Comments on: Powder Skiing Pioneer Dolores LaChapelle Dies Yesterday

By: Harold Stiles

Harold Stiles — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 01:34:54 +0000

I started skiing at Alta in the late 60′s and goty to know Ed and Dolores arpound the Alta Lodge. I believe another personality at the time was Bengt (Binx)Sandahl We had a lot of after skiind amusment and learning with that group. Definitely brings back old memories.

By: Dee McMurrey

Dee McMurrey — Wed, 05 May 2010 21:06:55 +0000

Dolores accompanied guests to her Chinese mountains and graciously offered tea ceremonies and tai chi and her quiet ways of wisdom. Her writing in the subject of deep ecology awakened others to this perspective. I met a moose on a walk with Dolores and it was another breath in mother earth’s gifts to us. Dolores introduced me to the indivisibility between the natural world and the human. So amazing that humans have detached themselves. Dolores held close to the earth and heard the heartbeat. She translated the messages of the earth to contemporary humans in her writings, teachings and actions with honesty, simplicity, strength, resiliency, sincerity, intelligence, calm, humility and a deep sense of communion with the natural world. We are blessed, Dolores. May we remember you through the careful reading and reflection of your books, our memories of walks, conversations and ritual celebrations in your genuine presence. May Mother Earth hold you close and Father Sky warm your spirit. The grandmothers and the grandfather dance in celebration of you. With gratitude and esteem, RMC / D. McMurrey

By: Bill Torrez

Bill Torrez — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:39:42 +0000

I met Dolores around 1978 in Albuquerque NM through mutual friends. I later participated in winter solstice ceremonies in Taos, and Dolores attended as well. We became friends and I respected her wisdom, warmth, and above all her love and respect of the earth.

She always welcomed visitors to the Way of the Mountain Center. it must have been around 1983 when I visited her there and stayed at the Center. Some other friends of hers, professors at universities, were visiting at the same time, and she took us hiking. She was our guide and teacher during those hikes and shared with information about the trails, the flora and fauna. She was a treasure trove of wisdom and knowledge. She was and still is one of the most beloved and cherished people I have known.

I have many photos of the time I spent with Dolores. I can share them if you’d like.

By: n/a

n/a — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:39:00 +0000

Tragic loss. She truly will be missed.

By: Stephen Duplantier

Stephen Duplantier — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:00:54 +0000

I moved to Costa Rica four years ago and had lost touch with Dolores for many years. I knew her from the bioregional and deep ecology movements in the early 1980s. We had the great experience of camping with her in her beloved “Chinese Mountains” of Colorado and later reciprocated the hospitality when she visited Louisiana. I took her canoeing in a cypress swamp and later, with my wife Kathleen and our children, we made tree jewelry and ritually dressed up an old growth Longleaf Pine tree with beads and bangles.

She liked visiting her friends in the swampy lowlands near Abita Springs, but her heart was never far away from her beloved mountains.

Ave atque vale. Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.

Stephen Duplantier