CREJ - Building Dialogue - March 2017
One of the oldest search and rescue organizations in Colorado, Mountain Rescue Aspen is a 100 percent volunteer-based nonprofit that provides services for Pitkin County and other counties in the region. Designed by Aspen-based Charles Cunniffe Architects, the new two-story facility is designed to reflect Aspen’s mining heritage and includes a large training space, locker rooms, vehicle shop, command center, map room, boardroom, emergency operations center, bunkrooms and a caretaker apartment. A four-bay garage is attached to the facility to accommodate rescue vehicles, trailers, ATVs and snowmobiles, and a training tower on the southwest corner of the building is used for equipment testing and rescue technique training.