101. The Tim Mooney Shack (Aspen Mountain)

The Tim Mooney Shack is named after an Aspen Skiing Company ski instructor of 23 years who was fired in 2001 for cutting some trees near the Aztec run at Aspen Mountain.  (See the Aspen Daily News article, "Mooney breaks silence" by Troy Hooper, August 19, 2002:  http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/mooney-breaks-silenc-0.)  In the summer of 2008 the Aspen Skiing Company removed hundreds of trees in the same area, and in the Aspen Daily News issue of September 25, 2008, Troy Hooper wrote an article concerning the irony of the situation ("'Dark Side of the Mooney' Exposed").  See http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/129508

Someone used many of the downed trees to construct a shack there.  It has a roof and three sides and a doorway, as well as some benches to sit on.  Also, there are at least five or six signs attached to various trees in the area urging the Aspen Skiing Company to re-hire Tim Mooney; those signs say "Reinstate the Moon."

Tim Mooney has done a number of "shrine tour" videos for PLUM TV; see the Introduction page on this site to see six of them:  http://www.aspensnowmassshrines.com/

The Tim Mooney Shack is located near the Aztec run on Aspen Mountain.

Photos of the shack and one of the signs are below.

If you have any photos of or information about this item that you would like to share, please send to AspenShrines@aol.com.

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