Toklat

Nestled in the pristine Castle Creek Valley, upstream from Aspen, Colorado, this site offers a window into wildness. A touchstone for many over 75 years, Toklat has nourished minds, bodies, and spirits of generations.

 

Open to the Public

Winter Hours | Wed-Sun | 12-5pm

Meet

Private retreats provide groups a unique setting to reflect and inspire their best work. Toklat is warm and inviting, offering several cozy nooks for discussions, a presentation space, and beautiful outside spots to gather. All retreats include an introduction to this special place as well as an educational outing.

Explore

Discover the Castle Creek Valley with a Naturalist guided snowshoe or hike. Tours in the area surrounding Toklat take place on gentle terrain at a leisurely pace, and can be customized to your needs.

Gather

Toklat has long been a locals’ favorite and a community hub. It is a reflective place that, once discovered, invites your return. Today, as ACES’ Catto Center at Toklat, it is a wilderness retreat center that cultivates a community of environmental stewards.

Events, tours, and workshops

Toklat hosts a variety of year-round programs that aim to disconnect individuals from their everyday lives and reconnect them with the natural world. We offer community gatherings, illuminating presentations, artist workshops, and educational excursions for all ages.

Residency programs

The Toklat Residency provides time and space to advance the work of individuals whose projects inspire solutions to environmental challenges. Residents focus on writing and artistic projects, scientific research and inquiry, and other efforts that more broadly support ACES’ mission.

Our team

Lillian Bell

Community Programs Coordinator

Jim Kravitz

Vice President, Programs

jkravitz@aspennature.org

Lydia Loof

Winter Naturalist

Charlie Robinson

Toklat Project Coordinator

Isobel Steenrod

Mentor Naturalist

Trevor Washko

Toklat Steward

twashko@aspennature.org