this week’s episode of BackStory, Times podcast producer Anna Coburn talks with Katie Dix, executive director of the Gunnison Country Food Pantry about hunger in the Gunnison Valley — and what the food bank is doing about it.

In this week’s episode of BackStory, Times podcast producer Anna Coburn journeys to the Jurassic, uncovering secrets of some of the oldest Gunnison locals: dinosaurs.

In this episode of BackStory, Times podcast producer Anna Coburn visits Goodday Bikes and Curiosity Bags on Gunnison’s south side. Arly Landry and Chris Besnia own so much more than a bicycle and gear company. The entrepreneurs are artists — and they hope to give the Gunnison Valley a unique aesthetic with every bike.

In this episode of BackStory, Times podcast producer Anna Coburn takes a field trip with local historians David Primus, Mike Pelletier and Gary Steffens in search of what may be the very first oil well drilled in Colorado west of the Continental Divide — in the Ohio Creek valley of Gunnison County.

In this episode of BackStory, Times podcast producer Anna Coburn trades in her autumn slippers and sweaters for a day in the woods helping a friend pack out a newly-harvested elk. The experience opens her eyes to new ways of seeing the mountain culture of the hunt.

BackStory is a production of the Gunnison Country Times. In this week's episode, Times podcast producer Anna Coburn takes a field trip to meet the members of the local U.S. Forest Service woodland firefighting crew named Sentinel. She learns about chainsaws named for favorite songs, how to make MREs taste better — and a lot more.

BackStory is a production of the Gunnison Country Times. In this week's episode, Times podcast producer Anna Coburn takes us along on her recent flight lesson — to experience the magic of flying and the beauty of the Gunnison Valley from the air.

BackStory is a production of the Gunnison Country Times. In this week's episode, Times podcast producer Anna Coburn takes a field trip to Blue Mesa Reservoir with Gunnison historian Dave Primus. With water levels at historic lows, much of the area's pre-reservoir history lies exposed, revealing the human cost of dam-building.

BackStory is a production of the Gunnison Country Times. In this week's episode, Times podcast producer Anna Coburn talks with Marcie Telander about the roots and the meaning of a unique Crested Butte, Colorado celebration — Vinotok.