Trail Classification: Expert 26% Intermediate 48% Beginner 26%
Four world-class mountains, over 4100 acres of skiiable terrain, and an incredible array of restaurants, art galleries, shops and nightclubs! Your lift ticket opens the door to some of the world's greatest diversity of skiing for enthusiasts of all levels. Discover what a ski vacation is truly meant to be! Located 200 miles from Denver and 70 miles from Vail/Eagle.
In 1879, Leadville, near the modern resort town of Vail, was the second largest city in Colorado. When Leadville prospectors crossed the Continental Divide into the Ute Indians' summer hunting territory, they discovered one of the richest silver lodes the world has ever known. They named their camp Ute City, but by spring the name had been changed… to Aspen.
By 1891 Aspen's silver production had surpassed Leadville, making it the nation's largest single silver producing mining district. Aspen Mountain opened in 1947 with the world's longest ski lift. In 1949, a seminal event in Aspen's history occurred when Chicago industrialist Walter Paepcke spearheaded the Goethe Bicentennial Convocation, celebrating the great humanist's 200th birthday with international leaders, artists, and musicians. Aspen's future role as a cultural center was assured by the music, art, dance, theater, and international studies programs that developed from the Convocation. The next year, Aspen became the first ski resort in America to host an international ski racing competition. The stage was now set for this former mining camp to become the most culturally and internationally connected mountain town in America.
Aspen soon added three more mountains to the fold, Buttermilk and Highlands in 1958, and
Snowmass in 1968. The area is now the semi-permanent host of the wildly popular ESPN Winter X-Games, as well as dozens of other events throughout the year, including the HBO Comedy Festival, Jazz Aspen, the Aspen Filmfest and the Food & Wine Classic .
The Aspen Snowmass area has always been rich with natural resources, but these days it truly has it all: four ski mountains, year-round recreation, amazing sports, art and entertainment events that would fill an urban socialite's calendar, and world-class lodging and dining - all in the spectacular Roaring Fork Valley.
Now an incredible offer from Stay Aspen Snowmass gives you another reason to visit: Free Sports Express Ski or Snowboard Delivery with the purchase of a package from Stay Aspen Snowmass. Don't forget, March offers up some of the best conditions, events and deals of the entire season
Aspen's hotels are also a reflection of its refined tastes and distinguished guests, from the intimate Little Nell, with its one-to-one guest to staff ratio, and annual world rankings by Conde Nast readers, to the exclusive and amenity-laden Ritz-Carlton Club, Aspen Highlands, The St. Regis Aspen , originally built as a Ritz-Carlton, is located just feet from the slopes and offers 179 guestrooms and suites, the all new Remède Spa and 20,000 square feet of function space. With these properties and many others to choose from, it's an understatement to say that visitors to the Aspen area aren't likely to be disappointed in their accommodations.
For dining, sushi lovers absolutely must pay a visit to Takah Sushi, an Aspen institution renowned for fish so fresh you'll forget that you're landlocked. Also on your 'don't miss' list should be Mezzaluna and Cache Cache. For breakfast, the Paradise Bakery has pastries and baked goods that locals wait in line for, and the excellent Main Street Bakery and Café is similarly filled to overflowing most mornings.
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