Aspen Colorado

Aspen Skiing is comprised of four separate ski resorts, Aspen (Ajax), Snowmass, Aspen Highlands, and Buttermilk, and one beautiful ski town in the heart of Aspen which is as famous for its après ski as for its skiing with a large outdoor pedestrian mall with top Aspen restaurants, bars, and shopping.

Snowmass is Aspen’s largest, with 4,406 vertical feet and 3,362 acres of terrain, 91 trails, 21 chairlifts servicing a family friendly choice of cruisers, glades, steeps, terrain parks, and halfpipes. Skiing the Big Burn at Snowmass with views of Aspen’s Maroon bells is a must on every skiers bucket list. Snowmass is famous for its family ski programs and children’s ski lessons, centered at The Treehouse Kids' Adventure Center. The Village at Snowmass now features a Viceroy Hotel and a skier resort village with condo lodging and top Snowmass restaurants as well. New this season, Snowmass adds 230 acres of gentle tree skiing and glades on Burnt Mountain, accessed from the Elk Camp lift, bringing total skiable acreage to 3,362 acres, making Snowmass the second largest ski area in Colorado, after Vail.

Aspen Highlands has some of Colorado's best steep, big-mountain skiing amongst 1,028 acres in Highland Bowl, Olympic Bowl and Steeplechase. Families however will love Aspen Highland's mid-mountain beginner and intermediate terrain and the lower mountain.

Aspen Mountain (Ajax) is located in town with a convenient Silver Queen gondola and great runs with perfect views of Aspen's downtown below, and many top hotels like the St Regis and Little Nell that are in walking distance to Aspen’s slopes.

Buttermilk is the smallest, best known for its terrain parks, night skiing and for hosting the big Winter X Games in January for 14 years and running. You can ski all 4 of Aspen’s mountains on the same pass and there is a free bus service that runs between each of these mountains.

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