Aspen Highlands

At Aspen Highlands in Colorado, there are 74 trails open. At the top of the mountain, there are 36” of snow for the base. In the middle of the mountain, there are 25” of snow. That gives you a solid base so you are almost guaranteed that you won't find any bare spots of tin cover. There is much more snow here than there is in most of New England, but it is still one of the worst seasons that they've had in Aspen.

There are four mountains in Aspen (Snowmass, Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, and Buttermilk) and they are all part of one large group. You can but lift tickets for all four mountains or you can buy tickets for only Aspen Highlands. You can't buy a ticket for only one day, but that is because no one would want to go there for one day. It is too far from Vale, Colorado to drive for one day and go back, and if you live there, you would just buy a season pass. If you live too far to drive, you would fly there, stay in a hotel, ski, and leave after a few days.

It has always been a dream of mine to go to Aspen for a ski trip. My dad went a few years ago in mid-March. He has a friend who lives out there so he stayed with him for the week. He went to three of the four mountains (Snowmass, Aspen Highlands, and Buttermilk), and he said that Highlands and Snowmass were his favorite two places. He gave me a few reasons for this and I understood him completely. The one reason that made me want to go there is that there is a part of Highlands called “The Bowl”. It is basically an non-groomed, patrolled skiing area. You would take a lift up a certain amount of the way, then you would either take a snowcat or walk the rest of the way to the beginning of “The Bowl”. Once you were at the beginning of “The Bowl”, you walk to the area that you want to ski. I love skiing and I think that it would be fun to do something a little more challenging, and “The Bowl” would definitely be challenging.

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