“I had just graduated from Cornell and Joe graduated from Villanova and we met in Aspen during the winter of 1987-88 and we fell in love with Colorado. But then we moved to Chicago to get “real jobs” and raised five kids and as the last one was going off to college, we knew we wanted to get back to Colorado and this opportunity came up,” Tierney Delude said.
Joe Delude and his childhood friend, Rob Hahn, grew up in Ramsey, New Jersey. Joe had talked Hahn into coming out to work in Aspen after college and unlike Joe, Hahn never left Colorado and eventually got into real estate development.
“We would come out to Eagle County often to visit and one time I told Rob, ‘Look, I got you out to Colorado years ago, now you’ve got to get me back,’” Joe Delude said, and eventually, Hahn told the Delude’s about this opportunity in Minturn.
Eagle River Inn/Courtesy photo
A lounge and dining area greets guests of the Eagle River Inn in Minturn.