Ski Aspen Colorado’s 4 Great Mountains
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In addition to Aspen’s famous in-town mountain, Ajax, there are 4 other world-class peaks within 20 minutes on a frequent free shuttle. One lift ticket enables you to ski all 4 of them in one day, if you so desire.
Ajax is Aspen! Board the gondola from the center of town and you are whisked to the Sundeck, where you can see for miles and miles across fabulous snow-covered peaks. The slopes can be tough for less advanced snow sliders, since there side hills, double fall lines and more bumps than many of us can handled. But do it once, anyway, just so you can say you did. If you’re an advanced skier, you’ll be in heaven and wonder why all mountains don’t give you the challenges you crave.
Aspen Highlands is the favorite of the old timers and downvalley locals. The incredible bowls are extreme and require a hike, which keeps the wanna-bees away. The trees are most definitely steep and deep and the intermediate trails have plenty of character and personality to keep you interested.
Snowmass is a behemoth, with something for everyone, so it’s a great place for a group with diverse skiing abilities. Most families and intermediate skiers will remember this as their favorite mountain, but experts should get a taste of Snowmass, too. There are plenty of challenges in the trees and cliffs.
Buttermilk is where the X Games are held. It has an insane, several mile long terrain park and you can watch the huckers form the base. It also has, without a doubt, best terrain for learning to ski and snowboard. Buttermilk will make you feel like a ski god, so don’t pass it by.
See live Aspen web cams for all four mountains.
Read about Aspen Ski Packages.
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December 18th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
My family and I are happily tucked into one of the best Aspen Hotels we have ever stayed at, here at the base if Buttermilk Mountain. It’s called the Inn at Aspen. We are slopeside to where the X-games are held…for my kids…even though X-games isn’t going on yet, the terrain park is still up and running and the park is really long and fun, with lots of kickers and rails, and all sorts of fun amusing stuff, that the whole family can enjoy. Thanks Aspen !