After 66 years, the St Benedict’s Monastery in Old Snowmass will begin closing this summer, according to a message on its website. The message, from Dom Damian Carr: “As many of you know, our monastic ...

People walk into the St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass for the monastery’s last public liturgy on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. The monastery was sold to Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, for $120 million.

Before first light hit the eastern flank of Mount Sopris — before the sun could warm the mesas and forests that slope toward Capitol Creek, or bake the sprawling ranches and fields on the valley floor ...

St. Benedict’s Monastery, described by its stewards as a “symbol of God’s presence” in the heart of a “sacred valley” in Old Snowmass, has sold for $120 million, according to documents filed with the ...