DAMAGE FROM LARGE WEDDING REQUIRES REPAIRS

aspen » The large-scale wedding on Little Annie Basin was held three weeks ago, but there’s still unfinished business on the mountain.

The June 14 ceremony in Little Annie Basin, which saw 27,000 square feet of temporary structures built in the basin, left a large patch of exposed earth when the structures were removed. According to the landowner, John Miller, the basin is being repaired by the wedding planner, Kari Bien, a managing director for New York based events-production company Van Wyck and VanWyck.

Miller received an e-mail from Bien recently saying the field had been reseeded with native grasses and covered with mulch.

Bien arranged the wedding of Alexandra Steel and James Scott. Steel’s father is Robert K. Steel, the current chairman of the Aspen Institute board of trustees.

Bien was reached Saturday but had no comment, citing company policy. Robert Steel was reached at his home in Aspen on Thursday and had no comment.

“Part of the deal to hold the event was to repair the meadow back to its natural state,” Miller said. “I was up at the basin last week, and the area where the wedding was held still looks pretty exposed.”

“I let the wedding planner (Bien) know the exposed surface soil needs to be watered until the reseeding kicks in. I’m confident they’ll take care of it,” he said.