Aspen Skiing Company was created in part by 10th Mountain Division veterans who had returned from fighting fascism in World War II. They came here to heal themselves, with skiing as a principal salve. With his Aspen Institute, Walter Paepcke had a parallel vision: Make Aspen a place to take you out of your usual life, expose you to new ways of thinking through art, culture, science, music and conversation, and send you off to repair the world. This idea is the core of Aspen Skiing Company’s purpose statement: Inspire journeys within to advance possibilities for all.