Tom “Socko” Sokolowski has lived in Telluride for 54 years. “But I’ve only been patrolling for 53 years,” the 80-year-old ...

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Tucked between the towering peaks of the Talkeetna Mountains and the Matanuska River Valley sits Sheep Mountain Lodge, a slice of Alaskan paradise that looks like it was plucked straight from a ...