On the drive that leads to movie producer Peter Guber’s mountain get-away, the aspen leaves jingle like gold coins in the breeze. It’s a special effect that furthers the notion that in Aspen, money grows on trees. It better, because local real estate firm Coates, Reid, Waldron just sold Guber’s Mandalay Ranch—all 65 stunning acres—to a local philanthropic family for $46 million. 

If you’re the jet-set type, Aspen is the domestic ski destination in the nation. But Aspen serves a different purpose for Carrie Bellotti, a jet-setter herself. It’s not only her childhood home, it’s her current home: The place she has returned to, after traveling the world, to raise her own children.