{"id":2458676,"date":"2020-05-21T00:56:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T06:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/were-open-sun-dog-athletics\/"},"modified":"2020-05-21T00:56:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T06:56:01","slug":"were-open-sun-dog-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/were-open-sun-dog-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re Open: Sun Dog Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/bizprofile-atd-052120-2-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/bizprofile-atd-052120-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/bizprofile-atd-052120-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/bizprofile-atd-052120-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/bizprofile-atd-052120-2-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/bizprofile-atd-052120-2-2048x1535.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Owner Erik Skarvan, at left, and Sun Dog Athletics is open for outdoor adventure guiding in the Roaring Fork Valley.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Business name: Sun Dog Athletics<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Address: 312 Teal Ct. Aspen, CO 81611 (home office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Phone number: 970-925-1069<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Web: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundogathletics.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.sundogathletics.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:sundog@sopris.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sundog@sopris.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Social media: @sundogathletics (Instagram) and Facebook<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Aspen Times: How have you gotten creative during this time? What have you done to keep your customers engaged?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Sun Dog Athletics: Although closed temporarily by the Pitkin County health order, we\u2019ve continued to head out on a variety of adventure sports using \u201csolo distancing\u201d and gathered enticing adventure-related media to create content for our very positive and informative monthly newsletters and growing social media platform. There\u2019s nothing like an old-fashioned phone conversation to ask guests and potential future clientele to stay connected and build relationships as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">AT: What\u2019s the most important thing the community can do to support you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">SDA: As a small seasonal business, we really rely on local referrals. Whether for locals or visitors, individuals or groups, please keep Sun Dog Athletics in mind for private, fully customized one-of-a-kind instructional adventures in mountain biking, road biking, fat biking, fitness hiking, canoeing, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. It\u2019s a win-win-win for the people referring, our guests and us!<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">AT: Where can we find your most current offerings and updates?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">SDA: Contact owner Erik Skarvan any time by phone or e-mail, like Sun Dog Athletics on Facebook, which is updated weekly, or explore <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundogathletics.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.sundogathletics.com<\/a> for regular updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">AT: What has been the best customer experience or comment you\u2019ve had since the crisis started?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">SDA: A client said, \u201cMy daughter and I thank you, thank you, thank you for still being open for snowshoeing!\u201d According to this very grateful guest, we were perhaps the last guides offering healthy outdoor adventures, while applying social distancing prior to being closed by the county\u2019s health order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">AT: Is there anything else you\u2019d like to add regarding your business during the pandemic?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">SDA: Through this very challenging time, we\u2019re still celebrating our 24th anniversary as Aspen\u2019s Adventure Sports School in May and offering anniversary specials! It\u2019s an incredible ride and blessing that we\u2019re extremely grateful for and that no one can take away. We highly recommend following your dreams too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/were-open-sun-dog-athletics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owner Erik Skarvan, at left, and Sun Dog Athletics is open for outdoor adventure guiding in the Roaring Fork Valley.Courtesy photo Business name: Sun Dog Athletics Address: 312 Teal Ct. Aspen, CO 81611 (home office) Phone number: 970-925-1069 Web: http:\/\/www.sundogathletics.com Support Local Journalism Donate Email: sundog@sopris.net Social media: @sundogathletics (Instagram) and Facebook Aspen Times: How [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2458676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-17 10:10:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}